I Remember When

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  • brue
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    edited August 2016 #392

    Brilliant Goldie...Wink

  • ABM
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    edited August 2016 #393

    Hmmm,  couple  of  years  training  and  he  could  make  a  bit  of  a  living,  with  luck  of  course 
    Undecided

  • brue
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    edited August 2016 #394

    Yes, he should have stuck with learning to play the recorder like the rest of us...Laughing

  • hostahousey
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    edited August 2016 #395

    Cod Liver Oil...Baaa

  • eyebrowsb
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    edited August 2016 #396

    Haliborange tablets ... not sure about the spelling Embarassed but they tasted better than the Cod Liver Oil Happy

  • briantimber
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    edited August 2016 #397

    Philisan..... to fortify the over forty's...Cool

  • papgeno
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    edited August 2016 #398

    Hammonds United Brewery passed it every morning and afternoon on the bus to school. The smell was something to remember.

  • briantimber
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    edited August 2016 #399

    My old house in Sheffield(demolished now)...Don't cry

  • Goldie146
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    edited August 2016 #400

    Living in a house with no bathroom and a pump in the yard (late 40's). We went to my grandparents for a bath and were overjoyed when we got a new council house in 1953. The luxury! 

  • hostahousey
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    edited August 2016 #401

    The Swallow dive... Not mentioned much now

  • triky auto
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    edited August 2016 #402

    The 'copper' in the 'scullery' of my Grans' rented accomodation that had to have a sticks and coal under it to heat the water ,to boil up the washing  !!  !!  Surprised.

  • eyebrowsb
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    Living in a house with no bathroom and a pump in the yard (late 40's). We went to my grandparents for a bath and were overjoyed when we got a new council house in 1953. The luxury! 

    My great-grandparents lived in a quarry cottage at Elterwater.  They had a pump .... and a compost toilet in a shed, which was shared with the neighbouring cottages Surprised

  • brue
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    edited August 2016 #404

    We all had large open soft water tanks, about a foot deep, over the larder and coal store. There was a soft water and drinking water tap in the kitchen (no hot water!) All the local Dads and lads had to climb
    up and clean the soft water tanks each year as they got filled with gunge!

  • hostahousey
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    edited August 2016 #405

    Outside Tap, Outside Toilet , Bath hung on a  nail Outside

  • triky auto
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    edited August 2016 #406

    Grandad's thick leather belt ,that he used to 'larrup' the kids with .SOME deterant that was to if they misbehaved !! Surprised.

  • paul56
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    edited August 2016 #407

    All we took onto the beach was a bucket and spade, a thermos and a few sandwiches. 

    Recently we took a surf board, a body board, two kayaks, a bbq, one insulated bag full of meat/rolls/salad etc and another with drinks, a beach shelter, two chairs and a rucksac with wet suits and towels!!!! Could have done with a donkey.

  • papgeno
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    edited August 2016 #408

    We used to spend sunny days by a local stream known as the brow. We once took a packed lunch and tea, ate them at what we thought were the right time, we didn't have watches, came home to find it was still early afternoon 

  • hostahousey
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    edited August 2016 #409

    fishing witha bamboo and bent pin

  • triky auto
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    edited August 2016 #410

    Racing 'lolly sticks down stream.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited August 2016 #411

    Adjusting points with a cigarette paper.

  • brue
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    edited August 2016 #412

    Dropping pennies on the pavement behind hedges in the dark when some of the locals returned from the pub early on winter evenings...we enjoyed watching the search....Happy

  • robsail
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    edited August 2016 #413

    Gluing a penny on the pavement in clear view and waiting for someone to try to pick it up!

  • brue
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    edited August 2016 #414

    Happy

  • triky auto
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    edited August 2016 #415

    When you could walk the streets with your head held high in a smart attire,,,,NOT with a baseball hat back to front ,and a can or bottle of booze in your hand ,,,to look like "Jack the Lad " Yell.

  • hostahousey
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    edited August 2016 #416

    Policemen on the beat

  • cyberyacht
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    edited August 2016 #417

    Black police cars

  • papgeno
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    edited August 2016 #418

    Black Marias

  • papgeno
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    edited August 2016 #419

    That looks like I got confused with another thread

  • hostahousey
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    edited August 2016 #420

    lots of corner shops

  • papgeno
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    edited August 2016 #421

    When ambulances and fire engines had bells to warn you when they were coming. West Yorkshire had their fire engines painted white for a while before the Home Office made them paint them red again.

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