I Remember When

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  • hostahousey
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    edited April 2021 #1052

    Flour in cloth bags.....used to make tiddler fishing nets with them

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2021 #1053

    Cotton cash bank bags.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited April 2021 #1054

    and the paper ones inside that used to split meaning you had to count it all up again. yell

  • hostahousey
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    edited April 2021 #1055

    Pantry's.......before fridges 

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2021 #1056

    Wash Boards .used in the sink on washing days. (also in Bands)

  • ABM
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    edited April 2021 #1057

    and 'Dolly Pegs'  and 'Possers' more wash-day utensils in those long gone pre-washing machine times.

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2021 #1058

    A pole in the garden & a pulley & rope at the house ,to hang washing .

  • hostahousey
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    edited April 2021 #1059

    When Policemen had Whistles 

  • Amesford
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    edited April 2021 #1060

    I remember my brother in law taking his driving test using a David Brown tractor 

  • hostahousey
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    edited April 2021 #1061

    I remember my mother taking her test on an Electric Milk Float. This covered her to drive a motor vehicle 🚗 

  • hostahousey
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    edited April 2021 #1062

    The Milk Float only did about 10mph

  • ABM
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    edited April 2021 #1063

    { And about three (3) miles per gallon of Gold Top  smile }

    And I remember when an 'air cut did not leave A B M shivering for days on end  cry

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2021 #1064

    Long hair in the late 60s & 70s ,a new fashion statement !! .wink

  • hostahousey
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    edited April 2021 #1065

    D-A

  • ABM
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    edited April 2021 #1066

    And those awful 'brush cuts' costing as much as a 'short back and sides' although taking about a third of the time yell

  • hostahousey
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    edited May 2021 #1067

    I remember when Policemen had whistles. 

  • ABM
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    edited May 2021 #1068

    I remember when the month of May was fairly warm yell

  • neveramsure
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    edited May 2021 #1069

    I remember when there were gas mantles in the caravan.

  • hostahousey
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    edited May 2021 #1070

    When Trainers were called Sandshoes' 

  • ABM
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    edited June 2021 #1071

    I Remember when I came on F & T and posting only after I had looked up which thread I was on  embarassed

  • Jo J
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    edited June 2021 #1072

    Mum leaving yoghurt pots out for our milkman to put over our milk bottles tops to stop the birds from pecking holes in the shiny foil tops 😀

     

  • ABM
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    edited June 2021 #1073

     Oh Blimey, Jo J,  you must be verrrrry  young !! 

    I only remember the bottles having card tops --  very useful for kids to make woollen pompoms  wink

  • hostahousey
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    edited June 2021 #1074

    I remember collecting the cardboard ones, but don't remember why.undecided

  • Jo J
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    edited June 2021 #1075

    Depends what you call ‘young’ 😆

  • ABM
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    edited June 2021 #1076

    I remember the end celebrations of WW2  embarassed

  • hostahousey
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    edited July 2021 #1077

    When no one had a Mobile Phone

  • triky auto
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    edited July 2021 #1078

    When some cars only had a small engine & poor brakes  (E93/100 etc )

  • hostahousey
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    edited July 2021 #1079

    When building sites had Lime Ponds

  • triky auto
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    edited July 2021 #1080

    And Building Sites had no  "Elfin Safety " No hard hats ,No toeteckter boots,no goggles or gloves etc etc !!  surprised.

  • hostahousey
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    edited July 2021 #1081

    When Britain made Cars......lots of different makes