A conversation in the pub

Should this be on your got any jokes thread Bigmo?

Why are you surprised bigmo?

He grew up in the Caribbean

Why are you surprised bigmo?

Probably because I've led a sheltered life and never had to struggle.

He grew up in the Caribbean

Maybe they all went to England!

Did you ever see black and white tv bigmo?

Did your tv always come with remote control?

Are your parents so young that they never told you they got two pieces of Cadburys Chocolate, a satsuma and a bag of nuts in a sock as a Christmas present?

Did you ever see a real blackboard in school?

Do you remember when you could smoke in pubs?

Do you remember when members of Parliament had to resign if they were caught lying?

Were you ever beaten up by the Police for no reason?

Welcome to the England of Brexit lovers! They are nostalgic for the days when Britannia ruled the waves!

Good to see you were talking to an old fella in the pub. I thought those days were long gawn!

my gran used to store a very large amount of tinned fruit in her pantry cupboard

what was that chicory based coffee - a liquid in a smallish tall bottle?

camp coffee

and powdered eggs etc   amazing  she stored all her life just in case  etc

that was the effect of the war on her

Happy days ,
Just remember there are only 55 Stabbing days till Christmas.

these days are long gone in certain areas  - I see they bought a pub but haven't been allowed to use it for what they wanted!!!

Camp Coffee!

I think there was a picture of a camel on the front!

i remember kicking a football for six hours a day with no traffic to worry about other than the horse drawn slack man and a couple of coppers on the beat who would give you a thick ear.Then we'd go home and hope there was some jam left to put on a few heels of bread.......

wouldn't even know what a pizza was never mind eat one

Tizer!

"Was very surprised talking to a gentleman who was born in 1937, was the fact that he never saw a banana until he was eight years old."

That's nothing, my Gran was born in 1930 and never saw an iPhone till she was 80!

Thats nothing, when i was a lad we were so poor we used to live in a hole in the middle of road

We were that poor, mum used to send me next door with a button to ask them if they could sew a shirt on it.

We never had food banks ,but even through the miners strike ,we never went hungry or had to eat our pets.

had to eat our pets.

I am glad to hear flushgordon1

Nice nostalgic topic.

Used to be a time when you could have a chat with an old boy in the bookies. Not any more.

I should have known shouldn't I

Clearly, compared to use lot, I have lived a comfortable life.

We were so poor when other kids had a yo yo i only had a yo

Nov 7, 2019 -- 8:37PM, Escapee wrote:

"Was very surprised talking to a gentleman who was born in 1937, was the fact that he never saw a banana until he was eight years old."That's nothing, my Gran was born in 1930 and never saw an iPhone till she was 80!

i was seriously  thinking along those lines when i first saw the first post