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When things were black & white, halcyon days...
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yeah koi we had those old crittal windows and they used to freeze up on the inside in the winter ,feck me it was so cold in my house in the winter I used to go out side to warm up.
 no quilts in those days either just sheets and blankets! |
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My Ma ( God rest her soul) used to put extra coats on top of the blankets to keep us warm ( winter of '63 was ridiculous, I didn't go to school for about three months, all the pavements & playgrounds were frozen) pre electric blankets mid sixties !
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does anyone remember having a spoonfull of that malt stuff was it cod liver oil ?,my mum swore it was good for us kids feckin dreadfull taste !
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Climate change halcyon..(
Last year was cold as well.Had to put blankets on the pigs outdoors it was so cold.And dig them out of the snow... |
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Le Homme, '63 was bad... do you remember it ?.....
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My Grandad said it was bad..
The family nearly starved as he could not get to the Betting Shop.... |
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Yep, I think there was no racing for about three months or more !
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zebra crossings lol
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 replaced tuck shop for laddies now H F T |
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Victory V's - original recipe (containing chloroform)
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recipe: It was there in 1864 that a confectioner named Thomas Fryer created his palliative for the common cold by combining pulverised sugar, linseed, liquorice, chlorodyne (a soothing mix of cannabis and chloroform) and pure acacia gum. It met with acclaim.
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Your Mom getting the Co Op ''divi'' and being all excited like she'd won the pools !
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Green shield stamps
75000 books got a mini |
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2 books ........sore throat .....got a "hair dryer" No6 catalougue..
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Instead of free "BUPA Membership",mange!
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mmm but ive still got all me own hair
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Watching the ITV 7 & Mick McManus on the wrestling later
He didn't like his ears being pulled |
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mmm and the geezer dident like his mask pulled off.............
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What was his name,mange.
Something nagosake? |
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Kendo!
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KENDO!
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U remember the scrambling......palomine Tony Micklan...........said Jeff Banks lives Eastbourn way...............
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mick mcmanus.jackie pallo,les kellet fairfield halls,croydon.Kent Walton,these were the days.
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how could U forget BIG DADDY
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That masked man was banned-banks....
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Maybe our very own mad mick is mick mcmanus
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Big daddy-shirley crabtree,fantastic.And what about Masambula?
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Usted to see him Joe Cornealas.........never spoke to him..............there all v old or dead by now.......
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giant haystacks
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Adrian street the fairy type one who wore make up and had long blond hair ....he got some abuse !
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Catweazle in the wrestling.
rograin- I also used to have my own football leagues but would do it on the days scores but muddle the games up. I still feel that I should have created Fantasy Football. Some toys from 70s Striker,Jimmy,Simon and Junk Yard |
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Billy Two Rivers.
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just went on youtube Adrian street v jim breaks .........magic memorys of a Saturday afternoon world of sport !
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A classic,ribero!
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Used to love watching Les Kellett - feigning injury but nearly always winning; however contrived - highlight of a Saturday afternoon - Kent Walton commentating with his dulcet tones - apparently he owned a porn shop
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i live in grove park ...and i dont know if mCconnells bookies is still there
sorry to say, that end is now a shanty town ... so i go the other route when i go out |
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thought you were going to mention Persil and Inter City for a minute there Lambeth
 those were the days eh |
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^ Those boys from Barking were always clean on away days Shearer!
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What a great read this thread has been, takes me back years. I remember as a young kid having to run errands for my Grandad and Grandma and my Auntie.
My Grandad worked as a Miner at the local pit. I used to have to go to the shop for his chewing tobacco an ounce of twist I had to ask for. It fascinated me, it came sealed in silver paper. I couldn't resist trying it one day. I bit the corner slightly open and nibbled a bit. I was sick as a dog it was like dog muck. I couldn't hide that I had opened it and got a clout for my trouble. My pet hate was having to get the coal in as they got concessionary loads about four times a year.They lived in a middle terrace with a small backstreet. It was dumped outside the front gate and I had to shovel it into the yard first then into the coal house. I can't imagine a 7 or 8 year old kid shovelling half a ton of coal these days. I remember the old kid taking me to the York Ebor meeting on the train as a treat. When we got to the station he took me to the staff canteen where we had a bacon sandwich. He then paid for my dinner, a plate of chips with 2 beard and butter, and left me train spotting for the day. I was 8. Happy days. |