... 1,411 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Could you once get paraffin from a vending machine im sure i did ialso remember a milk machine near liitle shop just at trent bridge end of arkwright st remember bells and heasons selling paraffin dont know if its used nowadays or where you would buy it what other things used to be in vending machines? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Not sure exactly where I would've seen them, but I can definitely remember machines selling milk, and selling paraffin (hopefully not out of the same pipework) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Bars of chocolate, can't see that happening today ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Milk was in a machine outside shop end of Arkwright Street in the 60s...wasn't it a Boots? Right hand side leaving town near the Globe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Yes, I remember milk machines - they were quite popular at railway stations. No problem with the pipework however - the milk was dispensed in (half pint?) waxed cardboard cartons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Kerrect!...but I thought they were pints. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Don't forget ciggys, all sorts of chocolates. And also those funny balloons in gents toilets. I've a confession to make. OOOOOOOOHHHH! I'm blushing at this. When I was at school, our metalwork teacher fancied the pants off the domestic science teacher. So he'd give us work to do then clear off up to the Domestic Science Room for some silly reason. So me and a mate would go into the storeroom and cut some half crown size and shaped pieces of metal, get it milled and that night use it on the ciggy machine at the top of Aspley Lane. You put in two fake half crowns and got twenty senior service and a two shilling piece taped to the packet. As I didn't smoke then I had the money and me mate had the fags. It makes me cringe at the thought. Shows how un-sophisticated machines were in those days. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 a two shilling piece A Florin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Still bought a lot in those days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 I've posted this photo somewhere before, but it shows 4 different machines at the same shop. One selling cigarettes, one chocolate, and two selling - I think - bubblegum. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Fynger (#8), the Florin will be plentiful in the UK soon. It's a Romanian boys name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Cliff ton, the chewing gum machines were usually 'Beech Nut' ( 4 pieces in a waxed wrapper) or later ones were 'Wrigleys'.................cost a 'tanner' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Condoms Is the money for the condom machine Johnny Cash? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 No its your change out of a Durex machine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 That's them funny balloons I was talking about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 I thought it was chewing gum, tasteless but lasted forever!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 The chocolate machines used to sell Nestles chocolate. I can't remember being able to buy it anywhere else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Cliff ton, the chewing gum machines were usually 'Beech Nut' ( 4 pieces in a waxed wrapper) or later ones were 'Wrigleys'.................cost a 'tanner' Yer right there, triggered my memory that did thanks. I recall the Fry's chocolate bar machines at the railway stations: Chocolate Cream, Five Boys, Crunchie bars and Fry's Sandwich (Milk and white chocolate mix). Lovely! Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TGC 216 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Just remembered Fry's 5 Centre bars too! Didn't like em though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted January 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Didnt they used to have machines that sold postage stamps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Was there one outside the fishing tackle shop that dispensed maggots? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 how much were they each Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Had occasion to pass through the George Bush airport in Texas last year. There in the concourse was a vending machine that was dispensing iPads and Pods. Present the plastic and remove your I Pad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Could you once get paraffin from a vending machine ......? Absolutely, I had two sites with vending machines for Aladdin Pink Paraffin, most customers used it for heating their home, greenhouse or garage. The price was fixed at 2 bob/10p per vend. As the price went up the vending quantity had to be reduced accordingly. Every change had to be checked and the vending machine re-sealed by Weights and Measures. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 ​We had a Rippingyls paraffin heater in the front room of a terraced house we lived in for a while but the condensation was horrendous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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