Compo 10,326 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 I remember when an apprentice at the NCB many lives ago, there was a lecture on the uses of coal - included in which was Coal Tar Soap. Trust the EU to stuff things up yet again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 As a child standing at the sink in grandmas scullery having the 'tide' marks removed from my neck I loved the smell of carbolic soap. Stung like buggery when it went in your eyes but I'd use it today if it were available. We have Wrights coal tar occasionally but it's not the same as it was. In the bathroom at the moment is a plunger bottle of gloop that I'm assured is eco friendly yet the blurb on the front seems to suggest they raped a tropical rain forest for the ingredients. Why they think I want to smear my skin with the extracts of exotic flowers is beyond me. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 5 hours ago, Brew said: In the bathroom at the moment is a plunger bottle of gloop that I'm assured is eco friendly yet the blurb on the front seems to suggest they raped a tropical rain forest for the ingredients. Why they think I want to smear my skin with the extracts of exotic flowers is beyond me. We're using 'strawberry laces' handwash at the moment - smells good enough to eat! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Don't eat it, Margie. It's probably a laxative. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Mrs Compo like soaps purchased (almost needing a mortgage) from Lush shops. I prefer Wrights Coal Tar and Pears transparent soaps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 I'm not on holiday but living in the far north I often visit holiday type destinations. This is a photo I took yesterday on my way to do a spot of rock fishing at the end of the rocks you can see in the photo: And this is what i caught. A nice 5lbs Pollack: 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 compo, did you find the pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 With a 5lb Pollock to take home I think he did, by that would taste good, nice one Compo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Only the golden fish, Margie! As NBL says, the fish was a valuable catch. With fish being so expensive it has saved much money. It made two big fillets and fourteen fish cakes. Fillets eaten in batter, with dripping cooked chips; fish cakes in freezer. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Moi jaloux? Nah...................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 I'll bet you are, really 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 I saw this comical shop sign when I was on holiday in Cascais, Portugal. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 I think that most people went to Skegness, Mablethorpe or around that region when we were kids. Us kids prefered staying in a caravan to a boarding house because it was exciting and you got more freedom. It was more work for my parents but, as kids, we weren't really bothered about that...lol. The photo below is of me, my sister and next eldest brother making sure my mum hurried up with the dinner..lol. Even from an early age you could tell that I'd grow up to be a good looking, muscular, benjamin1945 lookalike. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 And not a liberty bodice in sight! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 I'll bet we all went to the Fairy Dell Paddling Pool in Skegness when we were kids. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Here's a photo of me in the Fary Dell. I'm the good looking muscular one. If you can't see anyone that fits that description, I'm top left. 5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 On the beach at Sutton On Sea. I'm on the far right. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Lots of talk about Skeggy and lovely photos taken there but I never went to Skegness until I was 16 and then it was with a hiking group. Coach trip there with group everyone to do what they wanted and pubs on the way home. Photos , Not got a lot of when we were young. My dad must have taken hundreds as he was a keen photographer and printed all his photos keeping all the negatives in a dressing table drawer. My brother found that he could unscrew the drawer knob and wee through the hole and finish putting the knob back on. It took my mum ages to find what the smell was. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Aren't little boys simply horrible, Nonna! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Seen whilst on holiday in India: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Going back a bit further - my mum and her brother on a beach somewhere. He seems a bit over-dressed for the occasion. And the same two plus their mother - my grandma - a few years earlier. 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Mablethorpe? I'm going by the steps! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 I have no idea of the location ! That photo will be around 1930, so I guess wherever it is will have changed a bit since then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 Phew ! (Kisses the front steps on alighting from the car) Just back from the nine days at the most northern extremity of 'human civilisation. Where,you might wonder ! Alaska, Siberia, the Arctic Circle...... No, just Northumberland! Now I previously thought that normality ceased to exist about five miles north of Berwick on Tweed, but have adjusted my limit to North Yorkshire. The women were all thick thighed Peppa Pig look a likes, with rosy cheeks, and the chaps were all stout bandy legged slap heads ! I can't wait to see a pretty face and a pert bottom ! Female, I might add ! Seriously though, everyone was extremely friendly, and the food was mostly gigantic piles of stodgy things. I couldn't understand a word, so I just smiled and agreed with everyone. However, some of the most beautiful and stunning scenery you'll see anywhere in the world. No bleddy broadband, and my sodding mobile packed up after five days too ! Glad to be back to relative sanity though. 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 You should have watched a few episodes of Vera before you went. It may have helped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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