Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Thats nearly 50p a fag I can remember when they were 5/5d (27p) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Still miss one with a cuppa..first thing.Capstan and a tot of Woods rum..never mind ya bleddy jager bombs!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I stopped smoking in 1977 and used to buy 200 Stuyvesant for £8.00 from a shop on Parliament Street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I expect they're about £8 a packet now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,529 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I stopped smoking in 1977 and used to buy 200 Stuyvesant for £8.00 from a shop on Parliament Street Somewhere along here ?? One of these units. https://goo.gl/maps/VhVB6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 It's a long time ago but it was further along to the east towards Pearson's past the West End Arcade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Was it city news? next to the barbers,opposite co op. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Years ago my uncle, Frank Ward who lived in South Normanton, had a tobacconist shop on Parliament Street. As I remember it, it was a small shop on the right going towards Huntingdon Street, a good way down near a railway bridge (?). This was around 60 years ago so memory is a bit rocky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 If a tobacconist's shop went up "In smoke" these days the loss would be several millions in tax and a few quid in product. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 #32 Yes it was opposite the Co-op Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Karlton 582 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 yer can't buy talent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Nelson squares (again!!!) from Birds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I have a serious root fly problem here. I tried many solutions, all of which failed but then my father died and left me his gardening stuff. Amongst the horde was a box of BROMOPHOS. Now banned (presumably because someone in power noticed that it worked), it had the desired effect and for two seasons I had no root fly whatsoever. The only way a I can beat them now is with a semi-permanent covering of fleece or similar. Iandawson #38: Nelson Squares recipe......... http://petergeekie.hubpages.com/hub/Nelson-Squares-another-cake-from-my-childhood Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 #39 do you mean carrot root fly or another sort? If it's carrots then there are a number of organic ways of keeping clear. As they fly low then either a barrier around the bed or using a raised bed works. I also used to only thin late in the day when they were less active or grow alium with the carrots to mask the smell that attracts the flies. Surrounding the bed with marigolds helps as does watering with wood ash weekly too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Whitworth spanners and sockets? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 You can still get 'Whitworths' dried fruit Ayup, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Do they come ready to undo a half inch nut though??? TV's with CRT's "Glow in the dark" radios. (Valve radios). Meggers so heavy they need a huge truck to move them...(one for electricians, God those old meggers were heavy) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks Compo,I'll put herself right onto it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 s jeyes at colwick still sell whitworth tools Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Still got all mine, although this side of the pond it's mostly metric and ASE. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Bass Blue triangle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just been looking up Britsish standard spanners etc and I'm surprised to see that you can still buy BA spanners as well as BSF and BSW. BSP is another thing though.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,673 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Always lead to believe that British Standard Pipe (BSP) is a thread size not a spanner size, A lot of electrical and model stuff is In British Assiciation (BA) size and British Standard Fine (BSF) and Whitworth (BSW) are mostly found on older stuff, cars,motor cycles,steam engines etc American Fine (AF) is still found on a lot of older vehicles,(1950's 1960's) especially Ford, although Raleigh industries did have their own thread for Bottom Brackets and head sets, pretty close to BSF, I know,shut up Rog you are boring us Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 617 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 I concur that BSP is a thread, not a spanner size. BSP is tapered to allow a tight fit and reduce the chance of leaks. Other threads include the unified UNF/UNC but these use imperial 'across flat' spanners (same as AF - American Fine). When I was working on 'The Clock' I had to resolve a mix up between 5/16" UNC and 5/16" Whit as the threads are quite similar (differing only in the angle of the groove) - the tell-tale difference was the size of the screw head (UNC being smaller heads). Now who's being a bore? Still have my old Whit and AF spanners, bought from a tool shop on Hall Street, Sherwood in the mid-1970s. Someone remind me of the shop's name or I'll have to find an old telephone directory. Was it Deans? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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