Guest Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Ex navy duffel coats,itchy army blankets,Horlicks sweets,borkim riff,clan dew,pink panther chocolate, fuel roadworks lamps, atlas express lorries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Bubblewrap, thanks for that, although I have to say they look like they serve an entirely different purpose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Yes, Dave, Brian was in the first batch of 11 yr olds, there was a picture in the Post with all the new kids on it. He has a copy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 #2910 Just Google plaster of Paris moulds. Heard about the French drunk? Plastered of Paris. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Lads on home made trolleys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Cobblers last and strips of leather. Spindly legs in ex army hobnail boots, I used to envy the lads in them as they didn't have to wait until winter to slide to school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Talking of rubber moulds....I still have a concrete gnome I made in 1977 using one of those rubber moulds. Photo later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Katyjay #2911 Friends reunited People's college secondary technical school - photos Brian is on lots of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Kids queueing outside the pictures on a Saturday (ABC Minors). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Dave, must take a look at FR. He went to an Old Boys reunion a few years ago at the Cricket ground clubhouse. I think they meet yearly, it was his first time. Someone was there who had left in 1939. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Home made winter warmers Which was a Cow & Gate milk powder tin, pierced around the sides with a long handle made from wire rescued from the firewood bundle, attached to this was a string to give flexibility. Once fire was well lit the can was filled with coal. In order to boost the output it was swung windmill fashion or if you were the lairy sort in an X across the chest. Many an evening was spent on the corner of Lindfield and Shipley Road with our warmers we'd probably be about 9 or 10 years old. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Yes Dave,we did the same on Bestwood estate,the question is WHY,........lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fernilee567 33 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 shaving bowls- shaving sticks- styptic pencils- Rose shoe shops- little box of Roin starch navy blue knickers-awful things- DC electricity metal dustbins- bronco toilet rolls- stilletto's with screws in the heels- coloured & perfumed tissues Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 benjamin1945 WHY Not sure but could be man's inbuilt fascination with fire, there is something relaxing and mesmerising about a flickering flame, but to me it was more about the element of danger when a mate got his rhythm wrong or his string burned through and we all had run around trying to avoid a shower of burning coals. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Stick on rubber soles and heels for mending your own shoes. My grandfather used these. He used a last. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 #2922: Did you call them "Winter Warmers"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Compo, Yes we did call them winter warmers. Can't think why other than we used them in winter and they kept us warm, Well perhaps not warm, we just liked playing with fire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Clapper? A contraption given away with the first issue of the Beezer. A hard piece of cardboard folded to make a triangle and fixed to one end was some stiff brown paper which folded inside the cardboard. Held in one raised arm and when brought swiftly down the paper was forced out and gave a resounding clap like thunder. Teachers straps. Used quite frequently at my 1st school and I suspect most other schools, although the Head used a cane when he carried out public floggings. Where did the teachers buy them from? Were they standard issue when completing teacher training? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 I remember that 'clapper' or whatever it was called. I bought the Beezer just to get it... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Snobs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Stick on rubber soles and heels for mending your own shoes. My grandfather used these. He used a last. They're still about Shirley ... and I still do them.... and I still have a couple of lasts in the garage 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Karlton, as I've mentioned in another place, I've still got my original snobs... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Men tipping their caps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Karlton, as I've mentioned in another place, I've still got my original snobs... Yer go out with some posh folk then Marg. Teeee Heee 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Shopkeepers standing behind the counter with a fag on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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