Waddo 921 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 They wouldn't know what proper nappies are either, it's easier to spend a fortune on disposable ones than clean the towelling ones of yesteryear!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 The trouble with towelling nappies on freezing days like this is that they were like sheets of cardboard on the washing line! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 5 hours ago, MargieH said: The trouble with towelling nappies on freezing days like this is that they were like sheets of cardboard on the washing line! OK then, so how did yesteryears mum manage? Today's mum's ain't gota clue about nowt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Dried em in front of the fire ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Different model Ian, the KM had that extra bumper & a proper handbrake, not the propshaft handbrake fitted to the TK. KM's had much bigger & more powerful engines, too many differences to remember, nevertheless both TK & KM were nice wagons to drive, much better than Ford Or God forbid Leyland trucks ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Sure is Ian ! Saw this in Eastbourne last Easter, still in daily use too. I used to drive one very similar to this one many moons ago & my boss commented one day how heavy the Petrol engined TKs were to run. Little did he know I ran my car on his petrol as well ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Vehicles with snow chains on in the current weather ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2easyco 41 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Kids with ‘winter warmers’- tin cans stuffed with rags, holes punched in the side. A longish wire fastened to it then set alight. Swung around vigorously making a huge roar. Great fun in the day but not recommended in the health and safety era! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 We used to put a bit of paraffin in with the rags in our winter warmers then some clever clogs decided petrol would be better. He spent a week in hospital and got a permanently scarred hand and arm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 01/03/2018 at 1:05 PM, Waddo said: They wouldn't know what proper nappies are either, it's easier to spend a fortune on disposable ones than clean the towelling ones of yesteryear!! This subject caused me to have to return to the Falkland Islands without my wife and new born child back in the 1980s. I wanted her to take proper nappies for a couple of reasons. 1: You couldn't buy disposables there, so when used there would be no more anyway and 2: The diposables she wanted to take used up our entire luggage allowance - even though we had been allocated extra because it was a military flight and Falklands residents had a bigger ration of space than on normal flights. In the end we had a big falling out and I went back alone whilst she stayed with her mother for an extra couple of weeks. She brought the disposables down anyway and of course - they ended up in the landfill site after use. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 And have you seen the price of the damn things?, I tell you what, if I had any kids, they would have been in proper nappies, not lazy ones!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 That was one of my points, Waddo. She spent a small fortune buying paper that was to be sh1t on and then thrown away to pollute the local envirnment....Grrrr! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Beskit pit (Bestwood): 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Now preserved Paul Rog 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Bugg*r! Wrong again - me and my big gob How about this one then? This photo was taken a couple of months after I had left the colliery [Photo credit Newstead and Annesley Heritage Project]: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Not wrong again Paul, far from it, you'll never see a pit yard like that again, Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 "She" caused a lot of family feuds! Don't want to get political!!. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Pony. 'The little drink with the big kick'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 A Shipstones beer barrel, for some reason it's in the Abbey pumping station museum Leicester Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Saddened for those too young and missed it ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 A rare treat but I used to love it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
West Bridgfordian 144 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Blancmange - loved it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Brown and Polsons made it in the 60s 1/9 a pack of 5,.........at Marsdens...........drum of Birds Custard 1/6 Madam ? Rowntrees Jelly 11p or Chivers at 9p to go with it ? Deliver? certainly Madam.......lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 I have a packet of blancmange in the cupboard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 I used to see the Blue Pullman going along the midland mainline from a little bridge near Ratcliffe on Soar before the power station was built or the little lane was widened,where have all those years gone? Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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