lynmee 38 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Market Square Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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poohbear 1,360 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 The Landing Stage at Trent Bridge Wish I'd seen that picture last year when I was searching for information on the third Trent Bridge...that buttress to the left of the boat is still there today...part of the old horse bridge that was swept away by floods in the late 1800s.It was used by the towpath horses to pull barges from the Grantham canal just up river ...across the Trent to the locks,And into the section that approached the town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 'Things you don't see anymore' Even us older ones don't remember the Trent freezing over with ice flows six inches thick...no wonder bridges were swept away in the old days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I spy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yer Mams "Shopping Bag" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 A lot of folks, with shopping daily, just took a shopping basket. You couldn't do that in Tesco's nowadays with folks buying for the seige of Mafeking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 That's what put me on to it Kath ! I remember regularly being sent to the shops with me mams big red shopping bag. And the girls all had a basket to take to school to do cookery! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 String bags were all the rage at one time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 And the 'old biddys' with their Tartan trolleys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 They still use them in Lancing, Sussex! My m-i-l lives there, and had one when she could still walk 'up town' she came home with someone elses once as there were so many parked inside the Co-op, all looking the same. They call the south coast towns 'God's waiting room' there are so many pensioners live there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 My mum always had her shopping bag hanging on the back of the pantry door; she used to put clean newspaper at the bottom - of course when it got soiled she'd replace it. When sent on errands I was given a list of things to buy, the money and I helped myself to mum's shopping bag. The 'string bags' Kath mentions were made of nylon - which became the craze in the 50's. You could buy the bags in different colours and they were really quite amazing the stuff you could carry; they very rarely broke as they were made from strong stuff but if they did break, you just tied the ends that had broken back together again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 The basket we used for cookery, there was a craze at one time to get a coloured plastic one. The handle was always white, but the basket came in green, red, yellow, blue I think. I had green to match my 'house' colour, Nuthall. And I made a cover for it in needlework class, how posh can you get? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Men smoking pipes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Nylon stockings held up with a suspender belt. They came seamless or with a seam up the back, in different deniers. Thank you for your detailed description...I'm sure males on here are very grateful and needed their memories jogging with regard to the appearance of this female fashion item. The method of pulling them on the legs and clipping to the said suspender belt seems to have slipped my memory.... a short resume of the method used would be most helpful...but please explain this sloooooowly so we can savour remember the application. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Posing again poohbear? My, you ain't 'arf handsome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Don't want you drooling on your keyboard, Poohbear, so I'll skip the description, suffice to say they were a darn sight easier to get on and off than tights! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 And you dint have to rob banks in two's.....lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 And you dint have to rob banks in two's.....lol They were easier to see through too... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 And they don't look as sexy as sussie's, under my cycling shorts..........................not a pretty sight!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Back to topic: White Dog Poo, (not poo from white dogs) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Glad my name jogged a memory for you... Electrical appliances without the flippin' plug attached. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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