Compo 10,328 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 I reckon Mick's right - Spastics society. The PC brigade would have us to forget that leg calipers were an essential aid for many children whilst we were growing up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Politicians and civil servants telling us what we can say and how to behave...they can soddin' talk... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 There's a similar one (RSPCA) outside the Chemists in Port Issac , Cornwall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Folks window shopping, or I suspect they don't do this anymore? As a kid my next door neighbour loved to window shop, and would take her daughter and myself down town at night. Just the bus ride in the dark was a treat, then we'd walk all over the town, just looking in the brightly lit windows of the shops. It didn't bother us one bit that we didn't [or couldn't] buy a thing. I think nowadays with the luxury of credit cards, you don't have to actually have any money to go shopping, so you always buy something on the outing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 ERNIE.................................................. lottery Electronic random number indicator equipment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Those ( usually stripey ) pull out sun shades over shop windows.....look in picture the past and there's millions of em. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Ernie the fastest milkman. lottery,that birds don't get the cream. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 'Window Shopping'; thanks Kath for reminding me of this pleasure of the past that cost nothing: just looking in the huge windows of Baker and Plumb, Derby Road, at the furniture and carpets displayed, looking at prices and working out in your head how long it would take to save the money for something you liked. To illustrate the occupation of window shopping: Joan: "What ya doin' tonight then, anything?" Jane: "We thought we'd go into town, do a bit of window shopping and then go for a drink somewhere." Joan: "Good idea." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 The Army backpack things we got from Wakefields , What did we call them ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 'Window Shopping'; thanks Kath for reminding me of this pleasure of the past that cost nothing: just looking in the huge windows of Baker and Plumb, Derby Road, at the furniture and carpets displayed, looking at prices and working out in your head how long it would take to save the money for something you liked. To illustrate the occupation of window shopping: Joan: "What ya doin' tonight then, anything?" Jane: "We thought we'd go into town, do a bit of window shopping and then go for a drink somewhere." Joan: "Good idea." The good owd days, when yer couldn't afford to buy owt! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 The Army backpack things we got from Wakefields , What did we call them ? Haversacks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 or rucksacks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 The good owd days, when yer couldn't afford to buy owt! Dont worry Ash the good old days are on the way bac 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Haversacks? My gang always used to call them Haversacks and they were always covered with the names of pop groups. One girl thought she was being clever when she wrote my nickname on her bag but spelt backwards. The poor girl was ribbed something rotten for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Whilst the ladies were window shopping in furniture stores we lads were window shopping in the car dealers, especially upmarket ones such as the one on Huntingdon Street (Name?) that sold Jaguar and Rolls Royce. Another favourite was the motorbike dealers - dreaming of that Bonneville or a big Norton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Anyone still use a chip pan ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Ayup Red, not seen you for a while. I still use a chip pan AND I cook them in BEEF DRIPPING. Yummy scrummy. Don't anyone tell me that it will be bad for my heart - had a heart scan a few months ago and it is in tip-top condition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Next time I'm in Scotland Compo, I'm dropping in for some chips! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 You will be more than welcome Katyjay. bighug (Hungry emoticon not working) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Those ( usually stripey ) pull out sun shades over shop windows.....look in picture the past and there's millions of em. 'Ere yer go - I took this in 1968 and I have to admit that it was the first time I'd used slides, as you can see from the poor result: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Lovely photo of Sixties: ladies with mini skirts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I think the shades, or awnings, went away with the advent of air conditioning. I also remember shops having yellow transparent "shades" that pulled down behind the windows. I also have a vague memory of a flower shop in Nottingham that had water running down the inside of the window! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,473 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Griffin and Spalding liked showing off their awnings..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I took this in 1968 Great Pic Compo I like the back lighting of the figures which give it mood. And exposed correctly to show interior of the window display (BOOT's?) Love the old Rover parked outside the bank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Is that a Rover Mick? I thought it looked like a Wolseley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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