.... 23 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Just move your computer slightly to one side Kev. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 LOL....you think i hadnt tried.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 White dog sh1t. How do you know its from a white dog? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 White dog sh1t. How do you know its from a white dog? Isn't this racist!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 What about fuses that you actually had fuse wire for? I remember them in our house in Long Eaton - if a fuse blew (I think there were only two of them), you had to find the wire and connect it between two screws on the fuse! So, can you still buy fuse wire? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I found some old spools of the stuff (different ampheres) at the back of the outhouse when I moved in here. No idea why they were there as the house still had all the original wiring in place (Complete with curly flex etc) The fuse box was the original one too, complete with those big fuses that you just pulled out and replaced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Yeah you can buy it in wilko's...we got some a couple o' weeks ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 You may think Izal was bad, but we never had the luxury of toilet paper. We had newspaper cut into squares and hanging on a nail. You always had something to read though! Read you say ? before or after ? If I can find them I'll take a photo for you So you did not find them Beefy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Proves it... Someone reads this stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 How about a Mangle do you still have them ? , I remember it was my job to feed it & try not to get bit . And when we were rich the spin dryer that i had to sit on so it wouldnt beat the crap out of everything in the kitchen. That brings to mind the frozen sheets on the line wintertime how would they get dry if the water was frozen, Or maybe thats what they call freeze dryed Which also made me think of a dolly bag the blue thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I remember the good old days [and not that long ago] of frozen washing. It had a smell all of its own as you carried it back indoors to thaw out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 There are some things you don't see any more in this photo album - comments welcome: http://s736.photobuc...0century%20tat/ Double click image for bigger picture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I have a dolly tub in the garage but no ponch. I also have two 1970s juke boxes, one with a picture of Rory Gallagher and the Sweet on the glass. I also have an old peat cutting tool called a tushkar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Did someone say Trolley Buses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 How about a Mangle do you still have them ? I have a dolly tub in the garage but no ponch. I can remember my grandma in Radford had a mangle, dolly tub and ponch. I was fascinated by watching her using the ponch because I could never work out exactly what it was for or what it did. On the subject of washing equipment, in my early days at Clifton before having a washing machine we had a copper in which to do the washing. Nothing to do with the police; a large cylindrical thing, like a very primitive washing machine. I can't really remember much of what it looked like but I found this http://murfomurf.fil...lymp-copper.jpg which I think is farily similar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Thassa posh copper Cliff! Electric heater - many had a fire hole underneath. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 That's my problem.... we had a copper, but I wasn't old enough to understand exactly what it did or how it did it, so I can't remember how it was powered or how it worked Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Fly papers. Frozen Jubblies 5 Park Drive 5 Woodbines Red tipped matches 120 roll film Schoolboys wearing caps Schoolgirls wearing straw boaters Short trousers Open back buses (no doors) fizzy drinks cans that require a pointy opener Sunecta pop home delivery van Beer at home means Davenports. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Things hanging from telegraph wires such as: toy soldier with parachute; plimpsol; kites (home made). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Compo Hover mouse over Image Copy the [img ] Code & Wallah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Stylophones...............................although SWMBO just told me they're making a comeback.............what a nasty little noise they made, masquerading as a musical instrument!!! SWMBO say's she will get one to accompany me on my 'Gobiron'......................a musical phenomenon, destined for Britains Got Talent?????????????? no2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Schoolboys playing marbles. @Mick2me: Like this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Railway station gardens and smiling railway staff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Read somewhere words to effect of complaint re wrecked state of Hucknall Central after either closure or stopping of passenger service "esp as it had won so many awards for best kept station in area" as usual only passing things on so no idea if true. What is true though is I once saw an Ivo Peters film in that gaudy super 8 colour as train he was on went through I think a Somerset and Dorset station, on the immaculate platform not only was there loads of plants but a greenhouse full of ripe tomatoes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I wonder if it was Midsomer Norton box? The station was known for its prize winning gardens. I'll have to see if I have it somewhere on VHS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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