Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 I really dislike button fly jeans. There is nothing so annoying than fiddling about with your button fly jeans when you are bursting to wee. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Tin sign on a wall in St.Ives Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Decent places to drink around Arnold. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Removable shirt collars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 There's hardly any Drycleaners or Cobblers around these days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Good (Cobbler) in Bulwell,up the Alley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Things that last and don't 'pack up' or wear out after a short time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I bought a tele in April 1995 & threw it out in December last year still working.( the tip had about 30 teles at the time) My new tele is a 42" HD & more jobbie. My Hi-Fi is 30 years old except the CD player My micro wave is about 16 years old. We bought a new cooker last year old one over 20 years old. AND my wife is 59 & sill going strong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 The first ever fridge we had was new in 1961. I was still using it in 1998, and probably would be to this day except when I got married that year my wife wouldn't let me - er, I mean we decided to get a bigger fridge/freezer for our new home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Shotgun weddings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Petrol Stations where an attendant fills your tank and you stay in your car 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I saw one in Lowdham the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Shotgun weddings even less same sex shotgun weddings 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Remember when:- A tablet was something you took when ill A remote was something faraway A mouse was a rodent A tweet was a noise a bird made Mobile was being active A recorder was a wind instrument 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Perfumed Cards that smelled of flowers when you opened the envelope. Boxes of Chocolates with Lovely Scenery or Flowers on the lid. Up until 1981 in our Beer Off we used to sell lots of Confectionery. At "Celebration Times" we would sell some really Decorative Boxes of Chocolates; Scenery, Floral and even Old Fashioned Portraits. One Brand, (I think it was Terry's All Gold) came one year in a three drawer box, we bought one for my Mother in Law, who used it for jewellery afterwards. The nearest decorative boxes I see these days are from Thorntons, with mainly a Nice shaped box and Bow, still no picture Box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I remember those perfumed cards. And the fancy boxes of chocolates, you'd only see them at Christmas time. Same with tins of biscuits, country scenes etc on the lids. When we lived in Surrey, a friend's husband was head honcho for Nurdin & Peacock cash & carry. One Christmas one of the folks who did the artwork for Huntley & Palmers was commissioned to draw a cartoon-like picture of a garden scene, with lots going on in it. The man was leaving shortly afterwards, so obviously thought he'd have a laugh, and if you really looked closely you could see a couple having it off in the bushes, 2 dogs mating, etc. It was a while before anyone spotted things, the tins were already out in the shops, so they had to go round getting them all back in again before anyone else spotted it. Our friend nabbed a tin as a keepsake. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 The word "beer off" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 If I tell The Honest Truth, no Fibs and Porkie Pies, Round these parts they are called Off licences or Out Doors. But I wanted to call it the name I remember from Home, and the only people who will know what I am on abaaht when I say "Beer Off" are you Nottstalgians. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I have a large collection of old postcards, mostly sent by my Grandad to his Mother asking for her to send a parcel of clean collars to where he was working (for Boots) in the early 1900s. Occasionally I dip into the shoe box that they live in and pull a few out to read and look at the fabulous photos of mainly High Streets around the country. The reason for this ramble is because one postcard was sent to a relation and all it says on the address is THE BEER OFF, LONG EATON. Must have only been one there in those days then ..... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Beer at home means DAVENPORTS 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I always thought beer at home meant a p*ss-up.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Kids collecting bottles to take them back to the shop for cash on the returned bottles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 It took us a long time to realise the local kids were climbing our fence, nicking the empties from the crates and bringing them back into the shop for the refunds. We both thought the other one was putting crates out with a few bottles missing! We only found out in the winter with the footprints in the snow. They went from fence to crates, back to fence and to the shop door! We would never have done a thing like that when we were kids.....Honestly 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Bet you went scrumping though didn't you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 That was survival. We had to do it to eat. Was there any other way . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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