darkazana 1,736 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Don't remember that name except for Green Giant Sweetcorn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Jolly Green Giant. You can still get his sweet corn too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Police box: POLICEMEN ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Anybody know what jjap filberts where ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 spangles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I used to eat some sweets that started with Jap something, not sure it was filberts. They were square, chewy and either yellow, pink of brown. You bought them loose from the big sweet jars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Jap desserts, are what I'm thinking of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 #1803 Telegraph lads riding their PO red BSA Bantams ! When I worked as a PO engineer they was based in the Parcel sorting office on Brook St, also remember a couple of their names, Pete Swift (Swifty) who came onto the engineering maintenance side later, another "Messo" was called Bob, tall ginger haired lad who moved to the mechanical section before emigrating like me to Oz, caught up with him years later in Perth WA, where he now resides. Another "small world" episode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Suddenly thought last night while watching the ads appearing on TV every few minutes and lasting forever....................... Who can remember back in the early days of commercial TV when the ads came on virtually every 15 minutes. The programme would start on time, say 8pm, then 15 minutes later you would get a break with the words 'End Of Part One' and then, a couple of minutes later, 'Part Two' You could organise your toilet, coffee or tea break and not miss anything, regardless of the type of show - Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Cheyenne, Dangerman et al. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 123 34 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Things we don't do anymore!!!!like opening a door for a lady,when walking with a lady walking on the road side,people wishing you good morning even if they don't know you.Respect for your elders, offering your bus or train seat not swearing in public,and my favourite not returning phone calls or emails or answering letters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 man walking round playing the accordian tatman goldfish fer' old rags as kids we often went in the phone box and listened to the speaking clock- 'at the next stroke it will be 7 28 and 5 seconds precisely or something like that does it still go to-day? iwonder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Cash returnable bottles ,smelly tramps ,roadside huts with fire for workmen,mass produced British owned and built cars,however something you can find from years ago is tiles from houses pulled down in old meadows,our friend Dennis transported some up north for 're use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 #1803 Telegraph lads riding their PO red BSA Bantams ! When I worked as a PO engineer they was based in the Parcel sorting office on Brook St, also remember a couple of their names, Pete Swift (Swifty) who came onto the engineering maintenance side later, another "Messo" was called Bob, tall ginger haired lad who moved to the mechanical section before emigrating like me to Oz, caught up with him years later in Perth WA, where he now resides. Another "small world" episode. Here you go Banjo48: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Don't see as many watches on wrists nowadays, ask someone the time and they whip their cell phone out to look. same with cameras. Personally I still use both. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I'm dead green, me! I have a solar powered wristwatch. It's a Mondaine; the type railways use. It's made with recycled materials. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Needlers Maltona Drops, malty flavoured buttery boiled sweets, flattish with a dimple in the centre! Re #1811, Andy, I recall that Jap Filberts were a flat soft chewy sweet covered in dessicated coconut. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Well remembered commo,but you forgot the hazelnut in the middle ,at leanst I think it was a hazelnut,remember serving them to the drunks in Roy and arches sweet sho next door to the poets,down the medias in the 60s,my dad got me mam a tomatoes juice Sunday dinner as he staggered home from the pub,most blokes took sweets or chocs or summit,don't know why ,they still got a rollicking whilst they ate the dinner that had been 're heated over a boiling pan.that was kids entertainment,happy days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 BR freight carriers with three wheeled cabs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Ah yes, the Scammel Scarab: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Nah then, there was a chocolate bar in the 50s and 60s, si milar in size to a Picnic or Nux bar, that had sections, each containing a nut and a fondant mallow filling. What the flip was it called?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Topic -- A hazelnut in every bite! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,177 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 #1826.............i remember one of them at Victoria Station 1960, i was a 'van-lad at Midland station at the time, even remember the driver big fat chap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Otherwise known as a mechanical horse? They were highly unstable, and often overturned when turning too fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 #1828 I thought that was squirrel poo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Pianoman #1828: No, it wasn't Topic. This bar had IIRC four blobs, each containing the mallow and a nut. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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