Karlton 582 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 greengage jam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Apparently, you can get it at Tesco! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Old English Spangles were my favourite. there was a DJ on Radio Caroline called "Spangles" Muldoon in 1968. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Anyone under a certain age would wonder what this was? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 one thing i don't think we will see anymore, back in the 1950s wigman rd bilborough saw a workman in sat in front of a brazier with his shovel upside down frying an egg on the pan, he was there with a kind of nissen hut affair behind him repairing the road, also rememer it being very hot day, i was only a nipper of about 4 or 5 years old, dont think elf and safety would allow this now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 borstal boys sunday walk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 As Children,we used to spend some days down by the trent with Mam and Dads friends from Lambley. Some times the Borstal boys would all troupe by. Probably as you say " On a Sunday". We would all be in our Swimming costumes, and our Parents always called us to their sides as they passed. Being so young I was always terrified when the words 'Borstal Boys' were mentioned. Where they that bad ! I do remember one shouting something to me one day, but I was to young to understand his meaning. Probably a good job! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Some good lads were sent to 'Borstal'................and some bad lads,who came out 'Good'...........if you know what i mean! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mammasue 33 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 rag and bone man with his horse and cart the only thing near to that now are the numerous vans cruising the streets for unwanted metal items...and charities that post bags through the door for u to fill with unwanted items... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Anyone under a certain age would wonder what this was. You must be choking ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 pearces ice cream linnels potted dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Mac Fisheries 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Your right there benjamin. It just goes to show how chidren can be influenced by other peoples words. ..If you carry on like that you'll end up in Borstal seemed to be a saying round our way if a lad was misbehaving. I don't think they had to be doing much before the expression was used. No wonder we grew up fearing the place. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Some of the lads had bad parents,i knew a couple from when i was a teenager and felt really sorry for em,they were sent to Borstal for misdameaners that would hardly be punished at all nowadays, People go on about bad parents today but they existed back in the 50s and 60s as well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 That photo #1869 by Ivor of MacFisheries on Carrington St reminded me that there was a secretarial bureau above (Kay's?) and you entered by a door and staircase at the side of the shop and what a pong there always was! Always wondered how the folk that worked there could put up with it. That would have been in the early 60`s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 And the coupons in Players No 6. ... exchanging at the special building at Radford. pearces ice cream linnels potted dog Midland Counties ice cream Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Children holding doors open for adults. Children doing ANYTHING for adults. It always amuses me to see how the young and fit grab the disabled and elderly seats on buses and show complete complacency and lack of concern when an elderly or disabled person in left standing. When we were kids, it was a privelege to stand for a lady. Now it's sexist. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Cigarette cards in cigarette packets, not that I every saw any because I am was not around but I do collect them. Trade Cards in tea packets....I do remember them Toys in cereal packets and I do remember them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Macfisheries? http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3558&hl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 #1875 And parking bays at the supermarkets......but that is not always the young, its the idle people who can't be bothered to walk! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Trolley buses or tracklesses sugar weighed out in blue bags biscuits weighed out, they were in big square tins with a glass lid rag and bone man 78's, 45's, LP's EP's 8mm film 8 track stereo I still have my 8 track player, cartridges and a spare player. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 #1875 And parking bays at the supermarkets......but that is not always the young, its the idle people who can't be bothered to walk! Like MY wife... although in all fairness she does have disabilities, but we don't want to claim anything. If you don't claim money; you can't have a parking place, even if you ar disabled. Crazy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 paragoric cough medicine from co-op chemists at the corner of Westdale Lane !Main Road the stuff was morphine ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Mac Fisheries Is this an AEC Regent four? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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