sue B 48 1,226 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 #2178 We called them Segs, I've still got some in my bit box don't know why. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Women wearing hairnets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Children's pink framed NHS specs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Children queuing up outside the school nurse's office to be inoculated with the same syringe. Key was to get to the front of the queue so the needle was sharp - but few were keen to do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 About an inch of boys' long underpants hanging below their short trousers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 With all the American cowboy programmes we watched little wonder American Civil War cards took over from stamps or book matches as the thing to collect.I think they came with bubble or chewing gum but this was an irrelevance. Rare ones were being bartered in every corner of the playground. I guess these were the forerunner to Pokemon today. We used to be mad on those cards down our way early 60's. They were very gory, as you can see. Wouldn't be allowed for kids these days I suppose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 The electric meter being emptied of pennies. I could never work out why it was the bloke doing it rolled some of the pennies in paper then gave them back to us. Still not sure about that. If you spent a lot of pennies on gas, you got soem commission....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 We used to be mad on those cards down our way early 60's. They were very gory, as you can see. Wouldn't be allowed for kids these days I suppose. In the 50's the cards were of film stars, if we got the same card, we swapped with a friend.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Fifties card collecting was a little early for me, but I do remember the film star ones. I also seem to recall a card set called 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. I don't know what they were issued with though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 The Nit Nurse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Nitty Nora the bug explorer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Harvo Malt Loaf? There was a time when you could buy Harvo and Soreen Malt Loaf. Our favourite was Harvo, it wasn't as sticky as Soreen. Then all of a sudden it disappeared. 1970/80s since We had Harvo. Any one know if it went out of production or changed name? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Never heard of a Harvo carni but I still have a Soreen sometimes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Carni have look at the link below:- http://www.ask.com/wiki/Malt_loaf?o=2802&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com You can find a recipe on the net including one from Nigella Lawson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 DaveN, Thankyou Miduck, I looked at your link and, it explains Harvo's disappearence. Harvo was another brand of malt loaf which was made in Birmingham until the company went bankrupt in 1973. In some areas the name Harvo or Harvo Loaf is still often used to describe malt loaf regardless of the brand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 You'll be baking your own then will you Carni? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I doubt it. At the moment they only cost a nicker for a big un at Morrisons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 So It was a Brumie Malt loaf carni. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Arr, Yum Roight theeyer Flower. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 2179# bubblewrap thanks for that i'm quite surprised yer can still get em. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Not alot without my glasses 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 #2199 - So, Carni, you'd get two big loaves for a pair of nickers? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ooh, malt loaf. Always buy one when we come over, clarty doesn't begin to describe it, but it's worth getting stuck to the roof of your mouth! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 in response to Karlton's post number 2010 Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mammasue 33 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 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! i remember newspaper cut into squares ...outside loos and outside tin bath 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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