katyjay 5,091 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 My aunt and uncle had a wallpaper shop, I got their old sample books. Used a lot of pages for drawing paper, others covered my school books. The kids of today think they invented recycling, we did it decades ago. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Plastic carrier bags?never saw one when I was a kid.,mam had a big shopping bag.Also mam used to send me to a shop on heathcote street, to buy paper lunch bags to pack my dads snap in,they sold all sizes of paper bags which were sold by the pound (weight)wonder what happened to that shop? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 #2881: I have a book on the shelf in front of me that is covered with wallpaper from many years ago - albeit a little tatty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 We had some old wallpaper books. We used the reverse sides for drawing paper. It's amazing how many uses an old piece of wallpaper has! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I remember when sliced bread first became popular. I wanted some because my mates were getting it for their packed lunches at school. My dad would have no truck with this pasty stuff so he would cut very thin slices from an unsliced loaf and tell us that it was the same as sliced bread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 So it is. I have worked in a bakery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Gumption Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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FLY2 10,109 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Oh !!!!!! It still is being produced then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sebbix shampoo,it smelled lovely Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Another trawl of my oddities and junk came up with this: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,206 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Compo,why and where do you keep all this crap ? lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Reminds me of school, wooden stems for the nibs, small china ink wells, a big bottle of ink with a spout, the smell of it and the mess! Those were the days before progressing to Platignum pens that fell apart after a week or twos' use. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Benjamin #2895: It is indeed crap and junk, hence the name of my little museum: "Compo's museum of 20th century tat". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 But if I may say so Compo, wonderful crap and junk!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Why, thank you Commo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I was at a local heritage centre yesterday. The main displays were awfully dull and boring, as were the talks that went with them but passing an open door with the guide I saw a treasure trove of stuff hidden from public view. I asked the guide for a proper look and he begrudgingly obliged. The room was full of old stuff of all sorts and I spent a good old time rummaging through it all. Nothing was for sale but it made the visit worthwhile for me. The guide was a bit put-out when I suggested that they put it all on display to liven up the centre! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Kids with their jumpers round their necks running after butterflies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Sue J # 2865, Katyjay # 2867 The sweet shop was my grandma's - Dorothy's later owned by my aunt Nell. I remember going into the stockroom and slavering with expectation when I unwrapped a sweet from a display tin only to find it was made of wood. At Easter time I made and painted plaster of paris models of some Disney character pushing a barrow, we put an egg in the barrow and sold them in the shop, why am I not a millionaire? Plaster of paris and rubber moulds I spent hours choosing the ones I wanted from a shop somewhere in town but I can't remember where it was. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 every weekday for 5 years saw Players Sec mod School as a schoolboy in the late 50s, took wife to Bracebridge shops this a.m. - went along Denewood Cres. and onto Chingford, school gone, pile of Bricks, gates rusted up, i mean i hated that school, and the bullys that went with it, but i was really choked to see it gone, funny isn't it. got me to remembering teachers i had not thought of for over fifty years, Mr Gallagher, Head Teacher, Mr Jones, Mr Inskeep, form teacher, Mr Auckland, R.E., Mr Caulfield History, Mr Mills, music. perhaps names not meaning a deal to the rest of us but me. here i go tearfully mooding again, Sorry folks, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I went to Player Sec. school for about 18 months before moving to People's College. Teachers I remember Jock Gallagher Headmaster, Nobby Auckland ?, Allen Wade P.E. Ex Nott's County and later the F.A.s Technical Director for almost 20 years, Geoff Bond Music, Barker science and Rugby, Sneath science, Jack Wright ? Marsden ? ran the boxing tournaments. Brand maths. A few disciplinarians in that lot but must say they were needed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I can't recall the last time I saw a ticket inspector on the local buses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Dave, what years were you at Peoples College? I assume you mean the old school nr the Cathedral?. Hubby went there 58-63. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Plaster of paris and rubber moulds I spent hours choosing the ones I wanted from a shop somewhere in town but I can't remember where it was. Still available from Amazon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Katy, yes the one on College Street. I was in the last group to join at 12+ so I think it could have been 57-61, the next lot were the first 11year olds, was Brian in that group? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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