katyjay 5,091 Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 When I was a kid, girls wore long beige socks and the boys (always in short trousers, come rain or snow) wore long grey socks. And what did we keep them up with - garters. Pieces of elastic sown into a circle by our mams. I'm guessing nobody had shop-bought ones. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 At least they covered the marks from almost permanent welly wearing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Welly chaff..nowt worse Fly!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 To continue with the footwear theme - socks don`t seem to get holes in the heels any more. I remember getting knocked down on Mansfield Road on the way home from school and lying in the gutter absolutely mortified because my shoe had shot off and I had a great 'spud' in my sock. (Sensitive soul, wasn`t I?) However, I was chuffed to be carried into the Jaguar showroom to await the ambulance. Dead posh! Funny that the main memory was the hole in my sock. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Nice recollection Eileen,wayfinders with the compass are probably scarce, Jesus sandles,golloshes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I was going to say Lincrusta wallpaper. Looked it up on Google to see how it was spelt and found that you can still buy it. So I won't mention it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 #3258: I can't help with the Bass logo on lamps but I do have a Bass hand pump on my bar (With apologies for the Cider kit - a present, honest): Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Teenage paperboys/girls. Our papers are delivered by a pensioner with a trolley or a young bloke in a van. My 14 year old granddaughter was saying she didn`t get enough pocket money so I suggested she got a paper round. The utter horror on her face! 'OMG! What if any of my friends saw me? I`d be shamed! How could you suggest that?' Oh - - - sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Paper route was considered an honorable occupation for a lad in the fifties. Also a good introduction to being up and on time each day before school. Two rounds a day, morning and afternoon papers. The ten bob a week was quite nice too. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Too right, LL. There was a waiting list for prospective rounds when I was a kid. When my brother got to first on the list he had to turn up at the newsagent every morning in case anybody didn`t turn up. He only got paid if he had to take a round and he did the 'first reserve' job for many weeks until he got a round of his own. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Honorable indeed Loppy................i only got 8/- (shillings).......and them bags were bleddy heavy on a Sunday,.....i remember my first weeks wages went on paying for my 'Dogs licence' 7/6,....Dad said bit short this week son and its your Dog,.......paid gladly loved my Dog Floss'. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Poor old Dad paid in the end though...............when Floss died,i buried her down the Garden in a new Suitcase he'd just bought....lol....sorry Dad. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Papers you don't see anymore that we delivered in the 50s, Daily worker, Daily Herald, Sunday Pictorial, Bulwell Dispatch, Nottm Evening News Football Post Football News Nottm. Guardian,...............and probably many more, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Evening post vans, now most are private couriers in plain (usually) white vans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 I vaguely remember a paper called 'The Pink One' or similar - or perhaps I`m imagining it. Was it some sort of girly paper? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Football paper I think Eileen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Really? Thanks F2, I didn`t imagine it then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Football Post was pink. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Not local, but I remember Tit Bits and Revaille. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 And the Football News was a very light Green Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 I remember all these being used in my parents chippy. Proper wrapping paper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 #3281. Sellers used to come in the pubs with an armful of these, shouting 'Green 'un, green 'un'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Blue and yellow Evening Post vans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,166 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Divorce column in the Evening Post.............siting reasons for..........it was almost a criminal offence to get Divorced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Ladies ' remove your hats' signs in the theatre. Nut brittle. Gees Linctus. Everlasting Toffee Strip. Air raid shelter finger signs. Peace fingers patch sewn on denims. A 'layer outer'on the street. Kids getting endless laughter with trick dog poo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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