Commo 1,292 Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Not an impressive frontage Compo, if they were still in operation it would no doubt be re-branded as Woolworth Local or some such. Wonder if they ever stocked sticks with an `orses `ead `andle ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 22 hours ago, Compo said: Anyone remember F.W. Woolworth? This one is on Renfrew Street, Glasgow: Just returned from holidays and met a couple of people there, the gent started working at Woolworth's when he left school at 15 he was on the shop floor, general dogs body, but he slowly worked his way to the top and ended up manger of all the NOTTS/DERBY stores. We had a great time remembering things about the old "Wooly's. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Round Light Switches Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Me Mam and her sisters wearing 'Turbans'...............loved me mam and Aunties,....most lived Bulwell,,Basford,,Bestwood,, miss just nipping in to see em,.......ey-up me ducks every day...........Gwen,Marg,,Rose,,Connie,,Nel,,Doris,,........all lovely Lasses........... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted April 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Funny you should mention turbans, saw a young girl working in a hairdressing salon, wearing one the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Couple of West Indian ladies i know still wear em.........and of course the Punjabi chaps......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 10 hours ago, katyjay said: Funny you should mention turbans, saw a young girl working in a hairdressing salon, wearing one the other day. They were all the rage in Lord Byron's day as unisex headgear. There is nothing new under the sun, as they say! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 To go with the housewife turban, there was invariably the wrap around "pinnie" or pinafore, replaced some years later with the quilted nylon housecoat. I also seem to remember that a yellow duster was part of the uniform as well - carried at all times to deal with every molecule of dust that dared to fall anywhere within range. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 Soon to be a supermarket/shop/student flats? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 Things you don’t see anymore (times 2) A 1945 photo of my aunt, wearing a turban and scrubbing her front door step on Queens Grove, Meadows. She dug her heels in and refused to move when the council re-housed the street’s residents, I believe she was the last person to move out of the Grove 11 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 And woe betides anyone who actually stepped on grannies front steps after she had scrubbed and 'cardinalled' them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 On 13/04/2018 at 4:36 PM, DaveN said: Round Light Switches I still have this one in my shed Dave: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Round Bakerlight switches and wooden patress are still sold. https://www.switchtowood.co.uk/shop/bakelite-switches/dark-oak-bakelite/1-gang-1-or-2way-bakelite-switch-brown-dolly-on-a-round-solid-dark-oak-base?&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvqTTuM--2gIVirftCh2u3QlxEAQYAyABEgJf1vD_BwE#googlebase Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Brew said: Round Bakerlight switches and wooden patress are still sold. https://www.switchtowood.co.uk/shop/bakelite-switches/dark-oak-bakelite/1-gang-1-or-2way-bakelite-switch-brown-dolly-on-a-round-solid-dark-oak-base?&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvqTTuM--2gIVirftCh2u3QlxEAQYAyABEgJf1vD_BwE#googlebase Bloomin' 'eck! Twenty eight quid for a switch and patress that were being chucked away just a few years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 I never could get the hang of Whip and top! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Or this thing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Anyone else have all-steel roller skates with leather straps? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Your pic is of what we called a 'carrot' top, very difficult get 'em going but the more usual type was easy. Diablo?.. easy peasy and yes I had steel skates for a long time before going 'upmarket' with rubber wheels. My dad, because of the way the skates gripped, always threatened I'd have to go barefoot if they ripped the sole off my shoe 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AfferGorritt 868 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Oh yes! If there were 2 of us and only 1 pair of skates we'd balance a Beano or Dandy annual across the skate, sit on it and zoom down the pavement. Straight off the kerb, onto a bum-jarring cobbled street! Thank God there wasn't much traffic around! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 As well as the Carrot top you also had the window Breaker (which some reason use to get tangled in the string, lace, or piece of what ever was on the end of your whip) when you tried to get it apart the top seemed to just fly for the nearest window, the you also had the Turnip top, also you had to chalk a design on the top to make a pattern. Talking of pattern's you don't see Clyedoscops (not sure of spelling) you know the smartie tube that you turned at the end to make different patterns. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 For some reason, I associate the Diabolo with the Yo-Yo, are they still around? - - - and what about Snobs? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Rover tinned biscuit selection. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 My roller skates had rubber wheels but the rubber must have been low-grade as the wheels wore down to triangular shape! Had a lot of fun on them, despite the bumpy ride, because we lived on a steep hill. My favourite top was a ‘carrot’, I just couldn’t get the ‘mushroom’ shape to work. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alan s 156 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Footy half time lasting 10 minutes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Oh dear Lizzie, the mushroom top was a doddle, it was the carrot that I struggled with as it kept wobbling and falling over. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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