philmayfield 6,203 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Ever since I dropped the lawn tractor in the pond I’ve not been allowed out. Maybe in time there will be remission for good behaviour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Mary 1947, tucking your skirt in your knickers bought back some memories. Back in the late 70s our sergeants mess and their ladies were invited to a formal dinner (full mess kit and long dresses only) in Swindon. On returning to our hotel we found the bar still open for the staff an opportunity not to be missed. Anyway while I was playing 'liar dice' an adult version of snobs the wife got into discussion about doing cartwheels when she was younger and was told "bet you couldn't still do one now." Damn me the first I knew about it was when I saw her, long dress tucked in knickers cartwheeling across the foyer in high heels and stockings. I have never let her live that one down. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,090 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Morning Philmayfield would love to see you at next meeting, don't worry as most members will tell you I meet members and the next time I see them I just can't remember who they are. (it's an age thing I think) It was interesting what you say about being a snob for a long time I tried to cover up my Nottingham accent I hated using tarra, hayup miduck so like you I was called a snob, but hay ho that's life. When you state that you think of member's as not real people, I can tell you now we are very real but it reminds me of when I use to work at N.H.T.A. I would give each person a title from "Snow White" and the seven dwarf's the owner was DOC, our manager was Grumpy, Doc wife was Bashful, in the office was Sleepy and Sneezy, then of cause there was Happy and Dopey, well that was all of us Happy at our jobs but Dopey that we worked for peanuts. OK you lot correct my spelling of my use of Nottingham grammar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,203 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I’ve never had a Nottingham accent Mary. Neither did my parents or grandparents who both came from the Meadows. At Arno Vale school in Woodthorpe a Nottingham accent would certainly have been corrected and I recall some more affluent parents sending their children to elocution lessons. When I was at Mellish there were some stranger accents from the Eastwood, Jacksdale and Hucknall areas but these gradually mellowed over the years! I always think that ‘Nottinghamese’ is more of a lazy way of speaking rather than a true accent. Here, in the Trent Valley, in the east of the county, the indigenous farming type people do have a particular accent which carries over into Lincolnshire. It’s difficult to describe but it does have a few ooh’s and argh’s but it’s gradually dying out. A lot of speech nowadays seems to be either ‘Eastenders’ and ‘Coronation Street’ based, depending on the viewers’ preferences, together with a touch of ‘gangsta’. Television has a lot to be responsible for in the way in which people speak. All of my acquaintances talk ‘posh!’ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 On 18/04/2018 at 6:10 AM, mary1947 said: Bottle Green and Navy Blue nickers with elastic legs use for them? great for tucking in your dress when doing cartwheels? Talking about tucking skirts into knickers - here's the modern equivalent....only this may not have been so deliberate. Photo taken on a beach in Caithness: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,203 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Obviously not a ‘true’ Scot. Probably English! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,427 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Suddenly my favourite song is 'Chase those Blues away'..... can't think why..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,090 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 On 20/04/2018 at 9:40 AM, Compo said: Talking about tucking skirts into knickers - here's the modern equivalent....only this may not have been so deliberate. Photo taken on a beach in Caithness: So that's the new pants design is it ? must get some. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Flit fly sprayer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Compo 10,328 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Lyons fruit pies were a favourite with train spotters and other lads, out for the day; they made great lunches. I couldn't find a picture of the 6d pies that were around when I was young but here's a 7d one: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,325 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 They were a favourite with me when I was at The Manning. I always took sandwiches because the dinners looked disgusting. Mum usually included a fruit pie as well! Not seen them for years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I could never figure out how the lids of these pies didn't sink and rest on the very exiguous quantity of filling that was in most of them. The only ones that had any reasonable amount of filling were apple. All the others had less than a misers jam sandwich. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,427 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I once put one in a microwave............... don't, just don't OK.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I didn't think they were around at the same time as microwave ovens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,203 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Microwave ovens were first sold in the U.K. in mid to late 60’s at the equivalent of £3,000 in today’s money. Lyons fruit pies ceased production in 1968. So yes - it would have been possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,427 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Yup they were. Small square and pastry like concrete. Stanton and Stavely went all modern and did away with their kitchen in the canteen installing vending machines and microwaves instead. After buying what you wanted from the vending machine you opened the wrapping and inside was a plastic strip with serrations (a bit like a short, straight tie wrap) Put the meal in the microwave and push the little strip in the slot and it set the correct time. Found a discarded timer strip and thought I'd have a warm fruit pie. They were ever so cross.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Greenshield stamps Pink Stamps issued by Fine Fare. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,613 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 We once ran out of petrol in some out of the way place because Paul was holding on to find a petrol station that gave Green Shield stamps! We were towing the caravan at the time and we had the 3 children and dog in the car. Paul had to walk to the next village while we waited by the side of the road. Luckily he found a petrol station within a few miles but it didn't give stamps!!! 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 In the early 70s my ex used to work at the Central filling station by the Palais. Jet petrol didn't give stamps but it did give gifts; sometimes it would be crystal glasses and somtimes things like jig-saw puzzles and kiddies games. Some customers didn't bother taking their gift so those unclaimed were put aside. Each serving wench (The staff were all young ladies) had a favourite customer and those customers often used to get a 'bonus' gift when they came in for fuel. One day it was my turn.....It was about ten years later that I was visiting Nottingham and called in to the Jet station at the top of Woodborough Road. The forecourt lady recognised me from all those years back and plonked a small box full of crystal glasses in my car! 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Back then was Esso's "Put a tiger in your tank" and on buying a certain number of gallons of petrol, you collected a singularly useless faux fur Tiger Tail key ring which lasted about a week (if you were lucky) before it fell apart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Compo, you have reminded me of the free glasses my hubby got with petrol when we were first married. They were green, the size if a whisky tumbler, with a dimpled bottom. Lasted us for years. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 The wine glasses we used to get with petrol looked like a hand grenade on a stem. Gave the last two to a charity shop a few months ago. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 There were two types as I recall, Sue. I still have some of the "Hand grenade" glasses and the others were a whisky style tumbler. I don't know how they managed to afford to give crystal glasses away - even if they weren't the best quality on the market. I think at a later date they stopped giving crystal and changed to imitation crystal patterned glasses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 It never made my Ford Pop go any faster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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