plantfit 7,535 Posted January 2, 2023 Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 Thank goodness, not that I had seen one before mind Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 2, 2023 Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 ‘The Specialist’, Lem Putt, by Charles Sale. The best privy builder in Sangamon County. Have you read the book? I’ve just looked on my library shelf and found two more volumes. ‘Lincolnshire Privies’ and ‘Nottinghamshire Privies’. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted January 2, 2023 Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 Sounds an interesting read, this ones a Lincolnshire privy, well Skegness actually, was these the ones emptied by the night soil men, ten O clock horses or would it have been a sort of composting system Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 2, 2023 Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 All available on Amazon Rog. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted January 2, 2023 Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 When we lived in Anderby we had cess-pits and they were emptied by Cess-Pit -Sid. Just berfore we left 2003 they were going to put most of the village onto the main sewer, just thinking of Cess-Pit -Sid going to sign on and the interviewer asked well Mr Sid what job did you do. ?? The Nottinghamshire 10'o'clock Horses were used in Narrow Marsh and Broad Marsh; they had outside tiolet bin's. These had to be emptid they woud come at 10'o'clock with a horse and cart, to empty them. I was told this as when I met the master my father in law used to live in Narrow marsh, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted January 2, 2023 Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 There were septic tanks in the village when we came out here in 1962. A septic tank is a miniature sewage processing system and does not need emptying like a cess pit. For us they worked without any problem with no blockages. Subsequently we were connected to mains drainage but our current home was the last on the lane to be connected both to the mains drainage and to a mains gas supply. Further along the lane they still have septic tanks and heat with oil or calor gas. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 When following a HGV yesterday I was reminded about taking numbers of BRS lorries as a youngster. The further away that the lorries had travelled from made them a more valued log. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 When I was young I remember standing by the side of the road taking car numbers (i.e. the registration numbers). Totally pointless exercise but it kept me amused for a few years. I remember the novelty of seeing the first suffix registrations in 1963. And nobody had personalised numbers back then. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Scunthorpe was the most common BRS base when the drove along the Gotham road at the top of Farnborough road when I was a youngster Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 We never thought much about personalised registrations back in those days. I remember my father having a Standard 10, VT0 874 and a Jag VLL 69 ( I didn’t realise the naughtiness then!) I had a 1947 MG, FBT20 and a Mini 71 STO but didn’t think of them as ‘personalised’. We both have personalised registrations now. Some people consider them pretentious, me included, but I don’t care! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 A sign of how things have changed.......what is now someone's present day personalised car plate (and often having a value in ££ thousands) was just a routine registration back in the 60s to which no-one gave a second glance. It just happened to be what the car had randomly been landed with. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I’ve never paid more than £250 and we’ve got four within the family. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesley Red 80 Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Opposite of this topic I just realised something that has never changed in my lifetime.... the method of opening a tin of Corned Beef, we still use the key! Never seen Corned Beef without the key. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 I love corned beef but really dislike opening corned beef tins - the key sometimes goes a bit ‘wrong’ and its easy to cut yourself as the edges are very sharp. Then it’s the prising it out of the tin! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 I open the tin by using the can opener both ends, then push the thin end out the thick end. Voila. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 A couple of weeks ago I bought a tin of corned beef and when we decided to use it, to my dismay the key was missing. 'Er indoors went into panic mode like it was Armageddon. Me , I just got me long nosed pliers and used them. Came off quite easily, however, I couldn't get the strip of me pliers so had to use another pair to unroll it off the jaws. Life is so complicated. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesley Red 80 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/1/2023 at 3:48 PM, katyjay said: I open the tin by using the can opener both ends, then push the thin end out the thick end. Voila. You must have a drawer full of spare keys if we need one then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesley Red 80 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 I was down at Nottingham General one day after a Pit accident and there were three Corned Beef tin injuries there (all cuts). I was glad I worked at Newstead Pit instead of Fray Bentos, it was sfer. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Why is corned beef packed in tins which need that kind of opener ? Surely someone could have invented a different method of packaging by now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Soldiers in the trenches of the Great War used bayonets to open theirs. I suppose a few corned beef tin cuts were the least of their worries. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Ben's type of shops used to get corned beef in bigger tins and they were opened with industrial tin openers (like catering type). You could then buy it loose. The grocer would put it in the bacon slicer and cut you a quarter or two ounce etc, depending how much mum asked for. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Indeed we did Beekay.........they came in 6lb tins same shape as the 12 oz Fray Bentos ones....... Saw many accidents when staff were opening them.... The most common brand we used at Marsdens was 'Libby's''......... Most bacon machines cut bacon on what was called a number 6 in thickness.......corned beef and other cooked meats were cut thinner on number 4...........However the more skilled assistants would use a long knife.........obviously i was one such... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 I knew a grocer who sat on his bacon slicer and got behind with his orders. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 I've still got a 'Scar'' from about 64 at the base of my thumb.....when i was cleaning one of those Red' machines called i think ''Berkalls''............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Berkel and Parnall seems to be the name. And looking at the photos I remember such things in shops. https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8015356/bacon-slicer-bacon-slicer 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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