Compo 8,662 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 There is an episode of Dad's Army where they are stranded on the pier for the night, without food. There is a penny crane machine with chocolate bars inside. Alas, only one bar was edible - the rest were cardboard imitations. Says a lot for the expected chances of winning from that machine, doesn't it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,662 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 WH Smith, Scales and vending machines all in one 1956 shot: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,458 Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 School kid made of fibreglass with a slot in his head & calipered leg where they all hanging about now? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Melted down for kids rides outside Supermarkets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 229 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 As of today: no more MyFerryLink Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 875 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Sheets, blankets and an eiderdown on a bed instead of a duvet. Also, for those who wore collar studs, the red mark it used to leave just below the Adam's Apple. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 the big Hovercrafts that used to cross the channel just down the road from me is a museum with them in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 9,826 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I found this link whilst enjoying my morning browse. Don't take to much notice of the opening page; it is not all about fashion. Click on "more older memories" and it takes a trip down memory on lot of topics. There are lots of American topics, but also, lots you and I will remember. Check out "I Got You Babe" on page 11, some brilliant videos of Sonny and Cher. I hope you enjoy browsing. http://doyouremember.com/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 450 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Booths In record shops ,where you listened to a record before you decided whether to buy it or not 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,662 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Biscuit tins in shops. I used to buy broken biscuits from the shop just inside the Central Market on my way home from school in the mid-60s. here's one I bought the other day in a garage sale: 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 450 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 The shop was joices,I also got broken biscuits there 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,662 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Right, own up! How many of you draped yourselves over the dome on one of these? I know I did..... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,662 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 It's an AMI continental 2 (1961-2). The earlier version (1960) had a rotary selection mechanism thus: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,458 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Click click click Segs appeal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue J 11 Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Liquorice was my favourite and still is. I remember the boxes with an assortment, but they were only received for Christmas. Any other time it was just a penny whatever. We used to go to Aspley Cinema on a Saturday morning to see Flash Gordon etc. There was a sweet shop, diagonally across from the library, and my sister always bought us cinder toffee. Not because we liked it, but because you got a lot for your pennies. It had that awful, cheap chocolate on it that stuck to the roof of your mouth. I never ate much - probably another reason why she bought it! lol Coats on the bed in winter Biscuits at the grocer's in big, tin cubes with a glass panelled lid so you could see what sort they were. Sweets and biscuits were dug out of their containers by the shopkeeper and put in paper bags. No rubber gloves were worn but we all survived! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue J 11 Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Re #2778 My Uncle Bill (Warren from Kimberley, known as Drummer) smoked a pipe. He was a miner. He was a belt and braces man and is very vivid in my memory. He would get what I thought was a stick of liquorice out of his pocket; cut about 3/4 inch off and rub it between his palms, then poke it into his pipe. Then he would get a coloured spill from a jar on the hearth and light it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,564 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 In a pub/restaurant in Scotland on our last trip, there was a little gift shop in there. There was a box of assorted licorice sticks, about 20 in the box, the same as the penny sticks of my childhood. Only the price was about £5! I remember that cinder toffee Sue, you are right about the cheap chocolate coating, spoilt it really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,333 Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Try it yourself.... http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/8839/homemade-crunchie.aspx?o_ln=SimRecipes_Photo_2&o_is=SimilarRecipes 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Nuffield car transporters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,224 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I saw something today that I haven't seen for many a year while queuing at the checkout in Sainsbury's. There was a young lady in front of me dressed very smart with a full head of rollers in, tied up with a sparkly silver turban. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,943 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Funny that Sue,a few weeks ago i was driving up Southwark st,Basford,and a woman crossed the rd in front of me with full set of 'Rollers' in and wearing Pyjamas and slippers,.....it was about 11am and she gave me a wave as she crossed,............i'd like to think she got home ok or recaptured very quickly. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 846 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 #2870. A bit like this Sue Lol. http://ladylace.com.au/2015/02/04/easy-vintage-turban-tutorial-youtube/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Went into the Old Peartree on Southwark St the other evening, and found it most pleasurable. A proper back street pub. Not the greatest selection of beers, but as it was hot, I settled for two pints of Fosters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,224 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Yes Dave she also had red hair, you could see the rollers under the turban must be a fashion thing.LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,943 Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 got great family memories of 'The old peartree' pub FLY2,back in the 60s,sitting out the back among the actual Peartrees' with Granny and lots of long departed Uncles and Aunts,.......in the 80s a mate of mine used to keep it,Billy Wilson and his wife Pat,if i'm right another mates son runs it now Woody? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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