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3 hours ago, Compo said:

Luggage on the railway station (Note: NOT train station!) platform:

 

He's not the bear that was hanging around your shed for years is he Compo? if so he looks in pretty good order,new wellies as well,must be catching

 

Rog

 

 

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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

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1 hour ago, plantfit said:

He's not the bear that was hanging around your shed for years is he Compo?

 

No, Rog; this one is Paddington bear and he was waiting for his train at Strathpeffer in January.  He'll have a bit of a wait though - next train isn't due until the local group can organise £2.5m to rebuild the line to Fodderty Junction for use as a 'Heritage' line :)

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Don't deserve to have a chair if he can't sit on it properly,rap across the knuckles with a ruler should cure him of that habit (with no witnesses of course)

 

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I always give postie a tip at Xmas.  Get a great service from him - he's worth it!

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We no longer see kids in playing in the street like this but do we really want to? This is the Gorbals in Glasgow in 1966 - the Swinging Sixties! [Photo credit: Daily Record Archives]

 

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Just thinking that myself Jill, I've seen more meat on a fly's lip, (not our fly obviously)

 

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Was there once a choc bar called  Nux?  I think I can remember it, but Paul says he can't...

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In a red pack and contained chopped nuts and bits of crunchy biscuit, with toffee and coated in chocolate.

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The 'Nux' bar was virtually identical to todays Lion bar, though I like Lion bars I preferred the Nux

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10 hours ago, MargieH said:

Was there once a choc bar called  Nux?

 

Margie: Look towards the upper left...Nux bar :)

 

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On 25/03/2018 at 10:45 PM, MargieH said:

Was there once a choc bar called  Nux?  I think I can remember it, but Paul says he can't...

 

Definitely remember it Margie.  Similar to a Lion Bar and I loved it.  Seemed to disappear when Lion appeared. 

 

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No it wasn’t the Trueprint man Ian.  The chap I knew was George Ward who owned Grunwick Laboratories which were Bonusprint, Doubleprint, Tripleprint.  A smashing bloke. 

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Crikey! I remember that stuff.  I'll bet it would only be available in a black packet with a health warning these days :)

 

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