NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Their point of view depends on who's paying them, filthy lucre can skew anyone's judgement. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 On 1/5/2018 at 9:05 PM, NewBasfordlad said: I use to drink it fresh from the cow, still warm and creamy... Did the cow stand still, or did you have to chase it around?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Fresh from the cow not from the cow, just hold the cup under the S/S pipe that comes from the milking parlour, much easier than tethering their legs and sucking. Â Any road most of um are tame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Ah, that clears that one up. Couldn't imagine risking a hoof in the gob if irmantrude decided to object! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Some of um could be nasty, though this photo was in ROI back in the late 60s. This one Blue was a pain in the a--e, back then they calved in the field and she would try to kill any other cow's calf, we would have to take two dogs down to keep her off whilst we got the calf and mum back to the barn. Otherwise she was like a pet dog, and would come to her name for a scratch. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Just realised, I spelt Ermentrude with a I, sorry. Just a spell it as you say it moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Be careful Waddo, the spelling police will be after you ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 That's what I thought, hence the correction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 My mate was the sales director of Golden Wonder inc Goldwell drinks (Babycham competitor).  He pointed out a truth to me once, about sales and  marketing. A common excuse from his salesmen in certain Towns was "oh! but this is a Smiths crisps town" or "this is an exclusive Babycham  area".  It was good news for him and he told them that people liked choice. 'Choice' was the key. So the salesman went out to shops and pubs with the message of 'choice' to get sales - or they got the sack. Endless supplies of Goldwell drinks for the ladies in our gang. Lots of hangovers. Awful stuff. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Yes there was still rationing in the early fifties. Â I clearly remember the happiness when sugar came off ration. Â No more saccharine in the tea. Â There was other stuff too but I can't remember the individual items. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 Clothing, sheets and blankets too if I recall right Dave, there were other items I don't recall what they were without a search. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 There you go, meat was still on ration too...all ended 1954. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_3818000/3818563.stm  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I have been watching a series on TV 'Home in Time for Tea' basically about how northern working class families lived and ate for the last one hundred years. Rationing worked quite well during and after WW2 both rich and poor were eating about the same amount of calories per day. Actually more than the average we eat today, during last nights programme I said to the wife "Proves a point, they ate more calories and yet still there were very few 'lard arses' it's not food that makes you fat it's lack of exercise". 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 I remember my mum mixing the butter ration with milk to make it go further - I just thought that's what people did! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,292 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Ian, Is that Zigger Zagger, the late great Joe Baker? I remember that Brian Labone chopped him down in a tackle that today would have got him a red card. It was the famous quarter final against Everton and Joe missed the semi against Spurs at Hillsborough where the Reds were beaten 2-1. To this day I still reckon Jimmy Greaves goal was a mishit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,292 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Remember it well, yes Bovril in the thermos and soggy cheese and tomato sandwiches out of the Tupperware box, hands smelling and tasting slightly of maggots in sawdust or worms and soil. Judging from all the foam it is likely to be near a weir, Radcliffe/Stoke Bardolph, Gunthorpe or Hazelford or even near the Ferryboat Inn where the drainage dyke comes in. But if I had to put money on it I'd say Beeston Lock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 I thought slightly east of Gunthorpe Lock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Yep had my Pic took there when a kid, biggest pile of old horse shoe's I ever saw, 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 I had 6 months in the ROI back in the 60s before the last lot of troubles. We did up an old mansion house Ardruman (spelling) Hall into an hotel. Situated on the banks of lough Swilly just outside Letterkenny it was beautiful, used to booze in Ramelton on a Saturday night. The pub was owned by the family of a famous folk group and we were lucky enough to be there when they came home to celebrate one of the girls birthday. What a night that was my then mate Dusty fell out the back of a pickup on the way back, that drunk it didn't hurt, well not until the morning when the bruising came out. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 2:42 AM, NewBasfordlad said: Yep had my Pic took there when a kid, biggest pile of old horse shoe's I ever saw, There's a pile of horseshoes like that if you go through aslockton, I think it was the done thing at the blacksmith, I've seen another somewhere but can't think where at the moment. Edit, just looked at the map der! Might be the same pile after seeing the location. But have seen it done elsewhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 I owned a Hillman Super Minx the same as that one, even the same colour ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Cor, that brings back some memories. Many a Saturday spent hunting for parts at 'Podders'. And if they didn't have it, over to Albert Looms for another rummage round. Don't know why I went to 2 totally different directions!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 No, never used them, as I recall ian. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Atlas spares on Park Lane they helped me to keep my cars on the road, they always seemed to have a good assortment in there. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Spent a bit of time in one of those.  In the dark with a bike lamp.  Hoping the big black spiders wouldn't drop on me  'ed from the tank.  The newspaper was stuck on a nail in the wall.  'Appy daze.  2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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