General Chat

Sharron I think I prefer torpedoes to turds :-D

Merlin expensive way to clean your flue :-S :-S

Errol me thinks you have a very sweet tooth ;-)

:-D :-D @ Sharron rats turds I call em torpedoes :-D

Paula+ gone off Dandelion & Burdock, :-D Prefer Malt now,more expensive but dammed good for colds and flue. :-D

When I was little Fred told me that liquorice comfits were called rats turds and that is what they will always be to me.

There is an "Old fashioned sweet shop" at a local garden centre, a visit there will have your memories flooding back. Bulls eyes, Gob stoppers, Brandy balls, Pear drops ,aniseed balls, liquorice comfits (my favourite) coconut ice et al. I went some weeks ago and brought my friend, originally form Scotland some "Tablet" she was so delighted. OH loved the Cinder toffee. They are all in the old fashioned sweet jars displayed just as they used to be. I was chatting to the two shop assistants who said the nicest part of their job was reminiscing the older customers.

I agree that Wagon Wheels do seem to be smaller, I remember they seemed to be huge to me, my boy cousins always hung aruound me when we had them as they knew they would finish mine off for me. Also Dandilion & Burdock does not taste the same to me.

Sometimes it's the only way Errol.

oh oh can I have some Parkin please please

Merlin it was Pedigree
Sharron I hope you are not encouraging me to 'alf inch some!

Merls if you let me go through the toll for free I will give you a slab of Parkin and a French Fancy :-D :-D ;-)

Just help yourself to a few when you are out with her. That might embarrass her into buying you some.

Sorry got to earn an extra few bob to pay the Gas and Electric Bills.Errol If it was Banks Special Brew (Old Ale) then it was.

Sharron I have tried that but I have a new trick up my sleeve - holding my breath - that should do the trick.

Merlin it is a total concrete jungle although I did have a good pint.

Merls im going through the tunnel tomorrow :-D :-D and its going up in April AGAIN :-|

Mersey, Set up a Stll on Here, no way, You,re to late , :-DI,ve already Flogged off The Mersey Tunnel and the Airport is next. :-D

Errol, I don,t expect its anything like it used to be,have got lots of relations there,but have,nt been there for a few years. got some good memories though from when it was just WBC. Electric Omnibusses etc and some good dance halls,pubs etc. Last I saw of it , its all concreted over. :-(

Errol,you have a terrible mother.

Have you tried lying prone on the floor screaming and hammering your feet and fists?

I have not even let Fred know about the Postman Pat van. He does have a packet of Penguins in the cupboard though!

Yep them too....omg!! I could set me own stall up on here lol :-D :-D ;-)

terryj - I always thought a Freudian slip was a Victorian undergarment.

Merlin - I was in Wolverhampton only the other day.

Mersey - we have a stall like that here. It is like stepping back in time. My (aging) mum still won't buy me one no matter how many times I tug her sleeve. Come to that, she won't let me ride in the Postman Pat van outside Sainsburys either.

And the marshmallow things,are they called tea-cakes?

Unfortunatley no Sharron :-( he just sells em lol :-D

They used to be much larger that now,almost the size of a saucer,I used to flog them for Stantons Bakery in(Guess Where) Wolverhampton. :-D :-D