General Chat

hospital matrons------you never had M.R.S.A then!!

Did anyone have a wet fishman, who rang a bell to announce his arrival in the street? Jay

Also remember the 'knocker up man' would come around and tap on the bedroom window, shouting 6 o clock and all's well....in other words, get up you lazy b*ggers lol. The gas lamps, man would come along and light them up. Anyone remember the lorries that used to come round every Saturday selling all kinds of drinks....lemonade, limeade, raspberry ade, t*zer, orangeade, ginger beer etc, etc. Fanlights, over the window and chunky glass (usually green) blocks, which were used as foot raisers for furniture, like dressers. Lin

Milkman with his milk churn and ladle. Coal man who had coal briquettes as well as coal on his cart. Gas street lamp man used to come and light the lamps at dusk. Sue

Ooh yes Lin - friday night was the pop man's night and we used to get dandelion and burdock. Anyone remember 'ginger beer plants' with yeast and ginger, where you made your own? Jay

sorry Lin----you've lost me now! before my time!

Oh yes Lin. I was in the Corona club and received a card on my birthday. Remember those metal-wired tops on the bottles? Gwyn

So you had the pop man in Yorkshire too Janet..........he certainly got around lol...... Saturday, was the highlight of the week waiting for him, jumping up and down, asking mum and dad how many bottles we could get, usually ended up with six at a time, but had to make them last all week...............fantastic!!! Never see anything like that now. Lin

Hi Chris - yes it's me!!!! Went onto another thread. Jillxx

we had a man walked round every sunday selling crumpets out of an old battered pushchair, we used to toast them on the coal fire, i only mentioned to Joy on saturday about Bunty comic with the cut out doll to dress,we saw the dolls for sale, It taje us an hour from where we live to get to thhe seaside,when i was little it took hours and we always stopped halfway and dad would get out a primus stove at make a brew up cor i feel old now (again)

OH GOD!!!!! And I thought I was nearly the oldest on this board!!!

Sure do Gwyneth, If you took them back the following week, you got a refund, remember lol............The lorry had sloping sides,, so all the bottles could be well seen on display, and you went mad screaming which ones you wanted. Lin

Mmmmmm.....Gwen, Toasted crumpets on an open fire, even sliced bread toasted, can't beat it can you lol??? Lin

Hey Chris - just how old ARE you???? Only joking! It sounds like a blast from the past!!!

Which lane of our memories did we lose you on then Chris lol???? Lin

R.Whites Lemonade, Tizer Tthe open Fire Engine with the firemen standing on the sides Matchbox Toys Dinkys Cats Whisker radio's

Gwen, We had great picnics with our Primus, kept in a deep, metal biscuit tin. We even took it out with us before we had a car. It sometimes meant coaxing my sister to walk for a while so that we could put the Primus in the pushchair....... and that's what that looked like too, ie. a chair with wheels. Gwyn

Jusoda loved that! Davex

I don't believe you James. Open fire engines indeed; You should call yourself Mythusala - or maybe I should!!!!!! Even mi Dad can remember cats whisker.

James R WHITES was at the top of our road,used to watch them washing out the bottles outside in a big barrel,and that was in the sixties..