General Chat

camp coffee---mum used to buy that for my dad and we were'nt allowed to touch it! remember green shield stamps? pocket money--how much do they get today? i used to get 6d off my nan, we called it 'our thursday 6d' cos we got it on a thursday!! when the older grandchildren started working i got a 'thursday shilling'! and 5shillings off my dad.

Ahhh.........the good old days Chris lolol........ Lin

Lin, you lost me on gas lamps and the knocker upper, don't remember them! goodnight jill, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite! chris

oooer I remember the Horace Bachelor advert, didn't they spell out K E Y N S H A M at the end? Chris

Gwen, Camp coffee in a bottle, my dads favourite, wouldn't drink any other coffee. Black & Gr**ns tea..........saving stamps? Mum saved them by the cart load, dad got so fed up he hated the tea, so he sent them off, to see what they would send him. He got a metal ruler and a poker. Was he ever mad......we burnt coke (no, not that kind lol), But not to be outdone, he wanted to test the poker out...just to get the feel of it he said.......Men! So he set to and burnt a pair of his old working shoes, so he could use it.....when he was happy it worked, he put it away and saved it.....it came in handy later, when we moved to a house with a coal fire. lol. He was happy with the ruler though, he went around measuring everything for the next month, including us............. Should have seen the look on mum's face though, she was inscenced........you'd have thought he'd robbed the Bank of England lolol Lin

the Jack Jackson show on Luxembourg Dave

nite nite Jill sleep tight

And listening to radio Luxemburg with adverts for Horace Bachelor and how to have a big win on the pools. Jay

This is a great thread. Ah! Happy memories. But I'm going to bed now - had a sh*t day. Carry on Campers - see you in the morning.

Gwynn and Lin toast on the fire can you just smell it now, an that primus stove even the teapot,no teabags then and CAMP COFFEE in the bottle

'we are the Ovaltineys, happy girls and boys.......' Come on singalong!! Chris 2

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..

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.

Jusoda loved that! Davex

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

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

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

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

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

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