THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 2)

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 20 Apr, 2014 2:11 pm

Cartoons such as Popeye, Tom & Jerry, Sylvester & Tweety Pie etc. They may perhaps still be shown in some television channels but as I only use a few in Freeview I don't know if they are or are not. As a child watching cartoons at cinemas (particularly the News Theatre) was great fun. With all their bashings of each other the characters and cartoons are probably considered too violent and not politically correct now for children. I tawt I taw a puddy tat.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 20 Apr, 2014 6:35 pm

Leodian wrote: I tawt I taw a puddy tat. I still have the 78 rpm record by Mel Blanc,Am I a hoarder ?? - Yes I'm afraid so Can I bear to get rid of such gems ? - No, I'm afraid not !!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 20 Apr, 2014 8:11 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Leodian wrote: I tawt I taw a puddy tat. I still have the 78 rpm record by Mel Blanc,Am I a hoarder ?? - Yes I'm afraid so Can I bear to get rid of such gems ? - No, I'm afraid not !! Same as me Blakey. I'm very reluctant to get rid of things. I reckon that when all my still needed (OK, mostly junk) items are removed my home will rise several metres! Mind you, I don't keep a collection of various lengths of string as that would be silly!

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 20 Apr, 2014 9:33 pm

Leodian wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Leodian wrote: I tawt I taw a puddy tat. I still have the 78 rpm record by Mel Blanc,Am I a hoarder ?? - Yes I'm afraid so Can I bear to get rid of such gems ? - No, I'm afraid not !! Same as me Blakey. I'm very reluctant to get rid of things. I reckon that when all my still needed (OK, mostly junk) items are removed my home will rise several metres! Mind you, I don't keep a collection of various lengths of string as that would be silly! Leo - it is always the thing thrown after being left languishing in a corner of the garage for ten years, that you find a use for the day after it was thrown away!A colleague has a philosophy that you do not dispose of things unused for a year until you've not needed them for a year AND a week!!

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Mon 21 Apr, 2014 12:38 pm

Leodian wrote: Cartoons such as Popeye, Tom & Jerry, Sylvester & Tweety Pie etc. They may perhaps still be shown in some television channels but as I only use a few in Freeview I don't know if they are or are not. As a child watching cartoons at cinemas (particularly the News Theatre) was great fun. With all their bashings of each other the characters and cartoons are probably considered too violent and not politically correct now for children. I tawt I taw a puddy tat. Check out Youtube, there's loads of cartoons and stuff on there.

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Tue 22 Apr, 2014 11:02 pm

chameleon wrote: stutterdog wrote: Jogon wrote: This all takes me back a bit.Eiderdown, candlewick etc. Blankets sheets, none of your fancy duvets back then.Blue striped Pyjams as well.Plus some coats on top. And yes there was ice inside the window. I don't know if Coal Bricks have been mentioned. They were popular in the 50's. I think they were made of a mixture of coal dust and cement! Not much heat in 'em either!We didn't have the luxury of a hot water bottle, a hot oven plate made of cast iron wrapped in an old sheet kept our feet warm! Old coats on the bed. Large lumps resembling an over-sized block of corned beef out of its tin - but black of course. Remember being told what they were made of and got a telling-off for breaking up lumps of coal to make dust; too much cement = virtual explosion when burnt I have to disagree about coal bricks. Lion Briquettes I think they were called, and manufactured in Leeds at least into the late 1960s. My maternal grandfather died in 1958, and my father recovered dozens of coal bricks from his cellar. They burned well in our Baxi fire, and saved shedloads of cash by our not having to buy coal. The house was never warmer until central heating installed, which was well after I'd left home and got married. CH went in about 1975, so the coal bricks lasted a good few years, as Dad always said that the main reason for the large expenditure for CH wasn't necessary as long as the coal brick stock lasted. But I don't remember coal bricks being delivered to the house, so the manufacturing must have ceased during the period that grandad's stock was being used.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Wed 23 Apr, 2014 1:52 am

Uno Hoo wrote: I have to disagree about coal bricks. Lion Briquettes I think they were called, and manufactured in Leeds at least into the late 1960s. Still been made in 1971 but that looked the end of Lion Briquetteshttps://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45507/page/11689

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Fri 16 May, 2014 1:57 pm

Has anyone mentioned Simca cars, or stockings on washing lines with marbles in the toes to weight them down?

j.c.d. · Post by **j.c.d.** » Fri 16 May, 2014 4:08 pm

Brown Carrier bags with the Butchers name and a cow, sheep and pigs head on the side of the bag. Kids selling Flags on a Saturday in Leeds Market. Kids outside a Cinema asking Adults "Will you take us in please" if the Film was not a "U" certifcate. (If they were a young couple we would add "I won't sit with you")

davedeath · Post by **davedeath** » Sun 18 May, 2014 1:50 am

Parking meters - the old sort with the 'insert coin, twist knob' mechanism.I'm sure they were still part and parcel of the street furniture of Leeds when I first moved here in 1990, but seem to have just evaporated away over the years.Does anyone know when they were finally removed?