THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

Si · Post by Si » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 3:33 pm

Thankyou, kind sir. Did I tell you I'm a hundred and seventy two? Nurse? Bring the bath-chair round, will you?...

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 3:39 pm

...and the medication! he he he

Glenny3363 · Post by **Glenny3363** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 4:10 pm

Hi all, new to registering but been an avid 'watcher' for months, thought it was about time I posted. My brother has been posting for a while so thought I ought to get my finger out and add a bit myself....Having read this thread I am just gonna HAVE to make a bogey this summer, my dad once made me one with golf trolley wheels, went like hell till the wheels disintegrated while cornering at high speed and me and my mate went flying!p.s. please nobody tell the HSE what I'm gonna build!

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 5:47 pm

Steve Jones wrote: The copying machine referred to sounds like a Roneo machine. they predated photocopiers.I remember the early copiers having to be filled up with developing fluid which was evil stuff and quite toxic.You had to be careful about breathing in fumes. In my office it was the junior or whoever had made a mistake that week.H & S would have a fit nowadays. And the old hand-cranked Gestetner spirit duplicator?

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 7:00 pm

Bloomin' 'ummery!How have I missed this thread since Wiggy started it on the 10th!Taken me 20 mins to trawl thu it all! Been trying to recall oldstuff that hasn't been mentioned. Not fair!Start! School milk in 1/3 of a pint bottles that had a cardboard 'top'with a half punched centre hole that you popped thru to sticka proper straw thru! Bit unhygienic cos you poked alsorts of muck into the milk! We used to lay the bottles on the heating pipesin winter to take the chill off the milk!School teachers keeping a cane hung on a hook by their deskto deal instant chastisement to miscreants! (Or even if you gotyour sums or spelling wrong!). Using 'Cane snap' which was flaky mica taken from old toasters or electrical insulation,and rubbed between your palms to take the sting out of the cane! (Didn't work!).Real Hornby trains('O' gauge ,not 'OO'.which were mini, plasticabominations) Still are! I remember Bromley's toyshop next toBurley Road School always had a working Hornby layout in the window. The object of my desires(before girls!)was a 'King Georgethe Fifth (4-6-2?) set costing £5! far out of my parents' means.Bromley's always had a 'halfpenny prick' card fiddle going consisting of a thick card with covered punch holes which you paid a Ha'penny and had to prick through the paper to reveal a colour. Red got you a Bullseye 'gobstopper' sweet, blue a liquorice stickand white-nothing! the holes were mostly white of course!The trick was remembering where the reds and blues were when Mr.B stuck a clean sheet of paper over the holes again!Crafty b had 3 'cards' at least, of course.Home milk delivered from large churns on a horse and trap andpoured from a 1pt or a 'Gill' ladle into an open jug on your doorstep.Flies and cats had a field day even with a saucer cover on the jug!Collecting shrapnel from AA fire during the mini Blitz in March 1941Loads of incendiaries were dropped and their tail fins were scattered around the streets after the firebombs had been extinguished. At 11 years old I was an accomplished 'stirrup pump'operator,trained by our ARP wardens!Even had my own tin hat with SFP on the front!(Don't ask!)Coal,as previously stated, was dropped down the 'coil oil 'grate,in our case it was in front of the step on the pavement,my job was to listen how many 1cwt sacks were dropped incase the coalman tried to diddle us! If you disagreed with the amount delivered,the man would say'OK,count the sacks on the flags!' Crafty fella havedropped an empty sack first of course!Blackout material was 'coupon free' and mum made me several pairs of Gym shorts at 9p a yard!Sweet ration was very sparse so when 'spent up' we ate Victory Vlozenges and Throaties which were sweet but had chlorodyne inthem which sometimes left us a bit 'high!' There were also Menthol 'Imps' and Doctor Tanner's sticks which were for sore throats but were jet black liquorice wrapped in silver foil and verytasty! You didn't need coupons for medication!Gotta go now. Washing up to do!More to , sometime!Arry

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 7:17 pm

You couldn't come up with very much then arry?

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 7:30 pm

arry awk wrote: Bloomin' 'ummery!How have I missed this thread since Wiggy started it on the 10th!Taken me 20 mins to trawl thu it all! Been trying to recall oldstuff that hasn't been mentioned. Not fair!Start! School milk in 1/3 of a pint bottles that had a cardboard 'top'with a half punched centre hole that you popped thru to sticka proper straw thru! Bit unhygienic cos you poked alsorts of muck into the milk! We used to lay the bottles on the heating pipesin winter to take the chill off the milk!School teachers keeping a cane hung on a hook by their deskto deal instant chastisement to miscreants! (Or even if you gotyour sums or spelling wrong!). Using 'Cane snap' which was flaky mica taken from old toasters or electrical insulation,and rubbed between your palms to take the sting out of the cane! (Didn't work!).Real Hornby trains('O' gauge ,not 'OO'.which were mini, plasticabominations) Still are! I remember Bromley's toyshop next toBurley Road School always had a working Hornby layout in the window. The object of my desires(before girls!)was a 'King Georgethe Fifth (4-6-2?) set costing £5! far out of my parents' means.Bromley's always had a 'halfpenny prick' card fiddle going consisting of a thick card with covered punch holes which you paid a Ha'penny and had to prick through the paper to reveal a colour. Red got you a Bullseye 'gobstopper' sweet, blue a liquorice stickand white-nothing! the holes were mostly white of course!The trick was remembering where the reds and blues were when Mr.B stuck a clean sheet of paper over the holes again!Crafty b had 3 'cards' at least, of course.Home milk delivered from large churns on a horse and trap andpoured from a 1pt or a 'Gill' ladle into an open jug on your doorstep.Flies and cats had a field day even with a saucer cover on the jug!Collecting shrapnel from AA fire during the mini Blitz in March 1941Loads of incendiaries were dropped and their tail fins were scattered around the streets after the firebombs had been extinguished. At 11 years old I was an accomplished 'stirrup pump'operator,trained by our ARP wardens!Even had my own tin hat with SFP on the front!(Don't ask!)Coal,as previously stated, was dropped down the 'coil oil 'grate,in our case it was in front of the step on the pavement,my job was to listen how many 1cwt sacks were dropped incase the coalman tried to diddle us! If you disagreed with the amount delivered,the man would say'OK,count the sacks on the flags!' Crafty fella havedropped an empty sack first of course!Blackout material was 'coupon free' and mum made me several pairs of Gym shorts at 9p a yard!Sweet ration was very sparse so when 'spent up' we ate Victory Vlozenges and Throaties which were sweet but had chlorodyne inthem which sometimes left us a bit 'high!' There were also Menthol 'Imps' and Doctor Tanner's sticks which were for sore throats but were jet black liquorice wrapped in silver foil and verytasty! You didn't need coupons for medication!Gotta go now. Washing up to do!More to , sometime!Arry That's more like it! it's good to see your back on top form arry lol.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 8:26 pm

Switching on the TV/radio 5 minutes before your resired programme to allow it to 'warm up'.Wood-chip wallpaper,overhead toilet cystern(and chain),cooking with non 'non-stick' pans and using a 'Brillo' pad to clean'em.Whatever we used prior to North Sea Gas (coal gas?) had the habit of 'popping' after it was turned off.Always made me jump.

oldleedsman · Post by **oldleedsman** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 10:46 pm

Toys: potato guns; guns with a reel of caps; small rockets that you put single caps in and threw in the air and when they landed on the pavement, they went 'bang' (simple pleasures, eh); sekiden guns that fired little pellets; water pistols.Sweets: bubblegum which came with cards that you collected. The reverse of each card made up a big picture. There were lots of series - American Civil War, The Monkees, The Man From Uncle, etc. Sweet cigarettes that also had cards you collected.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Fri 14 Mar, 2008 11:43 pm

oldleedsman wrote: small rockets that you put single caps in and threw in the air and when they landed on the pavement, they went 'bang' (simple pleasures, eh); We got the same effect with two bolts screwed into a nut. The game above named "pegs" we played with bits of wood and called it "sticks"We also played a game called "hot rye or rice" you stood in a circle with your arms over one another's shoulder and dropped a ball and whoever it touched first was "it" and had to catch the others by either hitting them with the ball or tigging them with the ball. Once caught they switched sides. Those who were free were only allowed to fist the ball and not carry it in the hand. I think that's they rules. Anyway you don't see it any more - come to that what do you see?