60s colour footage of city Square

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Fri 31 Jul, 2009 12:22 pm

cnosni wrote: blackprince wrote: BLAKEY wrote: What a refreshing glimpse of a happy past - well I think so. I loved the excellent view of the beautiful white building on the north side of Infirmary Street. Although called "Post Office House" it had nothing to do with the Post Office but was the prestigous headquarters of a very well respected Insurance Agent - A.W.Bain and Sons Ltd. - I've delivered many a letter there as an office junior on £120 PER ANNUM - less tax and insurance - in 1952/3 I think you were being exploited mate - it should have been at least 120 guineas! What as in guinea pigs? Yeah, in mine & Blakey's day, pre decimalisation, when big deals were paid for in cows, camels, sheep etc guinea pigs were used as the small change.Put a couple in your handbag and a week later you'd have 4 or 5, if they didn't chew their way out, thats inflation for you. It was difficult paying your tram or charabanc fare with them, and when parking meters were introduced they were phased out as legal tender. You couldn't get anything bigger than a mouse through the coin slot but they looked great running around in a little wheel inside the meter.

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Fri 31 Jul, 2009 12:26 pm

cnosni wrote: blackprince wrote: BLAKEY wrote: What a refreshing glimpse of a happy past - well I think so. I loved the excellent view of the beautiful white building on the north side of Infirmary Street. Although called "Post Office House" it had nothing to do with the Post Office but was the prestigous headquarters of a very well respected Insurance Agent - A.W.Bain and Sons Ltd. - I've delivered many a letter there as an office junior on £120 PER ANNUM - less tax and insurance - in 1952/3 I think you were being exploited mate - it should have been at least 120 guineas! What as in guinea pigs? ps Why else do you think we save in piggy banks?

Arry Awk · Post by **Arry Awk** » Fri 31 Jul, 2009 5:13 pm

blackprince wrote: cnosni wrote: blackprince wrote: BLAKEY wrote: What a refreshing glimpse of a happy past - well I think so. I loved the excellent view of the beautiful white building on the north side of Infirmary Street. Although called "Post Office House" it had nothing to do with the Post Office but was the prestigous headquarters of a very well respected Insurance Agent - A.W.Bain and Sons Ltd. - I've delivered many a letter there as an office junior on £120 PER ANNUM - less tax and insurance - in 1952/3 I think you were being exploited mate - it should have been at least 120 guineas! What as in guinea pigs? ps Why else do you think we save in piggy banks? And here's me thinking "Guineas is good for you" L O L! NOT!!!

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Sat 01 Aug, 2009 2:00 pm

Notice that quite a few of the men on the film were still wearing flat caps-almost never seen today. When did they become extinct? Also one brown sheepskin jacket as worn by Del Boy. A schoolboy wearing the full length school uniform raincoat and cap. Nice to see the police wearing the proper helmet & uniform instead of the paramilitary "swat team " uniforms of today.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 01 Aug, 2009 6:32 pm

blackprince wrote: Notice that quite a few of the men on the film were still wearing flat caps-almost never seen today. When did they become extinct? Also one brown sheepskin jacket as worn by Del Boy. A schoolboy wearing the full length school uniform raincoat and cap. Nice to see the police wearing the proper helmet & uniform instead of the paramilitary "swat team " uniforms of today. We were at the Freedom Parade for The Rifles today and the march was led off by two mounted police officers in full dress uniform. mrs ravey commented that they looked much smarter than "normal".