1987 LEEDS

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Fri 30 Jul, 2010 12:41 pm

Found a section from the Evening Post for SaturdayApril 11th.1987 when I was clearing out some old stuff last week.Old Yorkshire Diary by Derek Naylor where an old lady who was then84 recalling her life in the Alphabet Streets(Quadrant St.)She was the oldest of 8 and was only 16 when her mother died.Dad worked at Fairburn Lawson for £1 per week.They lived on free fish heads,sheepshead broth,pigs trotters, bones and dumplings.A ha’porth of green cheese from Brewers and from King’s thechemist a ha’porth of syrup of squills(?) for coughs and treacleand brimstone on bath night on Friday.She recalls the Wellington picure house,the Lighthouse cinema onNorth Hall St and the Imperial on Kirkstall Rd.‘Pea Charley’selling pie and peas,Podestas ice cream and Mears fish and chips.Freddy Starr was appearing at Harrogate and Batley the following week.At the Playhouse =’Torpedoes in the Jacuzzi’Private Ear at the Bradford Alhambra with Nicholas Lyndhurst andMatthew Kelly.Blithe Spirit at the Civic Theatre and Charley’s Aunt in York.For an enjoyable evening - visit the Hayfield public Housewhere George and Lloyd look forward to welcoming you.What went wrong after this then ? Dine at The Sawley Arms Fountains Abbey. Tripiti Asian in the Merrion Centre Truffles in Otley Bistro Fiori in Commercal St. Mae’s Pullman Dining Car at Pannal Salute Restaurant Souh Milford - Easter greetings to all our pals,Buon appetito you guys and gals. Tudor restraunt Littlemoor Pudsey.Oliver ate at Billborugh Manor.From Colourvision on Roundhay Rd. 22“ telly and VHS vcr for £438or £11.91 a month.Visa and Access accepted.Instant credit up to £1500,APR 29.9% variable.Pick of the weekend telly, Arena docmentary,Cagney and Lacy,Mastermind,the Animals Roadshow with Sid Jenkins from LeedsRSPCA,and topping the bill 'Live from the London Palladium’was Howard Keel.

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 30 Jul, 2010 1:32 pm

Hi Dogduke. Syrup of Squills?. From Wikipedia :-Scilla ( pronounced "squill ) - a genus of bulb-forming perennial herbs of the hyacinth family...........a preparation of powdered squill bulbs extracted in ethanol is an expectorant used in traditional cough medicines such as Gee's Linctus.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Fri 30 Jul, 2010 1:36 pm

Gee's linctus theres a blast from the pastCan you still buy that stuff??Wasn't there some outcry in the 80's with the druggies drinkingcopious amounts of the stuff in order to get a cheap hit??

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri 30 Jul, 2010 1:40 pm

That would be the ethanol, Brandy. ( comma placed with care )

tinks · Post by **tinks** » Fri 30 Jul, 2010 2:03 pm

I thought it was Kaolin and Morphine the druggies were abusing???

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Fri 30 Jul, 2010 5:09 pm

tinks wrote: I thought it was Kaolin and Morphine the druggies were abusing??? Wasn't just "druggies" either. It was perfectly legal and my old flat mate who was a pharmacology student swore by it. The morphine separated so you dropped a straw in and drank it up.Great find by the way Dogduke. 1987 seems so long ago when you read this. None of these fancy colour pictures i bet either.TV's were really expensive too. You can get a 22" flat panel tv with a DVD attached for about £180 now.