THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Sat 14 Apr, 2012 4:13 pm

If we get many more posts on this thread I reckon the site will self implode.(fish & chips in old newspaper wrappings).

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 14 Apr, 2012 5:27 pm

somme1916 wrote: If we get many more posts on this thread I reckon the site will self implode.(fish & chips in old newspaper wrappings). Trouble now is Somme, it's so big, we can't remember everything that#s been mentioned so we keep going back to the begining!See first message, page 3.I think newsprint wrapping originally went out with a caution over the lead in the ink - does the ink still contain lead? Would have thought not by now. But then old newspaper probably isn't the most hygeinic of stuff to wrap food in I suppose.(and if they used the YEP would it be too old to eat before you got home)

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Sat 14 Apr, 2012 6:48 pm

I only joined SL's recently so I'm trawling through everything. Think I'll be trawling til 2015!!Newspaper's were considered unhealthy to wrap food in so that was the end of that but I used to love the smell of the warm newspaper and as the fish n chips were wrapped first in white paper I couldn't see a problem.My two "You don't see" are.....Bar Six and Kellogg's All Stars cereals.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sat 14 Apr, 2012 8:27 pm

News of large (for the time) wins on the Football Pools. That you could win up to £75,000 on Littlewoods was once a regular advert.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Sat 14 Apr, 2012 10:45 pm

Leodian wrote: News of large (for the time) wins on the Football Pools. That you could win up to £75,000 on Littlewoods was once a regular advert. My mam used to do the pools and every week my older sister would natter her to let her do it.One week my mam gave in and yes, you've guessed it...all my mams numbers would've brought lots of money our way. My mam NEVER forgot it : ( Do they still do Spot the Ball??

Nexus · Post by **Nexus** » Sun 15 Apr, 2012 12:12 am

Started to read this thread a week ago but it's so big i think it will take me months. So apologies if this has already been posted. The four times a year vistit from the gasman with his, gladstone bag, come to empty the meter. We would all watch him empty the box on the kitchen table then carefully count all the sixpenses, or was it shillings, into piles equalling £2.oo. After taking ages doing calculations in a note book he would then expertly roll most of the piles into a piece of blue stiff paper folding over the ends so that thy looked like a packet of trebor mints. These were then placed into the gladstone bag. The remaing piles were the rebate which he handed over to mum. We knew we'd be having fish for tea as well as the chips that night. Happy days. The gasman would then move on and work his way through most of the houses on the estate. Must have been a fair few bob in that bag at the end of the day. Never heard of anybody trying to nick it though.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Sun 15 Apr, 2012 3:33 am

Nexus wrote: Started to read this thread a week ago but it's so big i think it will take me months. So apologies if this has already been posted. The four times a year vistit from the gasman with his, gladstone bag, come to empty the meter. We would all watch him empty the box on the kitchen table then carefully count all the sixpenses, or was it shillings, into piles equalling £2.oo. After taking ages doing calculations in a note book he would then expertly roll most of the piles into a piece of blue stiff paper folding over the ends so that thy looked like a packet of trebor mints. These were then placed into the gladstone bag. The remaing piles were the rebate which he handed over to mum. We knew we'd be having fish for tea as well as the chips that night. Happy days. The gasman would then move on and work his way through most of the houses on the estate. Must have been a fair few bob in that bag at the end of the day. Never heard of anybody trying to nick it though. Hi Nexus. I'm pretty new to SL's too so know how you feel having to catch up. Welcome and hope you enjoy the site as much as I do. Was just reading your comment and I'd forgotten bout the gas/electric man. There was also the rent man and insurance man.Can you imagine how much they'd be having to carry around (money wise) today!! Pretty sad cos years back folk didn't have much but I don't remember quite so much mindless violence back then.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Mon 23 Apr, 2012 10:13 am

Doris Day.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Mon 23 Apr, 2012 10:38 am

Jogon wrote: Doris Day. Ahhh..my dad loved her She still looks good today.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 23 Apr, 2012 1:21 pm

That's me neither use nor ornament for the rest of the day while I swoon - I'll never forget that wonderful scene in "Calamity Jane" where Doris stood with that horse and sang "Secret Love." I was quite certain she was singing to me, but after waiting several years for her ship to arrive here I had to accept that the lucky fella was some cowboy hick that she'd met in the local saloon