Treatment Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Imps (little black horrible things). Five pennorth o' chips wi scraps on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Way,way back in the 30s and 40s, not a great deal of money around, not a lot of work either, a lot of familys had a hard time. Being able to buy clothes for kids was difficult. A few kids I knew, usually from big familys, wore clogs. You dont see them much nowadays. Thick leather, inch thick wooden soles, with an iron on the bottom. Shop on the Wicker end of Nursery St made 'em. Mate of mine always wore them, no socks, but clogs. You should've seen him on a slide in winter, greased lightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashbang Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 For Flashbang NUT BROWN was BEER and very nice too P.S. you must be very young my dear Shhhhhhhhh 47 but don't tell anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardl21 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 As kids in the 50/60's we used to spend our sixpence on th following Flying Saucers Black Jacks Fruit Salad Rainbow Drops Imps Cinder Toffie Boot Laces Ceed Gums Cherry Lips Parma Violets Bazoka Chewing Gum Anacead twist Potato Puffs And best of all Nibbits That is just a short list of sweets we used to have in that time. The other things we dont see are People who care and help strangers who are in trouble A Please and Thankyou Helping old ladies across the road People holding doors open Parking Lights on Cars Starting Handles The village Policeman Redex at garages Green Shield Stamps The Rag and Tag Market The Mucy Duck The Stamps in Fitsallan Square And Pond Street Nora Regards Dave Eeeeeee Potato puffs, they were great !! I'm convinced they were resonsible for my less than slim physique ( I use the word in an amusing way don't ya know) And, possibly, the boiled sweets from the Rag and Tag my dad used to bring in sometimes, played some role in it too. tara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Before the war at the Hatfield House Lane end of Bellhouse Rd Shiregreen, there was a small ,dark, crowded shop which used to sell glasses of sarsaparilla ( the spelling is from the dictionary ) straight from a large brown pot with a tap at the bottom, delicious it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Before the war at the Hatfield House Lane end of Bellhouse Rd Shiregreen, there was a small ,dark, crowded shop which used to sell glasses of sarsaparilla ( the spelling is from the dictionary ) straight from a large brown pot with a tap at the bottom, delicious it was. I recall, as an early teenager going to a "Drinks" Shop near Millmoor in Rotherham with a couple of mates, same age, and having a drink of sarsaparilla form a similar dispenser You're right of course....simply delicious. There were genuine fruit juices to choose from too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Thinking of fruit, - does anyone remember those Jaffa oranges that appeared in the shops just before Christmas ? They were huge and sweet and the peel and pith came off clean as a whistle. Much better than the oranges available these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinknsparkly Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 you mustv been our neighbors!! we lived opposite the church on crookesmoor road. i lived there from bein born till age 13. we were reminising about this the other day. how we had a 'tin' bath, in front of the fire in kitchen on a sunday night ready for school and if you caught your arm on the side it would burn you where itd got hot from the gas fire! then when wed all had our turn, dad would tip it out the back door, made a great slide next mornin in the winter after it had frozen overnight. and im only talkin about late 70's here.....................i never sat in a proper bath till i was 14yrs old in 1977 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdee Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Does anyone remember the drink machines that used to be on shop counters? There was a glass bowl about the same size as a football, which which hissed as if the drink was being pumped into the bowl by compressed air, and then emptied into a glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini2 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 my great aunt used to send me to the chemist for Belladonna plasters to puton her back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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