hillsbro Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 except some got the"s" the wrong way roundYep - for example FIƧH CAKEƧ.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corndolly Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I used to write on the windows with the daily offers at the fruit shop at gleadless town end.It was like shoe whitening.I was just given a jam jar and brush and told what to put on.King Edward potatoes always took pride of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitsmoorboy Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 I used to write on the windows with the daily offers at the fruit shop at gleadless town end.It was like shoe whitening.I was just given a jam jar and brush and told what to put on.King Edward potatoes always took pride of place. How did you get king Ted's spuds to stay on the window ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corndolly Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 HaHa Now thats a trade secret:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRONMONGER Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 In my time I sold many packets of 'whitening' or whitewash, which came as a powder in a long box, similar in size to a cream cracker box. I sold it at 10d a packet which is about 4p in centigrade. Most people put it in a galvanised bucket (7/6) ,filled it up with water, gave it a good stir, and applied it to the cellar walls with a lime washing brush (2/6). I really must change my name back to Arkwright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 In my time I sold many packets of 'whitening' or whitewash, which came as a powder in a long box, similar in size to a cream cracker box. I sold it at 10d a packet which is about 4p in centigrade. Most people put it in a galvanised bucket (7/6) ,filled it up with water, gave it a good stir, and applied it to the cellar walls with a lime washing brush (2/6). I really must change my name back to Arkwright! It was used for everything in those days, ceilings, fences, outside walls, huts. Poor man's paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 our outside toilet walls was about an inch thick with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechnut Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I remember Wilson's fruit & veg. shop near to where I grew up that always had this sort of writing on the window. Mr Wilson wasn't very good at spelling, and he was also a true devotee of the "greengrocer's apostrophe". This meant that he was offering APPLE'S PEACH'S, CARROTT'S, POTATO'S, PEA'S etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindSeek Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Like Arkwright's in Open All Hours? I remember this as a child - but recall even more shops with a yellow film over the windows - occasionally still see them, but not often now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Here are some examples. You may have to to use your loaf to understand the difference between 3½d and 3d bread, and I suppose a shop selling artists' materials would have an artistic display. After the recent horsemeat scandal, it seems that the cows are campaigning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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