Ordinary Sheffielders.

[old tup]

Referring back to waiting on pay day brought back a forgotten memory when I was around five or six years old,my father worked at Neepsend Power Station our family lived in a cottage belonging to them about a quarter of a mile away!.On pay day all the workers queued up in the yard at the time house,I was in the middle every week without fail all the blokes having a laugh with me until I reached the window!."Name please "the clerk asked ,after I told him he passed me a packet full of sixpences,threepenny bits and pennies that all the men had put in for me !.I was spoiled to death by all the men,who never used my proper name always calling me "Young Ben"after my dad,I was a lucky young lad no question!.

[cuttsie]

And now tha's got a Mercedes Benz ,

[Padders]

1 hour ago, cuttsie said:

And now tha's got a Mercedes Benz ,

Beat me to it Cuttsie.

[old tup]

17 hours ago, cuttsie said:

And now tha's got a Mercedes Benz ,

Thart reight but I had to use all my own sixpences and threepenny bits to pay for it,remember what my transport was like when I knocked about wi Whitey!.

[retep]

16 minutes ago, old tup said:

Thart reight but I had to use all my own sixpences and threepenny bits to pay for it,remember what my transport was like when I knocked about wi Whitey!.

Bet tha can't get that Merc up hill 60 in't quarry.

[old tup]

1 minute ago, retep said:

Bet tha can't get that Merc up hill 60 in't quarry.

Thats where I may end up dumping it,I have a few painful memories of that place Eddie Kidd wouldn,t attempt some of the stunts I did up there,remember the somersault when I ended up unconscious what a pillock!

[cuttsie]

1 hour ago, old tup said:

Thart reight but I had to use all my own sixpences and threepenny bits to pay for it,remember what my transport was like when I knocked about wi Whitey!.

Whitey had a transit pickup , wi horses painted on doors , also a gypsy cart , although I do not remember if he ever pulled it with a horse or not .

As to cars when I start counting I run out of paper , most of em ended up scrap , they were scrap when I bought em , just one or two would now be worth a fortune inc MGA, Daimler and Mercs , 

All watttter under Lady's Bridge now though int it .

[Kidorry]

I remember my first car, a Frisky sport. That was the name of the car not me.

[old tup]

My first car purchased with my hard earned was a 1935 Morris 8 bought for £25 ,our old boy got me a huge garage at the power station where I did it up for a few weeks!.All the paintwork black with maroon sides I revived with industrial brasso and one step wax,it had wire wheels that I cleaned up with emerycloth then repainted them!,the front wings frog eyed style had rusted holes that I pop riveted with aluminium and bondoed which I painted black with brushless paint,the rubber was perished on the running boards,I cut out rubber carpet to shape and glued it on!.I valeted the interior and had all the fluids changed and the engine serviced !.I went everywhere in that car, whenever I parked it people asked about it this was in 1960 so you didn,t see many like it around,I kept it for 18 months then sold it for £150 the only car I ever made money on I wish I still had it!.

Edited December 5, 2021 by old tup
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[trastrick]

It's THAT bloody time of year again!  Lol

 

But during and after the war, we didn't have much, what with no Dad, and rationing.

 

But everybody in the neighborhood looked forward to Christmas. The adults used to have a "lay away" plan at the big shops , and everybody saved up for the things that they weren't normally able to afford. Everybody cheered up at Christmas, and there was Boxing Day when it was true to it's original name. A little gift from your employer.  It meant an extra bag of coal for the fire.

 

Toys and games for kids, Ludo and Snakes and Ladders, Blow Football, and maybe a Roy Rogers outfit if you were lucky. Always a Rupert book, maybe even a Dandy or Beano Annual.

 

The adults played 'Newmarket' for money, after the Christmas Dinner table was cleared.

 

Christmas caroling and Happy New Yearing filled our 'money boxes', as were invited in to "poke the fire" on New Years Eve, for good luck. Then downtown to Woolworths, or BHS for that item you never found in your stocking, which was actually a pillowcase.

 

It was a time of full bellies, treats, and a few bob spending money.

 

Today, it's outdated, because, by those standards it's Christmas every day now! Now, Christmas shopping is a pain, you have to think really hard to find something that folks really need. In those days it was easy - everything!

Edited December 9, 2021 by trastrick