Many a weekend in RK early 60’s in me Grandma’s
The Oldies Thread
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Eggs, I'm not one of the lads with the yacht, I was never dressed as smart as that! except for special occasions.
I'm pretty certain that the park entrance isn't the Walton Hall Park entrance. There were never any houses down the left hand side. Was there another entrance at the Queens Drive end?
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I’m not even that old.. so I tell myself. Had something like this my old man made me .. of course didn’t have breaks and we lived on a hill .. always needed to crash it into the bushes to stop the thing to avoid going into traffic
Oh, we had to brake a wedge of wood the rubbed on to just one back pram wheel - OK on the flat useless on hills lol
No fancy cordless drills in those days a red-hot poker from the coal fire to make the hole for the main bolt on the steering - then the bolt was hammered through with a nut on it that usually worked loose lol
We had a lad in our gang who went to College. He was good at making things and mending things, so we used to let him do the work. All we were interested in was the finished product. The only problem was that there were no hills in the area of Liverpool we lived in. The nearest hill was by Hartley's Jam factory, just a bit too far.
@Methuselah prompted me with his - how it used to be Re Walton and this popped in my mind
I didn't know it was that old tbh.
Ray Davies 1983 ode to the 50s of his childhood.
They put a parking lot on a piece of land
Where the supermarket used to stand
Before that, they put up a bowling alley
On the site that used to be the local palais
I didn't know it was that old tbh.
Ray Davies 1983 ode to the 50s of his childhood.
They put a parking lot on a piece of land
Where the supermarket used to stand
Before that, they put up a bowling alley
On the site that used to be the local palais
Things ain't what they used to be.
I've got tickets to go and see Whitesnake next May. Wondering how the big hair and spandex will look now they are all of pensionable age...(fans included!) Supported by Foreigner and Europe (no idea what they will sing once they've done The Final Countdown)
Fixed that for you mate.
Edit; but yeah, there's nothing new really, it just gets rehashed...but I think Ray Davies is sound and does some pithy social commentary in his rhymes and songs
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Sorry for quoting you from a different thread @Methuselah
(didn't want to derail that thread and this seems more appropriate here)
Like you I am also the same weight now as I was 45 years ago, BUT I am definitely 3/4" shorter now than I was then.
Just wondered how common that is amongst the users of this fine thread?
Just to clarify - when I say shorter I mean height wise lol
Wow 2" is quiet a big change @Joey66.6ft 1 inch to 5-11 inches from 17 years to to 66 years old ......
Are you sure you didn't have your platform heels on? lol
Did people really die by falling in the red hot jam or was that just an urban myth?
I have numerous bits of documentation, including my Army National Service records, all of which give my height as 6ft 3 inches. About 10 years ago, I was in hospital and they wanted to measure my height and weight. They asked me what it was: I said 6ft 3inches. The Nurse said 6ft 2 inches. I think I have probably lost a bit more too. I was right about the weight though. lol