In the 1940's we went to the Co-op to get the 'rations.'
The Oldies Thread
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Difficult to find blancmange nowadays, you can make it though with jelly and milk, tastes exactly the same.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
We also did that in the 50’s, not actual rations it was just what my mum called them….
How odd , I never came across it growing up but it’s in common usage up in Scotland, so I always thought it was just a Scottish thing .May have already been posted but does anyone else remember the saying "messages"? As in "I'm going for the messages" or "He/She is doing the messages". It meant going to the shops or getting some shopping in. It seems I'm the only person who can recall it and now I'm starting to doubt my memory
Nah if was deffo a liverpool thing as well...probably not South of England, though I stand to be corrected on that.
One of my earliest memories is being sent 'on a message' by my Gran...usually up to the post office by The Heath Hotel..to "ask Mrs Bullock for 10 woodbines" and don't forget to say please. I was about 7.
Legs it up there..."can I av 10 woodbines for me gran please Mrs Bullock"
The woke-anistas would have a fit now - 'Kem
Still in use in Dublin today. Woman in the office will go out on a Tuesday saying "I'm just going out for me messages". She'll come back an hour later with some groceries
tommytowne
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57378. Our divi number from 1958.
Effing hell. I saw Co-op and bing, something from over sixty years ago pops into my skull.
Some days I can't recall what I had for breakfast.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
It was never like this in my day. lol
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
May have already been posted but does anyone else remember the saying "messages"? As in "I'm going for the messages" or "He/She is doing the messages". It meant going to the shops or getting some shopping in. It seems I'm the only person who can recall it and now I'm starting to doubt my memory
Common in Liverpool throughout 50’s and 60’s…..
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
I can remember when Southport was posh.
Remember it well. One of my mother's most used words.May have already been posted but does anyone else remember the saying "messages"? As in "I'm going for the messages" or "He/She is doing the messages". It meant going to the shops or getting some shopping in. It seems I'm the only person who can recall it and now I'm starting to doubt my memory
OMD wrote a song about it.May have already been posted but does anyone else remember the saying "messages"? As in "I'm going for the messages" or "He/She is doing the messages". It meant going to the shops or getting some shopping in. It seems I'm the only person who can recall it and now I'm starting to doubt my memory
I used to make it with jelly and evap.