The Oldies Thread

[Bluerover]

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…Kirkdale Road, Liverpool 1952.

Terrible traffic jams in those days

 

[summerisle]

Gruesome really….

I 'preferred' the tinned tangerines.

 

[peteblue]

I 'preferred' the tinned tangerines.

But that evaporated milk was sickening…….

 

[Bazlar]

Having to melt the lard in the chip pan. Now there's a memory you've stirred.

We still do it

 

[summerisle]

But that evaporated milk was sickening…….

Horrible stuff, made the syrup like an oil slick. You can though make a nice sticky toffee pudding with it, it's only worthwhile use.

 

[woodsyni]

We still do it

Class! I can feel my arteries thicken when I think of it. ?Those chips have never been surpassed but surely in a deep fat fryer and not a chip pan?

 

[woodsyni]

Terrible traffic jams in those days

Bloomin' cyclist still hogging half the lane.

 

[Bazlar]

Class! I can feel my arteries thicken when I think of it. ?Those chips have never been surpassed but surely in a deep fat fryer and not a chip pan?

No. Chip pan mate

 

[woodsyni]

No. Chip pan mate

Proper old school! I like it!

 

[Ducans elbow]

Remember your mum and dad put this on the phone, but you could tap the number out at the top

 

[Methuselah]

Remember your mum and dad put this on the phone, but you could tap the number out at the top

Talking about economies. My dad had a phobia about the immersion heater. He had an alarm clock next to it and set the alarm when he put the immersion heater on. I think he allowed 20 minutes for a bath! (1940's)

 

[bluenotred]

Talking about economies. My dad had a phobia about the immersion heater. He had an alarm clock next to it and set the alarm when he put the immersion heater on. I think he allowed 20 minutes for a bath! (1940's)

Same in our house. The immersion heater was rarely on (1960's/ 70's). My dad used to boil a kettle to take it upstairs to the bathroom for a shave. I guess times were tough.

 

[Barrowjohn]

Remember your mum and dad put this on the phone, but you could tap the number out at the top

Our phone (same type) was in the kitchen and me and sister soon worked out that you could pick those barrel locks easy with a hairpin, and the origins of speed dial by forcing back the dial wheel quickly with finger. BUT we used to get busted with the loud bell “Ping” when putting the receiver back. Dad would get so mad. I don't even know when this stopped being a big deal in the hierarchy of household bills. Making a a call back in the day had to be planned, timing was key.

 

[4737carlin]

Before he died he destroyed all his puppets, Gordon Murray

 

[summerisle]

I remember both.