The Oldies Thread

[Eggs]

 

[Eggs]

 

[davids]

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A few old pubs like that back in the day.

 

[davids]

I only ever had one of these. It was in my 20's too when I was married. Still embarrassed my Mom would see it so I pretended some new perfume I had had caused an irritation
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Few different terms for that,when I was a kid in Belfast it was a chewy. Always thought hickey was an American version.

 

[Littlesue]

Few different terms for that,when I was a kid in Belfast it was a chewy. Always thought hickey was an American version.

Yes I only ever knew it as a "love bite"

 

[TyphooToffee]

….working in Civil Service, this was the supply;

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Yikes!

 

[TyphooToffee]

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I remember being told off for having my hands in my pockets but I'd forgotten to wear my S-belt that particular morning and it was the only way to keep my hand-me-down (I was one of seven) shorts from ending up around my ankles.

 

[TyphooToffee]

I only ever had one of these. It was in my 20's too when I was married. Still embarrassed my Mom would see it so I pretended some new perfume I had had caused an irritation
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I've given and received them in my youth but the only red marks now are in a big triangle around my nose and between my eyes after wearing the CPAP mask overnight. It's as if a very wide-mouthed woman had given my whole face a good as suck!

 

[Brisan123]

Does anyone remember paying for goods in a Dept store and she would put the money and receipt in a tube and it would get sucked up to an office and your change would come back down

 

[Brisan123]

I can remember newspaper on a string in the outside lavatory down the yard hung on a nail cut into square pieces & the tin bath on a nail on the back gate - plus we used the bath for the same three kids alternatively 0ne in one out - in front of the coal fire ....

When I was young my mam dad and 3 of us kids lived in one room
My mam had a top loader washing machine
She would take the spindle out and wash me and my sister in it one at a time
Threatening to turn it on if we misbehaved
It’s a wonder I turned up half normal
Bunk beds down the back of the room with plastic on the end to stop us watching TV
I’d tear a small hole in it and watch F Troop and Get smart
Early 60s

 

[TyphooToffee]

Does anyone remember paying for goods in a Dept store and she would put the money and receipt in a tube and it would get sucked up to an office and your change would come back down

I used to work in a jewellery store where we used those

 

[Littlesue]

Does anyone remember paying for goods in a Dept store and she would put the money and receipt in a tube and it would get sucked up to an office and your change would come back down

Oh yes. Our local Co Ops had this method

 

[Eggs]

A few old pubs like that back in the day.

….reminds me of a racing trip to Ireland with my mates. Landed early in Dublin, I’d hired a mini-bus to take us over to West Coast. Asked the driver to stop en-route if he knew a place we could get a pint.

He stopped in a village ironically called Newmarket, told us to go into the butchers and through the doors behind the counter. Sounded strange, but we did as we were told and found ourselves in a lovely little bar. It was 09.30am, we had a good few pints before returning to the bus.

Only happen in Ireland.

 

[Joey66]

I used to work in a jewellery store where we used those

Army & Navy store a big one in Liverpool used them ....

 

[TyphooToffee]

Army & Navy store a big one in Liverpool used them ....

This was Bravingtons by Kings Cross station in London. Not there anymore.