The Oldies Thread

[tommytowne]

Unless they have not updated their website, you can still get free Merseytravel age 60

Liverpool City Region Travel Pass Over 60 | Merseytravel

Travel free on buses, trains & Mersey Ferries if you are over 60; at State Pension age, you will get a new national travel pass.

www.merseytravel.gov.uk

Merseytravel offers free travel on all buses, trains and Mersey Ferries river crossings for anyone aged 60 or over who lives in Merseyside.

When you reach your 60th birthday you can apply for a Merseytravel Over 60s travel pass. Once you reach State Pension Age you will be given your English National Concessionary Travel Pass which also allows you to travel on local bus services anywhere in England.
You can find out when you reach your State Pension Age on the Government website.

Our Tory dominated East Riding of Yorkshire Council definitely don't offer it until State Pension Age. You lucky people!

 

[bigjonny]

You sure?
I only got mine at 62, which at that time was in line when women qualified for state pension. They're qualifying age increased gradually to what it is today, 66 yrs of age.

Do you mean the Merseytravel pass ? , my mates and I all got them when we were 60. I’ve caught up with the thread now !.

 

[Eggs]

….never went inside but I’m old enough to remember the White City Greyhound Stadium.

 

[degsy]

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….never went inside but I’m old enough to remember the White City Greyhound Stadium.

Used to cut through there via the entry at the bottom of Sunlight Street back in the day

 

[LEONARD]

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….never went inside but I’m old enough to remember the White City Greyhound Stadium.

I attended Anfield Comp in the late 1970's, remember this well.

Me and a couple of mates would sit on the steps scoffing pie and chips in our lunchbreak.

 

[Eggs]

I attended Anfield Comp in the late 1970's, remember this well.

Me and a couple of mates would sit on the steps scoffing pie and chips in our lunchbreak.

…I lived off Everton Road so remember your school, fine player from there in early 70s was a teammate of mine in the City team.

 

[tommytowne]

Everton related.
Brian Blessed has been on Ken Bruce tracks of my years this week and by coincidence was in the car listening to each of the days offerings.
A couple of times he mentioned his starting in Z Cars back in the sixties and how he loved his association with the city and hinted his choices would reflect that.
Today was his last segment and his last choice wasn't the pipes and drums of our anthem but frigging YNWA. What a let down.

 

[woodsyni]

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….never went inside but I’m old enough to remember the White City Greyhound Stadium.

Is this song about it?

 

[Eggs]

Is this song about it?

…I imagine that’s about the White City Stadium in London, which was a greyhound racing track but also one of the 1966 Football World Cup grounds.

 

[woodsyni]

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…I imagine that’s about the White City Stadium in London, which was a greyhound racing track but also one of the 1966 Football World Cup grounds.

Ah, right. Good song though.

 

[davids]

…I lived off Everton Road so remember your school in early 70s fine player from there was a teammate of mine in the City team.

If memory serves Eric Potts went to Ani Comp had a good career at Sheff Wed Burnley and PNE.

 

[summerisle]

Found this site which details the history of advertising. There's thousands of videos of adverts ; the link below shows adverts in date order, but I'm sure there's a facility somewhere that will find specific brand adverts.

Search the Catalogue

Search our catalogue and archive for adverts and TV commercials, plus much more. Visit the site to view, contact us to download.

www.hatads.org.uk

The 1960s adverts start here - is OMO still going ?

Search the Catalogue

Search our catalogue and archive for adverts and TV commercials, plus much more. Visit the site to view, contact us to download.

www.hatads.org.uk

 

[Eggs]

 

[DualityNSNO]

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Tbh, I remember that as well and I'm not even 30 yet. lol Very fond memory of waiting in line to call my gran while I was with my dad in a beachtown, because the, er, "hotel" didn't have a landline and we had no mobiles. I was about 7 or 8, mind lol

Ours weren't/aren't boxes, but wallmounted ones however.

 

[summerisle]