The Oldies Thread

[helpimonfire]

I remember penny chews being 2p

 

[summerisle]

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Halcyon days.

 

[Eggs]

 

[garyammer]

I am old enough to remember when football subs had to sit on a hard wooden bench and not the big comfy chairs the nancies have now.

I Remember Brad Freidel telling Spurs fans he hadn't come to England to "ride the pine" and expected 1st team football

 

[Joey66]

I remember penny chews being 2p

I purchased them with an old penny...

 

[degsy]

I purchased them with an old penny...

Luxury,
When I wert lad we used to get 4 blackjacks and/or mojos  for an old penny...oh wait

 

[PITA]

The stuff we got away with going to the woods in the Autumn & butchering any old trees - the furniture we burnt going on the knocker probably antiques burnt - then the den at the bottonm of your massive bonfie a true fire hazzard when in it ... fireworks sold from any hardware shops - all before NOV the 5th - then you looked forward to Christmas - plus you has penny for the Guy knocking on doors at night ...

all now outlawed ....

I haven't heard a firework so far this year. Different times.

 

[Joey66]

I haven't heard a firework so far this year. Different times.

Halloween which when I was young was called Duck Apple Night has taken over with organised Bonfire firework displays now in place - penny for the Guy disappeared too...

 

[Bluerover]

I remember paying £1.90 to go in the Street end, coins at the turnstiles, except for major ties such as the Derby, Bayern etc in the 80s.

I loved my half and half beany Everton/Celtic hat, although with age I am not as enthusiastic as I used to be about Celtic. I still like them but also Hibs.

I can't remember what it was to go in the terrace at Milltown but I think it was under a pound.

 

[Ray Purchase]

I remember paying £1.90 to go in the Street end, coins at the turnstiles, except for major ties such as the Derby, Bayern etc in the 80s.

I loved my half and half beany Everton/Celtic hat, although with age I am not as enthusiastic as I used to be about Celtic. I still like them but also Hibs.

I can't remember what it was to go in the terrace at Milltown but I think it was under a pound.

Pre decimal currency was mega heavy.

Having a pocket full of coins, when I was a kid, was like carrying round a rock.

 

[Bluerover]

Pre decimal currency was mega heavy.

Having a pocket full of coins, when I was a kid, was like carrying round a rock.

But we thought we were rich if coins were jangling in our pockets as we walked.

I remember a neighbour my age whose folks were cash rich and how I envied him always having pockets full of coins when I was a youngster!

Sadly he died after a traffic accident at just 26. RIP.

 

[Eggs]

 

[summerisle]

I haven't heard a firework so far this year. Different times.

It's been like the Battle of the Somme round here the past ten days - now just started the final bombardment.

 

[Bluerover]

It's been like the Battle of the Somme round here the past ten days - now just started the final bombardment.

If you hear a whistle, don't move!!

 

[summerisle]

If you hear a whistle, don't move!!

I'm a staff officer behind the lines at Battalion Headquarters.