Childhood. .Can you remember? A U.K. orientated topic

[roo860]

threepence mixture from chip shop, that's chips and mushy peas.

[Songhua]

Who used to use a card in their spokes?

Yep, don't tell the rest, my street cred could be blown.......

I had two (for that big bike sound)

[krisb]

I remember me old man getting his social security number, 00000001.

[KarenBravo]

House telephone number was:-

560-1099

[pigeonjake]

the rag and bone man used to put a colouring book and wax crayons in a bag and you had to fill the bag,

playing fliks with fag packets,

what about marbles across the street,?

blocko at the end of the street at a lamp post,

bloody hell we kids new how to play for nowt,

[siampolee]

Well here's another offer from Richard Digance.

Edited March 18, 2015 by siampolee

[pigeonjake]

im going to tell a little story from my school days, please bare with me and ignore my spelling ect,

we didnt have a lot of money, and my dinner money was 12p a day,

i used to pay at first, then i thought, i can buy 5 park drive tiped and a couple of matches, sell a couple and make a couple of bob,

but i still used to go in and have my dinner,

this went on for ages, mr hinch would ask who was staying for dinner collect the money ect, i allways said no, then just went in the dinner hall,

anyway this went on for a while,

then one day mr hinch sat at our table, and as we were leaving he said jacko can i have a word,

i said yes,

he said, jacko you dont pay for your dinner but ive noticed you come in and have one,

i said let me explain mr hinch,

he said go on jacko,

i said can you remember when i used to pay,

he said, just about,

well i said, when i used to be on last sitting, at the end the dinner ladies whould shout out seconds, and you could go up and get another dinner free,

so i said thats what im having the free one,,

he looked at me laughed and said,,,,,, jacko you will go a long way in this world, lol

then in year 4, mr olive took over our form, 4g,

well on the first day as we were leaving to go to class, i had to go to him and say,,, excuse me mr olive,, has mr hinch told you about my dinner situation,?

he said,, jacko,, every teacher in the school knows about your dinner siuation,,,lol

and thats how it was till the day i left school,

no one ever said anything,

the great old days at school,

you could have a stroke of the cane instead of detention,

[siampolee]

Classic B.B.C. radio and some Radio Luxembourg clips too here

[siampolee]

Farewell to the B.B.C. Home Service with the shipping forecast.

Edited March 18, 2015 by siampolee

[smokie36]

I remember the Milkman delivered Eggs and Orange juice too.

The Butcher's where I worked as a boy after school wrapped everything in white paper.

The Butchers Bike with the basket on the front for my deliveries.

The really heavy (usually 2) paperboy sack on Sunday's

When the street lights came on, it was time to go home.

Steak&Kidney pie & chips, can of coke was 1-/6d

Green shield stamps !

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And the Coalman ! delivering bags of coal and string tied firewood.

Shuddup Arkwright!

[pigeonjake]

what about carol singing,,, bloody hell you used to get invited in to sing a whole carol,, but it used to pay well, more so if you went in a pub,lol

[marko kok prong]

what was that one,about a chinese man,a scot an an irish fellow,deep freid haggis with guiness or something,once i met a lady.

[KarenBravo]

Halloween was just another day, celebrated only over the pond.

[bannork]

Nostalgia rules.

Blackjacks four a penny, the same as Fruit Salads. Before chain stores, shop owners knew every customer personally.

At school, our headmaster would give us a choice, be caned with a snooker cue or run round the courtyard 50 times.

Most opted for the caning- only took a few seconds and you had the bruises to show off to your friends.

At my school, 7 to 12 years old, we had everything- tree dens, underground dens, log cabins, there was no concern about safety, boys would climb up 50, 70, feet in beech trees, I don't recall anyone ever falling off.

We even had a hitch hiking competition, in pairs, who could hitchhike the furthest from the school in 8 hours, starting 6.00 am.We were aged 11, had to make a reverse charge phone call to prove where we had ended up after 8 hours. Lots of fun!

[marko kok prong]

Nostalgia rules.

Blackjacks four a penny, the same as Fruit Salads. Before chain stores, shop owners knew every customer personally.

At school, our headmaster would give us a choice, be caned with a snooker cue or run round the courtyard 50 times.

Most opted for the caning- only took a few seconds and you had the bruises to show off to your friends.

At my school, 7 to 12 years old, we had everything- tree dens, underground dens, log cabins, there was no concern about safety, boys would climb up 50, 70, feet in beech trees, I don't recall anyone ever falling off.

We even had a hitch hiking competition, in pairs, who could hitchhike the furthest from the school in 8 hours, starting 6.00 am.We were aged 11, had to make a reverse charge phone call to prove where we had ended up after 8 hours. Lots of fun!

A golliwog on the Marmalade jar.

[marko kok prong]

Made to measure suits,the tailor always seemed to spend a longtime measuring your'middle leg',suit you sir.

[bannork]

Nostalgia rules.

Blackjacks four a penny, the same as Fruit Salads. Before chain stores, shop owners knew every customer personally.

At school, our headmaster would give us a choice, be caned with a snooker cue or run round the courtyard 50 times.

Most opted for the caning- only took a few seconds and you had the bruises to show off to your friends.

At my school, 7 to 12 years old, we had everything- tree dens, underground dens, log cabins, there was no concern about safety, boys would climb up 50, 70, feet in beech trees, I don't recall anyone ever falling off.

We even had a hitch hiking competition, in pairs, who could hitchhike the furthest from the school in 8 hours, starting 6.00 am.We were aged 11, had to make a reverse charge phone call to prove where we had ended up after 8 hours. Lots of fun!

A golliwog on the Marmalade jar.

Jeez, you're right, and there was another marmalade jar, fat with a sweet green marmalade, what was the name?

Toy cigarettes- and the real ones- mum and dad would smoke Embassy, I remember reading the catalogues, full of household appliances- ' keep puffing, we'll soon have enough coupons for a dishwasher, Mum'.

[roo860]

Nostalgia rules.

Blackjacks four a penny, the same as Fruit Salads. Before chain stores, shop owners knew every customer personally.

At school, our headmaster would give us a choice, be caned with a snooker cue or run round the courtyard 50 times.

Most opted for the caning- only took a few seconds and you had the bruises to show off to your friends.

At my school, 7 to 12 years old, we had everything- tree dens, underground dens, log cabins, there was no concern about safety, boys would climb up 50, 70, feet in beech trees, I don't recall anyone ever falling off.

We even had a hitch hiking competition, in pairs, who could hitchhike the furthest from the school in 8 hours, starting 6.00 am.We were aged 11, had to make a reverse charge phone call to prove where we had ended up after 8 hours. Lots of fun!

A golliwog on the Marmalade jar.

Jeez, you're right, and there was another marmalade jar, fat with a sweet green marmalade, what was the name?

Toy cigarettes- and the real ones- mum and dad would smoke Embassy, I remember reading the catalogues, full of household appliances- ' keep puffing, we'll soon have enough coupons for a dishwasher, Mum'.

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My mum smoked herself to death for a new kettle!!!

[CharlieH]

Best street game was "kick the can"

Place a can in the middle of the road, all go hide n seek style, first one to get back and kick the can without getting caught.

Germans! was the other one, run from the road and hiding over the edge of the bank not to get caught in the headlights of the "Germans" (any vehicle that came)

Riding country lanes on the bikes, checking all the A or B buttons in the telephone boxes for pennies.

[bannork]

Best street game was "kick the can"

Place a can in the middle of the road, all go hide n seek style, first one to get back and kick the can without getting caught.

Germans! was the other one, run from the road and hiding over the edge of the bank not to get caught in the headlights of the "Germans" (any vehicle that came)

Riding country lanes on the bikes, checking all the A or B buttons in the telephone boxes for pennies.

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In our comics the Germans were all Huns. Did you ever read about Captain Hurricane and Batman Malone? Every week he single-handedly killed hundreds of barbaric Germans- actung! and fearless Japanese fighters banzai!-

Batman Malone was useless though!

[roo860]

Best street game was "kick the can"

Place a can in the middle of the road, all go hide n seek style, first one to get back and kick the can without getting caught.

Germans! was the other one, run from the road and hiding over the edge of the bank not to get caught in the headlights of the "Germans" (any vehicle that came)

Riding country lanes on the bikes, checking all the A or B buttons in the telephone boxes for pennies.

button-b.jpg

In our comics the Germans were all Huns. Did you ever read about Captain Hurricane and Batman Malone? Every week he single-handedly killed hundreds of barbaric Germans- actung! and fearless Japanese fighters banzai!-

Batman Malone was useless though!

Maggot Malone.

[KarenBravo]

Jeez, you're right, and there was another marmalade jar, fat with a sweet green marmalade, what was the name?

Rose's Lime Marmalade.

They also made Lime Cordial.

[roo860]

Remember 'tapping' phone boxes?

[Suradit69]

Same same no different in Greece.

Don't know if I prefer those good old days or todays way of living.

At least we had trust to each other and respect for the elders.

Anyway.....it's called progress.......we have to go along.

"At least we had trust to each other and respect for the elders."

[siampolee]

Marko kokprong post # 45

A golliwog on the Marmalade jar.

Or on the Strawberry jam jar.

Which later in its life the now devoid of jam jar would be used to keep tiddlers in.

Edited March 19, 2015 by siampolee

[siampolee]

I was a member of these two exclusive clubs from 1955 onward.

Any old club members here?

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?

Edited March 19, 2015 by siampolee

[siampolee]

Here is a picture of my village primary school which I started at in 1949.

Later on into Grammar school see picture No. 2 below.

Two old boys of note .The infamous regicide Oliver Cromwell. However we could and indeed did boast about our most illustrious old boy ,Samuel Pepys

Edited March 19, 2015 by siampolee

[marko kok prong]

Football in the park,jumpers for goal post's.

[Songhua]

Here is a picture of my village primary school which I started at in 1949.

Later on into Grammar school see picture No. 2 below.

Two old boys of note .The infamous regicide Oliver Cromwell. However we could and indeed did boast about our most illustrious old boy ,Samuel Pepys

This was my primary school. My desk (complete with inkwell) was inside that large window. There was a pic from the other angle I could've used - but it shows solar panels on the roof!

BTW, this is the Woolsthorpe in Victoria ... not the one near Nottingham.

[rocketboybkk]

Playing in the street without the fear of someone abducting & killing you,

Getting rope & all friends tying bikes together & pulling each other - dangerous.

Unigate milk as opposed to Neville & Griffin.

I grew up on the 70's, great days.

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