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Post by Staffsoatcake on May 14, 2015 16:17:16 GMT
when we were kids. If we saw a funeral, we had to hold our collars and say, "Hold a collar,never swaller, until you see a four legged animal.  Avoid stepping on pavement cracks. Watch people use the Beechnut chewing gum machine, then get your penny in at the right time and get 2 for the price of one.  Go to the Pie shop near closing time and get the Pies at half price. Nip into Woolworths to buy broken biscuits. Ask an adult to get you into the pictures so you could see an X rated film. Anymore? |
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Post by lawrieleslie on May 14, 2015 16:47:27 GMT
In the old telephone kiosks you could make a free phone call by tapping the number out using the telephone rest. Just leave a pause between each number. Worked most times.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 20:22:44 GMT
In the old telephone kiosks you could make a free phone call by tapping the number out using the telephone rest. Just leave a pause between each number. Worked most times. Really? TEST |
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Post by maninasuitcase on May 14, 2015 21:26:27 GMT
Take the empty pop bottles back to the pub and get 5p back for each bottle for sweets.
Get bottles of stout for your grandparents from the off sales at the pub
Go into the smoky pub as a kid to tell your dad his Sunday dinner was ready.
They were good days.
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Post by harryburrows on May 15, 2015 3:22:01 GMT
Rubbing my grandads pipe tobacco
Taking his Bets to his mates house , coins wrapped in newspaper
Sharpening the carving knife on the back step
Making sticks for the fire by platting newspaper
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 5:28:20 GMT
Rubbing my grandads pipe Taking his Bets to his mates house , coins wrapped in newspaper Sharpening the carving knife on the back step Making sticks for the fire by platting newspaper  |
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Post by bathstoke on May 15, 2015 6:13:10 GMT
In the old telephone kiosks you could make a free phone call by tapping the number out using the telephone rest. Just leave a pause between each number. Worked most times. Really? TEST True |
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Post by bathstoke on May 15, 2015 6:15:21 GMT
when we were kids. If we saw a funeral, we had to hold our collars and say, "Hold a collar,never swaller, until you see a four legged animal. WTF!?! |
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Post by harryburrows on May 15, 2015 8:20:03 GMT
Rubbing my grandads pipe Taking his Bets to his mates house , coins wrapped in newspaper Sharpening the carving knife on the back step Making sticks for the fire by platting newspaper He was a raving socialist as well  |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 8:43:24 GMT
He was a raving socialist as well It's one thing pleasuring your grandad but, a socialist?.....that's just sick! |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 8:45:50 GMT
when we were kids. If we saw a funeral, we had to hold our collars and say, "Hold a collar,never swaller, until you see a four legged animal. WTF!?! In Blurton all the kids line the street and sing cheerio cheerio ......etc......ends with fck off  |
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Post by harryburrows on May 15, 2015 9:47:01 GMT
He was a raving socialist as well It's one thing pleasuring your grandad but, a socialist?.....that's just sick! And a trade union organiser in the 20s , ........ He was a good sort despite this |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 10:08:23 GMT
Rubbing my grandads pipe tobacco Taking his Bets to his mates house , coins wrapped in newspaper Sharpening the carving knife on the back step Making sticks for the fire by platting newspaper Sharpening the carving knife on the step ........was that to kid the neighbours into thinking you had a joint of meat ?  |
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Post by LGH87 on May 15, 2015 10:11:00 GMT
To this day I still don't walk across three covers on the pavement when you get three side by side.
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Post by dutchpeter72 on May 15, 2015 10:43:29 GMT
Does anyone remember 'warming up' a television before viewing? |
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Post by murphthesurf on May 15, 2015 11:12:29 GMT
when we were kids. If we saw a funeral, we had to hold our collars and say, "Hold a collar,never swaller, until you see a four legged animal. We used to say that when we saw an ambulance! |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 11:17:27 GMT
Going to School
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Post by ihaveadream on May 15, 2015 13:03:52 GMT
Dialing 16 to hear a song from the charts
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Post by Northy on May 15, 2015 16:25:29 GMT
Does anyone remember 'warming up' a television before viewing? Yep  Sent from my SM-G850F using proboards |
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Post by dutchpeter72 on May 15, 2015 16:30:51 GMT
In this day and age of digital devices, tablets etc, my Weekly Thursday fix of Victor, Hotspur and Battle comics looks a bit odd. Do kids read comics now?  |
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Post by Skankmonkey on May 15, 2015 16:39:17 GMT
In the old telephone kiosks you could make a free phone call by tapping the number out using the telephone rest. Just leave a pause between each number. Worked most times. I can confirm this. In the early '70s we used it to connect randomly to other telephone boxes across the city in order to chat to other sad teenagers, hopefully female, with nowt to do on a wet Tuesday night. |
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Post by matelot1996 on May 15, 2015 22:57:53 GMT
My memory may be slightly off but:
1. Take the kitchen knives out to be sharpened by the paedophile cyclist.
2. Give dead relatives a kiss on the forehead whilst in their open caskets.
3. As a 13 year old walking from the Abbey to Stoke ground on the railway lines with stolen food from the kitchen stashed in dads work bag. Returning 5 hours later and lying about getting lost in the fields.
4. Eating Salmon paste sandwiches.
5. Getting up off the settee to change one of 4 TV channels over.
6. Use manual choke on first car.
7. Go to shops on Sat Morning for Nan to by a quarter of tongue!
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Post by Billybigbollox on May 15, 2015 23:03:55 GMT
Ginger birds.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 23:14:01 GMT
My memory may be slightly off but: 1. Take the kitchen knives out to be sharpened by the paedophile cyclist. 2. Give dead relatives a kiss on the forehead whilst in their open caskets. 3. As a 13 year old walking from the Abbey to Stoke ground on the railway lines with stolen food from the kitchen stashed in dads work bag. Returning 5 hours later and lying about getting lost in the fields. 4. Eating Salmon paste sandwiches. 5. Getting up off the settee to change one of 4 TV channels over. 6. Use manual choke on first car. 7. Go to shops on Sat Morning for Nan to by a quarter of tongue! That's a thoroughbred Stokie post ....I salute you sir , especially the Shiphams spread bit . May I proffer a couple of additions for you approval ....a bit extreme , but true in my case ... Chopping sticks on a Saturday morning for the rest of the week ... Digging out coal from disused open cast pits like Goldenhill and Birchenwood .... Digging up 'discarded seconds ' pottery from potbank dumps and flogging them on... Pinching veg from South Cheshire farms and riding it 'wom' for dispersal amongst the masses ... Cashing in clothing vouchers at Taylor's supermarket at Tunstall roundabout ... Going for a dip at the paddling pool at the bottom of Pittshill ....with Winger aka Ste Foster in tow ... Fanbloodytastic ..... |
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Post by matelot1996 on May 15, 2015 23:32:58 GMT
My memory may be slightly off but: 1. Take the kitchen knives out to be sharpened by the paedophile cyclist. 2. Give dead relatives a kiss on the forehead whilst in their open caskets. 3. As a 13 year old walking from the Abbey to Stoke ground on the railway lines with stolen food from the kitchen stashed in dads work bag. Returning 5 hours later and lying about getting lost in the fields. 4. Eating Salmon paste sandwiches. 5. Getting up off the settee to change one of 4 TV channels over. 6. Use manual choke on first car. 7. Go to shops on Sat Morning for Nan to by a quarter of tongue! That's a thoroughbred Stokie post ....I salute you sir , especially the Shiphams spread bit . May I proffer a couple of additions for you approval ....a bit extreme , but true in my case ... Chopping sticks on a Saturday morning for the rest of the week ... Digging out coal from disused open cast pits like Goldenhill and Birchenwood .... Digging up 'discarded seconds ' pottery from potbank dumps and flogging them on... Pinching veg from South Cheshire farms and riding it 'wom' for dispersal amongst the masses ... Cashing in clothing vouchers at Taylor's supermarket at Tunstall roundabout ... Going for a dip at the paddling pool at the bottom of Pittshill ....with Winger aka Ste Foster in tow ... Fanbloodytastic ..... Ha Ha Brilliant, The old man was a miner so I raise you chopping sticks for fetching bucket fulls of coal. Forgot about nicking crops and other things from farms. Been Shot at a few times by Bucknall / Werrington farmers which I had also forgotten about!! Good Times |
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Post by trickydicky73 on May 16, 2015 7:52:32 GMT
Does anyone remember 'warming up' a television before viewing? And 50p's in the meter if you rented a telly. |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 10:21:04 GMT
Spent half my youth chopping sticks and top and tailing shallots for pickled onions.
2 straws in a hubbly bubbly though and a bag of crisps with separate salt bag ftw
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Post by Staffsoatcake on May 16, 2015 16:55:38 GMT
Minding cars on match days. Going to the off license with a pop bottle so the landlord could fill it up with beer if my Mum decided to have a night in. Slapping your backside,pretending you are riding a horse after Saturday morning pictures. Drinking pop and eating Suger butties in Stoke Church yard on sunny days. Eating Tinned fruit,with carnation cream and bread and butter on a Sunday night. Drinking sterilised milk out of the bottle, before we had fridges.  Cardboard in your shoes if you had a hole in them. Great days. |
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Post by Billybigbollox on May 16, 2015 17:01:05 GMT
Does anyone remember 'warming up' a television before viewing? And 50p's in the meter if you rented a telly. 50p ? Don't you mean 10 bob? |
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Post by harryburrows on May 16, 2015 17:03:23 GMT
Renting a telly from either DER or RADIO RENTALS
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