Do you remember

[cruisin_duo]

Mateus Rose

[Esprit]

On my first cruise the Baked Alaska parade had the meringue toppings alight with real flames

[oldbluefox]

Leather satchels bulging with books for homework.
Sharing a text book but the character you were sharing with kept hold of it till the last minute then you were rushing to get your homework in on time.
Teachers' black gowns. The chemistry teacher always had holes in his.

[Stephen]

Izal loo paper

[Quizzical Bob]

When the dustmen used to walk round to the back of the house to collect the bins and then put them back again.

[Stephen]

When there was a second daily post.

[Bensham33]

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb.

[towny44]

A half mile walk to the nearest red phone box and tip tapping, instead of dialing, the numbers in to get a free call

I never managed that at red phone boxes, but I became expert at dialling by tapping the cradle on our works phones.

[towny44]

When the dustmen used to walk round to the back of the house to collect the bins and then put them back again.

and carry them on their shoulder.

[MaureenB]

Milk available in those little bottles at the mid-morning school break

[Manoverboard]

When the dustmen used to walk round to the back of the house to collect the bins and then put them back again.

Apart from some ash from the fire in the living room and a few cans there was very little in the bin, most of it went on the compost heap

[towny44]

When the dustmen used to walk round to the back of the house to collect the bins and then put them back again.

Apart from some ash from the fire in the living room and a few cans there was very little in the bin, most of it went on the compost heap

True enough, packaging was minimal and functional, and when empty it went on the fire, which was lit at least once a week all year round.

[Manoverboard]

... packaging was minimal and functional, and when empty it went on the fire, which was lit at least once a week all year round.

Had to be to get the hot water for the washing ... until the Ascot came along

[towny44]

... packaging was minimal and functional, and when empty it went on the fire, which was lit at least once a week all year round.

Had to be to get the hot water for the washing ... until the Ascot came along

My you were posh, we had a tin bath and a boiler in the cellar to provide hot water for laundry and bathing, and of course a shared outside kaazi.

[Stephen]

The mobile grocery van that sold all loose fresh produce and most other things out the back.

[oldbluefox]

Pork dripping on bread for dinner (or lunch as posh people call it )

[Manoverboard]

Pork dripping on bread for dinner (or lunch as posh people call it )

No wonder we're all on Statins

[towny44]

The mobile grocery van that sold all loose fresh produce and most other things out the back.

Our mobile grocery store was a horse and cart.

[Ray B]

Pork dripping on bread for dinner (or lunch as posh people call it )

No wonder we're all on Statins

Yep, all the nice things are bad for us.
By the way Moby, did you forget the salt on the dripping to finish it.

[Manoverboard]

Pork dripping on bread for dinner (or lunch as posh people call it )

No wonder we're all on Statins

Yep, all the nice things are bad for us.
By the way Moby, did you forget the salt on the dripping to finish it.

Didn't forget .... lashings of sea salt that were scraped off the block

[Ray B]

Jot and Chitterlings. Rules makes it almost impossible to find a butcher who can do them nowadays.

[Stephen]

Fish'n chips out of newspaper

[oldbluefox]

Fish'n chips out of newspaper

....and vinegar dripped down your suit and all over your shoes.

[Stephen]

Fish'n chips out of newspaper

....and vinegar dripped down your suit and all over your shoes.

Not forgetting to ask for the crackling. Unhealthy as hell but lovely.

[Jan Rosser]

Jot and Chitterlings. Rules makes it almost impossible to find a butcher who can do them nowadays.

My father loved chitterlings and sheep's brains and pig's trotters - and my grandmother used to make brawn from the pig's head