Kes Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Smiths crisps with a twist of salt in blue paper. Popeye and beans on toast, dad going off in the evneing to 'choir practice' at the local PUB. Rabbits by the bucket load and scrumping. Fairs and sledging. Nice people, good times even real gypsies who were respected everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Spud picking for "harrowings" which were missed by the spinner first time round for 5 shillings a day. Backbreaking work but between two of us enough to raise the £2 pounds 10 shillings we needed to buy a BSA Cadet .177. Gathering anything edible from hedgerows like the wild plums we found once and carried home in a jumper with the arms tied in knots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Turning the light on and seeing silverfish in the hearth, taking a bowl and tea towel to fetch savoury duck from the butchers ( they also did pigs trotters and tails) and twisting up newspaper for fire lighters. Yes whats happened to all the silverfish?? Good call as I had forgot about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 They used to live under the lino by the fire hearth. Dark, warm and damp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 They used to live under the lino by the fire hearth. Dark, warm and damp. Quick off the mark little chaps as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Used to peel up the lino edge and try to count them before they disappeared. Got told off by Mum many a time for doing that. Could never manage to catch them. Too fast. Scrounging match boxes to put bugs in. Mum wasn't happy when she went to light the fire and got hit on the nose with a grasshopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Frozen jubleys Sherbet dabs with a liquorice straw Esso Blue Wearing short trousers to school...in the snow Girls with fireside tartan Homemade cattys..with 1/4" elastic if you were "man" enough Gat guns Tank aerials for fishing rods Health & Effiency magazine...pre Kays catalogue catty elastic tank aerials for fishing rods Parade mags you always pressed button B to see if anyone had forgotten the winter of 62/3 snowed on Christmas eve and stayed till spring, getting the cane on both hands at school for fighting scrumping learning to swim in the river getting a ring around your legs from wearing wellies and shorts making dens from bales lighting fires cooking eels fishing all night getting a clout round the ears for just about everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Getting a box of mixed nails and screws and a hammer and saw from Dad and told I could have any of the wood in the scrap bin. Main projects were little boats to take down the local river. I did build a house and pen for my Tortoise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Bread and Dripping yummy This was my school lunch every day Knives were carried by many but as a tool Tizer seemed to come from another planet. You could get fruitmen for your pencils for a few d ( pennies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Playing stretch on the front lawn with a commando knife. None of the neighbours battered a eyelid. Luckily we were pretty good at aiming and missed our feet. Still got that knife. Went and measured the blade it is 6" Edited September 14, 2014 by loriusgarrulus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant hit rabbits 123 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Pasta not invented? Are we discussing the 1960s or the 1060s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 This was my school lunch every day Knives were carried by many but as a tool Tizer seemed to come from another planet. You could get fruitmen for your pencils for a few d ( pennies) School lunch every day, it would be deemed unhealthy now days, but we are still here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Pasta not invented? Are we discussing the 1960s or the 1060s? Spaghetti wasn't invented, it grows on trees. Duh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Pasta not invented? Are we discussing the 1960s or the 1060s? As far as the British were concerned. If it wasn't some way of cooking potatoes it didn't go with a hot meal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 This was my school lunch every day Knives were carried by many but as a tool Tizer seemed to come from another planet. You could get fruitmen for your pencils for a few d ( pennies) that's where the belly come's from tee hee colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Did you have the same grub then ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 In the late 60's you could buy a gallon of petrol for your Enfield Crusader for 5 bob, a half of bitter for 9d and a Babycham at 1 shilling for the unsuspecting lass you had persuaded to ride on the pillion. All you could afford for a night out on apprentices wages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 With salt sprinkled on and the brown jelly as well. Best melted on toast. That was always a favourite as was dunking a slice of bread in the Sunday roast pan and letting it soak up the juices and odds and **** left in it. I'm sure our salt used to be in a block wrapped in waxed paper and looked like a loaf, does anyone else remember that or is my memory playing tricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayano3 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 How about making go carts from old pram wheels and axles. The ultimate honour was to become milk monitor at junior school. Shooting the smaller kids in short trousers on the legs with my Dianna 177 air rifle using elderberries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 A lot of these distant memories you lot are going on about are still part of my life. Plenty of silverfish here and frost on the inside of the windows wasn't many months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Playing stretch on the front lawn with a commando knife. None of the neighbours battered a eyelid. Luckily we were pretty good at aiming and missed our feet. Still got that knife. Went and measured the blade it is 6" We called it split the kipper many a little white mark on top of feet when tanned. Finding Lemonade and if very luck soda syphon bottles to take back to corner shop for sweets and matches. When really hungry we would eat virtually anything, but sat at the dining table saying I'm not eating that muck with back of head ringing and said hot food stuck to face. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 That was always a favourite as was dunking a slice of bread in the Sunday roast pan and letting it soak up the juices and odds and **** left in it.I'm sure our salt used to be in a block wrapped in waxed paper and looked like a loaf, does anyone else remember that or is my memory playing tricks? Remember my gran buying Saxa salt like this but looked more like a bigger block of butter shape wise. As a child my gran would take the roast of of the tin then Turn the oven up and start stirring the dripping reducing the clear fat down to almost brown juice. This was then put in a bowl to set cold. Mixed up the liquid and set dripping with the knife and spread on home baked bread with salt was better to me than the sodding meat on the dinner, far more tasty. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Being made to sit at table till you had cleared your plate wearing an apron to keep your dress clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 (edited) A decade earlier it was a toasting fork by the fire (if you hadn't burned the house down with a sheet of newspaper trying to get it going) with the toast then covered in dripping while you listened to 'Journey Into Space' and '**** Barton' on the radio. Edit: "****" is short for 'Richard'. Edited September 15, 2014 by wymberley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Peter. straying a bit the Mr Crabtree fishing books, Showing Timmy? coarse fishing tactics including livebait snap tackle and the best way to gaff a pike, I loved those books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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