Kay 3,709 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Ginger ,the milkman's horse . He was there from the time I was old enough to notice things . .As a toddler I was allowed to feed him the burnt toast.Even then Mum was making a name for herself with culinary pyrotechnics and Dad reckoned Ginger was the fattest horse in Sussex because of it! Sadly one morning he collapsed of bloat and had to be cut out of the shafts.But this was before he reached our house so Mum was'nt to blame..The milkman had to then pass his driving test so he could do the round. Those Swappets were great too.Little cowboys ,Indians and knights with tiny intechangable weapons and little rubber saddles .Hours of fun. Then on to the teens ..The smell of a hot ,oily BSA after a run to the coast in the summer of 76 ! Now where did I put those glasses with the pink lenses? i think me & your mom must have had the same cookery teacher Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 3,245 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 And do you know something Kay ? To this day nothing I cook for myself tastes quite right unless it is well-done,falling off the bone or covered in a patina of charcoal.Except toast.Maybe that's because all the burnt toast went to the horse .I never had a chance to get a taste for it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 And do you know something Kay ? To this day nothing I cook for myself tastes quite right unless it is well-done,falling off the bone or covered in a patina of charcoal.Except toast.Maybe that's because all the burnt toast went to the horse .I never had a chance to get a taste for it! I love burnt toast with bitter orange marmalade on it & lurpack my cooking is not good as i dont really enjoy it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,577 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) i can remember the old woman in the shop used to sell me five fags if i never had money for ten. what shop would do that now. 5 our shop used to sell the single mind you we where contry bumpkins we had the only shop that shut on saturday at noon bet they wouldn't do that now Edited June 14, 2008 by The one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 I'm not quite so old as some of you guys, but here goes! Plastic bags of milk being left on the doorstep, Half pennies, pound notes, TV sets that were made to look like they were made of wood!, More little shops on estates, Going to the shop with a note to buy cigs for me mum!, Having a slate in the local shop, Black & white TV's, Shops having half day closing on a Wednesday, Shops shut on a Sunday, Tiswas, Less cars on the roads, Us kids having a lot more freedom that they get today, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timjim 43 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Us kids having a lot more freedom than they get today, sad isnt it i spent most of my childhood walking the local mountains with my dogs, building dams with all my mates in the mountain streams and them goin in in our Y-fronts i still spend alot of time on the mountains but hardly see anyone else there now all playstations, computers, drink and drugs now we used to have a local rag and bone man in our village who had a hand cart, he was the village tabbaconist too lol my dad used to give me money to get him fags when i was 8 years old, he sold sweets as well so i usually had a quarter of sherbet and a boiled sweet lolly, proper teeth rotting sherbet not that rubbish you buy today lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gav 1,708 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Shops shut on a Sunday, Shops here still dont open sundays, you cant start the tractor or hang washing out too Rainbow cailai .. I stil cant speel Milk bottles with foil tops, fighting over the cream off the top for breakfast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest markbrick1 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 toy lead soldiers and being outside all the time, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest greengrass123 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Yeh its true nostalgia isnt what it used to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 I remember i spent the whole of the summer in 76 in a bathing costume , you wouldnt be able to do that now it would be seen as wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,577 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 I'm not quite so old as some of you guys, but here goes! Plastic bags of milk being left on the doorstep, Half pennies, What about tanners and three pennies ? Christ them where the days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 What about tanners and three pennies ?Christ them where the days Christ, I'm only 30! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timjim 43 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 What about tanners and three pennies ?Christ them where the days Christ, I'm only 30! Christ I`m only 40, too young to remember tanners and three pennies at least I`m still younger than some on here eh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 What about tanners and three pennies ?Christ them where the days Christ, I'm only 30! Christ I`m only 40, too young to remember tanners and three pennies at least I`m still younger than some on here eh! I remember shillings and not much older than you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,577 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 What about tanners and three pennies ?Christ them where the days Christ, I'm only 30! Christ I`m only 40, too young to remember tanners and three pennies at least I`m still younger than some on here eh! Just a wee bit though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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