Whatever happened to 23:06 - Mar 20 with 12677 views | ted_hendrix | Bread and dripping? proper mans food, none of this foreign crap for me. Bloody lettuce nonsense. I had a Ford Zephyr Mk 4 once, column change and hard as nails. (the car that is). | |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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Whatever happened to on 13:59 - Mar 22 with 1100 views | kingo | Jamboree Bags, Scooby Doos and Spanish wood. Bow and arrows made of bamboo and trolleys made of pram wheels | |
| RIP: Sniffer, Doug and Pat |
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Whatever happened to on 17:39 - Mar 22 with 1058 views | peejaybee |
Whatever happened to on 13:59 - Mar 22 by kingo | Jamboree Bags, Scooby Doos and Spanish wood. Bow and arrows made of bamboo and trolleys made of pram wheels |
And wooden scooters with ball bearing wheels. | |
| If at first you dont succeed, pack up and f**k off home. |
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Whatever happened to on 18:08 - Mar 22 with 1044 views | wood_hoop |
Whatever happened to on 13:46 - Mar 21 by Monahoop | Who can remember fat left in the frying pan to be reused? None of this washing up after use nonsense. Mind you after discovering mouse poo and footprints in the pan one day, my mum changed her tactics from then on. My old man hated Fords and did to his dying day. Never knew why though. He had a Wolsley 15/50. Leather seats, wooden dash, pop up arm indicators, hand crank starter if the electric starter or battery failed and a speedometer that screeched like a WW2 German air raid siren when doing over 50 mph. And remember no power steering or air con. Wimps nowadays drivers are, complete wimps! |
My first ever car in the early 70's was the Wolsey, paid £20 for it, big hole in the floor by the control pedals and plenty of rust holding the rest together, no chance of a M.O,T.......... Eventually got knicked going over Battersea Bridge one Sunday morning on way to the coast, got a ban for 12 months, not bad considering I hadn't even passed my test ! Carried on for years buying wrecks for a few pounds and patching them up to run for a few months, wouldn't dream of such a thing now, so my 'whatever happened to' is the balls to drive round in motors fit only for the scrapheap. | | | |
Whatever happened to on 18:10 - Mar 22 with 1042 views | CanadaRanger |
Whatever happened to on 13:53 - Mar 22 by TheBlob | |
Why does the twin at the back remind me of John Terry? | | | |
Whatever happened to on 18:16 - Mar 22 with 1038 views | kingo |
Whatever happened to on 18:08 - Mar 22 by wood_hoop | My first ever car in the early 70's was the Wolsey, paid £20 for it, big hole in the floor by the control pedals and plenty of rust holding the rest together, no chance of a M.O,T.......... Eventually got knicked going over Battersea Bridge one Sunday morning on way to the coast, got a ban for 12 months, not bad considering I hadn't even passed my test ! Carried on for years buying wrecks for a few pounds and patching them up to run for a few months, wouldn't dream of such a thing now, so my 'whatever happened to' is the balls to drive round in motors fit only for the scrapheap. |
My first was a Mini that cost me 60 quid, almost as soon as I got it the gearbox went so I only had 3rd and reverse. I couldn't afford to stop, once I got going so it was always an exciting drive, to say the least. Eventually I changed the engine and gearbox for one out of an MG 1100 and that had plenty of power, a short gear stick but the differential was wrong. Happy Days | |
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Whatever happened to on 01:17 - Mar 23 with 1012 views | zicoshoops | I remember the Lamb Stew.........bits of white gristle in the Lamb bones. Bought my first motor for 15 quid.....Mini Traveller.....footwell flooded every time it rained. Heap of shite......painted it British Racing Green, with a 2 inch paint brush. A bastard of a car........but not as bad as my Allegro. (a C*nt of a car) The twins.....Ronnie at the front, Reggie at the back. Say what you want....they tortured a few f**kers, but they loved their old mum. Sunday night at the London Palladium......... Bruce Forsyth....... Cilla Black.........'Step Inside Love.' Coronation Street....... Martha Longhurst.......Minnie Caldwell.....Ena Sharples..... All 'aving it large in the snug at the Rovers Return. Three bottles of Stout.......f*cking 'ave it. When TV was proper TV. No one poncing about about on Ice........or dancing about flashing their fannies to all and sundry. Proper family entertainment.........that's what we want. None of this bollocks wiv the filth either.....'You're f**king nicked son.'.......No. Proper rozzers......... 'Dixson of Dock Green'..........Evening All. The fella never hurt a fly. And what have we got these days eh? I'll tell you what........ Politicians that would give Hitler a nosh if they thought they would get re-elected. Vermin, one and all. All that money and they live like Pigs..... Pinky and Perky. I've gotta be honest......I'm disapointed with the modern world. | | | |
Whatever happened to on 07:28 - Mar 23 with 992 views | LOFT67 | school dinner afters - cornflake pud, spotted dick ,semolina with a dollop of jam in the middle, mmmmmm. | |
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Whatever happened to on 09:45 - Mar 23 with 976 views | MrSheen |
Whatever happened to on 07:28 - Mar 23 by LOFT67 | school dinner afters - cornflake pud, spotted dick ,semolina with a dollop of jam in the middle, mmmmmm. |
I bet Heston Blumenthal never makes pink custard. Poncey b*st*rd. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Whatever happened to on 09:50 - Mar 23 with 975 views | TheBlob |
Whatever happened to on 07:28 - Mar 23 by LOFT67 | school dinner afters - cornflake pud, spotted dick ,semolina with a dollop of jam in the middle, mmmmmm. |
Always traded my Gypsy Tart for an extra portion of Kit-e- Kat Pie. | |
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Whatever happened to on 10:02 - Mar 23 with 967 views | peejaybee | Remember " Charles Atlas" | |
| If at first you dont succeed, pack up and f**k off home. |
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Whatever happened to on 10:05 - Mar 23 with 963 views | TheBlob |
Whatever happened to on 10:02 - Mar 23 by peejaybee | Remember " Charles Atlas" |
.....and Horace Bachelor. | |
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Whatever happened to on 10:07 - Mar 23 with 958 views | peejaybee |
Whatever happened to on 10:05 - Mar 23 by TheBlob | .....and Horace Bachelor. |
From somewhere in Bristol. | |
| If at first you dont succeed, pack up and f**k off home. |
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Whatever happened to on 10:30 - Mar 23 with 946 views | hoopstilidie | Remember my old man had a Corsair, red with a black vinyl roof. He called it Pubic, I didn't understand it at the time. | |
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Whatever happened to on 10:36 - Mar 23 with 940 views | HantsR |
Whatever happened to on 10:07 - Mar 23 by peejaybee | From somewhere in Bristol. |
Keynsham...spelt K E Y N S H A M | | | |
Whatever happened to on 10:38 - Mar 23 with 935 views | isawqpratwcity |
Whatever happened to on 10:05 - Mar 23 by TheBlob | .....and Horace Bachelor. |
Halas & Batchelor? | |
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Whatever happened to on 10:44 - Mar 23 with 930 views | MrSheen |
Whatever happened to on 10:38 - Mar 23 by isawqpratwcity | Halas & Batchelor? |
Batchelor's Marrowfat Peas? | | | |
Whatever happened to on 11:07 - Mar 23 with 918 views | peejaybee |
Whatever happened to on 10:44 - Mar 23 by MrSheen | Batchelor's Marrowfat Peas? |
Lishus. | |
| If at first you dont succeed, pack up and f**k off home. |
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Whatever happened to on 11:17 - Mar 23 with 915 views | ted_hendrix | Telegram boys. Big black delivery bikes. School gravy could be a bit hit & miss and I always managed to get the cuffs of my school blazer covered in school gravy. People shaking hands and meaning It. The bloke who lived in your neighbourhood who always seemed to have the right sized spanners. Huge pear drops before those interfering bums in Belgium stuck there noses into everything. (including the size of pineapple chunks) | |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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Whatever happened to on 11:29 - Mar 23 with 904 views | isawqpratwcity |
Whatever happened to on 11:17 - Mar 23 by ted_hendrix | Telegram boys. Big black delivery bikes. School gravy could be a bit hit & miss and I always managed to get the cuffs of my school blazer covered in school gravy. People shaking hands and meaning It. The bloke who lived in your neighbourhood who always seemed to have the right sized spanners. Huge pear drops before those interfering bums in Belgium stuck there noses into everything. (including the size of pineapple chunks) |
Can I say how lucky we were? The OP was on about bread and dripping, and that was one of my dad's favourite treats. The other was bread and butter with sugar sprinkled on it. I could understand the first, but not the second (though straight good bread and butter is still marvellous). Basically, he was a kid who was deprived because of WWII. He would have died fat, except for the cancer, and my mum is still fat. We live in good times. | |
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Whatever happened to on 11:57 - Mar 23 with 897 views | pomanjou | The coalman making deliveries at the back door. Lollies made in Shippams paste pots from something a bit doubtful. Ice on the lino floor in the bedroom. Schools staying open whatever the weather. (Mine never, ever, closed). Armstrong Sec Mod, Grimsby. All night raves at Cy Laurie's JC. My column change Zodiac with bench seat etc. Also the forerunners, namely a proppa original mini, Ford Anglia, Ford Escort, Ford Cortina. | |
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Whatever happened to on 12:19 - Mar 23 with 886 views | peejaybee | Bertram Mills Circus. | |
| If at first you dont succeed, pack up and f**k off home. |
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Whatever happened to on 12:40 - Mar 23 with 876 views | isawqpratwcity |
Whatever happened to on 11:29 - Mar 23 by isawqpratwcity | Can I say how lucky we were? The OP was on about bread and dripping, and that was one of my dad's favourite treats. The other was bread and butter with sugar sprinkled on it. I could understand the first, but not the second (though straight good bread and butter is still marvellous). Basically, he was a kid who was deprived because of WWII. He would have died fat, except for the cancer, and my mum is still fat. We live in good times. |
Presumably you're talking about the winter of '63? Two stories up and our steel window fittings had ice an inch thick in a centrally-heated flat. Mind you, we were doing ski jumps on the fat trays off our gas stoves in the playground. | |
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Whatever happened to on 13:22 - Mar 23 with 860 views | TheBlob |
Whatever happened to on 12:40 - Mar 23 by isawqpratwcity | Presumably you're talking about the winter of '63? Two stories up and our steel window fittings had ice an inch thick in a centrally-heated flat. Mind you, we were doing ski jumps on the fat trays off our gas stoves in the playground. |
Yeah '63,and the Cuban missile crisis.Remeber going to school on the bus and wondering if it would be the last time.We would have copped the lot,them Rooskies didn't f*ck about in them days with nancy boy MIRV warheads - it was a big f*ck off 10 megaton city buster.And as a good Catholic schoolboy nowhere near to getting a legover,nothing to look back on. | |
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Whatever happened to on 13:27 - Mar 23 with 854 views | TheBlob |
Whatever happened to on 10:07 - Mar 23 by peejaybee | From somewhere in Bristol. |
"Keynsham.Spelt K E Y N S H A M Bristol" Radio Luxemburg | |
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Whatever happened to on 13:30 - Mar 23 with 853 views | isawqpratwcity |
Whatever happened to on 13:22 - Mar 23 by TheBlob | Yeah '63,and the Cuban missile crisis.Remeber going to school on the bus and wondering if it would be the last time.We would have copped the lot,them Rooskies didn't f*ck about in them days with nancy boy MIRV warheads - it was a big f*ck off 10 megaton city buster.And as a good Catholic schoolboy nowhere near to getting a legover,nothing to look back on. |
Actually it was a 50 Meg H-bomb (hats off to them making that plane deliverable,just as well it wasn't). Brought up a Catholic, but sorry, no further allegiances ascribeable. | |
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