i remember when.....

[Ernie]

I remember when Iron Brew was made by Stocks' in Accrington.

"Made in Scotland from girders", a likely story

[Caz]

Stantons pop, in those demi-john type bottles.

Used to deliver every week with the wagon.

[Caz]

Collecting pop bottles for the deposit on them, to go and buy sweets.

[Mick]

We used to own a shoe factory when i was about 6
and the amout of pop bottles i took back after the christmas partys
i made a bomb

[Mick]

they made slippers with bunnie heads on
Springfield Shoe Company it was called
they mostly made slippers for children

[Mick]

I can remember the fish man comming round on a horse and cart
and a mobile fruit and veg man every sat

[Mick]

Do you remember those free gifts with washing powder (plastic Flowers)

[Caz]

Submarines in cornflake packets.

Remember too when vesta ready meals first came out. The contents of the sauce sachet used to chrystalise and people thought  i was glass.

Used to love the Chow Mein one with crispy noodles.

[ASFC1951]

Do you remember those revolving wire stands that used to be in every newsagent's shop? They were packed with Amercian comics like Superman, Batman etc, which always seemed a bit more exotic than British comics with their ads for Charles Atlas, 3-foot animated models of Frankenstein etc. Further up the stand, there were monster books and Mad magazines, then at the top were those oh-so-intriguing magazines with titles like Stag and Blue Book. Trying to sneak a quick peek at them would earn you an instant reprimand from the shop owner!

[janet]

i remember buying half a pound of garden peas then going to the odeon on sat morning,eating the peas then chewing the shells then just flinging them around when finished with them it's a wonder i never got chucked out. them were the days.

[Mick]

I used to have a paper round the last house on this round was a farm house
with apple trees and pear trees .
well big empty bag
what was i supposed to do i ask you
plenty of apples and pears and sometimes a belt round the ear if i wasent quick enough

[Mick]

2 pen and paper games for you do you remember squares and battle ships
and a tv program criss cross quiz  ???

[Caz]

Coal bunkers in the back yard.

what about when they used to drop the coal down the manhole thingy in front of your house into the cellar.
(if you had one that is)

[Mick]

Penny arrows bars,Traffic light lollys black jacks (4 for 1d)
blackcurrent lollys,mojos,1d chews,friut salads (4 for 1d)
what other sweets where there? :P

[Caz]

Spangles, cinder toffee.

remember the fruit gum adverts "don't forget the fruitgums mum"?