Who Remembers....... - Page 11

south aussie · 04-06-2009, 10:51

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Well Lions was definitely an acquired taste SJ, and I managed to acquire it at an early age

Do you remember the Christmas Special ale?

Was it called OLD TOM or OLD BEN?
One was LION & one was THWAITES.
Strong enough to blow your cap off!

jaysay · 04-06-2009, 16:25

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Originally Posted by south aussie

Do you remember the Christmas Special ale?

Was it called OLD TOM or OLD BEN?
One was LION & one was THWAITES.
Strong enough to blow your cap off!

Old Tom was Lions
Old Dan was Duttons I think

Benipete · 04-06-2009, 22:29

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Old Tom was Lions
Old Dan was Duttons I think

Old Dan was Thwaites in a nip sized bottle but they also did a special at Christmas.
Think they also did a Big Ben.

jaysay · 05-06-2009, 09:58

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Originally Posted by Benipete

Old Dan was Thwaites in a nip sized bottle but they also did a special at Christmas.
Think they also did a Big Ben.

It was like a barley wine if I remember right beni, never really bothered with bottles, sometimes a pint glass wasn't big enough for me

spex357 · 22-07-2009, 08:53

I remember the black stains on the houses and the women on bended knees rubbing the front door step with a soft sand stone which they had exchanged rags for from the rag and bone man, a sight to see on a Saturday morning all the women in their slippers with hairnets on or headscarfs rubbing away.

beechy · 22-07-2009, 11:49

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Originally Posted by spex357

I remember the black stains on the houses and the women on bended knees rubbing the front door step with a soft sand stone which they had exchanged rags for from the rag and bone man, a sight to see on a Saturday morning all the women in their slippers with hairnets on or headscarfs rubbing away.

Donkey Stones..was the term used for the soft sand stones
todays woman doesnt know shes born

spex357 · 22-07-2009, 11:55

Donkey stones yes, available at LIDL not, so is there a modern day method of sprucing up the front step, i suppose the demise of a lot of mills has helped keep them a bit cleaner.

cashman · 22-07-2009, 23:00

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Originally Posted by beechy

Donkey Stones..was the term used for the soft sand stones
todays woman doesnt know shes born

think some called em Pumice Stones also.

beechy · 23-07-2009, 04:54

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Originally Posted by cashman

think some called em Pumice Stones also.

was pumice stones not those little grey stones
you had in your bathroom
for getting rid of dead skin on your feet ?
who needs modern beauty treatment....

cashman · 23-07-2009, 07:44

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Originally Posted by beechy

was pumice stones not those little grey stones
you had in your bathroom
for getting rid of dead skin on your feet ?
who needs modern beauty treatment....

yeh may well be correct beechy? as we never had a bathroom.

jaysay · 23-07-2009, 09:18

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Originally Posted by cashman

yeh may well be correct beechy? as we never had a bathroom.

Chapped bum in the winter then cashy

shazfury1 · 14-08-2009, 01:39

Good old st mary's. Went there, loved it.

Eric · 20-08-2009, 21:20

I remember wearing clogs ... used to get them at the cloggers on Barnes St, left hand side going up to Barnes Sq. .... used to run down the street and make sparks with the clog irons .... had to be careful not to wear the irons out too quickly, or my mum would go ballistic .....