Years Gone By - Page 21

jaysay · 12-05-2009, 04:41

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I used to love the B movies, especially the detective and western fillums. In fact, a lot of the time, I used to like 'em better than the main feature!

Yea Wynonie you see them quite often on BBC TV these days

Mancie · 13-05-2009, 02:47

my memory is shot to bits but I do recall some names from the days when the pubs shut from 3 to 5 and you had the bods outside woolworth.. Geno, Kenner,Isacc, Dave Hill..these men were revolutionist in their time..the revolution of Cider!

Bagpuss · 13-05-2009, 04:26

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Originally Posted by Mancie

my memory is shot to bits but I do recall some names from the days when the pubs shut from 3 to 5 and you had the bods outside woolworth.. Geno, Kenner,Isacc, Dave Hill..these men were revolutionist in their time..the revolution of Cider!

Which one were you mancie?

Mancie · 13-05-2009, 05:18

like i say bagpuss my memory is all to bits..but do recall the good times beating up scousers in stanley park...then back home to Accy for a swift pint in the Queens.

cashman · 13-05-2009, 07:20

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Originally Posted by Mancie

my memory is shot to bits but I do recall some names from the days when the pubs shut from 3 to 5 and you had the bods outside woolworth.. Geno, Kenner,Isacc, Dave Hill..these men were revolutionist in their time..the revolution of Cider!

saw isacc yesterday wi his dog, geno was up bash last i heard, kenners still about, pops in canine occasionally.

Atarah · 14-05-2009, 22:11

Issac - I saw him today sitting on the steps of the library. Not looking as well as he used to. I gave him a treat, to get a brew - hope he did! :-)

Wynonie Harris · 17-05-2009, 09:27

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Originally Posted by Atarah

I gave him a treat, to get a brew - hope he did! :-)

I used to do that...in 1967! Usually went across to the Wimpy Bar with him, bought him a brew and listened to him rabbit on. Got a lot of my musical appreciation education off him, which has stayed with me to this day.

Hope the lad's OK...for people of a certain age, he's an Accy institution!

katex · 20-05-2009, 09:49

What happened to the knife grinders that used to come around the streets, did they withdraw licences due to Health and Safety ..

Or perhaps we are too well off now to get a knife sharpened, and just go out and buy a new one ? Or maybe everything is cut up for us now in packaged containers ?

jaysay · 20-05-2009, 10:44

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Originally Posted by katex

What happened to the knife grinders that used to come around the streets, did they withdraw licences due to Health and Safety ..

Or perhaps we are too well off now to get a knife sharpened, and just go out and buy a new one ? Or maybe everything is cut up for us now in packaged containers ?

Think they went the same way as the Rag and Bone man kate, as for knives, being a tradesman I've always sharpened my own, and I still do it today once a week, prep knives and carvers that is

MargaretR · 20-05-2009, 12:57

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Originally Posted by katex

What happened to the knife grinders that used to come around the streets, did they withdraw licences due to Health and Safety ..

Or perhaps we are too well off now to get a knife sharpened, and just go out and buy a new one ? Or maybe everything is cut up for us now in packaged containers ?

That went when people got gadget fever and bought electric knife sharpeners.
I had a 'butcher's steel', but left that job to darwendosser because he once was a butcher boy at Slingers, and I never got the knack of using it.
Now I have an electric knife.

jaysay · 20-05-2009, 16:38

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

That went when people got gadget fever and bought electric knife sharpeners.
I had a 'butcher's steel', but left that job to darwen dosser because he once was a butcher boy at Slings, and I never got the knack of using it.
Now I have an electric knife.

Roast Beef just don't taste the same cut with a lecky knife Margaret

chad57 · 13-12-2011, 19:40

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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

My uncle George Rose used to own Rishy Crisps, then when he moved it up Harrod he sold out a multinational, cant remember the name, but he was still Chairman, then a few years later he died of a heart attack at his desk, ( circa 1970s ) .

hey alan isnt there anyway you can have those rishy beef barbeque crisps reproduced they were the favourite of all time in my area and have never found anything like them since. im sure they would take over as favourite flavour

Alan Gilmartin · 22-12-2011, 06:15

George Rose's daughter has a stall in accy market hall, I think she's still there. George is long dead now but he sold out to Burton foods just befor he died.

Stephanie Wallace · 29-12-2011, 01:00

Me, too. Flash Gordon. We used to sing-'Is everybody happy, yes.
Do we ever worry, no.
To the odeon we have come.
now we're all together we can have some fun.
Do we wever worry, no!
Do we help our neighbours, yes.
We're a hundred thousand strong, so how can we all be wrong
As members of the O C C (Odeon Cinema Club) we stress
Is everybody happy? Yeeeeeeeees. came the resounding
roar from all the children.
I just loved it.
Happy memories.

Stephanie Wallace · 29-12-2011, 01:02

Do you mean down King Street?