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We gave them missionaries, steam railways and cricket. Ungrateful oiks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Door Knob
Imagine how much better the US would be had they remained part of the commonwealth.
Instead they have random mass shootings and president elect Trump.
I case my rest. :)
errr, you still can:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
I remember Poste Restante -Quote:
Originally Posted by CujoI remember writing. (as opposed to typing)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cold PizzaF*ck.Quote:
Originally Posted by david44
You remember getting mail by Pony Express.
having post sent to a post office, where you would go to collect it , when abroad
perhaps Khvn Blue don't get romantic epistels by post no more, I don't often go postal since my gal gotta battery driven telephoneQuote:
Originally Posted by DrB0b
I recall in Paris and Rome you could get mail at American Express
Amazing I recall seeing em what was their main purpose tugging heavy plant hire?
1946 Scammell Showtrac (No 10) DCO212Quote:
Originally Posted by VocalNeal
Side view of DCO212 'Gladiator' with roller shutter open showing the dynamo and switchboard. Scammell Gathering & Showtrac Weekend at Lifton, Devon. September 2007. (Jim Wells)
Fascinating Lifton;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifton,_Devon
Splendid Scammell;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scammell
Ah yes the BRT scammels funny French looking 3 wheeler power train, last time I was in Lifton on a foggy night the bloke in the serice station was a Punjabi just like in Bredbo NSW , funny ole world
Cannot see pic taxxy?
Ahhhh! The wheel nuts bring back memories of my first g/f's mammaries...Quote:
Originally Posted by crackerjack101
Something not mentioned about the past, I remember fondly, is the Saturday Matinee in the local cinema ...can't remember the cost, but it was when I could buy eight black-jacks (or fruit salads) for 1d.
Pretty sure my baby sister was made while me and big sis were farmed off to the Saturday matinee to watch Pathe news reels and very strange movies involving Americans with guns...
was it 3d for the whole morning (Me and big sis loved it cos it was warmer than home in the winter.) Pretty sure that years later the cinema and back-row sex was cos it was the only warm place to get in the mood....
anyone remember trying to have sex in the parlour with no central heating? Fook my willy never got bigger than my pinky in those conditions....
donkey jackets
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I know dr bob is going to pipe up
''remember them ? i'm wearing mine right now ''
I feel a donkey jacket sanctuary loomsQuote:
Originally Posted by blue
Duffel coats with toggles
Duffle Bags
Tiger Tails
Parkas
Tonic trousers
Tins that rolled cigarettes
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My Scammell thing was more about seeing the generator trucks at local fairs, where diesel fumes mix with the wafting smell on candy floss.
If it doesn't have WIMPEY on the back it's not real :smileylaughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
Need one of these to go to the pub for lunch?
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Ahh yes, the three ducks on the wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cujo
And what was that wine in the 70's with a ducky name? Mallard? Three Ducks?
It briefly made a comeback in the 90's but I think it flopped.
Blue Duck? No. Or maybe.
Talking about wine....Liebfraumilch in the black pseudo-ceramic bottle. Another 70's fad, not that I was old enough to drink in the 70's, but I remember my parents drinking the stuff.
Cold Duck
That's the one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
Blue Nun ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
I can remember when the salt came in a separate small blue bag (inside the packet) that you had to open to sprinkle the salt on your crisps. (Many years before the Salt and Shake revival.)Quote:
Originally Posted by taxexile