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Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:26 pm
by No Ney Never
Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:16 pm
Feather cut, that's luxury.
We used to have a rusty razor dragged over our head.
Rusty razor, you were lucky, broken glass were best we could do....

It just jumped into my head when I read your post. :lol:
I remember that sketch, was it the fast show or similar?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:27 pm
by No Ney Never
Cubanforever wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:17 pm
Games of Wembley, headers and volleys and three and your in
Wembley, was that otherwise known as one and you're through?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:27 pm
by HahaYeah
Them triangular ice things we called them Mambo's and like you say if they went on the floor you just picked them up brushed the white dog poo off and away you went slurp slurp. :P

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:27 pm
by Cubanforever
No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:27 pm
Wembley, was that otherwise known as one and you're through?
That's the one

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:30 pm
by RMutt

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:30 pm
by Cubanforever
No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:27 pm
Wembley, was that otherwise known as one and you're through?
And you always used to get the lazy/crap ones goal hanging 🀣

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:32 pm
by No Ney Never
There was always a bloke in the street with his car jacked up fixing something himself cause he didn't want to pay the garage to do it.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:35 pm
by fatboy47
Volvoclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:29 pm
Ah yes
Nits, polio, impetigo, izal bog paper, the air thick with coal smoke, all good stuff
You could use that izal bum wipe as tracing paper.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:35 pm
by Quickenthetempo
No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:10 pm
We used to go to quick Micks, top o Padiham.
Short back and sides or a feather cut.
The Turkish lads taking an hour to cut your hair these days is a world away from the minute and half quick Mick dealt with you.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:37 pm
by Clovius Boofus
HahaYeah wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:27 pm
Them triangular ice things we called them Mambo's
We used to call those things Jubbly's.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:37 pm
by Cubanforever
My mum used to rent a black and white TV from Hargreaves in Clitheroe for years as did most...he must of made a fortune from everyone

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:41 pm
by Colburn_Claret
No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:26 pm
I remember that sketch, was it the fast show or similar?
It was pre Monty Python, because Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke Taylor were in the sketch, but I can't remember which show.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:41 pm
by No Ney Never
Cubanforever wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:37 pm
My mum used to rent a black and white TV from Hargreaves in Clitheroe for years as did most...he must of made a fortune from everyone
Was it one of those that went off and you had to put 50p in back to get it back on?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:44 pm
by HahaYeah
Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:37 pm
We used to call those things Jubbly's.
Aye the lad further back said they were called that.

I'm sure the ones we used to get were called Mambo's though from Bills on Briercliffe Rd or some called it Mavis's.

I'm going back to about 1973. :geek:

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:45 pm
by Cubanforever
No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:41 pm
Was it one of those that went off and you had to put 50p in back to get it back on?
No but I remember those from Pontins holidays at Southport and Prestatyn...very posh as they were colour....though thinking about it we did have one of those when we lived in Leek before moving up here in 78....and also using candles during the power cuts in the 70's when they were striking

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:45 pm
by No Ney Never
Cubanforever wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:30 pm
And you always used to get the lazy/crap ones goal hanging 🀣
Goal hangers LOL, is that still a thing these days?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:46 pm
by Colburn_Claret
No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:41 pm
Was it one of those that went off and you had to put 50p in back to get it back on?
It was sixpence for us, Rumbleows was the local. I remember having to sprint to the local shop for change if we were watching something and the tanner ran out.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:53 pm
by No Ney Never
Who had SEGS in the sole of their shoes to prevent them from wearing?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:54 pm
by Cubanforever
Flashlight fanny in the pictures showing people to their seat and threatening to turn the film off if you didn't behave

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:55 pm
by No Ney Never
How many singles could you stack on your grama phone?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:56 pm
by Clovius Boofus
HahaYeah wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:44 pm
Aye, the lad further back said they were called that.

I'm sure the ones we used to get were called Mambo's though from Bills on Briercliffe Rd or some called it Mavis's.

I'm going back to about 1973. :geek:
Yeah, I'm in the same time period. Was Mavis's down from the TV shop?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:04 pm
by HahaYeah
Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:56 pm
Yeah, I'm in the same time period. Was Mavis's down from the TV shop?

Think there was a tv shop now you mention it on the corner of Briercliffe- Melville, I think so. Not sure though.

Mavis's would be across from the shopping centre as it is now.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:05 pm
by Croydon Claret
Making a snow/ice slide on the pavement. Groups of kids would come together as a team and rub the snow with their shiny soled shoes to make the best slide ever.

Then getting told off by the adults because apparently it was lethal

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:06 pm
by Rowls
Patches and Vs sewn into trousers.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:09 pm
by Clovius Boofus
HahaYeah wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:04 pm
Think there was a tv shop now you mention it on the corner of Briercliffe- Melville, I think so. Not sure though.

Mavis's would be across from the shopping centre as it is now.
Ah, yes, I know where you mean.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:09 pm
by Eloise Laws
Mum scraping the metal nit comb through your hair after the Sunday night bath before school on Monday :o

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:10 pm
by Cubanforever
Rowls wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:06 pm
Patches and Vs sewn into trousers.
Used to hide the holes I'd worn in my jeans.....always used to have scabs on my knees when I was a kid

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:15 pm
by JohnMac
Raves?

You were lucky to hear your latest single on a Dansette Monarch unless you were within 10 feet. :lol:

That's after you had taken the accumulated fluff off the needle :D

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:16 pm
by Clovius Boofus
Oh, yes, the metal nit comb treatment. Our mum used to crack us around the head if we screamed out while she was using it. I reckon the one she used was a relic from the inquisitor's tool kit.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:27 pm
by expoultryboy
Fatboy : Dr Palin in Reedley used to have an ashtray on his desk and he gave me one when i was 15 .
Enjoyed releevo and kick the can . 3 of us playing wally against a wall on Highfield avenue and putting it through nextdoors window - it was Ralph Coates mothers !!!! Anyone mentioned sports pink on a Saturday teatime ?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:28 pm
by expoultryboy
Just read what i put - he gave me a cigarette haha

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:29 pm
by No Ney Never
Proper English food, non of that foreign muck.
Cottage pie
Shepherds pie
Liver and onions
Gammon, egg and chips
Fish fingers and chips
Potato ash
Casserole
Fish and chips
Scampi and chips
Fray Bentos pie
Chips and beans
Beans on toast

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:49 pm
by expoultryboy
Chicken and chips in a basket

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:00 pm
by basil6345789
Soup in a basket

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:07 pm
by Rowls
Chicken in a basket needs to come back. Why don't they serve chicken in baskets anymore?

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:12 pm
by LoveCurryPies
Life was much harder in the 60’s and 70’s but we failed the young generation when we allowed the government to set up university fees.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:34 pm
by JohnMac
No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:29 pm
Proper English food, non of that foreign muck.
Potato ash
And my favourite, Corned Beef Hash...
Technically South American, Fray Bentos tried to kill us in the '60's :shock:

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 12:20 am
by Dano1bfc
Respect .. whether it be for your elders or anyone and any age on the street .. it’s what was expected and given. Times have changed with little to no consequence, and not for the better in my opinion.
Whether it be due to the anonymity of websites or whether a lack of harsher physical punishments and human rights is up for debate.
However the world we live in would be a better place if we all just respected each other . It’s not too much to ask.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 4:39 am
by Jimmymaccer
Hills pop………..especially dandelion and burdock, and sarsaparilla.

Factory in Padiham

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:26 am
by Buxtonclaret
Little bags of salt in your crisp packets.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:34 am
by Cubanforever
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Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:22 am
by eastanglianclaret
The orange colour of the river Calder and getting a talking to from my parents after wading in it and coming home with orange shins! I'm sure that the stiff brush they used to get the colour off was more of a punishment than a solution!

The smell of the 'skinyard' on Plumbe Street.

Proper Coltsfoot rock from the chemist.

Marching bands on religious festival days.

Spangles.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:54 am
by mdd2
Shove halfpenny anyone?
Used to play it on the stonewall in the old BGS and later on desks at BGS
In sixth form the late ChrisBuckland who went on tobea journalist did a weekly newspaper and one headline was ……….. hangs up his shover
I recall most of those memories
Any hair cut as longasit was short back and sides
Sometimes the bread fell in the fire
Doing Xmas post in6th form
Didn’t celebrate Halloween in my day
Knock and run
Shop chase
Tin inthe ring

As we knock the NHS no one survived leukaemia know of three school friends who died
Mum always looked at the back page of the Burnley Express and then telling Dad who had died that they knew
Being told off by police for playing footie in the streets
Anyone recall back rats playing marbles with a large cylindrical metal bearing to remove marbles I a circle against a wall

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:04 am
by Eloise Laws
The smell of the 'skinyard' on Plumbe Street.
Thanks for reminding me of this :shock: it was awful

Loving this thread

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:06 am
by mdd2
Daltons wheat flakes
Arrival of sliced bread
Fog as thick as pea soup as my Dad described it
Radio News in the winters in the 50’s saying how many died from the smog each day in London
The clean air act abolished most pea soup era
Being told to get away from the coal fire to allow mum to dry the washing
One bath per week
Mum had the same iron all the time I knew her
In summer milk went in the cooler front room
We had no fridge
Black and white TV and one BBC channel
The 53 Cup Final on TV

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:16 am
by AlargeClaret
expoultryboy wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:27 pm
Fatboy : Dr Palin in Reedley used to have an ashtray on his desk and he gave me one when i was 15 .
Enjoyed releevo and kick the can . 3 of us playing wally against a wall on Highfield avenue and putting it through nextdoors window - it was Ralph Coates mothers !!!! Anyone mentioned sports pink on a Saturday teatime ?
Different times i guess , but the dirty b@astard !

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:22 am
by Claretkraut
Test matches being broadcasted by the BBC , and the despair of my dad when the coverage got interrupted by Open University at an interesting stage of play.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:56 am
by MrTopTier
I was in St Annes yesterday.
The scrap man was out collecting on a horse and cart.

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:11 am
by expoultryboy
Playing football at Nelson grammar on a hot day with the smell of Bothwicks drifting over .

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:17 am
by AGENT_CLARET
White dog poo πŸ˜‚ you don't see it anymore