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Things you don't see anymore

Started By Alan, Dec 05 2011 05:11 PM

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#91 OFFLINE   vinty

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 11:38 AM

Remember these on Washdays and Bath nights.

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#92 OFFLINE   leschip

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 11:55 AM

Vinty, we had one of them. To complete the set add a posser, dolly peg and wash board plus a mangle.

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 12:34 PM

Anything to oblige leschip

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#94 OFFLINE   leschip

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 01:37 PM

Buggar I'd forgotten the dolly tub. But gotcha!- you've missed out the 'dolly cream'. I think elf 'n' safety would have summat to say about that washing machine, the plug looks like a 2 pin job, no earth!

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 07:02 PM

Thank you Vinty and Les chip ...........i suddenly don't feel old anymore cuz i don't remember any of them

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 07:25 PM

Third pic along at the top,my Grandparents had one of those but outside in the back yard right under the back window with a green mangle next to it,in fact the very same mangle in the pic.

#97 OFFLINE   vinty

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 08:25 PM

Hi tessmop
Most terraced houses up to the 30s had a coal fired boiler and a brown Slop stone as shown in the third pic..

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 10:58 PM

Now that's a word you don't hear anymore and something you don't see anymore a Slopstone.

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Posted 29 January 2012 - 09:00 AM

A woman of loose morals used to known as a "slopstone blonde". Warra great expression.
And as for you young Gilly Posted Image

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:15 PM

View PostOlliebeak, on 10 December 2011 - 11:25 AM, said:

You don't see babies left in prams outside shops any more - the young mums seem to struggle to supermarkets and use those trolleys with baby seats attached. They don't even have 'safe storage' for buggies/prams unless you use a shop where there's 'trolley storage' by a cafe area. Our ASDA have just had theirs removed, so there's nowhere to leave you shopping or pram.
My Auntie left her son outside Woolies whilst she went shopping then went home, calling at my Mum's for a cuppa .... it was only then that she realised her baby was still outsdie the shop in Church St!!!!!! He was still there when she got the next bus back into town ... the baby's now 40+ and not too badly scarred for the experience!!!!

Edited by Yatesy, 02 February 2012 - 01:17 PM.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:22 PM

Not funny at the time,but funny to read now.I assume it was summertime!

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 03:26 PM

the old night watchman with his fire bucket and sentry box,
more often than not he had his dog with him for company,

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 04:52 AM

Going back to what people do - some things are slow to change, i had a neighbour I never saw WITHOUT rollers in her hair and a scarf over. Last time was about 3 years ago, and here in Canada.

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 07:41 AM

That wasn't Hilda Ogden was it, Nanny Ogg ;)?

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 07:33 PM

pat the soldier selling matches he always wore is army great coat
he was always on the corner of hardshaw and church st

Two dogs stuck together facing opposite directions,,,,So sorry ladies
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