i remember when.....

[Ernie]

I remember when Iron Brew was made by Stocks' in Accrington.

"Made in Scotland from girders", a likely story

[Caz]

Stantons pop, in those demi-john type bottles.

Used to deliver every week with the wagon.

[Caz]

Collecting pop bottles for the deposit on them, to go and buy sweets.

[mick]

We used to own a shoe factory when i was about 6
and the amout of pop bottles i took back after the christmas partys
i made a bomb

[mick]

they made slippers with bunnie heads on
Springfield Shoe Company it was called
they mostly made slippers for children

[mick]

I can remember the fish man comming round on a horse and cart
and a mobile fruit and veg man every sat

[mick]

Do you remember those free gifts with washing powder (plastic Flowers)

[Caz]

Submarines in cornflake packets.

Remember too when vesta ready meals first came out. The contents of the sauce sachet used to chrystalise and people thought  i was glass.

Used to love the Chow Mein one with crispy noodles.

[ASFC1951]

Do you remember those revolving wire stands that used to be in every newsagent's shop? They were packed with Amercian comics like Superman, Batman etc, which always seemed a bit more exotic than British comics with their ads for Charles Atlas, 3-foot animated models of Frankenstein etc. Further up the stand, there were monster books and Mad magazines, then at the top were those oh-so-intriguing magazines with titles like Stag and Blue Book. Trying to sneak a quick peek at them would earn you an instant reprimand from the shop owner!

[janet]

i remember buying half a pound of garden peas then going to the odeon on sat morning,eating the peas then chewing the shells then just flinging them around when finished with them it's a wonder i never got chucked out. them were the days.