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martin01 · 11-04-2010, 14:48

I'll do that jaysay--
just a mention on nostalgia -
we used to have a 'pop' wagon that came round every friday - I think it was 'stantons' - sold dandelion and burdoch as well as sarsperilla in stone jars with a stopper on the side (my dad used the empties as hot water bottles in winter!) -accy based?
on thursdays the knife sharpener (on bike)
wednesday's the rag and bone man.
what happened to those wooden sticks of licquorice that you had to chew like mad until you finished up with a wad of pulp??
yarns of wool?? mother had us holding arms outstretched with yarn between thumb and fingers so she could roll into a ball!! most went on darning our socks!!
Bonfire nights and 'wooding'-- aah.

11-04-2010, 14:48	#113
martin01 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London Posts: 678 Blog Entries: 1 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 410	Re: What did you watch when you was a nipper? I'll do that jaysay-- just a mention on nostalgia - we used to have a 'pop' wagon that came round every friday - I think it was 'stantons' - sold dandelion and burdoch as well as sarsperilla in stone jars with a stopper on the side (my dad used the empties as hot water bottles in winter!) -accy based? on thursdays the knife sharpener (on bike) wednesday's the rag and bone man. what happened to those wooden sticks of licquorice that you had to chew like mad until you finished up with a wad of pulp?? yarns of wool?? mother had us holding arms outstretched with yarn between thumb and fingers so she could roll into a ball!! most went on darning our socks!! Bonfire nights and 'wooding'-- aah.