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Old 12-01-2012, 23:08   #48
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Re: fourpence to the future

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
Oh, you must've been posh. We didn't have a telly...just a radio and that ran on gas
No it was Relay Vision one and threepence a week for rental...four programmes.
I remember having a radio from relay vision.
I wouldnt say we were posh, it certainly didnt feel like it when I was carrying two potties downstairs. Thats a job I am glad vanished with time.

I have a vivid memory of carrying two potties downstairs and trying to turn the stairs light off with my mouth, those large brown bakalite switches were vicious, it trapped my top lip. I was stuck there with a poe in each hand, lip trapped in switch, now that is really taking the .........put your own word in here.

Now I have told you that I dont want anyone to mention it again as I am still traumatised
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