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It wasn't the only one experience Barry.
Three years ago I was tempted to try out Weatherspoons on Southport's Lord street.
My late wife and me found one door partially blocked by two folding baby carriages and almost behind the other door were two youngsters, not fully trained in the simple art of walking, shuffling around the floor squealing joyfully.
Two females ( who I assume were the children's mothers)with Liverpool accents were having a heated discussion using language I last hear by dockers when I was pumping oil on to a ship.
We did a smart about turn and went to a small cafe at the very end of Lord street frequented by a lot of the local people who work in the area. The food was cooked fresh within sight by the owner and the atmosphere was very pleasant with friendly chit chat between the customers.
The Weatherspoons and similar establishments seem to do a roaring trade so must be catering for the mass's. If only the Calder would build a smoking den out of sight it would look more appealing.

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We go to Wetherspoons when we go to Southport......but we go upstairs.
It is much quieter, brighter and with a view of Lord Street, very pleasant.
Children who are well behaved are no problem, but those who think that it is Ok to use foul language in an establishment that caters for families are the bane of my life.

That children are sitting listening to this filth seems to mean little to the parents(who frequently are the perpetrators of the bad language) and to tell me that children are going to hear this language anyway doesn't cut it for me.
If adults cannot control what comes out of their mouths then they should be asked to leave.

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not telling were I got the donkey stone from Margaret needless to say it is one of the wifes treasured presents second only to the mangle I bought her for Christmas last year x

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Peasant i bought mine a twin tub.:D

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Spoilsport! Can't get 'em off the rag chap any more.
The mangle will go nicely with the posser and the washboard......me I have to make do with a flat stone on the canal bank :D

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How many donkey stones will you swap for a Dolly Blue bag sc?

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Haven't tried that one G. We use a restaurant on Lord St that serves gluten free meals - can't remember the name. Have tried the Calder for breakfast on a Thursday morning - twice, couldn't believe how bad it was the first time, the second time confirmed my first impression.:)

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A twin tub donkey stone? Never heard of one of those before;)

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You were a Flatley dryer family, I presume

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A what?

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Flatley was a brand of clothes dryer...I think only those with money had them.

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here it is
The cost and marketable features of the Flatley airer/dryer

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£12-12-9!

Eeh, tha wer posh if tha ad one o them!

Nowt wrong wi't rack in't kitchen.

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We had a Flatley drier when I was young.
Very dangerous bit of kit.
Basically a big tin box with rails across the top to hang clothes over an electric fire.
I can't believe they could get away with making them.

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In 1958 I was an apprentice, can't remember what my weekly pay was then but think it was just over £3, worked every hour of overtime I could and did outside jobs whenever I could get them - no chance of being able to afford a drying machine at over £12.