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there was no trees on the coppice!!!!

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Hyndburn Sports Centre wasn't there, and we went to the baths on St James St. Boys' changing rooms on one side and girls on the other, and you couldn't go in unless you'd been in the cold shower.
Before the centre was built, it was  spare land in front of Emma St (Nelson's Tenement I think)and we all used to ride our bikes there, and messabout in the River Stink.

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I remember when you could go into the local chippy, ask for an "Upside down mixture" and they knew what you were talking about... :)

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AND you could get a bag of bits...

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Tippler toilets at the bottom of the yard!

Had to make sure enough water went down the pipe or it got blocked. When it did you had to poke it with a long sick.

And squares of newspaper hung on the lavvy wall on a string.

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Daily Herald squares were much softer to delicate backsides than the Manchester Guardian  ;D

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I remember the tippler toilet in my grandma's backyard when the newspaper used to leave the print on your backside.when she had a bathroom installed she upgraded to izal. ::)

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Still have the problem now when we run out of bogroll!!

Izal used to hurt your bum!!

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Thought some of you might like this:

I remember the ol' Tippler toilets,
but the skill I once 'ad is now gone.
Finely balanced it were like a seesaw,
that flicked off the bits yer dropped on.

Judgin' it right were an art form,
t' know when t' squeeze in yer cheeks.
An' jus' 'ow to 'it it dead centre,
adjustin' yer bum on the seat.

The pride that I felt when I'd finished,
if it were clean as a Cooper's new keg.
An' the trouble it caused me t' free it,
if I'd 'appened t' drop a chair leg!

Now the toilets t'day are dead borin',
yer don't 'ave t' use 'alf yer brain.
Cos they all float about jus' like goldfish,
'til yer flush all the lot down the drain.

So, now that me skills are redundant,
I've found summat else I can do.
I take up me fags an' the paper,
some biccys an' a freshly made brew.

(Copyright S. Brown)

More of Stan's stuff at: Sensa Yuma

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The Policeman's special phonebox in Accy centre.
Can't emember exactly where it was though.

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When we were at junior school, each term, someone had to volunteer to be the "Sick Monitor"

Some boy always did!!
[smiley=puke.gif]

And Mr Vallis, our headteacher at St Andrews, squashing cockroaches in the school hall with his shoe

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we used to buy a bag of broken biccys from the stall in the inside market for 3p!!! used to do it every sat afternoon

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Having to light the coal fire first thing in the morning or you had no heat.
Cleaning the grate out, kindling,screwing up newspaper and arranging the coal. then putting the shovel up against it with a newspaper in front of it to get it going. If you weren't careful it set on fire! (We had bigger newspapers then!)

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I it was great then
haveing to get the chimmney sweep in every so often
running outside to see the brush come out the chimmny

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

"Made in Scotland from girders", a likely story

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Stantons pop, in those demi-john type bottles.

Used to deliver every week with the wagon.

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

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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 :D

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

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

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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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I used to have a paper round the last house on this round was a farm house
with apple trees and pear trees .
well big empty bag
what was i supposed to do i ask you
plenty of apples and pears and sometimes a belt round the ear if i wasent quick enough :D :D

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2 pen and paper games for you do you remember squares and battle ships
and a tv program criss cross quiz  ???

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Coal bunkers in the back yard.

what about when they used to drop the coal down the manhole thingy in front of your house into the cellar.
(if you had one that is)

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Penny arrows bars,Traffic light lollys black jacks (4 for 1d)
blackcurrent lollys,mojos,1d chews,friut salads (4 for 1d)
what other sweets where there? :P

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Spangles, cinder toffee.

remember the fruit gum adverts "don't forget the fruitgums mum"?

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remember the tin bath sunday nights ,i was lucky being the youngest first one in nice fire"

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remember the revolving doors at accy library,we used to run around to see how fast we could spin them before being asked to leave.

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The mangle in the back yard!

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conkers , marbles best 99

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It was safe to leave you door unlocked and let your kids out on their own knowing they would be safe

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I remember Birtwells Ice cream sold from a n ice cream van pulled by a horse. The old guy used to shout..."ICE CREAM HERE!"...He always asked "Do you want blood?!" (raspberry sauce!) Best ice cream in the world too!!  [smiley=eat_arrow.gif]

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I'm with you droo best ice cream going lovely yellow colour as i remember.

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[quote author=Ruud link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=0#34 date=08/08/03 at 09:44:26]It was safe to leave you door unlocked and let your kids out on their own knowing they would be safe[/quote]

Well we've always got the wardens now haven't we
;D ;D

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Jackson the farmer delivering milk with his horse & cart

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Birtwells - went to Accy Grammar with his son, Ian. An Italian company wanted to buy the recipe off them, but they wouldn't sell it.

Jacksons - His son, Malcolm still delivers milk (although not with a horse and cart!)

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[quote author=flopsy link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=0#37 date=08/08/03 at 11:20:24]

Well we've always got the wardens now haven't we
;D ;D
[/quote]


Nice one flopsy, very subtle, gonna give you an applaud for that!!  ;D

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Jacksons....    First horse was called "Mr Ed"  (I think) :)

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Sweets...       Sherbet Dabs,  Liquorice Root,  Mambos...

Aaaahhhhh.....   Can still taste them... [smiley=eat.gif]

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Even though it was almost 67 years ago I well remember that Wednesday afternoon in January 1937.
The location was the classroom of the "top-class" lads situated in the recently opened extension behind the old building of Spring Hill Council School.
That afternoon we were a restless bunch of 13 yr olds, soon to thrust into the vulgar world of Industry with its ABC culture. There we were, sitting in orderly rows facing the blackboard and the formidable Mr Garnett, he with the most deadly cane in the school. Most of us were wearing darned Jerseys, patched pants ( short ones of course in those days ) and with few exceptions wearing clogs. Concentration was difficult, our minds were focussed on more important things than mere schoolwork, but Mr Garnett made no allowance for what he was unquestionably aware of and that fearsome length of Bamboo worked overtime. The schoolboy belief that a hair laid on ones palm along with a dollop of spit would cause the cane to break was shown to be simply wishful thinking. As usual on these occasions the clock slowed down, but 4 o`clock finally came and off we stampeded up Fife St and down Richmond St ( not road then) with our clogs clattering on the pavement in the forlorn hope that we would get there before it was over.
I`ll leave it there and see if anyone can say what it was about.

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Was it the Coronation celebrations Owd_Bert?
:)
Or the King's visit to Accrington?

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Sorry Cazzer -- think again.

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Wonder how many people have STILL got Stantons pop bottles???

Using them as hot water bottles :) :)

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Hey we used to do that, :) they used to stay warm for ages.
Only problem was when they rolled out of the bed!

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Stanley v Blackburn Rovers FA cup replay at Peel Park. It went to extra time so maybe you saw a little bit of it? We beat 'em 3-1 too!

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Well done ASFC1951--- No, we didn`t make it got about as far as going up Avenue Parade and met the crowds coming down -- went on coach to Maine Rd only to be saddened as you will know.

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I am too young to say anything about remembering things. You will all know as its probably only a few years ago.
I remember working at Halfords and it suddenly burnt down around me. Hows that?

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That's some memory Damers!!

Just because you are young doesn't exclude you from this section :) :) :)
Must be lots of things from your childhood that will ring a pleasant bell with your peers :) :) :)

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[quote author=Dave link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=40#46 date=08/10/03 at 20:33:33]Wonder how many people have STILL got Stantons pop bottles???

Using them as hot water bottles :) :)[/quote]


THey are useful. After all

"QUOTATION: Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles.
ATTRIBUTION: George Mikes (1912–1987), Hungarian-born British humorist. How To Be An Alien, ch. 1, sct. 6 (1946)."

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I was forgetting, Bert, matches kicked off earlier in winter back then as floodlights hadn't been invented. Remember my dad telling me about the match - Bulloughs closed down for the afternoon, so their employees could go and watch the game. Like, you he went on a coach to Maine Road to see their subsequent defeat at the hands of City.

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Does anyone remember all the great old pubs that are now no more. Obviously, the Bull on Bull Bridge, but what about the more obscure ones like the Grants Arms, the Palatine and the Union? Spent many a appy hour in all of those in the '70's.

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rag n bone man. how old was he!

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Yum, yum Birtwells Icecream!! He had a whistle and a little blue van right?

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Mr Softie Ice Cream. Yum Yum

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plastic dishes with daz that got water logged and tomato soup stained the inside.
Toast on an open fire. mmmmm
Playing £ Shillings and pence, kit Can and "Quinio cocio in the st till dark and listening to Radio Caroline till we were dragged in by the scruff of the neck. :) :) :)

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Talking about toilets i remember the newspaper, slinging your bum over a wooden plank with a hole in it.The old tin bath that came out every Friday in front of the fire while your parents were boiling the water up on the gas cooker.Where neighbours talked to each other and kids could talk to strangerswithout you having to be worried.
Them were the days.

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I remember when you used to leave the milk tokens in the bottle for the milkman.Many a free pint of milk i took home with me while i was doing the paper round.

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remember going in barry and gails in church and buyin a mars for 14p

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[quote author=WINGY link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=40#61 date=08/14/03 at 22:59:29]remember going in barry and gails in church and buyin a mars for 14p[/quote]
I can remember when a mars bar was 6d ???

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Glad i'm not the only one!! ;D ;D

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Them were the days 12d = 1 shilling
6d = a tanner ;D

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[quote author=Mik_Dickinson link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=40#59 date=08/14/03 at 08:23:21]Talking about toilets i remember the newspaper, slinging your bum over a wooden plank with a hole in it.The old tin bath that came out every Friday in front of the fire while your parents were boiling the water up on the gas cooker.Where neighbours talked to each other and kids could talk to strangerswithout you having to be worried.
Them were the days.[/quote]

Ah the old "Tippler". Using the "Evening Telegraph" as toilet paper, lighting it and throwing it down the hole in winter just to warm yer bum.

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Thruppni bits, Ten bob notes, Pound notes, Half a crown, Sixpence, Florins, Tuppences  and I can't spell what was half a penny  haipney? aipny?  whatever ? :)

There was quarter of a penny with a robin on.


Whoever invented decimilisation was too clever by 0.5

The penny tray at the shop was wierd cus ya could suddenly get three things for one pence.

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Bag of chips from the chippy across from the old Accrington baths, now they were the best chips going.   :P

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[quote author=HarryX link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=40#66 date=08/15/03 at 10:38:58]
Thruppni bits, Ten bob notes, Pound notes, Half a crown, Sixpence, Florins, Tuppences and I can't spell what was half a penny haipney? aipny? whatever ? :)

There was quarter of a penny with a robin on.


Whoever invented decimilisation was too clever by 0.5

The penny tray at the shop was wierd cus ya could suddenly get three things for one pence.


[/quote]
I think you mean farthing
and the penny tray had 4 for 1d eg : black jacks  :D

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FOUR ??

12 pennies made a shilling
5 new pence was the equivelant using a bob.. 5 pence bit

thus it was 2. summat pennies to a one new pence. Shops used to err on the safe side thus 2 things from the penny tray but the country played up buggery because they got less for there money (using penny trays as an example here) so some shops erred on the other side and you may have got 3 things for one new pence... But four?  That was a good shop :)

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There was 4 farthings to 1d
there was 4 black jacks for 1d before decimalisation 1971

:D

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Of course.. now I remeber.. Black jacks wernt a penny each :)  Thats what tripped me up mate :)

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They were good too
better than the junk they get now
the grandchildren dont half get some rubbish ;D

Fruit salads where the same price

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can still get fruit salads & black jacks, just that they have grown bigger. Taste the same though. Pitty they can`t get penny arrow bars any more. Now thats a sweet they av missed out on.
Rather think its our palate thats changed they still smell the same.

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[quote author=ANNE link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=40#73 date=08/15/03 at 15:15:35]can still get fruit salads & black jacks, just that they have grown bigger. Taste the same though. Pitty they can`t get penny arrow bars any more. Now thats a sweet they av missed out on.
Rather think its our palate thats changed they still smell the same.[/quote]
If you can remember what they taste like you are showing your age  :D

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Anyway you have to suck them now havent you cant chew he he

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They still do pear drops as well as rhubarb and custard toffees :)

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Can't beat the good old sarsaparilla tablets, and they're still well and truly with us. ;)

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Aniseed balls. Yuk!........ :
Dont forget the fruit gums mum. I just love those fruit gums mum.
But that was in the days when i could chew.

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What about victory V s still get them and still good :D

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like some of the sweets they have today better. You see i`m still young at heart.

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any body remember going up the arts and the con club dancing the nite away in the early 60s 1/2 crown to get in and the long walk back to haslingden glad when i moved to accrington no more long walks home

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You all know the 'pay as you go' toilet that was on peel street before the re-development, well I'm sure that it didn't work properly.  The first and only time I used it I was in mid action and the door flew open, much to the delight of several elderly shoppers.

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Does anyone remember the old railway that ran behind Accrington Cricket Club's main stand?  I was walking home from my sisters recently in a drunken stupor and tripped over one of the old railway sleepers ;)

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what about liquorice sticks all that yellow drool running down your chin.

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[quote author=janet link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=80#84 date=08/17/03 at 11:13:35]what about liquorice sticks all that yellow drool running down your chin.[/quote]


Do you mean the root liquorice sticks  that we dipped into the Kali?

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[quote author=Chris7464 link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=80#82 date=08/17/03 at 02:14:16]You all know the 'pay as you go' toilet that was on peel street before the re-development, well I'm sure that it didn't work properly. The first and only time I used it I was in mid action and the door flew open, much to the delight of several elderly shoppers.[/quote]

Love to have seen that (or maybe not!) ;D

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[quote author=Chris7464 link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=80#83 date=08/17/03 at 02:39:20]Does anyone remember the old railway that ran behind Accrington Cricket Club's main stand? I was walking home from my sisters recently in a drunken stupor and tripped over one of the old railway sleepers ;)[/quote]

Shall we start a new column Chris "Daft things you do when you're drunk"?[smiley=lol.gif]

Fallen asleep in one or two places. More than once in the old Accy toilets before they used to lock them. [smiley=sleep.gif]

Was a long long time ago I hasten to add! I like to pretend I'm respectable now! ;D ;D

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My wife did this when we were courting we had been in this pub in preston(harryx)
the palatine in avenham just as we were due to go the wife dicided to go to the loo
and she fell asleep i had to send the bar staff in to get her.
this is over 30 years ago i dont think she will do it again .
maybe ???

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[quote author=mick link=board=nostalgia;num=1059916385;start=80#88 date=08/17/03 at 16:29:22]My wife did this when we were courting we had been in this pub in preston(harryx)
the palatine in avenham just as we were due to go the wife dicided to go to the loo
and she fell asleep i had to send the bar staff in to get her.
this is over 30 years ago i dont think she will do it again .
maybe ???[/quote]

You never know do you! [smiley=alc.gif] [smiley=lol.gif]

I was on about the ones on Peel Street, thy didn't lock them then. Used to wake up to daylight and sneak out hoping nobody realised. Bit obvious though when you're still wearing skimpy lurex hotpants and thigh high boots! ;D ;D ;D

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Oh, No you have started something now Cazzer.  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

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I'm good at that!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D [smiley=up2something.gif]

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We once went to a party and he dissapeared. He was found under a bed fast asleep and I had to practically drag him home and some how drag him up a flight of stairs.
He remembered nothing the next day.

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feel asleep in a bathtub at a party once!! have done many many embarrasing things when I was drunk, the worse thing though is that as i'm getting older i'm getting worse not better!
here's a taste of what I do........ once was out for dinner, bunch of girls, had a lovley meal and a laugh, but the laugh's never stopped, i ended up laughing so i much I pucked my dinner right up on the restaurant table!!!!!!!!!......anyone want to treat me to a meal sometime???!!!!!!!

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Yuk!! Give over, you've put me off my supper!! ;D

Look what you started Chris!! ;D

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Nowt worse than puke. YUK!!!

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flashman, i mean the sticks that looked like a twig  ::) ::)

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I remember them Janet...used to chew on them for ages and they stained everything (including your teeth!) yellow!!

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Loved those yellow licorice sticks, they lasted forever. Used to like chewing them as a kid, til they were soggy, then letting them dry up to chew again later :-[  Used to get shouted at off my mum for leaving them all over the house.
Loved blackjacks, fruit salads (and still do)
Bazooka Joe bubble gum, Ice cream screwballs with the chewing gum in the bottom :P

Anyone try hedgehog flavour crisps made by XL in Great Harwood (my mum worked there) They were vile but my sister loved em.
Space dust  80's kids like myself will remember this, it was horrible. [smiley=puke.gif]

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Blackcurrant lollys dipped in water & those vile tablets you dissolved in water to make a drink. Supposed to be orange,lemon and lime but they just tasted like suger and water.  YUK!!!!!!