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sm_counsell 18-05-2011 14:04
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 905923)
Na mi old grannie used to say that and she were born and bred in Ossy:hothothot
My Gran too but she used to call it a stepmother jack!!
Thank goodness you've all put me right!

jaysay 18-05-2011 18:07
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Originally Posted by Greeny (Post 907106)
My mum came from Atherton and my dad Blackburn and they both said Step mother jag, as I do now.
My other half comes from the Atherton area

gdm27 20-05-2011 15:38
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What was that stone that Mums used on the front door step called and do people still do this?

cashman 20-05-2011 16:07
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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 907555)
What was that stone that Mums used on the front door step called and do people still do this?
a pummy stone me nan called it, used to get em off the Rag Tatters.;):)

MargaretR 20-05-2011 16:13
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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 907564)
a pummy stone me nan called it, used to get em off the Rag Tatters.;):)
A pummy (pumice)stone is not the same - pummy stones rubbed the hard skin off your feet.

I recall it as a dobby stone but an internet search decribes a dobby stone as having a hole - which it didn't:confused:

Margaret Pilkington 20-05-2011 16:20
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It was a Donkey stone.........and they came in different colours......cream, sand and a sort of donkey grey....which might be why they are called donkey stones.
You could buy them from hardware stores, or the rag man would give them to you if you gave him jam-jars, bottles or rags(yes we were re-cycling way back then).
I am sure the Stall that was in Accrington Market hall(Matthews) had them for sale right up until they refurbished the market hall........I can't say I have seen any recently though...they seem to have gone upmarket.

MargaretR 20-05-2011 16:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 907570)
It was a Donkey stone.........and they came in different colours......cream, sand and a sort of donkey grey....which might be why they are called donkey stones.
You could buy them from hardware stores, or the rag man would give them to you if you gave him jam-jars, bottles or rags(yes we were re-cycling way back then).
I am sure the Stall that was in Accrington Market hall(Matthews) had them for sale right up until they refurbished the market hall........I can't say I have seen any recently though...they seem to have gone upmarket.
You are right - I remember the name now :D

Margaret Pilkington 20-05-2011 16:31
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Glad I could solve that one Margaret....you are usually much faster than me.:D
It is annoying when the name is just out of reach.

Margaret Pilkington 20-05-2011 17:26
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My gran used to scrub her front steps(there were about seven of them).......then she would donkey stone the sides of the steps, and woe betide if you walked on the donkey stoned bit........you would get a telling off, and if you did it again, you got your legs slapped.
They used to donkey stone the window bottoms too.
If you didn't do the donkey stoning, then you were known as a 'slattern'......not a good housewife....a bit of a slut, but not in the(bedroom) context it is used today.

MargaretR 20-05-2011 17:34
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An interesting site about the manufacture of donkey stones and why they are so called
Eli Whalley & Company, Manufacturers of Donkey Stones

jaysay 20-05-2011 17:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907567)
A pummy (pumice)stone is not the same - pummy stones rubbed the hard skin off your feet.

I recall it as a dobby stone but an internet search decribes a dobby stone as having a hole - which it didn't:confused:
If I remember rightly Margaret, pumice stone is made from larva, I have a piece in the bathroom somewhere

garinda 20-05-2011 19:50
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Dear oracle, otherwise known as the wise ones of Accy Web.

Another question for you.

Many terraces houses had a little niche, on level with the step, and to the side of the front door.

They were either domed, or had a gothic type arch at the top. Many had a little metal rail, running across the bottom of the niche, a couple of inches up. I guess they were about twelve inches high, by eight inches wide.

I always presumed they were for milk. However the houses were built pre-milk bottles.

So did the jug live in there?

Did the milk man fill the jug fron the churn, then put it in there?

Did they have those lace/beaded covers, to keep the flies off? I can't imagine milkmen faffing about, putting lace doiles back on all the jugs.

Why were they placed so low? They could easily have been a target for a dog to cock it's leg.

Can anyone remember people using them?

Any information greatly appreciated.

:)

Margaret Pilkington 20-05-2011 20:01
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 907629)
Dear oracle, otherwise known as the wise ones of Accy Web.

Another question for you.

Many terraces houses had a little niche, on level with the step, and to the side of the front door.

They were either domed, or had a gothic type arch at the top. Many had a little metal rail, running across the bottom of the niche, a couple of inches up. I guess they were about twelve inches high, by eight inches wide.

I always presumed they were for milk. However the houses were built pre-milk bottles.

So did the jug live in there?

Did the milk man fill the jug fron the churn, then put it in there?

Did they have those lace/beaded covers, to keep the flies off? I can't imagine milkmen faffing about, putting lace doiles back on all the jugs.

Why were they placed so low? They could easily have been a target for a dog to cock it's leg.

Can anyone remember people using them?

Any information greatly appreciated.

:)
Can't help you there........I can't remember seeing anything like that...or if I did it didn't register.
I will be interested to see the replies........and a picture if anyone has one.

MargaretR 20-05-2011 20:19
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It was likely a boot scraper

steeljack 20-05-2011 20:30
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907637)
It was likely a boot scraper
I'm thinking they wern't deep enough for that job , know the thing (nook) that Garinda is thinking about , but don't remember them on terraced house , one of the 'better' houses I used to deliver papers to had one, I'm thinking it was built after the turn of the century (After most terraced houses), so it could have been for milk bottles.

garinda 20-05-2011 20:30
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907637)
It was likely a boot scraper
Could have been.

Or a clog scraper.

:D

They weren't very deep though, so you'd only be able to scrape the front of your boot/clog.

I remember the demolished houses in Cross St. had them, and I think one of the streets near Ossy Mills still have them.

MargaretR 20-05-2011 20:34
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To illustrate my point - read the caption under the photo in this link
Cirencester Boot Scrapers | Slow Travels

garinda 20-05-2011 20:36
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907637)
It was likely a boot scraper
Looks like the wise woman MararetR is right!

Couldn't find any reference to milk niches, but boot scrapers, and bingo!

They're certainly shown on these photographs, and listed as boot scrapers, on this site about Canterbury.

Cossington Road, Canterbury

Margaret Pilkington 20-05-2011 20:38
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Oh yes, now I know what you mean........the posh houses had the recess...but the common houses just had a boot scraper by the side of the front door.......cast iron...some were a little bit fancy(perforated flowers as decoration), but some were very plain.
My gran in Sheffield had a very plain one by her front step...no recess, just the cast iron scraper.

garinda 20-05-2011 20:43
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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 907645)
I'm thinking they wern't deep enough for that job , know the thing (nook) that Garinda is thinking about , but don't remember them on terraced house , one of the 'better' houses I used to deliver papers to had one, I'm thinking it was built after the turn of the century (After most terraced houses), so it could have been for milk bottles.

They were on 'oridinary' terraced houses in Ossy.

I think Margaret is right.

Probably didn't catch on round here because we didn't have dainty southern trotters, but big plates of meat, shod in big heavy boots, or hefty clogs.

:D

Thanks Margaret. x

gdm27 20-05-2011 21:06
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907586)
An interesting site about the manufacture of donkey stones and why they are so called
Eli Whalley & Company, Manufacturers of Donkey Stones
Thanks Margaret, great site.

cashman 20-05-2011 22:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cashman (Post 907564)
a pummy stone me nan called it, used to get em off the Rag Tatters.;):)
Quote:
Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907567)
A pummy (pumice)stone is not the same - pummy stones rubbed the hard skin off your feet.

I recall it as a dobby stone but an internet search decribes a dobby stone as having a hole - which it didn't:confused:
we were both wrong donkey stone is correct,:o memory aint as good as i thought.:D

jaysay 21-05-2011 08:54
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 907630)
Can't help you there........I can't remember seeing anything like that...or if I did it didn't register.
I will be interested to see the replies........and a picture if anyone has one.
Same here Margaret, never seen out like that misen

gdm27 21-05-2011 10:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 907570)
It was a Donkey stone.........and they came in different colours......cream, sand and a sort of donkey grey....which might be why they are called donkey stones.
You could buy them from hardware stores, or the rag man would give them to you if you gave him jam-jars, bottles or rags(yes we were re-cycling way back then).
I am sure the Stall that was in Accrington Market hall(Matthews) had them for sale right up until they refurbished the market hall........I can't say I have seen any recently though...they seem to have gone upmarket.
Talking about rag and Bone carts, are there any still around Accy? when was the last time there was one around. Where was the yard they sold all this stuff too?

jaysay 21-05-2011 13:13
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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 907842)
Talking about rag and Bone carts, are there any still around Accy? when was the last time there was one around. Where was the yard they sold all this stuff too?
I ain't seen a rag and bone cart for years, must be 30 years or more, think they'd have a Transit now anyway:D

Retlaw 21-05-2011 13:48
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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 907842)
Talking about rag and Bone carts, are there any still around Accy? when was the last time there was one around. Where was the yard they sold all this stuff too?
The yard was part way up Back Water St, accessable from Melbourne St, like Jaysay says must be well over 30 years.
Retlaw

cashman 21-05-2011 15:12
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Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 907904)
The yard was part way up Back Water St, accessable from Melbourne St, like Jaysay says must be well over 30 years.
Retlaw
That was "Readers" Rag Shop, owd henry who used to sit on front row in the Kings Hall (Bug Hut) used to kip there on a pile of rags.

gdm27 21-05-2011 16:50
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Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 907904)
The yard was part way up Back Water St, accessable from Melbourne St, like Jaysay says must be well over 30 years.
Retlaw
Thats the one I remember now thanks. One Summer holiday me and a mate went up the old rifle range that side of the Coppice collecting old lead bullets and we melted them down in a great metal skillet to get rid of all the crap with them. Took them to his place to sell.

MargaretR 21-05-2011 17:08
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I recall my gran (born 1880s) called her pinafore overall a 'brat'.
I have never heard it called that since she did, but it was a use of that word.

Brat Brat (brăt) noun [ Middle English bratt coarse garnment, Anglo-Saxon bratt cloak, from the Celtic; confer W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.] 1. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general

Margaret Pilkington 21-05-2011 18:41
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Yes, my Auntie used to call her pinny a 'brat'.......it was made of very dark drill material, and had one large front pocket that was divided into two by a line of stitching.......she wore this during the chores of the morning.
All her chores had to be completed before she would sit down to lunch.......before sitting down to lunch she would take off her brat, wash her face and hands, take her curlers out(these were flat metal curlers not rollers)....fluff up her hair and put on a printed cotton apron with a frill round it......then she would sit down to lunch.
The only day she didn't follow this routine was on a Sunday......no chores were done on a Sunday, and only essential cooking.

cashman 21-05-2011 20:39
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Me nan who i was brought up wi always called it a "Brat"called me one as well sometimes.:D

walkinman221 21-05-2011 21:57
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When i was serving my time my nail pouch and hammer holder was always called a brat by the old skin a was learning from.

cashman 21-05-2011 22:09
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Originally Posted by walkinman221 (Post 908042)
When i was serving my time my nail pouch and hammer holder was always called a brat by the old skin a was learning from.
yeh just reminded me when i was apprentice butcher the aprons were called brats by everyone.

manantat 22-05-2011 07:56
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were they little pink ones?
Do you remember the cooling powder in folded paper, mixed on a teaspoon with a drop of water, and it tasted good.

Benipete 22-05-2011 08:33
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Originally Posted by manantat (Post 908066)
were they little pink ones?
Do you remember the cooling powder in folded paper, mixed on a teaspoon with a drop of water, and it tasted good.
Do you mean Fennings Cooling Powder?

No I don't remember them at all.:D

jaysay 22-05-2011 08:44
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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 908047)
yeh just reminded me when i was apprentice butcher the aprons were called brats by everyone.
The last time I heard that was at Shopfitters in the early 70s, one old joiner used to say on a friday I'm off to't stores ta change mi brat

gdm27 26-05-2011 22:13
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What was "Coldfortrock" sure that's not how you spell it, funny shapped stick of dark yellow stuff you sucked on. Can you still get it? :cool:

MargaretR 26-05-2011 22:14
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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 908934)
What was "Coldfortrock" sure that's not how you spell it, funny shapped stick of dark yellow stuff you sucked on. Can you still get it? :cool:
Coltsfoot rock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltsfoot_Rock

cashman 26-05-2011 22:42
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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 908934)
What was "Coldfortrock" sure that's not how you spell it, funny shapped stick of dark yellow stuff you sucked on. Can you still get it? :cool:
yep got some last year from sweetstall that was in accy market, before they improved it.:rolleyes:

garinda 26-05-2011 22:43
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 908935)
I never knew it was so localised.

Never a first choice sweet from the penny tray. As it did taste like a cough sweet...even if it was good value, in that it was long-lasting.

cashman 26-05-2011 22:46
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 908941)
I never knew it was so localised.

Never a first choice sweet from the penny tray. As it did taste like a cough sweet...even if it was good value, in that it was long-lasting.
seem to recall jen got some fer spugs, could be wrong? also seem to recall, she give me a piece n then told spugs i nicked it. pmsl

gdm27 27-05-2011 08:01
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 908935)
Another great link, thanks again Margaret. The things you find out about the area eh!

Margaret Pilkington 27-05-2011 08:10
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Does anyone remember Worm Cakes?

They looked a bit like Razzles, those chocolate drops with hundreds and thousands on them......Worm Cakes were slightly bigger........and you were dosed with one of those if you complained of an itchy bottom(threadworms).......the chocolate bit of the wormcake was laxative and the coloured hundreds and thousands were to kill the worms.

I can remember finding a small paper bag with a few of them in.......I ate them thinking they were chocolate sweets(we were never given chocolate).........I won't tell you what the effects were like :(

jaysay 27-05-2011 08:26
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 908957)
Does anyone remember Worm Cakes?

They looked a bit like Razzles, those chocolate drops with hundreds and thousands on them......Worm Cakes were slightly bigger........and you were dosed with one of those if you complained of an itchy bottom(threadworms).......the chocolate bit of the wormcake was laxative and the coloured hundreds and thousands were to kill the worms.

I can remember finding a small paper bag with a few of them in.......I ate them thinking they were chocolate sweets(we were never given chocolate).........I won't tell you what the effects were like :(
Mi Mum telling me ghost story's while I was sat on the toilet had the same effect Margaret:D

JCB 27-05-2011 09:11
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 908935)
Thanks Margaret for link . As a kid I used to love the sweet Coltsfoot rock . I never knew until now that it was a Stockleys product .

jaysay 27-05-2011 09:21
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Originally Posted by JCB (Post 908976)
Thanks Margaret for link . As a kid I used to love the sweet Coltsfoot rock . I never knew until now that it was a Stockleys product .
Had some only the other week from stockleys JCB, they have a great web site if you can't get to their shop in Ossy Mills

DaveinGermany 27-05-2011 10:03
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Aye bought a big bag of it last year from Stockleys in the Ossy Mills place & when I brought it back here & gave it to some folk, well the reaction was like the Marmite one, some loved it others couldn't get shut of the taste fast enough. :D There's also a little sweet shop in Southport (Coronation Walk) that has it in those big jars on display in the window.

walkinman221 27-05-2011 18:27
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Does anyone remember Spanish Gold strips of coconut coated in coca powder in like and old tobacco pouch and you can get old style sweets at the happy sweet shop .co.uk i think it is.

DaveinGermany 27-05-2011 18:34
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Originally Posted by walkinman221 (Post 909027)
Does anyone remember Spanish Gold
Most certainly do & I really liked it, how about "Space dust" ?? :D Could have hours of fun giving it to the Dog, even more fun giving it to next doors Cat ! :s_aim1:

gdm27 28-05-2011 22:22
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What was that stuff called which came in a small hard block that you could suck or mix with water. Think they came in orange flavour, no it wasn't for cleaning your dentures!!!

steeljack 29-05-2011 01:39
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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 909271)
What was that stuff called which came in a small hard block that you could suck or mix with water. Think they came in orange flavour, no it wasn't for cleaning your dentures!!!
think there was some type of orange colored lozenze which came in a tube (metal ?) which was supposed to cure a sore throat or a cold , about the size of a shilling or a halfpenny (1/12 0f an inch) stand to be corrected on that ... probably Retlaw could sort me out on that ... there used to be a scale of coinage , so many measured a foot (12") etc.

gdm27 29-05-2011 11:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 909303)
think there was some type of orange colored lozenze which came in a tube (metal ?) which was supposed to cure a sore throat or a cold , about the size of a shilling or a halfpenny (1/12 0f an inch) stand to be corrected on that ... probably Retlaw could sort me out on that ... there used to be a scale of coinage , so many measured a foot (12") etc.
I remember those but it wasn't them. This was a single block about an inch and a half'ish square wrapped in paper??

Margaret Pilkington 29-05-2011 16:46
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Nope....scratched my head over that one....don't remember it at all.......think I remember the sore throat remedy, but jsut at the moment the name escapes me.

gdm27 29-05-2011 17:07
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 909432)
Nope....scratched my head over that one....don't remember it at all.......think I remember the sore throat remedy, but jsut at the moment the name escapes me.
My dad told me him and his mate followed someone down the street as they put these through the open front doors, remember when you could do that? Anyway they nicked as many as they could then started to eat (suck) them. Ate as many as they could before throwing up, next day sat on the toilet all day etc. This must have been in the 1930s. Not sure if you could chew these, suck them or make a drink out of them but they were a sweet of some kind!

ossylass 29-05-2011 19:15
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My mother used to take Cephos and Seidlitz (sp) powders I think for headaches but I'm not sure.

Retlaw 29-05-2011 19:34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 909303)
think there was some type of orange colored lozenze which came in a tube (metal ?) which was supposed to cure a sore throat or a cold , about the size of a shilling or a halfpenny (1/12 0f an inch) stand to be corrected on that ... probably Retlaw could sort me out on that ... there used to be a scale of coinage , so many measured a foot (12") etc.
They were throat pastilles, I think they were more of a pale pink colour.
As furt muny.
12 Apneys meck a Tanner, 2 Tanners meck a Bob, 20 Bob mecks a Quid. There wur also Florins which wur 2 Bob, un Crowns which wur 5 Bob, then thur wur a Guinea, which wur 21 Bob.
As fur them measurments, I still wurk in feet & inches, even though I had to use the metric system from being 14 years of age, when we had to make patterns fur them furiners, I still don't like the mickey mouse measuring system when I'm doing something.
Retlaw.

Retlaw 29-05-2011 19:39
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Any one remember Wigan Squares.
Worked like TNT.
Retlaw.

MargaretR 29-05-2011 19:40
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This site explains more about old currency (and other detail about 50s,60s,70s)
Old money - Pounds shillings and pence

jaysay 30-05-2011 08:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 909473)
This site explains more about old currency (and other detail about 50s,60s,70s)
Old money - Pounds shillings and pence
Them were the good old days Margaret:D

steeljack 31-05-2011 18:50
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 909544)
Them were the good old days Margaret:D
what I was looking for was the size/diameter of the old coinage , I remember that 12 halfpennies lined up (side by side in a straight row measured 12 ", but I think there were similar rules for the other coinage ;)

wikipedia gives the 1/2d coin as 25mm

garinda 31-05-2011 19:44
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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 909795)
I remember that 12 halfpennies lined up (side by side in a straight row measured 12 "
Did you do a trick with them?

You'd have gone down well at one of Princess Margaret's dinner parties in Mustique.

:D

jaysay 01-06-2011 09:33
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 909807)
Did you do a trick with them?

You'd have gone down well at one of Princess Margaret's dinner parties in Mustique.

:D
Weren't that supposed to be budgies G:D

garinda 01-06-2011 09:40
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 909905)
Weren't that supposed to be budgies G:D
Apparently her dodgy pal, John Bindon, had a novel use for beer glasses.


The moment a princess fell for a gangster | Mail Online

Retlaw 03-07-2011 21:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 909795)
what I was looking for was the size/diameter of the old coinage , I remember that 12 halfpennies lined up (side by side in a straight row measured 12 ", but I think there were similar rules for the other coinage ;)

wikipedia gives the 1/2d coin as 25mm
Quote:
Originally Posted by garinda (Post 909807)
Did you do a trick with them?

You'd have gone down well at one of Princess Margaret's dinner parties in Mustique.

:D
Me old mate when he was in his prime, could line up 12 hapennies on his wingwang.
Retlaw.

Alan Varrechia 03-07-2011 22:45
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 909473)
This site explains more about old currency (and other detail about 50s,60s,70s)
Old money - Pounds shillings and pence
What a cracking site Margaret. Going to spend some time looking at that.....

rtbarton 20-07-2011 22:12
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I remember Dinnifords Gripe Water, I quite liked it, but hated the other stuff I was fed; Liquid Paraffin.

JCB 21-07-2011 09:56
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Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 916454)
Me old mate when he was in his prime, could line up 12 hapennies on his wingwang.
Retlaw.
A new word added to my vocabulary . :D

jaysay 21-07-2011 09:59
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Originally Posted by JCB (Post 920447)
A new word added to my vocabulary . :D
You've led a sheltered life JCB:D

JCB 21-07-2011 10:21
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 920449)
You've led a sheltered life JCB:D
Yes I've just learned two things , Jaysay . Sarkozy is a prince , and I have a wingwang . A bit late in the day though . :eek:

Margaret Pilkington 21-07-2011 10:44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 916454)
Me old mate when he was in his prime, could line up 12 hapennies on his wingwang.
Retlaw.
Hmmmmm! I would have to see that to believe it.....being a nurse meant that I was privileged(I'm not sure that is quite the right word) to see a lot of wing wangs as retlaw puts it..........most of them would be hard pressed to accomodate 5 ha'pennies.....and the vast majority fell into the category of 'needs a pin to get it out'.

Anyway, I was always told that 'it isn't the size of the cannon, but the power of the shot' that matters.

jaysay 21-07-2011 18:03
Re: What was it called?
 
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Originally Posted by JCB (Post 920458)
Yes I've just learned two things , Jaysay . Sarkozy is a prince , and I have a wingwang . A bit late in the day though . :eek:
Just a small tip JCB don't believe Bee, you'll end up as daft as he is;)

Retlaw 21-07-2011 18:50
Re: What was it called?
 
[quote=Margaret Pilkington;920460]Hmmmmm! I would have to see that to believe it.....being a nurse meant that I was privileged(I'm not sure that is quite the right word) to see a lot of wing wangs as retlaw puts it..........most of them would be hard pressed to accomodate 5 ha'pennies.....and the vast majority fell into the category of 'needs a pin to get it out'. Button hooks are better for some.
Believe me Margaret he is a one off, hung like a horse, unlike this patient of yours.
Retlaw.
Nurses aren't supposed to laugh...

"Of course I won't laugh," said the nurse. "I'm a professional. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient."

"Okay then," said Fred, and he proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the smallest male part the nurse had ever seen.

It's length and width was almost identical to a AAA battery.

Unable to control herself, the nurse tried to stop a giggle, but it just came out. And then she started laughing at the fact that she was laughing.

Feeling very badly that she had laughed at the man's part, she composed herself as well as she could.

"I am so sorry," she said. "I don't know what came over me. On my honor as a nurse and a lady, I promise that won't happen again. Now, tell me, what seems to be the problem?"

"It's swollen," Fred replied.

jaysay 22-07-2011 09:02
Re: What was it called?
 
[quote=Retlaw;920543]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 920460)
Hmmmmm! I would have to see that to believe it.....being a nurse meant that I was privileged(I'm not sure that is quite the right word) to see a lot of wing wangs as retlaw puts it..........most of them would be hard pressed to accomodate 5 ha'pennies.....and the vast majority fell into the category of 'needs a pin to get it out'. Button hooks are better for some.
Believe me Margaret he is a one off, hung like a horse, unlike this patient of yours.
Retlaw.
Nurses aren't supposed to laugh...

"Of course I won't laugh," said the nurse. "I'm a professional. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient."

"Okay then," said Fred, and he proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the smallest male part the nurse had ever seen.

It's length and width was almost identical to a AAA battery.

Unable to control herself, the nurse tried to stop a giggle, but it just came out. And then she started laughing at the fact that she was laughing.

Feeling very badly that she had laughed at the man's part, she composed herself as well as she could.

"I am so sorry," she said. "I don't know what came over me. On my honor as a nurse and a lady, I promise that won't happen again. Now, tell me, what seems to be the problem?"

"It's swollen," Fred replied.
Ya daft sod:D:D

Retlaw 22-07-2011 11:15
Re: What was it called?
 
[quote=jaysay;920602]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 920543)
Ya daft sod:D:D
Bet you laughed, and then thought of yourself naked, and looking in a mirror.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Retlaw.

jaysay 22-07-2011 17:55
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[quote=Retlaw;920615]
Quote:
Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 920602)
Bet you laughed, and then thought of yourself naked, and looking in a mirror.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Retlaw.
Na Walter when I do that I cry:D:D:D

MITZY 22-07-2011 19:12
Re: What was it called?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 916454)
Me old mate when he was in his prime, could line up 12 hapennies on his wingwang.
Retlaw.
Did he go in Rawtenstall Crown and have the initials B. F,

Retlaw 22-07-2011 19:18
Re: What was it called?
 
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Originally Posted by MITZY (Post 920677)
Did he go in Rawtenstall Crown and have the initials B. F,
No, but his nickname at one time was D D.
Retlaw.

MargaretR 22-07-2011 19:25
Re: What was it called?
 
What are the dimensions of German currency? - maybe we should get Donkey Dave to let us know.;)

DaveinGermany 22-07-2011 19:30
Re: What was it called?
 
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 920682)
What are the dimensions of German currency? - maybe we should get Donkey Dave to let us know.;)
Germany (the not so secret rulers of Europe) tend to use the Euro, now are we talking notes or coins here ?

Retlaw 22-07-2011 21:02
Re: What was it called?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 920682)
What are the dimensions of German currency? - maybe we should get Donkey Dave to let us know.;)
Now Margaret you should know we are talking about 1/2 pennies, the old ones, pre 1970's & my mate was nicknamed Donkey D, not Donkey Dave.
Retlaw

MargaretR 22-07-2011 21:12
Re: What was it called?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 920708)
Now Margaret you should know we are talking about 1/2 pennies, the old ones, pre 1970's & my mate was nicknamed Donkey D, not Donkey Dave.
Retlaw
..there isn't a D in Richard;)
PS oops ...there is!


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