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Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 13-09-2003, 08:39
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Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

Sorry...Miley (railway) tunnel is/was Preston..As Anne , Mick and I are originally Prestonians we get carried away.
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 21-08-2003, 20:35
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

Tin bath and coal fire yes.. Too right..

Miley Tunnell. Blimey now ya have taken me back.. Not heard of that for donkeys... last I saw all nicely landscaped.
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 21-08-2003, 08:12
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

I went for a job at ASDA on blackburn rd ..Glynn Webb is there now... I was offered the job but it was what was then reffered to as "A closed shop"  Is that the expression?  nothing to do...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 21-08-2003, 01:21
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

Me change nappies?  Did it once only.. well half did it.... Sorry I know your not going to like this... But thats womens work...

hehehe Bet thats put the cat amongst the pidgeons.

7 kids...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 20-08-2003, 23:45
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

Rusks..Ahh yes:)

Right I have 7 kids in total. 1  from wife number 1 and eeerm let me think.. 1 from wife number 2 and a bit of a gap... 5 from current with 4 still at home...

I am easilly...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 15-08-2003, 14:37
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

They still do pear drops as well as rhubarb and custard toffees :)
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 15-08-2003, 12:55
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

Of course.. now I remeber.. Black jacks wernt a penny each :)  Thats what tripped me up mate :)
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 15-08-2003, 12:37
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

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...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 15-08-2003, 09:38
Replies: 182
Views: 10,774
Posted By HarryX
Post Re: i remember when.....

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...
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