this.... man about town



and a tennis racquet to die for .Dunlop Maxply Fort made in England



Monday, wash day ?





Any more ???

Great topic idea but wonder if it would be better to divide into 'sub topics' such as, for example 'household items, foods, toys, fashions etc

Just a suggestion.

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Great subject Granny.

Certainly of the age to have helped my mother use all of the items in the Washday photo.

I was in awe when my uncle George came to visit with his latest techno gadget ..
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Good thread granny .. I`ve thought of something else to go with the Betamax video player, party sevens who remembers them ..

That was my dylemma was glad to see the bottom of it star

they were in the day before I was legally old enough to drink but still did van

I've thought of something to go with your Party Seven

For those who thought they were posh . Cocktail bar and one of those bloody pineapples. The flying ducks usually in close proximity.

Haha. Remember those cocktail bars. I was playing with one of these around those days.

And these

for a nightout

Important to look 'the part' Ed. Lol

The Ewbank .. it was cordless!!

looks like that space programme the women with purple hair in that style

Phones for Cools

my Mum & Dad had one of those pineapples we used to stash our fags in there it never got used.Didn't have a bar though,a boy I was going out with,his parents had one

we had this lol on the wall by the tv you had to put 50p in to watch

OMG!!! We had those type of pictures too!! Was above this ornament that I used to ride Sindy around on (ma wasn't happy)

I`ll just cut the grass shouldn`t take long

Still got one of those. Retrieved from the caravan, and over 30yrs old. Now in the children's playhouse. They never let you down.

Lol. When we were clearing my Grandads house he said ' I have Lawnmowers there.At the house. Take them- you can have them'! Umm, thanks but no thanks. Bless him.

could do with that,my grass needs cutting & I can't use the electric one because it's too wet plus it's good excercise

Plant your own model garden. Collect pieces to plant the garden. I've still got most of mine. Made by Britain

I'm going to stop watching this thread now, it's like seeing an inventory of my house.

was about to ask is that you granny on the bench until I seen the plastic plants and then it clicked it's all plastic I'll get my eyes tested monday x

. cheers Ed

Have you got flying ducks AND a pineapple ?

having these over the fireplace

I remember most of the things that have been posted from my childhood during the 1960s in Warwick street .Also so many pubs still have horse brasses and flying ducks in their bars, an example is The Fox and Hounds in Barnston Who also had a Washing Pulley,stone hot water bottles and black leaded range in their main Lounge area, which looked just like our Kitchen in Warwick street even down to the red tiled floor by the bar

Fox and Hounds is in the past. Even down to the silence that falls when you walk through the door. Creepy !


Jerry can,



which eventually came in handy for



to be used with


probably kept this chap in a job (Penny Lane Fire Service)

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The pop man ..

Nice one vanman. Corona was my favourite. Thats a small gravestone in photo!

The khazi and the hearth

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spot the Traffic cone x

how posh we were

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I can remember this tv in a house.He had 2 of them.[put one tv ontop of the other]one had no sound but had a picture.the other had a picture but no sound.Was really funny.
Worst bit was the tvs took 20 mins to come alive.
Great thread Granny

. Telephone box

sorry meant to say no picture but a sound.

MissMahjong, Plusone and I saw a van like this t'ova week on Woodchurch Road, Prenton

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My first toy that I remember. Loved the way his tail wagged.

. Usually a dark brown Denby Ware teapot

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Hi Granny, wasn't there a story about that painting being cursed? Houses burning down etc?

Don't remember that Granny but I do remember the hoo-har this one caused. #Curse #Allegedly

It was the painting of a child that was supposed to be spooked. The Chinese woman one was the world's most reproduced painting and sold for $1.5 million at Bonham's ,London.

Oh. It was The S*n

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_Boy

My first car

my old school desk with lift up lid and inkwell

did you have a satchel?

Ha ! They used to strap onto your back like this

Pen and ink



progressing to Quink

Free school milk and bows in our hair.

I do Granny and if you were picked to be a milk monitor you felt so important. It was always warm that milk but still we enjoyed it.

Don't forget the big navy blue knickers we had to wear for gym..

I can remember something like this in my Grans house.

And the never forgotten 'school cane'. In our school it was usually administered at the end of assembly on the stage in full view of the whole school. After we finished our hymns and prayers, hitting our consciences to make us better girls and boys. (In more ways than one)

You can get these vintage knickers on ebay (we were highly embarrassed , particularly if we had a period)

I always ended up covered in the stuff

These fellas will take all your rubbish no question ..

Erm - Ive still got a Long John sideboard in my diningroom !!! AND its still got a bottle of Quink in it and a pen! (albeit a manuscript pen)

As for those satchels, no-one with any street cred would have dared to wear one using both shoulders, would they !

The milk -- ugh, warm and disgusting .

Maybe you should get in contact with Beethoven and compare. I think he's into flying ducks and pineapples, Venice. Interested ?

This makes me laugh. Children who could climb trees and have some fun ! (broken arms and all)

I got that twice in junior school.boys got the headmaster girls got deputy headmitress

Im allergic to china feathers granny! You do know that these treasures Beethoven and I have got are worth a bomb these days as antiques, dont you!

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I think yours is a bit of an upgraded model, Snowy.

They used to have family days out in these things. Babies and all. Heads poking out from all directions..

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Aaaah the good old days. Life seemed so much better then not like now with everything that's going on. Seen these before but love watching them again.

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Nice videos. The smoking competition ,... blimey clay pipes and all.



Do you remember these mikeeb ?

my dad had one of these

You know her for rentaghost miss Popov

Oh, I didn't watch rent a ghost... she was attractive.


Remember train journey's in these carriages though. : Lovely !

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Crikey Sunny don't remember a pram like that. Love the Silver Cross coach prams I had one for my son used to walk miles with it.

good job you dont want a pram now just seen this one for £1,450 new still made in yorkshire

I know they're so expensive now mine was passed on to me by a friend, couldn't get on buses with them had to walk everywhere but baby looked so comfy and the weather seemed better then usually had my fringed sun shade on with it , lovely.

I had the Silver Cross big carriage prams with my two, too. Much better than the pram fodder available to todays new parents.

Had Silver Cross buggies too - proper steel frame. None of your plastic moulded wheels....

I loved my silver cross pram mine was late 70's early 80's had it for my 6 &my sister borrowed it then used it for my Grandaughter,ended up going to her day nursery didn't want to give it away though & I would of still had it but my ex made me give it away

Yea Rude proper prams eh, I cringe when I see some of the modern buggies with tiny babies stuffed into them.

I've still got my silver cross tandem pushchair.bought it 2nd hand from Runcorn,she had hardly used it but I had it for my 4th & 5th then 5th & 6th then 6th & grandaughter

They just go on for ever I passed mine on to a relative don't know where it is now probably still going ha. Funny I love to hear of baby things going through the family like yours Star and being used but I find the young ones just want brand new all the time, it's a shame.

I brought one these across the pond about 45 years ago, dismantled
of course for my sister in law. That is a storey in itself.
Brutal drive from Montreal to Ottawa in a snow storm.

We all seem to like them, but the French don't. They banned the sale of them in France. Health and Safety reasons ! What they really meant was, we want to sell our prams and not yours.

"" France has banned Silver Cross prams from being sold in their shops, in what the firm’s owner has described as a blatant example of European Union free trade rules being flouted ""

Good Morning to;

The daily dose.

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We had a blue one ..

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Hey sunnyside can you tell me where this is ..

Raby mere , hiya van

Eastham Ferry Hotel ..

Helloo sunnyside .. bit early that one its 1950s I remember the motor boats and the swing boats round the back,Happy days

haha, i used to drink in there when it looked like that and my mother was a barmaid there, it was much better then than now.

here is one for you van

I remember the conservatory on the front,I agree looks far better,like the Arch should of left them alone ..

That would be Levers

Old Lord Lever used to sleep in Here and as the story goes one of the servants had to brush the snow off his bed one morning while he was still in it haha .. he called that room "Sanctum" I like him

what is the game called

mousetrap,my sister had it

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I remember the terry towelling nappies, and washing them.

Dolly tub, twin tub or hand wash, Beethoven ? 2 dozen terry nappies. Every mom had them.

did you have one of these beethoven

or one of these?

does this bring back memories beethoven

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Scouse...

Lamb hot pot..

Remember when we had housewives who cooked, washed, ironed, shopped, hoovered, put the kettle on, made the beds, washed the windows and the doorstep, swept the yard, took kids to school, bandaged knees, smacked bums/legs, attended to husbands needs if she didn't have a headache, managed the budget etc etc.

Hi Granny, yes I washed those pongy items in a twin tub, and strangely enough Sunny I replaced the rubber seal on my pressure cooker only yesterday, surely they're not out of fashion now are they? And even stranger Granny I'm cooking stew for tea tomorrow. Crazy world.

Now (lots of) women do all that and contribute to the family income too.

Surely 'lamb hotpots', 'scouse' and 'stews' are not distant memories, yet??

Still cooked frequently here!!

Although to be fair- cooked in a Slow Cooker as opposed to a Pressure Cooker

Distant memories here because I hated them, particularly hot pot.

They weren't cooked in a pressure cooker either.

mmmmmmmmm!
Hot pot and scouse
Absolutely gorgeous

Wow ! Granny are you posh ? I never knew until now that there was supposed to be meat in scouse

You must have had 'blind scouse' DIlly, No meat.

It was all slop to me.

No Granny, we never had veg in ours either hot water on an oxo cube. We were poor

Ration Books. I don't remember them, although rationing was still around until 1955, hence the malt and vitamin supplied for children. (posted yesterday)

No wonder everyone was slim !





The weekly ration varied from month to month as foods became more or less plentiful.

A typical ration for one adult per week was:

Butter: 50g (2oz) Bacon and ham: 100g (4oz) Margarine: 100g (4oz)

Sugar: 225g (8oz). Meat: To the value of 1s.2d (one shilling and sixpence per week. That is about 6p today) Milk: 3 pints (1800ml) occasionally dropping to 2 pints (1200ml).
Cheese: 2oz (50g) Eggs: 1 fresh egg a week. Tea: 50g (2oz).
Jam: 450g (1lb) every two months. Dried eggs 1 packet every four weeks. Sweets: 350g (12oz) every four weeks





http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/rationing2.html

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Calculator ! known as a comptometer.

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grange rd 1970

back to the 1940s

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or this 1950's.. NOTE the flying ducks

looks like my nans room hello granny

1950's Chambre Hardman's House.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...50s-Britain-captured-Liverpool-home.html

Hello Smitty. Good to see you again. I nearly put those kitchen cabinets up.

remember hilda

Hilda and her flying ducks ! Yes.

i like this thread granny well done, off on nights now

8 track tapes

I bet you it had one of these on the wall granny ..

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Hello star remember that show,

Just had my Tea "rabbit stew" .. thats it now until supper time,

Loved that magazine

Hi van what's for desert

what do you fancy?

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Roobarb & custard again .. horrible stuff but times are hard

Green cream soda

2 ounces of candy twist please Mrs and 10 Benson&hedges for my mam .. thanks

:check out the glasses Van.They look like the bottom of milk bottles.

woolworths pick and mix.

old pharmacy

Dentist.

Ive been to that chemist shop sunnyside last year on my jollies went to Cornwall ..

http://www.holidaysincornwall.com/t...1807-to-1909-discovered-intact-as-it-was

Good evening snowy

,why did cigarettes always have names relating to the sea ?

Capstan
Senior Service
Nelson
Cadets
Players Navy Cut

followed by P;ace Names

Marlborough
Kensitas
Park Drive
Richmond
Piccadilly
Pall Mall
Solent

I'm sure some were sold in packets of 5's ?? Not 100% sure though.


First pay day....10 Peter Stuyvesant please ?

evening van.your missed on the music thread.
or you might be allowed to who remember this thread.
If its passed by granny lol.

Oh Lord ! It was a hateful experience.

I bet you ate pigs trotter too Van

I thought you loved pigs granny?not to eat though.

Tripe and Onions ...........vomit

Van eats Pinky and Perky , not me.

small world hey van? whats the chances of that.

My Dad used to smoke senior service.I used to smoke no 10 or no 6 & if we were being posh Benson & Hedges king size.I gave up years ago just as well

Who remembers the ABC cinema Satuday morning club for kids , with that song which despite numerous try's won't work for me, ABC minors ?

yes you could buy packs 5 cigs

abc cinema argyle st bhead.

Really going back in the annals now, who remember this georgous guy who I had a huge crush on , he was a real hero in life as well as in the movies?

who is he?

Ha I was waiting for that Snowy, think you're younger than me. It's Audie Murphy. I be you're still none the wiser . I went the pictures a lot when I was a kid with my Nan and made sure I never missed any of his movies. Loved him!

Blimey Cools, He was almost the same age as me mother. Did you have a mis-spent youth ?

My pin -up was John Kerr ( who wasn't much younger) after seeing him in South Pacific.

Younger than springtime are you, gayer than laughter are you... He sang those words to me you know.

An unemployed youth in his room, Liverpool, 4th March 1957 © Bert Hardy

Still got one of these. Used it today ! They were built to last ,you know. None of this disposable , throw away society stuff, then

. Anyone else got an old school badge. Post 'em up . Who went here?

i was fed up of the flimsy plastic ones so i have bought one of these granny, they will last forever haha

Streets of Liverpool. Supposedly 1953 . This country suffered too, just like so many others do now.

Housecraft Classes, 1960's

Taught how to iron... Pretty dangerous, we had to use square padded cloths like oven gloves to hold them. The contraption they were heated up on was also extremely hot. No health and safety then.

Rug making in Primary School was also another hazard. Using such tools as shown, I remember one child ended up with a hook in her eye !

What have we here ? Another craft we learnt in Primary School .

...and Lino Cutting.



and print !

Next up:

Pop Group The Beatles July 1964 Paul McCartney Ringo Starr John Lennon George Harrison The Beatles arrive at Liverpool Airport . (this is the official synopsis , but it looks more like Liverpool city centre than the airport )They could have been passing through.

Maybe the reason for re-naming it John Lennon Airport ?

I want one of these just broke another cheap mop bucket.the bucket part is fine,just the bit you wring the mop out has broken

I think I can declutter one for you

re Audie Murthy - most decorated American soldier in the second world war

companion set

remember when asking for a coffee and you only got asked "do you want black or white with/without sugar

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Shared She made the one in the middle.

These old patterns still useable. Being sent to Africa along with old sewing machines and tools.
Me mum was always sewing and pins would always find there way down the back or side of couch and chairs which was painful when you went rummaging for money

Did she have one of these, Fish ?



or a treadle machine . My gran had one of these. Press the peddle back and forth to make it sew.. Ha, brilliant invention !

.1960's. Note , the first gentleman wearing his suit ! That's how they did it then.

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I made many
Pram wheels were like gold dust.

I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.

Ha ha, some had breaks but most didn't !

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Brakes, sorry.

Keep it clean Sunny.

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They were just called trolleys when I used to make them

These old square climbing frames seem so much more interesting to climb than some of the modern globes etc where theres either not much choice of what to do on them, and half the footholds are uncomfortable 45 degrees V shape. (Mind I really should keep off them at my age )

Venice you need a walking frame,not a climbing frame.

Trolleys that it Dilly , thanks couldn't think last night.

Now another one did we used to call these the monkey bars? It's terrible getting old you know.

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Got some old action men in loft with swivel eyes, as well as newer figures. Wrestling such as Hulk Hogan and Thundercats , all in a suitcase.

Cools, your attic sounds like mine !

Do you still take orders, Dilly. One or two of us might be interested. With brakes , of course.

That's a super sized one to mine, but yea everything goes in the loft I can't even get into it now , my son has to do it for me. Got to admit I am abit of a hoarder , my son goes mad at me.

These are in my attic ,Cools

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Does anyone remember Toby Twirl ? He's a character who has not been heard of since Van chomped on Pinky and Perky.

Had one of those sunnyside but was lost in action"Steely Eyed Joe"

Remember these,I even had a pair of head phones fixed inside my full face helmet ..

You were never to far away from one of these,FS1E "Fizzy"

Worth a small fortune if you wanted one now Van.

I wasn`t keen on the mini myself.

Absolutely Dilly .. I learnt to ride on one of these.
£3,200 and still running ..
Ebay

My first car second hand of course ..

Dare I say"magic mushrooms"tried them once never again!!

I've so heard the story of this too

You're off your trolley Granny

our first car too in red given to us free of mother in law

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OMG Dilly , how could you - Im cut to the quick
( May just have to set on you with a walking stick )--or I might borrow granny's gang , so there !!!

The beautiful 'avocado green' bathroom !

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More beautiful pottery c 1970s .They were all on drugs by then

....and they grew prickly cactus as a hobby

...and they put polystyrene ceiling tiles all over the house ,including the kitchen.

Sunnyside, you never said a truer word.

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new ferry 1960/1970

I remember New Ferry Baths Sunny, never away from it and the weather was so much better then. No use for outdoor swimming pools now with our grotty weather although today has been lovely.

Ha ! or this ?

1964

Hoylake Baths

Derby Pool

Swam in them all Granny. Dam shame there all gone, they were wonderful!!

What I find so baffling, is that these baths (all of them) were kept, maintained and managed so very well for how ever many years. probably about 50 on average. We had parks and gardens, managed and well maintained. There had been two world wars in the last century, and times where hard, but hey everything managed to keep going and build upon what they had, without funding from the EU. Then, all of a sudden, councils can't afford to keep anything managed or running, not even their buildings or pruning the bloody trees. Why not ? We pay higher and higher rates and getting less and less. Don't give the austerity package, because that is so recent it doesn't even equate to what I am talking about.
It is a great shame, and when other areas still have their outdoor pools, we've lost out and so have the kids who no longer know not what to do during their summer hols.
Rant over....

diving board new ferry baths

the 41 bus new ferry heading out to the mill park estate eastham

And the No39 before, remember that one sunnyside corner of Heygarth&Rayburn ave

Not many people were brave enough to dive from the top in new ferry baths Sunny. Everybody watched if someone was on the top. I remember being pushed into the deep end ,thought I was never going to get to the top. Think it was 16 ft or maybe more.

hiya van, yes i remember the 39 bus

the old boating lake new brighton.

think this is the old school new chester rd there are flats there now.

the old birkenhead market, it was a very busy place, much better than the new one.

You look at these old pictures and videos of years gone by and I always think how innocent and gentile life seemed, we didn't have much but there was no worrying about madman attacking you on the train or driving into you with trucks and all the other horrible things. Happy days.

thats very true cools.

Some great old pics sunny, thanks

Off asda roof carpark

ah yes i remember it well, its hard to imagine it when you look at the layout now.

oak and eldon gardens 1958

opening of the mersey tunnel in the 1930s

grange rd

We had one of these. I think our model was pre-war. 1 bar. Eventually it was updated to 2 bars. We thought it was great because we could turn one bar off !?

Three chains hung from the ceiling for this glass light shade.

Looks like the Stingray Headquarters Gerry Anderson set

Lava lamps of the 1960's on top off the tele. We watched the lamp instead of the tv programme.

Every house seemed to have these. Probably left for the next tenant and over a period of many years.

Worth quite a lot now.

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Good read

back when the tv didn't start till around 7am

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who else had one

remember these neddy?

hairstyles fro the 70s

hairstyles from the 70s

how many men remember this

Stop please.... Hairstyles giving me nightmares .dont recall vitalis but brill cream and brut.
Remember as kid getting haircut at barbers and wondering what durex gossamer were. Sold next to plastic combs, razor blades and those little tubes for putting on your face when cut shaving

When I was nought but a lad I was sent to Stubb's barbers on Old Chester Road in Tranmere, he used to put a little plank across the arms of the chair for little ones to sit on, when he had finished he used to run a lighted taper across the back of your neck to burn off all the little hairs and I can still remember the smell today. Happy days.

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In came the Kaftan and psychedelic colours.

The hooded ,cowl dresses of the 70's

Afghan coats from the 1970's. They should have continued to make them instead of growing poppies.

Yeh ! We were pretty chic in those days, and then....Farah Fawcett Major came along !!! She saw us all off. Life was never the same again..

Who remembers going out like a rag doll in the 60's ?



Eyelure eyelashes



and white lips

Thanks Granny and everyone for posting, I've enjoyed looking at all of the posts and remember most things. I did have one of those haircuts and a purple afghan coat too lol.

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Ha ha, Longnails. It's a bit of fun isn't it ? What can you remember that we don't ? There must be absolutely loads.

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No introduction needed




Ludo







Mrs Peacock hit Professor Plumb with a hammer.....

Yes I had Simon, and my cousin had Merlin. Any photos of that?? It was brown in colour I think.

Is this it Lollipop. I've never heard of that one.

Many people had these in the late 1950's. Seeing it as a child had no impact, only that it was a cute bit of equipment. Looking at it now, pretty horrendous.

That's it, we use to fight who's was best. I loved my simon, but secretly wanted merlin.

Only child, you see!!!

You can get micro Simons now. Hand held. Wouldn't be the same thought would it ? A great game for a family, no one could fall out .


There was one of these glass feeding bottles in our house, which we used to play with for our dollies. I assume mum used it for us as babes. A teat on both ends. Maybe less wind. I bet Beethoven remembers them !

School glue

No Granny, that's the first thing posted that I can't remember seeing before. My mam used to cut the end off one of the fingers in a Marigold glove to feed us.

nit nurse

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A high quality visual tour of the Wirral Peninsula in the UK, filmed during the year 1934 and maybe a little earlier too.

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc3_1469222869#obD0b3hwETppTdki.99

That was really good thanks vanmanone. Wish they had identified exact roads , and the bakery etc a bit more , but still good.

How did we get from this to Ann Summers ..

Hi venice hope your well .. the first thing I look for when looking at old film reels`is the cars always fascinate me

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levers factory 1934

Great video Van. Enjoyed it.

the 1960s

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we had one of these in our infant school bet it would be worth something now

my brother had the magic robot

Not sure about that Star, I think the market might be limited. The whole concept of it is quite awful really. For those who do not know, it was a money box. Put the money in his hand, turn the ears and then the arm is raised and the money goes into his mouth.

Shudder.....

Magic Robot; My sister still has hers. Hidden in a cupboard! For what ?

I can only remember the teacher putting a penny on the hand can't remember twisting the ear but the arm went up & the penny went in the mouth we must of only been 5 or 6 at the time

Who remembers the Bakelite cups we had at school dinners always had that plastic taste to them .. think ours came in Blue&Pink

Don't remember them but do remember milk bottles and then cartons and straws. Used to be a tadge creamy on a hot day.
The water glasses we had were made in France by a company called Duralex--read it so many times as you got to the bottom of the glass.

10 o'clock break .. We were made to drink all of our milk warm an all,dont forget the chocolate biscuit haha,

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when the school doctor ask you to undress, turn to the right and cough

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what is the programme

Hectors House

1965

the wombles

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Don't tell me I'm the oldest on here or is every one else suffering from alzheimer's ?

. Ragtag and Bobtail

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What do we get these days ? Teletubbies that can't even talk ! Then it's wondered why children are backward when they start school aged 4 or 5 yrs.

Button Moon

...and listening to;

Teddy Boy Wedding (hope it's nobody on Wiki)

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I used to love radio Caroline. Love the film ,The boat that rocks too. I think it is loosely based on Caroline.

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I've watched that film so many times. Always makes me laugh. And not sure about 'loosely based ' , they were probably a lot more closer to the truth. (which was possibly a lot worse !)

genuine 1950's Winklepickers !

Teddy Girls. First girl gangs maybe ?

Brothel creepers, or teddy boy shoes to you.

Hippie Culture ! Always happy.....

It's not going to happen is it , even if certain political activists are trying to recapture their youth of 50 yrs ago ?

Anti -nuclear protestors start of 50 mile walk from Trafalgar Square to Aldermaston.1964

A bit different to the protest now. A couple of dozen people outside a railway station or similar !

These chaps. Do they still have them on display in pubs ?

Helloo .. I always fall for this one "Free Beer"

More Old Pub pictures ..

One especially for Granny

Thanks Fish..... and one especially for you

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Katie Boyle with Pink Camay in black and white.

'you'll grow a little lovelier each day with fabulous Pink Camay

Who remembers Kathy Kirby? She came second in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.

I think she had quite a sad life.

I had to google her after reading that granny ..

Personal life
Kirby met Ambrose in her teens and, despite the 42-year age gap and his having an estranged wife at the time, began a relationship with him that lasted until his death in 1971 In the 2009 interview, she said she had had an affair with Bruce Forsyth during this time.

Kirby was married briefly to writer and former London policeman Frederick Pye in the 1970s. Following her bankruptcy in 1975 and a court case following an arrest over an unpaid hotel bill, she was referred to St Luke's psychiatric hospital in London in 1979. Following her discharge, she lived with a female fan, Laraine McKay, and said that they intended to marry. McKay was imprisoned for fraud and forgery. In the early 1980s Kirby had relationships with musician David Cross and lawyer Alan Porter.

Kirby was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was in poor physical and mental health for much of her life. After her retirement she lived in a series of apartments and hotels in west London, settling in an apartment in Emperor's Gate, South Kensington, surviving on state benefits and some royalties, and maintaining what has been called a "Garbo-esque" seclusion. Shortly before her death Kirby moved to Brinsworth House in Twickenham at the insistence of her niece Sarah, Lady Thatcher, wife of Mark Thatcher. Another niece, Claudia, became Lady Rothermere after marrying Viscount Rothermere.

Kirby died on 19 May 2011, a few days after moving to Brinsworth House. According to a message posted by a relative on a fan website, she suffered a heart attack. She was survived by her sister Pat and her brother Douglas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Kirby

Who remembers being off school and watching programs for schools&college ..

Re Kathy Kirby .It would seem she had a mess of a life. Poor girl, she was only young when she hit the limelight.

Seaview road dept Wallasey 1975

marty wilde,billy fury and an 18yr old jimmy tarbuck backstage at the essoldo 1958

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I can remember going to the Essoldo to see Marty Wilde, Joe Brown, Susan Maugham and a few others, that would have been about 1962, I think Bill Haley was on as well, the Essoldo used to have good stage acts on regularly.

Susan Maughan ? Gosh ! I wonder what happened to her.

"I wanna be Bobby's girl, I wanna be Bobbby's girl...."

Every mother had one.

and one of these for scrubbing steps. Donkey stone

Life wasn't worth living for a woman if she didn't scrub her step every week.

Strange communal pastime. Often it would be that neighbours seemed to scrub their steps on the same day in a week, around the same time of day and chatting away whilst they did .




A job that never went away. Womb to the tomb everyone kept on scrubbing ! Note the mop bucket, Star



scrubbing the pub steps



Communal scrubbing of church steps.

The famous 'overall'.

Fast forward to the 1980's and the ridiculous fashion of 'shoulder pads'

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hi sunny,well the sun center will not be there soon it is set for demolition,i remember it getting built

i has one of these,many years ago

I got myself one of those mop buckets 2 weeks ago,£5.99 in home bargain,nomore pushing the mop through the wringer on the cheap plastic ones

used to go here quite a bit when my 2 oldest kids were small.We used to go on the playgroup outing as well,it was all going well till I went down the slide & ripped my cozzie,my cousin's went see through & one of the other mums got stuck on the elephant slide

heard of these but was it soap or an actual stone

Star, I think it was a mixture of pulverised stone ,cement and other stuff from what I can find. Probably of a hard gritty composition. My mum used a piece of sandstone which did the same job.

Rhyl Sun Centre, we went once with the children . Not much impressed back in the 80's. Jam packed andall bins overflowing everywhere with old cup, food and nappies. Never again.

my mum said her gran used it just wondered what it was,was never a big fan of the sun centre one time someone's baby pooed in the water & just left it,that was it we got out & left

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haha sounds like you had fun.

Was that a toy, Neddy ?

The Post Office Set, and no one would play with you. Always too busy to play !!

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Ahh, the Bunty. Don't tell anyone but I used to enjoy reading my sister's copy. The four Marys and Bunty's cut out wardrobe on the back page.

Your secret's out now Beethoven What is it with boys and dolls ?

This little chap. Discontinued, due to fall in demand. Kids didn't know about him,and nothing to do with political pressure.

As a child,it was a great thrill waiting for the next one to drop through the letter box. No idea where mine went to, but they fetch a lot of dosh now, considering they were only a couple of shillings at the most.

Thats ridiculous. Poor fella. They are still sold in huge quantities. Just the name changed to Golly Dolls.

Llandudno ..

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new ferry baths in the 1960s.

1956 London Olympic Torch.

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You Granny in the good ole days?

Venice, I actually think you might be pushing your luck a bit there. Now be a good girl and go dab on your 4711.

Ha! 4711 ah, yes, I remember seeing that at my nanas ! Didnt have the vast choice in those days we have today, did they .

4711 - how that takes me back!

I remember working in a factory that was making 4711 - in Khartoum of all places!

Spellbinder, just for you. Some might mistake it for a bottle of gin, these days !



Venice, A tin of Tweed talcum powder was never far away either.

Oh Ye Gods, Memory Lane... I used 4711 - in the cute little bottles and the cologne stick (to rub over one's fevered brow) - also Lentheric's Tweed, which was a bit strange to be honest. I seem to recall some scent called Kiku as well, in a yellow container. For sheer knock-yer-socks-off perfume, Estee Lauder's Youth Dew was very popular for a while (in the 70s I think?)

Greenwood, You remind me about Kiku,by Faberge . That was a real favourite, although I can't remember what it smelt like. The 4711 and tweed were my mums' stuff. The pong lingers on.

Kiku came out around the same time as Brut for Men.

Remember to huge ball of 'Dusting Powder'

Taboo by Dana....

that was really popular in the 60's Never much liked it though.

I remember Tramp,Smitty & charlie can still get the charlie

Most still can
They say it smells lovely

Never text a friend asking them to get some Charlie for you--it will alert the drug squad.

Hahahahaha

Love Charlie (perfume I may add ) always have from when it first came out. I always have a bottle in, nice and cheap but it always reminds me of happy times of things in the past .

Backtracking to the game SIMON. It's been re-introduced and on ebay £13.99


There are also hand held version now too. Saw them on John Lewis. about £7 (I think)

I have just ordered the large one off ebay for a little girl with autism. I think the 'pattern' to the game might be something she can enjoy and develop from, whilst playing with other family members.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-...kill-Electronic-Party-Game-/301888567453

wow Simon I got a 13 on this back in the day, don't think I can do that now brains not all there lol

Caused by watching too much B.B

[youtube]59lkDBp7XFs[/youtube] remember the ad for this

[youtube]tShArz5J0bY[/youtube] note the stall holder Melvyn Hayes

[youtube]QBcCIx5-4VI[/youtube] the female answer to Brut,there was a perfume as well

Wise words from Charlie there ...

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Do they ever put those information videos on tv these days ? I can't recall seeing any.

Star , those adverts are so 'old hat', particularly the 'All American Girl' one, on her roller skates

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I remember these

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The Green Cross Code....that was really good for children. They remembered it every time.

How about this chap ? It might appeal to some really OLD members. He was only 44 when he died in 1968.

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Remake of the 1968 Advert ..

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My favorite ads were the rollo one where the elephant smacks the obnoxious lad with its trunk, and the Fosters one with croc Dundee at the ballet, covering the ladies eyes, "strewth he's got no strides on"

[youtube]TOgmqWUAE8I[/youtube] just for you casper

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[youtube]ECPSVcxoZPc[/youtube] this still gives me the chills

videos are not showing up. Is that the same for everyone ? Just a black strip on the left hand side.

No videos showing anywhere on Wiki granny,must be a problem with the site.

i have just watched the above video and it was fine.

Thats strange all I get is a black strip,all the music vids have aswell

Still the same this morning.

this video is chilling and the voice is very scary especially for kids.

Hi Van.Am also having the same problem.So your not alone lol.

I've put in the Digital Wirral forum under (youtube no video fix) how to fix this

I was getting this last night still same on my laptop but I am getting videos on my phone

Edd your fix did not work for me, is suspect its a back end thing with the code.

Videos not displaying correctly : https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/1017179.html
Hope to have it fixed soon

[youtube]SFoROD-sKQU[/youtube] These are now in B & M

do you remember this, the birds used to peck through the tops.

did you play hopscotch????

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Yes ...SWALK NORWICH etc etc

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used to buy those for my daughters in Ethel Austins

yes I did

Staple winter wardrobe with thick tights and a jumper during late 70's. Seems they were popular for longer than I thought- from the '40s onwards.

I loved these 'skirts', dressed my older two in them , I thought they were very smart ...lol

Yes, often wondered why it doesn't happen any longer. No cream on the top anymore , maybe.

Hopscotch.. a great favourite. Chalk all over the paving slabs and SWALK, oh so many , i.e. sending, never receiving .

Thanks sunnyside, still makes me laugh

i don't think many people have milk delivered nowadays do they????

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"you and me, me and you lots and lots for you to see" with Cosmo and Dibs

Probably not. Birds have to adapt I suppose. I can also remember when it was really cold the bottle tops being pushed off because of the ice that formed.

Cosmo and Dibs are too young for me. I do remember the Magic Roundabout.

[youtube]l-Gq17O-HRc[/youtube] from look and read had to watch this in school with the boy from space and geordie racer

I'm sure we watched that in school as part of a lesson?? A big tele with a 'giraffe neck' type stand??!!

Not in Seacombe store Traumatised.

I look at Annuals now and think that they are over-priced and over-rated. However, as a kid, I loved them!!

I had this exact one courtesy of Father Christmas.

Fave toys

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Remember the thrill of getting your pay packet.

Payslip 1970

Twelve pounds sixteen shillings and ten pence.

Were you one of those babies ? Jackson's, King Street

Love the prams Granny and the way you could leave babies outside shop without fear, and outside your house to get fresh air, different now you can't let them out of your sight .

N.B. Cools, everyone had a Silver Cross pram too !!

I had a silver cross pram,mine was a bit more modern.Still had the hard body but the wheels were all the same size,loved that pram could walk for miles with it but the body came off the chassis so I could put it in the car.

Yes me too Star, loved walking and shopping with it so much room underneath to put shopping. Babes looked so comfy in them too .

Better than the modern prams,room for the baby to lie down flat on their back.I used to have shopping in the pram,under the pram & hanging off the handles

[youtube]7WlSKa-XSpQ[/youtube] but how many of us have been guilty of this.

Guilty ! Only once.
Worse was, I tied my dog to the pram , outside a shop. Only once !

Love the signs in the windows "Girdles £4/6D".
Friend used to have a ladies underwear store in the market--may have sold mens as well. Didn't do him any good though--he is still single at 70.. Wanted to marry all his life-doesn't realise he couldn't have done half the things he has done in life when shackled!

used to do it with the buggy,was fine till the child got out despite being told not to & the buggy tipped up with the shopping

Power strikes

24th January 1974, 81% of NUM members voted to strike

January to March. (Winter months, of course) Worked by candle light, tele closed down early. At least we had coal fires with back boiler, so we had hot water to get washed with.

Aaah the power strikes, drinking pints by candlelight in the Lord Napier in Rock Ferry with Mrs Beethoven by my side, who says I'm not romantic?

Oh Yeh ! And a few early nights thrown in.

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Ha ! Remember the magic comb. Lethal if the kids got their hands on it. " look mummy, no hair! "

The Andy Williams Show . Guess what ?? It's on tonight at 10.30 pm BBC 4 if you want to watch it. What cheek. It finished in about 1971 , when the licence fee was £1.5.0d (£1.25p) Now what are we paying for the same old crap.