sammax

Do any of you ex Poms remember Greenshield Stamps? I remember queing up at the South Croydon showroom for our desired item, can't remember what it was though...

ozzieeagle

Can remember books and books of the bloody things. Never ever remember redeeming anything for them. My mother must have well and truly had glue tounge.

On a side note, I certainly can remember catching the 68 bus to South Croydon to visit relations..... The further south you went the further back in time you seemed to go.

sarab40

I remember them...my mother used to sit us kids down in front of piles of stamps and get us licking and sticking them into books.......dont ever recall anything bought with the filled books though!!
When clearing through some of mums cupboards we came across a little strip of them curled up in the corner of the drawer.....brought all the memories of glue tongue right back to me!!!

carolinephillips

I remember them well- and the glue tongue. Nanna used to save them up and one of my tasks when visiting was to lick and stick. I think they got an iron with one lot.

sammax

My nan used to live in South Croydon and we lived in Selsdon. Where did you live?

Pollyana

Remember them well, Dad used to collect them and cos he did a lot of driving for work we used to fill a fair few books. Woe betide me if I was sent out to buy something and came back without the stamps
I remember sticking them in the books too, and going with him to get stuff like irons or kettles with them.

soapy©

we saved them up and used them for our flight out here

sonlymewalter

I reckon you got your disabled buggy with them

soapy©

nah that was with the club coupons

PAP01

As a kid used to do the milk round to earn a bit of money, had to give out Co-op stamps, when collecting money

soapy©

were they invented way back then?

billywetpants

Don't tell me , there gonna start doing them here.

Pollyana

They'd be a better deal than Flybuys

ozzieeagle

Mostly... Hilly Leafy Forest Hill.... Handy (For Selhurst Park) South Norwood... Cosmopolitan (Ahem) Peckham..... So it was always quite a trip, I still dont feel right being out of site of "The Ariels" all these years later.

It's kinda weird how the whole place seemed a lot better to me as a memory than a reality whenever I visited subsequently. I really find that disconcerting.... I wonder if it was always really crap ?

JackTheLad

I can't quite remember the logic behind this. But Mum paid for our weekly milk delivery with the stamps she earned. And I had to take them down to the local shop to pay for the milk each week.

And yes, I had to lick and stick the stamps too.

JTL