Who remembers...........
Jan 28th 2009, 6:19 pm
#46
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Re: Who remembers...........
Constantly. It got to be a much better job when the boards were replaced with digital ones, then we could put callers on the speakers for everyone to enjoy. Amazing how many obscene callers there were and how obscene they were.
Jan 28th 2009, 6:20 pm
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Re: Who remembers...........
Deliveries made by horse and cart - the Co-op had a fine huge cart full of goodies and a huge horse - as did Vaux breweries.
They were watched carefully coming down the road by anyone with an allotment...bucket and shovel in hand, to be the first to collect manure for their leeks!
They were watched carefully coming down the road by anyone with an allotment...bucket and shovel in hand, to be the first to collect manure for their leeks!
Jan 28th 2009, 6:24 pm
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Walk-on/walk-off lifts with no doors....at the Co-Op Department Store (yes) in Bristol.
Jan 28th 2009, 6:29 pm
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Jan 28th 2009, 6:34 pm
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God you lot are old !! 
Jan 28th 2009, 6:35 pm
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Jan 28th 2009, 6:35 pm
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Jan 28th 2009, 6:37 pm
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Jan 28th 2009, 6:39 pm
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Pussycat Willem
Jan 28th 2009, 6:41 pm
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Liberty bodices!!
Jan 28th 2009, 6:42 pm
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Actually I remember a lot the previous things - my kids still laugh when I say you cant call till after 6pm - I remember putting the phone down really quietly so my parents didnt hear the click and tell me off for being on the ohone too long or at the wrong time! 
Jan 28th 2009, 6:42 pm
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Radio Caroline
Jan 28th 2009, 6:52 pm
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Do you remember meat pies and bovril at football matches...and standing in the Stretford End....oooh that takes me back
Jan 28th 2009, 6:53 pm
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What about the BBC running movies of moving trains on the TV intermission?
