Go Back  British Expats > Living & Moving Abroad > Canada > The Maple Leaf
Reload this Page >

Who remembers...........

Wikiposts

Who remembers...........

Thread Tools
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 8:55 am
  #76  
Account Closed
 
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 26,319
DaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Only needing 2p for the phone box.

Red phone boxes.

Green Shield stamps.

The Magic Roundabout.
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 8:59 am
  #77  
Novocastrian's Avatar
Born again atheist
 
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 30,259
From: Europe (to be specified).
Novocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by CaptainHook
Only needing 2p for the phone box.

Red phone boxes.

Green Shield stamps.

The Magic Roundabout.
It was 4d in my time, young gooner.
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 10:15 am
  #78  
triumphguy's Avatar
BE Forum Addict
 
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,092
From: Calgary
triumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

  • I remember 144 pennies in a pound
  • Learning about guineas in maths class
  • Learning logs, sin and cosin on a slide rule
  • Andy Pandy and Muffin the Mule
  • Playing out meant playing out, for hours, without parental supervision
  • silver six shooters with caps, bows and "arrers,"
  • doing some light shopping for my mum when I was only 8
    Getting the cane at school, and the strap again when I got home!
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 10:21 am
  #79  
Banned
 
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 3,824
From: the GTA
Auld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond reputeAuld Yin has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by triumphguy
  • I remember 144 pennies in a pound
  • Learning about guineas in maths class
  • Learning logs, sin and cosin on a slide rule
  • Andy Pandy and Muffin the Mule
  • Playing out meant playing out, for hours, without parental supervision
  • silver six shooters with caps, bows and "arrers,"
  • doing some light shopping for my mum when I was only 8
    Getting the cane at school, and the strap again when I got home!
I'll give you a chance to rethink. How many pennies in a pound?
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 10:23 am
  #80  
Gremmie's Avatar
BE Forum Addict
 
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,423
From: 9 years in the canadian trucking industry... Niverville MB
Gremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond reputeGremmie has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by Auld Yin
I'll give you a chance to rethink. How many pennies in a pound?
Give the man a Tufty Badge,,remember those
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 10:36 am
  #81  
BristolUK's Avatar
Thread Starter
Oscar nominated
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 55,309
From: Moncton, NB, CANADA
BristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by dbd33
Lift attendants.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Dead end job, that.
I dunno....I'm sure there were ups as well as downs.

Fred the tortoise....then they had to paint an A on the end as it was female.

Adventure Weekly on kids TV.....the kids who ran their own newspaper, reporting an adventure they'd just had.
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 10:57 am
  #82  
flashman's Avatar
BE Forum Addict
 
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,062
From: Eastern Ontario, Canada
flashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond reputeflashman has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by Edna Bucket
Radio Caroline

Radio Luxemberg too !
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:01 am
  #83  
Novocastrian's Avatar
Born again atheist
 
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 30,259
From: Europe (to be specified).
Novocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond reputeNovocastrian has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by BristolUK
Fred the tortoise....then they had to paint an A on the end as it was female.
Which end?
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:04 am
  #84  
triumphguy's Avatar
BE Forum Addict
 
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,092
From: Calgary
triumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond reputetriumphguy has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by Auld Yin
I'll give you a chance to rethink. How many pennies in a pound?
Let's see, there were 20 shillings, with 12 pennies in a shilling, thats 20 x 12 = Oh my god there were 240 penies in a pound. Jeez the pound ain't what it was.

I was going to say 12 times tables and then 20 shillings in a pound,... or something!!!

Or my brain's going!

Well caught that man - not so bad for an old timer!


you've won CRACKERJACK PENCIL!!!!
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:22 am
  #85  
Inse's Avatar
BE Enthusiast
 
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 491
From: BC The best place on earth
Inse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Bill and Ben
The first episode of Dr Who
Supercar
Fireball XL5
The Hotspur with Alf Tupper
Blackjacks and fruit salad, 4 for 1d
6d worth of chips from the chippy and a bag of crackling to go with it

Last edited by Inse; Jan 28th 2009 at 11:27 am. Reason: Just remembered Alf.
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:22 am
  #86  
BristolUK's Avatar
Thread Starter
Oscar nominated
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 55,309
From: Moncton, NB, CANADA
BristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Woodentops.

Listen with mother.

TV21 comic
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:23 am
  #87  
The4BellsLondon's Avatar
half a century
 
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 10,222
From: Sarf Lundun to East Van :)
The4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond reputeThe4BellsLondon has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

its Friday, its 5 to 5, its . .. . . . Crackerjack!!
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:24 am
  #88  
BristolUK's Avatar
Thread Starter
Oscar nominated
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 55,309
From: Moncton, NB, CANADA
BristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond reputeBristolUK has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by Inse
6d worth of chips from the chippy and a bag of crackling to go with it
Crackling as off roast pork? Or do you mean what 'we' called scrumps? Bits of batter.


Hey mister, got any chips left?

Serves you right for cooking so many.
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:25 am
  #89  
Inse's Avatar
BE Enthusiast
 
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 491
From: BC The best place on earth
Inse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond reputeInse has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Originally Posted by BristolUK
Crackling as off roast pork? Or do you mean what 'we' called scrumps? Bits of batter.
Yep, that's it. Bits of batter.
 
Old Jan 28th 2009 | 11:27 am
  #90  
Account Closed
 
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 26,319
DaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond reputeDaveLovesDee has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: Who remembers...........

Chips, cod roe and mushy peas every Friday night.
 


Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service - Your Privacy Choices

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.