General Chat

Jean/Frederick,
Thank you both for the info (Frederick i'm well impressed with you)
Everyone has really jogged my memory,
I've often wondered if my late mum was telling me porkies when i was only allowed a few sweeties, so i owe her an apology, Sorry mum!!!
I remember mum holding my nose and shoveling a spoonful of "Virol" in (a malt extract syrup i think) gwad it was awful, and my nan used to put my hair in "rags" to make ringlets, if i let my hair grow, even now i could get it to go the same way. Got visions of the film "Whatever happened to Baby Jane" remember Bette Davies in that anyone? lol, keep it short now!!!

Anyone remember those huge red Berkel bacon slicers in the butchers shop or on the "cold cuts" counters. They were used to slice both raw bacon and cooked meats Wow, 'Elf and Safety would have a field day with that now! - Still here to tell the tale, though -lol! But those machines used to scare the hell out of me when I was a nipper!

We had two accumulators, one in the garage and one in use, as we lived an eight mile bus ride away and darent miss the bus while we waited for the recharge. Usually lasted a week. If I was with MUm the last job for me when in town was to collect the accumulator.!

Radio powered by accumulator - no- then you are not as old as me !!

I used to have to take it to the local garage to be re charged in my dolls pram

Looking back it was pretty lethal-acid !

Lol!!!!!!!!!! Susan,
noone has ever bowed to me before.

Lovely thread btw.

Jan50,I used to do that too,I got told off once for piling it up,the shop assistant said the Manager likes its spread about.The sawdust I supposed she meant.I'm having a good old chuckle to myself.

Trish
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How much I appreciate this thread an all your replies. Oh, joys of sharing a lot of memories -and bring forgotten things back. Yes, sawdust on the floor -in the butcher's shop most definitely. Remember making patterns in the floor with the toe of me shoe waiting for Ma to be served!

Sawdust on the floor! I bow to you Trish! xxxx

Sawdust on the floor! I bow to you Trish! xxxx

I am positively ancient! :-)

Wah David, Rediffusion television! What a blast from the past!

Hi Susan,
Thanks for this thread,I am happy to admit I remember them all. lol!!

Now who can remember food shops having sawdust on the floors,
especially the Co-op?!!!!!!!!!
I remember the Rediffusion box nailed behind the curtains in the window of my Grannys house.
Trish
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My first experience of a "shower" was coming home from school, stripping off and my dad hosing us down in the garden with his finger over the end of the hose pipe! Brrrr, it was freezing!

Do you recall Rediffusion Television with the swithch on the window sill and even with the TV off you could listen to radio

we had a tap outside which 7 others shared until dad&neighbour dug up garden one night &then we had running cold water we also shared a loo,took a bath at local baths with our own soap anfd towels mind you and that was only in the 50's

Oh i loved all that Christina! But, OMG! Beverly had a chocolate marshmellow every day with her bottle of milk!!!! Gawd, all i got with mine was a cod liver oil capsule!!! Ohhh, how the other half lived!!! Susan x

Hi Georgygirl, for your info.

Sunday 24th April. 1949.

UK. Chocolate and sweet rationing ends.

BUT goes on ration again.

Thursday. 14th July. 1949.

UK. Alarming dollar shortage announced today. The sugar ration is down to 8 ounces a week. Sweet rationing is back at 4 ounces a head, and there is another cut in tobacco supplies.

Thursday. 5th February, 1953.

Sweet rationing ends.

Further info. Saturday. July 3rd. 1954.

Housewives ceremonially tore up their ration books in Trafalgar Square last night as the Government announced the end of all rationing after 14 years. Meat was the last item to go.

F.

sadly I remember all 14 ! (and whats worse, I remember them so clearly !!)
Mum & Dad never owned the house, and we nrver had a car.
Dad always rode a bike, just as all the neighbours did, the first car in our street was an event !!! a black Ford Poplar ,then my brother got a big old Wolsey with running boards (remember them !) us kids would jump on & hold on for dear life when he drove into the village !
Our first TV came in 1960 ! ,& only went on for certain programs then it was turned off again (oh, it had to be put on early though, for it to warm up!)
no washing machine... mum boiled the whites up in the gas copper !
the washing went on the line & in the winter it would freeze so hard you could stand the clothes up against the wall !
No fridge..we had a meat safe to keep flies off of the meat etc, & bottles pf milk were put in a bucket of cold water in the shade to stop the milk going off.
The bread was delivered every other day, the baker had a big whicker basket with bread & rolls & cakes in !
Oh I`ll have to stop here or I`ll keep going all night !
great thread !
Tina x

Yes. sweets were still on ration then. Some other things were until at least then as I had to take my ration book home to Dad when I went there on leave from the hospital.

remember when Old MacDonald Had a Farm, now he sell burgers,lol

Is my memory correct or am i heading or La-La land,
Were sweets still on ration until 1953ish, anybody know???