| I *used* to love these ... 10:49 - May 30 with 3225 views | Ryorry |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 13:09 - May 30 with 963 views | Churchman |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:01 - May 30 by GlasgowBlue |
When I was eleven or twelve we used to climb over the corner shop wall, collect crates of empties then sell them back to another shop. Did the same with beer bottles at the pub.
Speaking of the 70's, I had a massive Chopper. |
Only real tools had Chopper bikes. Useless things.
Normal kids seeking upward mobility wanted a five gear racing bike! |  | | |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:11 - May 30 with 956 views | leitrimblue |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:01 - May 30 by GlasgowBlue |
When I was eleven or twelve we used to climb over the corner shop wall, collect crates of empties then sell them back to another shop. Did the same with beer bottles at the pub.
Speaking of the 70's, I had a massive Chopper. |
Was just telling someone here in person that that's what all us kids were up to in the 70,s.
They just gave me a strange look and asked if ' things were really that bad in the 70,s you had to steal empty bottles for 10P?'
Feck1n kids today
Paddleback brake, green Raleigh striker |  | | |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:22 - May 30 with 915 views | Ryorry |
| I *used* to love these ... on 12:41 - May 30 by bazza |
Fruit salads and black jacks |
Oh Black Jacks, mmm, you got me salivating now - that aniseed & liquorice tang - they were sold at school lunch hour tuck shop (ie a trestle table) for 4 a penny or a farthing* each - twtd! I think Fruit Salads were same, just a different flavour - little rectangles.
*Talk about saying how old you are without saying how old you are ... | |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 13:37 - May 30 with 905 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| I *used* to love these ... on 11:10 - May 30 by Churchman |
I do. You could get money back on the bottles too.
Ice cream soda was the best! |
I was about to post the same about the deposit. I see someone mentions 2 p but I seem to recall 10 p (possibly went up over time). 10 p was considered worth something then. |  |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 13:43 - May 30 with 892 views | Churchman |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:37 - May 30 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I was about to post the same about the deposit. I see someone mentions 2 p but I seem to recall 10 p (possibly went up over time). 10 p was considered worth something then. |
It was. Money was finite. Myself and my chums all got pocket money, but it wasn’t much and when spent that was it so free money like returned bottles was easy money. | | | |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:48 - May 30 with 886 views | GlasgowBlue |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:09 - May 30 by Churchman |
Only real tools had Chopper bikes. Useless things.
Normal kids seeking upward mobility wanted a five gear racing bike! |
Didn't get a racing bike until I was thirteen.
Talking of old skool sweets, Spanish Gold Coconut tobacco in a pouch. |  |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 14:27 - May 30 with 874 views | bazza |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:02 - May 30 by leitrimblue |
Yer, that's them. Wasn't to you mentioned um alongside Black Jack's ( a completely inferior sweet) that I was sure they were real and not just a weird dream. |
Loved black jacks, but fruit salads, and refreshers were best. |  | | |
| I *used* to love these ... on 14:38 - May 30 with 851 views | bazza |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:22 - May 30 by Ryorry |
Oh Black Jacks, mmm, you got me salivating now - that aniseed & liquorice tang - they were sold at school lunch hour tuck shop (ie a trestle table) for 4 a penny or a farthing* each - twtd! I think Fruit Salads were same, just a different flavour - little rectangles.
*Talk about saying how old you are without saying how old you are ... |
4 for a penny was a giveaway. I always knew them as a penny chew . 😂 | | | |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 14:39 - May 30 with 848 views | DJR |
| I *used* to love these ... on 13:37 - May 30 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I was about to post the same about the deposit. I see someone mentions 2 p but I seem to recall 10 p (possibly went up over time). 10 p was considered worth something then. |
It depends when you're talking about but it can't have been 1970 because I remember a can of Coke costing 5p then in the Co-op on Broke Hall Estate. |  | | |
| I *used* to love these ... on 14:42 - May 30 with 837 views | DJR |
Not a manufactured product, but does anyone remember buying "scraps" for about a penny from the fish and chip shop?
They consisted of the scraps from things like fish batter and were a fraction the price of chips, so affordable for, say, a 10 year old with very little money.
I bought them from the fish and chip shop on Broke Hall Estate but assume they existed elsewhere. [Post edited 30 May 2024 14:43]
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| I *used* to love these ... on 15:00 - May 30 with 817 views | BlueBoots |
Seem to be a few retro sweet / bike combos here, so mine was a packet of Pacers and a Grey Grifter (rear plastic mudguard folded over to rub against the wheel so it sounded like a motorbike, of course  ) |  |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 15:20 - May 30 with 790 views | wkj |
Something I miss which is not widely available in the UK anymore
Cadbury's Astros
Milky Way Crispy Rolls (can still get them from specialist places)
and the most tragic of all...
Fruitangs |  |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 15:24 - May 30 with 786 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Anyone remember these?
Or even these?
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| I *used* to love these ... on 15:40 - May 30 with 757 views | baxterbasics |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 17:55 - May 30 with 728 views | WeWereZombies |
| I *used* to love these ... on 14:42 - May 30 by DJR |
Not a manufactured product, but does anyone remember buying "scraps" for about a penny from the fish and chip shop?
They consisted of the scraps from things like fish batter and were a fraction the price of chips, so affordable for, say, a 10 year old with very little money.
I bought them from the fish and chip shop on Broke Hall Estate but assume they existed elsewhere. [Post edited 30 May 2024 14:43]
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I used to know a small woman from Wisbech who was always asking for scraps in the chippie...the ones you mention, not a fight,,, |  |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 18:00 - May 30 with 723 views | wkj |
| I *used* to love these ... on 15:24 - May 30 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Anyone remember these?
Or even these?
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Spira and Twirls are just a half-arsed attempt at a Flake. | |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 21:23 - May 30 with 677 views | BlueBoots |
| I *used* to love these ... on 14:42 - May 30 by DJR |
Not a manufactured product, but does anyone remember buying "scraps" for about a penny from the fish and chip shop?
They consisted of the scraps from things like fish batter and were a fraction the price of chips, so affordable for, say, a 10 year old with very little money.
I bought them from the fish and chip shop on Broke Hall Estate but assume they existed elsewhere. [Post edited 30 May 2024 14:43]
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World's gone, innit...
https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/24/m-s-called-selling-2-chip-shop-scraps-20709045/ | |
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| I *used* to love these ... on 21:33 - May 30 with 669 views | backwaywhen |
| I *used* to love these ... on 10:58 - May 30 by DJR |
I was thinking about Corona soft drinks the other day. We used to get one bottle a week and make it last, including for a time when we didn't have a fridge.
Anyone else remember them? [Post edited 30 May 2024 11:00]
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Oh those bottles , scouring local building sites at weekends for empties and getting 3d on the bottle from the the shop keeper ……happy days in the 60s. |  | | |
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