Bring back the good old days

[snapster]

And dont forget going to the PUB on your dinner break , having 3 or 4 pints then going back to work , you would not get away with that today

We did that on Fridays, then going back to work handling gas laser cutters, acetone and sulphuric acid.....

 

[Molly 3]

Some of my school friends slept in the attic , under the roof slates , no ceiling or insulation no heating, thick in snow in , makes you think global warming has a good side .

 

[jeffmossy]

19.30pm was bed time during weekdays no exception and you went straight to sleep wrapped up in about 5 blankets

 

[Molly 3]

19.30pm was bed time during weekdays no exception and you went straight to sleep wrapped up in about 5 blanketc

Come on jeff you ain't that old , bet you can't remember smokeless zone's coming in and everyone having gas fires fitted and birds coughing at dawn ,bed at 7.30 you must have been a very naughty boy

 

[jeffmossy]

Come on jeff you ain't that old , bet you can't remember smokeless zone's coming in and everyone having gas fires fitted and birds coughing at dawn ,bed at 7.30 you must have been a very naughty boy

I think it was because my Mum wanted to watch coronation Street in peace

 

[jeffmossy]

 

[Haaamster]

I wonder how many of us have been flown on our holidays by 2cv
Probably not me, I think I'd have remembered if the announcement was, "this is your captain speaking, you lot at the back sit down and shut up"

 

[jeffmossy]

The announcement would have been something like this ..... This is captain Bill speaking , I am sorry to tell you we will be having about a 3 hour delay , I need to divert and go and check out a classic 2CV that is for sale on our route back to the UK

 

[Haaamster]

Well he wouldn't get it in hand luggage Jeff

 

[jeffmossy]

Well he wouldn't get it in hand luggage Jeff

Paul , he could put the engine at the back of his seat in the cockpit , and the rest of the car he could dismantle and put on the empty seats in the fuselage

 

[2cv]

Paul , he could put the engine at the back of his seat in the cockpit , and the rest of the car he could dismantle and put on the empty seats in the fuselage

Easier

 

[jeffmossy]

Or if you want to bring more than one

 

[2cv]

Take care though

 

[Deleted member 144]

Does anyone still get chilblains and mottled legs from sitting too close to the fire?
Good job we have duvets now, the army greatcoats have become more rare.... Dave used to share a small bedroom with his three brothers and the lucky one got dad's greatcoat at night. Four bunk beds in small room meant they generated a bit of body heat anyway!

We were talking about Chilblains last night funnily enough , we were sat in front of our Wood Burner toasty as all out. and my wife said she had to move away from the heat before she got Chilblains , do you remember the Dust Devils ,[ that is what we called them as kids ] they gathered under the beds on the Lino, [ remember Lino ] and were swept out on Sundays with a brush [ no Hoovers then hee hee, ] Bubble and Squeak on Mondays for tea as Monday was wash day and no time to cook Mum said, I still love Bubble and Squeak especially Boxing Day with all the left over Turkey Gammon etc and loads of Pickles etc heaven better than the Christmas Dinner I always think.

 

[Deleted member 144]

Unless you work in the House of Commons, get a cheap meal too, then! Except at moment while locked down.

We were queueing one trip to London outside Parliament waiting to go in , we saw a uniformed Lacky loading cases of House of Parliament labeled boxes of whisky into the boot of a car, I took photos of this don't know what the scam was IF there was one even but it all looked Dodgy to us and others in the queue??

 

[jeffmossy]

I also remember the Pea Soup fog and getting lost in it as it was really thick , then getting a crack round the head for being late home for tea

 

[HurricaneSmith]

I wonder how many of us have been flown on our holidays by..................

On another place that I left, I mentioned that the first plane I flew in was a Bristol Superfreighter, run by Silver City Airways out of Lydd in Kent.

Turns out that one of the members piloted them at that time. I gave him the date I flew out but he couldn't confirm whether or not he was driving.

 

[2cv]

On another place that I left, I mentioned that the first plane I flew in was a Bristol Superfreighter, run by Silver City Airways out of Lydd in Kent.

Turns out that one of the members piloted them at that time. I gave him the date I flew out but he couldn't confirm whether or not he was driving.

If that was still going it would be good with a van!

 

[HurricaneSmith]

Yes, that's the jalopy, complete with clam shell doors. I remember thinking that whilst it's high wing provided great views, I didn't want to sit anywhere near that propeller. But I was only 15.

 

[RoadTrek Boy]

That's brought back a lot of memories, as a lad I lived close to the end of the runway {Jersey C.I. } and spent a lot of time watching the aircraft landing and taking off, when there was a cross wind the Bristol Freighters would come in practically sideways and just before hitting the deck straighten up and drop... A lot of the pilots were of course ex RAF, another I remember who flew I think a De Haverland Dove {Front nose wheel} would when taking off would just barely lift off the deck then fold in the undercarriage and zoom along a fair way before sailing up into the blue... In the summer there were aircraft landing or taking off every 1.5mins on a single runway, I believe it was the busiest airport in the British Ilse's....