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Post by nepensioner » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:04 pm
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I know I am old cos I scored 14, however we must have been posh because we always had a bathroom, but had gas lights until I was 9 and got a telephone the same year. To teach us how to answer it properly my father went to the phone box over the road and rang our number, and by brothers and I took it in turn to answer until we got it right!!
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Post by olympic_torch » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:18 pm
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Green Shield Stamps anyone?
the one that sticks in my mind was the offer just inside the back cover, it was 950 "books" for a Ford Escort Mk1.
My dad also saved the coupons from players No.6.
just imagine that now, an incentive to smoke!.
Esso Blue paraffin, what a death trap those heaters were, i was given 2 bob to fetch a gallon from our local shop. A gallon was 1/6d, and i had the 6d change for sweets for fetching it.
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Post by Shining » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:33 pm
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I'm positively ancient!
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Post by Car1e » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:38 pm
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Good grief, I do remember Green Shield stamps. Also collecting a dinner service through the Co op. How I loved that dinner service, wonder where it is now?
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Post by Foggy » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:14 pm
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Remember when the green shield stamp showrooms became Argos -- well, they did down here. Our Esso Blue came in a mobile shop ( very posh)... boom boom boom boom .... esso blue.

Talking of which ... do you remember the esso tiger and those tie on tails they used to give away ?

And ... everything went well with shell, shell , shell.
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Post by olympic_torch » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:48 am
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Doing some channel flicking tonight and came across a hammer house of horror's made for tv episode that was shown on the day me and Mrs torch got married.
NOW i feel old.
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Post by Andy1964 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:24 am
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font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:<hr height="1" noshade>Originally posted by olympic_torch

Doing some channel flicking tonight and came across a hammer house of horror's made for tv episode that was shown on the day me and Mrs torch got married.
NOW i feel old.
Are you saying your wedding day reminds you of Hammer House of Horror or vise-versa [:D][:D]
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Post by kallis3 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:00 am
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Green Shield stamps - I remember them well!! We used to collect cigarette cards and the ones that came with PG Tips tea I think it was.

I remember the tails and I also remember when they had stick on bullet holes to put on your car!!! I was young and foolish then so I had them!

I hate seeing stickers on cars now!!!
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Post by kallis3 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:01 am
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I also remember the time when you could collect glasses from Esso - we still have some in use to this day!!!!!
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Post by Car1e » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:58 am
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Hammer House of Horror, now I do remember that, also Tales of the Unexpected on a Sunday evening...
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Post by olydak » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:43 pm
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Thankyou Jan & Foggy for the browser refresh info.

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Post by Shining » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:01 pm
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Tales of the unexpected, used to watch that!
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Post by Skippy » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:30 pm
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I used to love that!
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Post by Car1e » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:07 pm
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I remember one episode which scared me half to death, I think his Wife turned into a bee - sounds ridiculous now but I was scared! Actually just Googled it, it was called Royal Jelly...shiver!
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