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Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

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Mags

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South West UK

Joined: Aug 2009

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22-03-2018, 07:24 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Originally Posted by Floydy ->

What? A policeman? Me neither, Mags.

Policemen are definitely not walking the beat around my area now, years ago they were always pounding the pavements in twos

Tiffany

Chatterbox

Devon

Joined: Aug 2014

Posts: 14,088

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22-03-2018, 07:31 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Originally Posted by Mags ->

Wimpy Bars .... are they still around?

There's still one in Newton Abbot.

Tiffany

Chatterbox

Devon

Joined: Aug 2014

Posts: 14,088

22-03-2018, 07:32 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Originally Posted by caricature ->

Same here,are we in the same area?

Possibly. PM me for your location?

Mags

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South West UK

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22-03-2018, 07:41 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->

Who remembers that thing we used to do as kids where we sort of slowed our voice down so much that it became a sort of 'ak ak ak ak?'

Blimey that is difficult to explain. Does anyone know what I mean?

I can remember as kids we used to make frog noises in our throats .... I wonder that's the same thing, LD

Rhian

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North Wales

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22-03-2018, 07:57 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

When I was little, there was always great excitement in our house when my mum had saved enough Green Shield stamps to go get herself something from the store!

Last Tango

Senior Member

North Ayrshire, Scotland

Joined: Oct 2017

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22-03-2018, 08:13 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Your mum's cooperative number - ours was 3091!

Mel15

Senior Member

Nowhere

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22-03-2018, 08:23 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->

I don't know if you can still get it but....Nesquick.

I always have a tub of chocolate nesquick in the house. I still love it

Last Tango

Senior Member

North Ayrshire, Scotland

Joined: Oct 2017

Posts: 974

22-03-2018, 08:26 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

You can still get Maltesers, but I remember Mintesers.

deylon

Fondly Remembered

Harrow,England

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22-03-2018, 09:18 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Timothy Whites were you could buy anything from household goods and hardware items
Copper on the beat [mentioned earlier]
The Outsize stores,/
Are Dorothy Perkins still around ?

Rehab44

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Nil

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22-03-2018, 09:55 PM

Re: Things You Just Don't Hear About Anymore.

Egg slicers

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