who remembers these?

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[kirklancaster]

Moi - back when the pound sterling was worth more than the 43p it is now.

[AnnieK]

I remember them.....and the half penny. I remember everyone kicking off about getting the pound coin and how heavy they were

[Marsh.]

You're all so old.

[Crimson Dynamo]

You're all so old.

shut up morsh, I was the same age as you when I was your age


:fist:

[Marsh.]

shut up morsh, I was the same age as you when I was your age


:fist:

Before they had light bulbs?

[smudgie]

Yes, I remeber the farthing as well :idc:

[Ashley.]

Wow the Queen used to be young, who knew :flutter:

[Ashley.]

I remember them.....and the half penny. I remember everyone kicking off about getting the pound coin and how heavy they were

Was there not gyms in those days?

[Marsh.]

Yes, I remeber the farthing as well :idc:

Are you like 100?

[Amy Jade]

Asif thats real? whats the point in a pound note :umm2:

[Ashley.]

Asif thats real? whats the point in a pound note :umm2:

what's the point in a pound coin tbh, just use la two pound coin and get 4 50ps back

[smudgie]

Are you like 100?

Shhhhh
I remember it from the nursery rhyme :laugh:

[MB.]

I remember when this place was all fields

[Ashley.]

i remember pangaea

[Marsh.]

Shhhhh
I remember it from the nursery rhyme :laugh:

:laugh:

[Marsh.]

I remember when this place was all fields

I remember when my gran was born. :hee:

[Ashley.]

I remember when my gran was born. :hee:

You should've killed her just as a test to see if you'd still be alive.

[Marsh.]

You should've killed her just as a test to see if you'd still be alive.

I did. How do you think I bought this house? :hee:

[Ashley.]

I did. How do you think I bought this house? :hee:

but if you went back in time and killed your gran

then you shouldn't exist

but then if you didn't exist

you wouldn't have been able to go back in time and kill your gran

[Marsh.]

but if you went back in time and killed your gran

then you shouldn't exist

but then if you didn't exist

you wouldn't have been able to go back in time and kill your gran

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Who says I exist?

[MB.]

you shouldn't exist

True stuff

[Ashley.]

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Who says I exist?

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[AnnieK]

Was there not gyms in those days?

Didn't need gyms then.....we got all the exercise we needed down the mines:nono:

[rubymoo]

I remember them, my dad used to give me a £ note to buy some ciggies for him at the shop, in the days when a kid could buy ciggies from the shop:laugh:

[Ammi]

I remember them, my dad used to give me a £ note to buy some ciggies for him at the shop, in the days when a kid could buy ciggies from the shop:laugh:

...LOL, yeah Ruby..I would go to the shop to get a packet of tobacco and some mints for my granddad..(because he thought that my mum wouldn't know he'd been smoking his pipe if he had a mint afterwards..)....I was really young, not even a teenager and they always sold it to me because they knew it was for my granddad...when secretly I could be smoking my pipe on the way home...actually I probably was, so that fooled them and it helped granddad to give up smoking as well....

[Ammi]

..he also thought that she wouldn't know he was drinking whiskey if he put it in a coffee/tea cup...

[Josy]

I remember pound notes but this one

http://www.rampantscotland.com/SCM/rbs1.jpg

They only stopped being legal tender here last year didn't they?

[Ammi]

I remember pound notes but this one

http://www.rampantscotland.com/SCM/rbs1.jpg

They only stopped being legal tender here last year didn't they?

..I so hated being given a Scottish note because many places would never accept them even though they were legal tender and you often had to go to the bank and change them to be able to spend them...

[Josy]

..I so hated being given a Scottish note because many places would never accept them even though they were legal tender and you often had to go to the bank and change them to be able to spend them...

:laugh:

Yeah I think it was mostly 1 pound and ten pound notes that the shopkeepers in England wouldn't take

[rubymoo]

...LOL, yeah Ruby..I would go to the shop to get a packet of tobacco and some mints for my granddad..(because he thought that my mum wouldn't know he'd been smoking his pipe if he had a mint afterwards..)....I was really young, not even a teenager and they always sold it to me because they knew it was for my granddad...when secretly I could be smoking my pipe on the way home...actually I probably was, so that fooled them and it helped granddad to give up smoking as well....

:laugh:

When money was tight (as it was always!) My mum and dad would send me to the shop with pennies and buy just 2 fags (as the shopkeeper would sell singles), that was the late 70's early 80's for you!

If the shopkeeper was suspicious they'd ask for a note from your parents which usually read: "I would like 10 JPS please, please give them to my daughter." then he'd sign his name at the bottom:laugh:

Later on my sisters became really good at forging a letters from my parents so they could smoke, it was something that never interested me, i never smoked (but i did the drinking thing on the local park bandstand......Jaguar Lager and Strongbow/White Lightning cider:hehe:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I used to collect fag packets as I was fascinated by them and in the 70s people threw a lot more rubbish on the ground. If I could find a pristine packet I was made up.

(there were no playstations or internet :fist:)

[rubymoo]

I remember them.....and the half penny. I remember everyone kicking off about getting the pound coin and how heavy they were

Half penny sweets:love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Half penny sweets:love:

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[Ammi]

I used to collect fag packets as I was fascinated by them and in the 70s people threw a lot more rubbish on the ground. If I could find a pristine packet I was made up.

(there were no playstations or internet :fist:)

..what about bottles and cans that you could take and get money back for as well...

[rubymoo]

I used to collect fag packets as I was fascinated by them and in the 70s people threw a lot more rubbish on the ground. If I could find a pristine packet I was made up.

(there were no playstations or internet :fist:)

We've just come back off our hols and there was no wifi or in my hubbies case an X Box, so we had actually talk to each other:shocked:

We had a great time playing Uno, cards(daughters love old maid), hang man, noughts and crosses, scrabble........it was great!

[Crimson Dynamo]

..what about bottles and cans that you could take and get money back for as well...

:fist: are you calling me a bottle jeanie?

[rubymoo]

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[rubymoo]

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My mum loved these:omgno:

[Crimson Dynamo]

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My mum loved these:omgno:

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[kirklancaster]

I used to collect fag packets as I was fascinated by them and in the 70s people threw a lot more rubbish on the ground. If I could find a pristine packet I was made up.

(there were no playstations or internet :)

:laugh: When I was a kid, 'Ciggies' was one of the most popular playground games.

We kids would collect empty cig packets - the 'sleeve' type which were the majority type then, not 'flip top' like now - and we would remove the inner cig holders and discard them and flatten the outer sleeves. A solitary sleeve was stood up in a corner of the yard and from a distance we would take it in turns to 'whizz' a flattened cig packet sleeve at it in attempt to knock it down. The first player to do so 'won' all the ciggie packets which were unsuccessful.

It was quite a skilful game, believe it or not, and some kids had hundreds of cig packets which were the envy of other not so skilful players.

You might recognise some of the more popular brands of ciggies from the following joke:

Two members of the Senior Service were walking down the Park Drive, when they came across two Woodbines crying their eyes out.

"What are you two crying for?" they asked, and the Woodbines replied;

"Kensitas".

:laugh:

[kirklancaster]

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My mum loved these:omgno:

They're still on sale Ruby but they're much weaker and more bland than the originals.

[Jake.]

The 50's looked like a good era

[Kizzy]

Asif thats real? whats the point in a pound note :umm2:

A pound was a lot of money then...

Thinking about that though what is the point of coppers now? I think that it would save loads of money if banks didn't have to transport them up and down the country. round everything up to the nearest 5p and get rid.

[Kizzy]

Half penny sweets:love:

http://www.treasureislandsweets.co.uk/user/products/large/Mojo-Assorted-Chews__55743[1].png

mmmmmmm

[Crimson Dynamo]

The 50's looked like a good era

neem shade?

[rubymoo]

They're still on sale Ruby but they're much weaker and more bland than the originals.

They are the devils sweets:laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03087/pacers_3087319c.jpg

[Tom4784]

I'm not that old, sorry.

[Josy]

I used to collect fag packets as I was fascinated by them and in the 70s people threw a lot more rubbish on the ground. If I could find a pristine packet I was made up.

(there were no playstations or internet :fist:)

Can you remember people used to save up 'Club' coupons and when they had certain amounts they could choose a prize from the club booklet thing :omgno:

[kirklancaster]

Can you remember people used to save up 'Club' coupons and when they had certain amounts they could choose a prize from the club booklet thing :omgno:

Yes, I'm sure that was 'Players No 6' Josy.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yes, I'm sure that was 'Players No 6' Josy.

No it was http://www.cigarettespedia.com/images/7/73/Kensitas_club_ks_20_h_england.jpg

". The brand built its popularity using gift coupons enclosed within cigarette packets which could be saved and redeemed at Kensitas Gift Centres in major UK cities."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_%28cigarette%29

I used to smoke these when I went to Ibrox in the 80s

we called them football fags :flutter: