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Lee. · 12-01-2011, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

Lucky it is a posh bar Lee - at this end of the Fife the owner only gets the ashtrays out after lock-in time but at any other point you are instructed to go to the toilet to smoke...........unfortunately you can buy any amount of various things while in there. It'll end in tears!

Haha.. I think that's the first time I've heard the Tav bein desribed as "posh" Ian

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephanie

i remember when.. actually no. i don't remember any olden day stuff

I'll win - think I'm the oldest of the oldies online ATM. Unless alzheimers sets in to old Claymores

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by happyland

Haha.. I think that's the first time I've heard the Tav bein desribed as "posh" Ian

Come on Lee - Bob and young Ian drink there and you have poetry and book readings..........try doing that elsewhere in Fife without getting glassed!!!!

Bob could buy and sell us both without even breaking sweat or wanting the change back!

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

Come on Lee - Bob and young Ian drink there and you have poetry and book readings..........try doing that elsewhere in Fife!!!!

Bob could buy and sell us both without even breaking sweat or wanting the change back!

Haha.. yeah, I suppose you're right! God it makes it sound like I work in a right arsey place!

I sat late one night quite recently and got fairly leathered with BOb.. I love his company, such a nice funny bloke!

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 12:06 PM

I'm blaming it all on Kerry - she started on Wham Bars Lee - made me think of the Tropicana in Kirkcaldy circa 1985

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

I'm blaming it all on Kerry - she started on Wham Bars Lee - made me think of the Tropicana in Kirkcaldy circa 1985

A wee bit before my time, but I do remember seeing it as I used to go to Kirkcaldy a lot with my mum. Was it in the building that became Cleos? (not sure of name) sort of behind Jackie Os?

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

*trying to think of un smoking related stuff*

oh when I was a kid we only had 2 TV channels and no remote control (not that you needed it with 2 channels

oh and I remember getting central heating in the house as well, I remember thinking when we turned it on first it was like being in Spain (not that I'd even been to Spain then

I don't actually remember the first time we had central heating but I do remember living in a house that didn't have it!! My mum used to put the gas fire on in the morning and put a big basin of hot water in front of it for us to get washed in, then she'd heat every individual item of clothing at the fire before we put them on, cup of hot Ribena, then out to school!

I still heat all my clothes before I put them on! ahahaha

Niamh. · 12-01-2011, 12:38 PM

also I remember when telephones looked like this :

It used to take forever to dial a number and I remember getting really annoyed when I'd make a mistake and have to start over again :/

my friends mom had a lock on hers to stop my friend running up the phone bill but we figured out how to tap the phone, by hitting the hang up button really quick (5 times for 5, 6 times for 6 etc.)

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

also I remember when telephones looked like this :

It used to take forever to dial a number and I remember getting really annoyed when I'd make a mistake and have to start over again :/

my friends mom had a lock on hers to stop my friend running up the phone bill but we figured out how to tap the phone, by hitting the hang up button really quick (5 times for 5, 6 times for 6 etc.)

Evil woman Niamh! I was reading the 'call emergency' thread on the site. 999 would take forever on these phones and that's why the clever Americans invented 112 I think!

I still have a 1930s bakolite phone in black and one in green - their rings are really nice!

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

also I remember when telephones looked like this :

It used to take forever to dial a number and I remember getting really annoyed when I'd make a mistake and have to start over again :/

my friends mom had a lock on hers to stop my friend running up the phone bill but we figured out how to tap the phone, by hitting the hang up button really quick (5 times for 5, 6 times for 6 etc.)

Really?? I did not know that. I think all mums had locks on their phones back then.
I love those old phones.. I'm going to get an original one I think either in black or red.
Remember how exciting when the first push button phones came out? I remember EVERBODY having this one..

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 12:49 PM

LED digital watches - ha I win as I bet you cannot remember them!

Niamh. · 12-01-2011, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by happyland

Really?? I did not know that. I think all mums had locks on their phones back then.
I love those old phones.. I'm going to get an original one I think either in black or red.
Remember how exciting when the first push button phones came out? I remember EVERBODY having this one..

ahahaha yes!!! we got one of those, I think it was green though

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

LED digital watches - ha I win as I bet you cannot remember them!

Yeah, of course I can. They're not THAT old Ian.I remember having one when I was wee.

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

Evil woman Niamh! I was reading the 'call emergency' thread on the site. 999 would take forever on these phones and that's why the clever Americans invented 112 I think!

I still have a 1930s bakolite phone in black and one in green - their rings are really nice!

Clever? Maybe so.. But why not make it 111??

See? I'm cleverer! *nods*

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by happyland

A wee bit before my time, but I do remember seeing it as I used to go to Kirkcaldy a lot with my mum. Was it in the building that became Cleos? (not sure of name) sort of behind Jackie Os?

It wasn't but it was close to it - only about 100m away.

Jackie Os - hahahaha now you're showing your age! I could tell you of Chevy's in Dumfi !!!!!!! All the police used to drink there and as my ex's sister was a policewoman and her partner a policeman, no queuing, in for free and free drinks!

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

It wasn't but it was close to it - only about 100m away.

Jackie Os - hahahaha now you're showing your age! I could tell you of Chevy's in Dumfi !!!!!!! All the police used to drink there and as my ex's sister was a policewoman and her partner a policeman, no queuing, in for free and free drinks!

Haha.. I can't place Club Tropicana exactly, but I do remember a wee neon sign of a palm tree.. lol

Where was Chevy's?

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by happyland

Yeah, of course I can. They're not THAT old Ian.I remember having one when I was wee.

You're cheating missy - they were probably old hat by the time you got one

bettiepage · 12-01-2011, 01:11 PM

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

You're cheating missy - they were probably old hat by the time you got one

Ah right.. perhaps.

Anyone remember frantically pushing the play and record button together at the end of every song on Sundays Top 40 so you wouldn't get the djs voice on your "mix tape" hahaha

Claymores · 12-01-2011, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by happyland

Haha.. I can't place Club Tropicana exactly, but I do remember a wee neon sign of a palm tree.. lol

Where was Chevy's?

I'm not good at remembering the names of Dumfi streets - a bit down the hill from the Burgh Chambers- not on the High Street - the other way

And yes you are correct about the palm tree sign

Niamh. · 12-01-2011, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by happyland

Ah right.. perhaps.

Anyone remember frantically pushing the play and record button together at the end of every song on Sundays Top 40 so you wouldn't get the djs voice on your "mix tape" hahaha

ahahahaha yes!!!! and having your tape ready to go, waiting for the DJ to play the song you want to record and nearly breaking a leg to press record

Lee. · 12-01-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Claymores

I'm not good at remembering the names of Dumfi streets - a bit down the hill from the Burgh Chambers on the High Street.

And yes you are correct about the palm tree sign

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