Silly local things you remember from years back
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Being abused by 'Mad Rose' outside Carrington House on my way to school each morning.
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Erith Cinema.
Trying to swim in the freezing wáter at Danson Lido in the summer,
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Do you not have a khazi?leftbehind said:0 -
Corona man.
Milk man.
Fruit and veg shop. (being sent out to buy reds, king edwards were to expensive.)
Butchers.
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The rasta tramp in Woolwich used to scare the bejesus out of me by the under pass on John Wilson street
And sarge the Woolwich tramp by the fountain always looked out for him and gave him a few quid and food, if the tales were true I reckon that's how I'd end up,
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you could have a whole thread on proper tramps we use to have one turn up every year at same time of year and make a camp in small wood at end of our garden harmless just a guy who lived rough never spoke a word and camped for two three months never left a mess
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a 50/60/70 s mid week night game at the valley in the winter ...the smell of the printing ink on the programme (probably carconegenic),peanut shells trampled underfoot,cigar/cigarette smoke ,beery breath,the hotdog stands,the stench of the the loos and the cold winter air against your face ...cant remember much about the football we were crap!1
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I remember catching it to school once or twice. It was expensive but it was more comfortable than a bus, plus there fewer stops than on the bus route and you didn't have to change at Chislehurst War Memorial.ForeverAddickted said:
God that bus (Unless I'm thinking of the 726) ran from Bexleyheath to Heathrow via. BromleyBadger said:Catching a green line 725 bus From Widmore Green(Bromley) To Heathrow, No Longer runs.
When I was allowed to get the Bus home rather than walk I'd sometimes pay £1 (which was more than the usual fare) to get to Bexleyheath quicker on that from Sidcup rather than get the 229 or 2691 -
10p mix
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Half penny mojos0
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A quarter of Rola Cola Balls0
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Coal deliveries1
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Jumbarama in Dartford. Various stalls downstairs and joke shop upstairs. Became Bridewell Centre and then Bridewells nightclub.
Crayford Town Hall discos.
Bearded lady who worked in Co-Op Dartford.
The Old Stagecoach in the Bull and Vic, Dartford1 -
Trying to hide in Chislehurst caves and bricking getting lost so joining the tour again quickly0
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Burgers Galore in Lowfield street mmmm
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The Mackintoshes lorry delivering fizzy drinks to the house
Baines the coalman filling up our bunker
The icecream man on his tricycle
The rag and bone man0 -
Spending your pocket money at Nuxley Toys in Bexleyheath (not Toys R Us!!). I still remember the musty / cardboard smell with all the toys piled high to the ceiling and the bins in the middle of the shop that held the pocket money toys.2
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What century were you born in?LenGlover said:The Mackintoshes lorry delivering fizzy drinks to the house
Baines the coalman filling up our bunker
The icecream man on his tricycle
The rag and bone man4 -
Going to the shops to buy ice in the summer
Shop assistant hand making blue bags and filling with rice
Warm school milk in the summer and frozen school milk in the winter.
Blue tits pecking the tops of the milk, thick layer of cream on top of bottle
Very small black and white TV screens
No mobile phones Infact no household phones.
Posting lite fireworks through people doors.
Postman delivering twice a day.
Telegram boy, instead of the Internet.0 -
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I was born in 1956 and can remember all them.Absurdistan said:
What century were you born in?LenGlover said:The Mackintoshes lorry delivering fizzy drinks to the house
Baines the coalman filling up our bunker
The icecream man on his tricycle
The rag and bone man0 -
there's an ice cream man with a tricycle at Greenwich market and we have a rag and bone man with horse and cart in Mottingham (although he looks about 13)Absurdistan said:
What century were you born in?LenGlover said:The Mackintoshes lorry delivering fizzy drinks to the house
Baines the coalman filling up our bunker
The icecream man on his tricycle
The rag and bone man0 -
The air raid siren sounding before they locked the gates in Danson Park every night.0
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Calling our neighbours Mr & Mrs Whatever (I don't mean literally)0
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Some gems here as my parents rented from the radio rentals shop in Eltham,The pop bottles and the shop called "Grimsleys" in Well Hall that stamped all the bottle labels so you couldn't take any bottles back he hadn't sold you.paulbaconsarnie said:The TV repair man.
The fact my parents and most of my friends' having to rent their TV from a shop in eltham.
'Pop' bottles being a form of currency due to the return value.
Parks that actually closed by a parkie ringing a bell.
Red bus rover tickets.
Red bus rovers *goes all misty eyed*
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We had a stingy old git who did that where I used to live, we got round it by climbing over the wall and "borrowing" a few empty bottles, once safely back over the wall, straight around the front of the shop to get our penny back on the bottle. Amazingly worked every time and he never did catch on :-)addick1965 said:
Some gems here as my parents rented from the radio rentals shop in Eltham,The pop bottles and the shop called "Grimsleys" in Well Hall that stamped all the bottle labels so you couldn't take any bottles back he hadn't sold you.paulbaconsarnie said:The TV repair man.
The fact my parents and most of my friends' having to rent their TV from a shop in eltham.
'Pop' bottles being a form of currency due to the return value.
Parks that actually closed by a parkie ringing a bell.
Red bus rover tickets.0 -
Little blue bags of salt in crisp packets4
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Actually getting crisps in your packet instead half a bag of air!0
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Ash trays that you pushed in to make the ash disappear (my Nan had one of these, I was far too young to smoke!!)3
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I can remember going there as soon as I got any Birthday money etc to get the latest Star Wars figures. Sadly only one branch left now (there were 4 at one time) in Gravesend. Toys still piled high and cheap!DamoNorthStand said:Spending your pocket money at Nuxley Toys in Bexleyheath (not Toys R Us!!). I still remember the musty / cardboard smell with all the toys piled high to the ceiling and the bins in the middle of the shop that held the pocket money toys.
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