My old Dad would never drink mild, reckoned it was all the regurgitated slops. He drank light and bitter (always got more than a half of bitter) and if the light ale went in first, he wouldn't accept it
Still happens in my local. The wonderful old gents at the bar go apeshit if its less than three quarters of a pint. Woe betide you if you decant the bottle first!
Making free calls in the A and B phone boxes by 'tapping' the phone. It worked too!
I assume you mean tapping the two little knobs the 'phone sat on? I used to do that in my first student digs, the landlords put a lock on the dial when they were out but that didn't stop me. I must have saved at least 50p and I didn't have to trudge to the 'phone box.
Making free calls in the A and B phone boxes by 'tapping' the phone. It worked too!
I assume you mean tapping the two little knobs the 'phone sat on? I used to do that in my first student digs, the landlords put a lock on the dial when they were out but that didn't stop me. I must have saved at least 50p and I didn't have to trudge to the 'phone box.
Yes. You had to dial 1 or 0 and tap the other numbers like a Morse telegraph operator. This was in phone boxes.
Only being able to buy school uniform from Eric Thomas in Bexleyheath, not Asda, tesco, poundshop or anywhere else.
You just reminded me that the Abbey Wood Comprehensive School uniform could only be bought from the Co-op or Cuffs in Woolwich.. The Co-op uniform came with a separate school badge which had to be sewn or pressed on; the Cuffs badge was integral to the fabric. Anybody remember the huge Christmas trees that Cuffs and Co-op had on their awnings every December? Used to love Woolwich when I was a little boy; the open and covered markets, the old ferry approach; the Odeon and ABC cinemas.My Mum says there were 5 cinemas in Woolwich when she was young. When MacDonald's opened their first UK outlet they said they chose Woolwich because it was a "typical English town". God help us if it still is!
Thinking that an automatic gearbox and a driver's seat that slides backwards when you switch off the ignition to facilitate egress are essentials on a car.
Only being able to buy school uniform from Eric Thomas in Bexleyheath, not Asda, tesco, poundshop or anywhere else.
You just reminded me that the Abbey Wood Comprehensive School uniform could only be bought from the Co-op or Cuffs in Woolwich.. The Co-op uniform came with a separate school badge which had to be sewn or pressed on; the Cuffs badge was integral to the fabric. Anybody remember the huge Christmas trees that Cuffs and Co-op had on their awnings every December? Used to love Woolwich when I was a little boy; the open and covered markets, the old ferry approach; the Odeon and ABC cinemas.My Mum says there were 5 cinemas in Woolwich when she was young. When MacDonald's opened their first UK outlet they said they chose Woolwich because it was a "typical English town". God help us if it still is!
Only being able to buy school uniform from Eric Thomas in Bexleyheath, not Asda, tesco, poundshop or anywhere else.
You just reminded me that the Abbey Wood Comprehensive School uniform could only be bought from the Co-op or Cuffs in Woolwich.. The Co-op uniform came with a separate school badge which had to be sewn or pressed on; the Cuffs badge was integral to the fabric. Anybody remember the huge Christmas trees that Cuffs and Co-op had on their awnings every December? Used to love Woolwich when I was a little boy; the open and covered markets, the old ferry approach; the Odeon and ABC cinemas.My Mum says there were 5 cinemas in Woolwich when she was young. When MacDonald's opened their first UK outlet they said they chose Woolwich because it was a "typical English town". God help us if it still is!
Remembering Cuffs of Woolwich!
Lived in Bexleyheath until I was 5. If my mum couldn't get something she wanted in The Broadway, we'd be off on the bus to Woolwich for a nose around the market and into Cuffs. Her other favourite expedition was to Lewisham to go to Chiesmans.
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Having to go to the public phone box to be able to use a phone.
A and B buttons.
*Or whatever it is this week.
The Co-op uniform came with a separate school badge which had to be sewn or pressed on; the Cuffs badge was integral to the fabric.
Anybody remember the huge Christmas trees that Cuffs and Co-op had on their awnings every December?
Used to love Woolwich when I was a little boy; the open and covered markets, the old ferry approach; the Odeon and ABC cinemas.My Mum says there were 5 cinemas in Woolwich when she was young.
When MacDonald's opened their first UK outlet they said they chose Woolwich because it was a "typical English town".
God help us if it still is!
When you are standing behind said person and tutting, looking at your watch, only to then do the same thing.
Lived in Bexleyheath until I was 5. If my mum couldn't get something she wanted in The Broadway, we'd be off on the bus to Woolwich for a nose around the market and into Cuffs. Her other favourite expedition was to Lewisham to go to Chiesmans.