Captain Slog Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 It's only about two months till the future Mrs Captain Jambo ( @Dorothy) arrives here from Kansas so we can start our new life together. So I was looking about for a new member of the family we both want to greet her. But blow me, kittens are three hundred quid each on gumtree now, even the not posh ones. Now i recall a time, not so long ago, when every newsagent had a board with adverts, usually with a kittens free to good homes one on it, s it got me to thinking, what else isn't there anymore from the seventies and eighties when I was at school. Ill start with Avon Ladies Insurance men Bon Accord Lorry Rag n bone man Maybe my social circle is so small they still exist, but what else am i forgetting service wise from those days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Just now, Captain Slog said: It's only about two months till the future Mrs Captain Jambo ( @Dorothy) arrives here from Kansas so we can start our new life together. So I was looking about for a new member of the family we both want to greet her. But blow me, kittens are three hundred quid each on gumtree now, even the not posh ones. Now i recall a time, not so long ago, when every newsagent had a board with adverts, usually with a kittens free to good homes one on it, s it got me to thinking, what else isn't there anymore from the seventies and eighties when I was at school. Ill start with Avon Ladies Insurance men Bon Accord Lorry Rag n bone man Maybe my social circle is so small they still exist, but what else am i forgetting service wise from those days? And tupperware ladies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Guys that used to come round the houses sharpening garden tools for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) A man going round houses selling the pools coupons. Do they still exist? Edited April 8, 2021 by Carl Weathers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Avon ladies certainly still exist - they just ply their wares on Facebook along with Scentsy, candles and all sorts of other unnecessary shite. And £300 for a kitten? A ****ing moggy? Outrageous - ours cost **** all but for some cat food for the mammy cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 postal deliveries a day. And the first one was early - like at about 7am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Whats Scentsy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Just now, Captain Slog said: Whats Scentsy? Oh christ i looked, please no, don't tell Mrs Captain Slog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Captain Slog said: Oh christ i looked, please no, don't tell Mrs Captain Slog You have permission to call me an idiot if I ever look twice at any of those mlm schemes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Captain Slog said: Oh christ i looked, please no, don't tell Mrs Captain Slog I don't even know - other than it keeps popping up on folks' FB feeds. I presume something smelly...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Dorothy said: You have permission to call me an idiot if I ever look twice at any of those mlm schemes. Are you going to pay 300 for a cat..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Auldbenches said: Are you going to pay 300 for a cat..? Well, the idea is to not have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dorothy said: Well, the idea is to not have to. We are not buying a dog, at least cats keep down rodent and help people on other threads, Dogs just dribble, and smell, and cost more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Dorothy said: Well, the idea is to not have to. There's that many missing cat posts on FB there must be a lot of folk who share that sentiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: There's that many missing cat posts on FB there must be a lot of folk who share that sentiment. Yeah, not that type of person. Not going to steal from someone just because I want something. Just think 300 is a bit steep. Edited April 8, 2021 by Dorothy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 The Pink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH11_2NL Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Getting a Provy cheque (80s) Party lines on the phone (70s) 2 pints of milk a day and 4 on a Saturday delivered to your doorstep. Answering your phone by the number....Hello, Livingston...34259 The Gorgie Aggro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Dorothy said: Well, the idea is to not have to. 2 hours ago, Captain Slog said: We are not buying a dog, at least cats keep down rodent and help people on other threads, Dogs just dribble, and smell, and cost more I've had cats all my life. Get yourselves down to a local RSPCA joint, there are thousands of puss pusses need a home. (I might be missing something here, wouldn't be the first time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamstomorrow Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 FL's . . . . they are now called 'Condoms' apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Back green singers People used to throw money out their windows (even to get rid) Delivery buskers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb102 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Pick n mix scud mags offal butchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Women with head scarfs on. Groups of old men standing at street corners on a Saturday afternoon. Kids playing with toy guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 The coal man. The one that came up our street used to make me shit myself. Big beard and donkey jacket and big black face, always appeared out of nowhere through the close to dump the coal in the bunker. I remember one summer there was an algae break out in the local dams. A van came round for a few weeks to give us water from the back of it. Had to go out with a bucket for washing water and a bottle for drinking water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister T Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Onion Johnny's. Not to be confused with their rubber cousins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdy Doody Jambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 The milk horse 🐴, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Tits on cans of Tennents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo314 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 18 minutes ago, Byyy The Light said: Tits on cans of Tennents Ahhh the days😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 The fish van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Green Shield stamps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Lord BJ said: Do fathers of the brides still do scatters for the young kids? poor oots surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, manaliveits105 said: poor oots surely Scrambles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byyy The Light Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, CostaJambo said: The fish van. Still see fish vans kicking about all over Edinburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Wee perforated stamps on Brooke Bond tea boxes. Fag coupons. Spot the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Lord BJ said: Think your right on the naming, Do they still get done , I haven’t seen one since I was about 5. I haven't seen a wedding for years. If they still do them, I'd imagine they'd be pretty grim as less folk carry cash and fewer small change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beni Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Space hoppers. Flared trousers. Swingball. H̶e̶a̶r̶t̶s̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶2̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶i̶e̶r̶.̶ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 White dog poo. Rag n Bone man still about - I saw him on Ant & Dec a few weeks ago. Re cats, try here https://lothiancatrescue.org/rehome/cats-needing-homes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 My mum's store number 45285 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Only glass bottles. Cans with ring pulls you pulled off. Plasters in a metal box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 18 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: Only glass bottles. Cans with ring pulls you pulled off. Plasters in a metal box. Friday and Saturday nights my old man always had a wee bundle on the table next to his seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Jambo314 said: Ahhh the days😊 Buying peanuts in a pub and every packet taken down revealed a another bit of a sexy woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Lord BJ said: Think your right on the naming, Do they still get done , I haven’t seen one since I was about 5. A guy I went to primary school with got knocked down and nearly killed one Saturday afternoon when he ran out on the street to be part of a scramble. He's still got a dent in his head to this day. Imagine that happening on your wedding day. Must have put a dampener on the reception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Mister T said: Onion Johnny's. Not to be confused with their rubber cousins. I used to think they had cycled here from France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 9 hours ago, FWJ said: 2 postal deliveries a day. And the first one was early - like at about 7am. Various collection times, the latest being around 5 or 6pm. Our only collection from the post box round the corner is 9am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheile Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 The Scotsman and Evening News were great newspapers then, not the rubbish they are nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Phamism Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 3 hours ago, CostaJambo said: The fish van. There's one outside my house right now. Pittenweem to Bo'ness every Wednesday and Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Auldbenches said: Buying peanuts in a pub and every packet taken down revealed a another bit of a sexy woman. I vaguely remember these. Great marketing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) When ice cream vans sold single fags. The kids are all vaping these days Edited April 9, 2021 by Ainsley Harriott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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highlandjambo3 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Captain Slog said: It's only about two months till the future Mrs Captain Jambo ( @Dorothy) arrives here from Kansas so we can start our new life together. So I was looking about for a new member of the family we both want to greet her. But blow me, kittens are three hundred quid each on gumtree now, even the not posh ones. Now i recall a time, not so long ago, when every newsagent had a board with adverts, usually with a kittens free to good homes one on it, s it got me to thinking, what else isn't there anymore from the seventies and eighties when I was at school. Ill start with Avon Ladies Insurance men Bon Accord Lorry Rag n bone man Maybe my social circle is so small they still exist, but what else am i forgetting service wise from those days? Go to a SSPA rescue centre, you’ll get plenty of kitten choice there and only pay for their vaccination/admin costs......I got 2 kittens there 17 years ago and I still have them....they were both found abandoned, we never did find out their past before we had them. One is female and tabby looking like a wild Scottish cat, the other mail is a big Norwegian forest cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said: Go to a SSPA rescue centre, you’ll get plenty of kitten choice there and only pay for their vaccination/admin costs......I got 2 kittens there 17 years ago and I still have them....they were both found abandoned, we never did find out their past before we had them. One is female and tabby looking like a wild Scottish cat, the other mail is a big Norwegian forest cat. Male that should read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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