Tazio Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I’ve always said and heard poor oot, scramble sounds a bit posh. I remember the buzz the first big Sikh wedding caused once word got out the only threw silver coins. Made the inevitable cuts and bruises worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 13 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? Please please please do not buy a kitten or any animal off gumtree. Go to a rescue centre, at least you'll know that the cat/kitten has been checked over by a vet and any issues treated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo314 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 34 minutes ago, Tazio said: I’ve always said and heard poor oot, scramble sounds a bit posh. I remember the buzz the first big Sikh wedding caused once word got out the only threw silver coins. Made the inevitable cuts and bruises worth the effort. It was always a poor oot at Muirhoose Parish Church growing up in the 60's - Saturday afternoon around 3pm and it was always best tae keep yer finger nails short tae pick up the coins the quickest 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pans Jambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I remember the insurance man coming round ours every Friday. Car insurance, life insurance etc. My dad paid for it weekly and had a wee book that the guy signed and dated every week to keep a tally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pans Jambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jambo314 said: It was always a poor oot at Muirhoose Parish Church growing up in the 60's - Saturday afternoon around 3pm and it was always best tae keep yer finger nails short tae pick up the coins the quickest 😎 Scramble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 48 minutes ago, Tazio said: I’ve always said and heard poor oot, scramble sounds a bit posh. I remember the buzz the first big Sikh wedding caused once word got out the only threw silver coins. Made the inevitable cuts and bruises worth the effort. We used to call it a ‘scatter’ when I was wee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 hours ago, CostaJambo said: The fish van. Fish van still comes about everywhere I've stayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 49 minutes ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Please please please do not buy a kitten or any animal off gumtree. Go to a rescue centre, at least you'll know that the cat/kitten has been checked over by a vet and any issues treated. I might have mentioned it before: My sister bought a Jack Russel puppy off of Gumtree for £949 last year. The dogs the height of a lab now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Please please please do not buy a kitten or any animal off gumtree. Go to a rescue centre, at least you'll know that the cat/kitten has been checked over by a vet and any issues treated. Vey good point, thanks, Ill ensure whoever we adopt is a rescue from a centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Betterware man used to come round the doors selling all sorts of crap that my mum seemed to need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 8 hours ago, CostaJambo said: The fish van. We get two here, one from Anstruther on a Wednesday & the other from Eyemouth on a Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 My mate just bought an 8 month old ragdoll cat for £600, apparently they're around £1500 for a kitten usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Lemongrab said: Women with head scarfs on. Groups of old men standing at street corners on a Saturday afternoon. Kids playing with toy guns. Kids playing in the streets. Kerby. Football using the lamp posts as the goals. Girls with skipping ropes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott herbertson Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Pea Shooters ( out of a yellow BIC pen) Sweetie Cigarettes with cards in them Home Brew Kits Watney's Red Barrel in a big can Bus tokens and free school meals tokens (for us poor yins) - talk about stigma! Bus conductors and their wee machines for thetickets With with curlers and floral pinnies Your turn to wash the stair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott herbertson Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Savoury Vinegar Crisps Pickled Onion crisps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 If not SSPCA for a cat, then these guys maybe...? https://www.cats.org.uk/adopt-a-cat/find-a-cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Collecting bonefire wood and cudgels to protect the wood from other streets trying to steal it before bonfire night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 White Bakers Vans that had a red strip across them. Used to come to the schemes about 10 at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Embassy coupons. The more you smoked the more goods you could buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 hours ago, WoolfordsHearts said: Auld Fergie (deceased) the foul mouthed Hamilton supporter sold around our streets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, scott herbertson said: Pea Shooters ( out of a yellow BIC pen) Sweetie Cigarettes with cards in them Home Brew Kits Watney's Red Barrel in a big can Bus tokens and free school meals tokens (for us poor yins) - talk about stigma! Bus conductors and their wee machines for thetickets With with curlers and floral pinnies Your turn to wash the stair Big big business nowadays, hundreds of different kits to choose from and they are mostly not the crap you used to get years ago, many are of commercial quality now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Kids playing in the streets. Kerby. Football using the lamp posts as the goals. Girls with skipping ropes. These activities have not been seen since Malofeev took training. 😉 Jokes on ice lolly sticks Smarties lids with letters of the alphabet on them. Longbangers. Tickets for the deli counter. Edited April 9, 2021 by Samuel Camazzola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 17 hours ago, Captain Slog said: Whats Scentsy? I hear this is the scent to have... I miss these: Especially the (not shown) mild curry flavour, best crisps ever made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishnchips Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Kiddie fiddlers masking as entertainers on television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, scott herbertson said: Savoury Vinegar Crisps Pickled Onion crisps Pickled onion crisps? You can still get these I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolfordsHearts Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Tommy Brown said: Auld Fergie (deceased) the foul mouthed Hamilton supporter sold around our streets Never knew that pal. But then I'm considerably younger than you.😎 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, WoolfordsHearts said: Never knew that pal. But then I'm considerably younger than you.😎 👍 Only a couple Of decades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armageddon Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Sweatys Nuns Adverts with frisbees and footballs in power substations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armageddon Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Pure white dog poos Porno mags in bushes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Old school desserts where something else. Rumoured that this version got banned due to some nasty chemical in it, not sure if true. http://modculture.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cbb069e20120a63b0451970c-pi The best ones had the fake chocolate in the bottom of the shaped tubs that you could scoop out with a spoon. Not sure if you can still get Artic Rolls, but I swear there was a chocolate coated one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Gizmo said: Old school desserts where something else. Rumoured that this version got banned due to some nasty chemical in it, not sure if true. http://modculture.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cbb069e20120a63b0451970c-pi The best ones had the fake chocolate in the bottom of the shaped tubs that you could scoop out with a spoon. Not sure if you can still get Artic Rolls, but I swear there was a chocolate coated one? Arctic rolls are indeed still a thing. My mum sometimes buys one as a special treat if I visit her for dinner. I’m 55. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Being able to buy a box of explosives, otherwise known as bangers, for little cash. Madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 minute ago, SectionDJambo said: Being able to buy a box of explosives, otherwise known as bangers, for little cash. Madness. We used to buy the cheap Chinese rockets that weren’t much bigger than bangers. Our preferred way of using them was to put them in car exhaust pipes and light them so they shot along the street at knee height before exploding. Or one happy night where we went into posh Trinity and laid siege to the tennis club in Lomond Park with them fired at just the right distance and height that they exploded just over the clubhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Vending machines for fags in the street. I can remember there was an old one on a wall at Haymarket, near Ryries, until not too long ago. Letraset transfers. You got a printed scene and a load of transfers to rub on to it. I had a war one and and one with dinosaurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Lucky bags with jokes on the back of them from the ice cream van. Finding frozen Razzle mags in the bushes on the way to school during winter. The pure anticipation of waiting for it to thaw. Finding used glue bags and gas cans in the woods. Stink bombs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Pap said: Lucky bags with jokes on the back of them from the ice cream van. Finding frozen Razzle mags in the bushes on the way to school during winter. The pure anticipation of waiting for it to thaw. Finding used glue bags and gas cans in the woods. Stink bombs Hedge porn. Better than your mum's Kay's catalogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo314 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, inspector said: Hedge porn. Better than your mum's Kay's catalogue 😁👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 09/04/2021 at 11:18, Hugh Phamism said: There's one outside my house right now. Pittenweem to Bo'ness every Wednesday and Friday. They get their fish from Peterhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Sticking tacks into the soles of of your school shoes so that you could make noise and sparks.. Taking empty bottles back to the newsagent for cash. Chopper bikes. Buying cans of shandy as kids. Old Jamaica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo-Jambo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 09/04/2021 at 07:44, Byyy The Light said: Tits on cans of Tennents If they were still about a good chance Robbie would be on one. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pap Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, redjambo said: . Edited April 10, 2021 by Pap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, redjambo said: Sticking tacks into the soles of of your school shoes so that you could make noise and sparks.. Taking empty bottles back to the newsagent for cash. Chopper bikes. Buying cans of shandy as kids. Old Jamaica. Ah, I remember the name of the "tacks" now, it was segs that we hammered into our soles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Pap said: [url=https://imgbb.com/][img]https://i.ibb.co/KsGF6XF/Dgos-SKW0-AIy-GDj.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://imgbb.com/][img]https://i.ibb.co/3MkxpNS/51-IZcbl-Tz-RL-AC.jpg[/img][/url] Top Deck. That was indeed the one I used to down a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Alpine juice lorry. Caused a price war back in the day. I preferred Globe Sun Kool Kola or Solripe Red Kola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, The Mighty Thor said: Alpine juice lorry. Caused a price war back in the day. I preferred Globe Sun Kool Kola or Solripe Red Kola. Were Alpine juice lorries before or after Bon Accord juice lorries? Or was it a rivalry with both out at the same time? Edited April 10, 2021 by Tazio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auldbenches Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 24 minutes ago, The Mighty Thor said: Alpine juice lorry. Caused a price war back in the day. I preferred Globe Sun Kool Kola or Solripe Red Kola. Globe sun kool kola was the best juice you could buy as a youngster. Better than coke, Pepsi or any other. Fantastic stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairdryer Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 16 hours ago, SectionDJambo said: Being able to buy a box of explosives, otherwise known as bangers, for little cash. Madness. I remember an ironmongers at portobello that sold paraffin the shop had houses above very much doubt it would be allowed now,it was stored in something very similar to a petrol pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 40 minutes ago, Tazio said: Were Alpine juice lorries before or after Bon Accord juice lorries? Or was it a rivalry with both out at the same time? Same time. Alpine started coming on a Friday night to scupper Bon Accord on the Saturday. Pinneappleade had that much sugar and additives it was like a weekend trip as a nipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 3 hours ago, redjambo said: Sticking tacks into the soles of of your school shoes so that you could make noise and sparks.. Taking empty bottles back to the newsagent for cash. Chopper bikes. Buying cans of shandy as kids. Old Jamaica. 😢 However............Bournville are now doing Old Jamaica. My local Asda and Tesco dont stock it 😭 But Home Bargains do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Carl Fredrickson said: 😢 However............Bournville are now doing Old Jamaica. My local Asda and Tesco dont stock it 😭 But Home Bargains do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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