The Good Old Days.

[Mr Skrunts]

Just seen them cooking Fish n Chips from a 60's show on tv and it took me back to the days when I were a lad and we were visiting Grannys for the weekend.  Dad took me to the local chippy in Langley Park and I will never forget they were cooking the food in dripping on a coke fired cooking range

There were 2 older ladies running the shop, one cooking and stokeing the fire, the other serving.  As nice as fish & chips are today these were the best I have ever had.

The next best, Other Granny we were in Cullen, Dad decided to treat all the visiting family to the chippy, me and my cousin were sent off with the "List" and £20 (old money)

There were 9 fish suppers (2 fish each), 2 x pie & chips, sausage n chips x 3, 2 bags of chips & quite a few cartons of peas and as a favour to us the rest of the chips in the warmer , the 2 customers behind us had allready left as they were told shey were done frying for the day.

Plus we came back with some change.  Good day all round.

[Mr Skrunts]

Plus on one of the trips to Langley Park I realised my Dad seemed to know every one.

At the petrol station (Dad's old made ) I was given a full set of kings and queens heads of the UK and a plastic castle/mount to stand the heads on..  Cant remeber the number (Maybe 18/22 or so) were all in sealed packets so I had the basics to start swapping at school.

Then when he went to see another mate that just happened to run a pub.  I walked away with a full set of Watneys beer mats  printed / pressed in sets of 12  I eneded up with over 1000 beer mats swapping them at school the next week.

[Mr Skrunts]

To add (BUT THIS MAY BE CLASSED AS RACIST - Please delete if this is the case)

As  a kid my Mum saved me a full set of Chivers Gollie wogs.  Still never found out who nicked them

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Plus on one of the trips to Langley Park I realised my Dad seemed to know every one.

At the petrol station (Dad's old made ) I was given a full set of kings and queens heads of the UK and a plastic castle/mount to stand the heads on..  Cant remeber the number (Maybe 18/22 or so) were all in sealed packets so I had the basics to start swapping at school.

Then when he went to see another mate that just happened to run a pub.  I walked away with a full set of Watneys beer mats  printed / pressed in sets of 12  I eneded up with over 1000 beer mats swapping them at school the next week.

Stick on Bullet holes
Green shield stamps.
5 star petrol.

[Mr Skrunts]

[Mr Skrunts]

Plus on one of the trips to Langley Park I realised my Dad seemed to know every one.

At the petrol station (Dad's old made ) I was given a full set of kings and queens heads of the UK and a plastic castle/mount to stand the heads on..  Cant remeber the number (Maybe 18/22 or so) were all in sealed packets so I had the basics to start swapping at school.

Then when he went to see another mate that just happened to run a pub.  I walked away with a full set of Watneys beer mats  printed / pressed in sets of 12  I eneded up with over 1000 beer mats swapping them at school the next week.

Stick on Bullet holes  still got some
Green shield stamps.
5 star petrol.  and personal service from staff

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

To add (BUT THIS MAY BE CLASSED AS RACIST - Please delete if this is the case)

As  a kid my Mum saved me a full set of Chivers Gollie wogs.  Still never found out who nicked them

I remember these. Innocent fun.

[Rangie]

I've still got one of the original Esso Tigers tails in my garage I believe it's priceless..😂😂😂

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've still got one of the original Esso Tigers tails in my garage I believe it's priceless..😂😂😂

Did Esso use the slogan.........Put a tiger in your tank?

It  sounds familiar.

[Rangie]

Yes they did , had an Esso garage at the bottom of our road when we lived in Croydon.

[redelitev6]

Green shield stamps ! that's going back a bit , a massive thing in its day , I can remember my parents collecting them .

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Green shield stamps ! that's going back a bit , a massive thing in its day , I can remember my parents collecting them .

Some petrol stations would offer 8, 10, 12 or even 16 times green shield stamps to encourage customers.

They'd be spewing out of the machine for ages if you had just filled a full tank.....  

[Mr Skrunts]

Green shield stamps ! that's going back a bit , a massive thing in its day , I can remember my parents collecting them .

Some petrol stations would offer 8, 10, 12 or even 16 times green shield stamps to encourage customers.

They'd be spewing out of the machine for ages if you had just filled a full tank.....  

I remember them spewing out of the machines in the Co-op and then people shopping with carrier bags full of green sheild books.

[Mr Skrunts]

Then there were the Ciggy coupons

[STEMO]

To add (BUT THIS MAY BE CLASSED AS RACIST - Please delete if this is the case)

As  a kid my Mum saved me a full set of Chivers Gollie wogs.  Still never found out who nicked them

There was nothing racist about golliwogs back then, cute little black people toys. Kids aren't racist until they're taught to be racist, and they're little boys till they're taught to be little girls.