The Good Old Days.

[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

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.

Yes......of course. Pretty obvious really. We were born boys, treated like boys, expected to act like boys, and expected to have sex with girls.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

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.

The bullet holes werent stick on when I was growing up. 

[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.

The bullet holes werent stick on when I was growing up.

That is witty......and true in your case. Hopefully things are better now.

[YZ250]

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 )

One of the garages used to hand out the football coins (can't remember which brand garage gave them out, might have been Shell  ) that you collected as you got fuel. You had a football team card to stick them in. Even though they looked like a 10p coin they were actually the same size and weight as a 2p coin. Just saying like, but Phone boxes used to accept 2p coins. 

[Tick Tock]

10 pence pieces were the same size and weight as a Deutsche mark, so back in the day in Germany you could buy a packet of 20 fags from a machine for 40p, rather than £1.70..... or so I'm told 

[Rangie]

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 )

One of the garages used to hand out the football coins (can't remember which brand garage gave them out, might have been Shell  ) that you collected as you got fuel. You had a football team card to stick them in. Even though they looked like a 10p coin they were actually the same size and weight as a 2p coin. Just saying like, but Phone boxes used to accept 2p coins. 

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Sold a set of these on eBay a couple of years back, can't remember what they went for but there was a fair few bids.

[dave the builder]

you get 73 of these Dalasi coins for 1 pound sterling in Gambia ,they look like 50 pence ,weigh the same   

[Andy B]

you get 73 of these Dalasi coins for 1 pound sterling in Gambia ,they look like 50 pence ,weigh the same   

....

Mombasa had a 50p sized coin too .... too long back to remember exactly ... buy they worked well in the UK phone boxes too .... apparently 

And a US Quarter was the same size as the bigger old 5p/shilling ..... they fitted the vending machines on the jetty in Florida ... 2 x 5p/shillings for a can of pop & you got change 

[Varche]

I remember fish 6d and chips 3d.

When we worked as teenagers at local farm , thefarmers eldest ( 19) lad used to always have fish and chips thrice. In the days before you got a ton of chips with a fish like you do now.

[Mr Skrunts]

 

I remember fish 6d and chips 3d.

When we worked as teenagers at local farm , thefarmers eldest ( 19) lad used to always have fish and chips thrice. In the days before you got a ton of chips with a fish like you do now.

I remember fish 6d and chips 3d.

When we worked as teenagers at local farm , thefarmers eldest ( 19) lad used to always have fish and chips thrice. In the days before you got a ton of chips with a fish like you do now.

I used to own a chippy in the 80's

Even then.  £1.32 got you Fish & chips with peas on a tray . . . and a fork.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Which I would guess puts you at 70 ish years old now ? 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Which I would guess puts you at 70 ish years old now ? 

I think he is 60.

[Sir Tigger KC]

you get 73 of these Dalasi coins for 1 pound sterling in Gambia ,they look like 50 pence ,weigh the same   

....

Mombasa had a 50p sized coin too .... too long back to remember exactly ... buy they worked well in the UK phone boxes too .... apparently 

And a US Quarter was the same size as the bigger old 5p/shilling ..... they fitted the vending machines on the jetty in Florida ... 2 x 5p/shillings for a can of pop & you got change 

I had Fish and Chips from a chippy in Nairobi once.  Tilapia from Lake Victoria and proper soggy chips in newspaper for about 100 Bob. 

That's Kenya shillings (Ksh) of course as I'm far too young to remember British shillings! 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Which I would guess puts you at 70 ish years old now ? 

I think he is 60.

You may be right, although 20,s is a young age to own a chippy.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

you get 73 of these Dalasi coins for 1 pound sterling in Gambia ,they look like 50 pence ,weigh the same   

....

Mombasa had a 50p sized coin too .... too long back to remember exactly ... buy they worked well in the UK phone boxes too .... apparently 

And a US Quarter was the same size as the bigger old 5p/shilling ..... they fitted the vending machines on the jetty in Florida ... 2 x 5p/shillings for a can of pop & you got change 

I had Fish and Chips from a chippy in Nairobi once.  Tilapia from Lake Victoria and proper soggy chips in newspaper for about 100 Bob. 

That's Kenya shillings (Ksh) of course as I'm far too young to remember British shillings!

Something we share in common....