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Post by ARENA on Jun 20, 2013 8:57:39 GMT
Does anyonev remember Penny Potatoes. They were made of candy with a cinnamon coating ,so they looked like spuds. If you were lucky,you'd occassionally find a penny inside.
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Post by scorp on Jun 20, 2013 10:21:29 GMT
I don't recall much in the way of sweeties - rationing carried on until I was sixteen - apart from the odd barley-sugar and Malteasers...
I still had lousy teeth, though.
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Post by ARENA on Jun 21, 2013 10:49:13 GMT
Chris Barber, Lonnie Donegan but who are the others?
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Post by scorp on Jun 21, 2013 14:57:38 GMT
Bottom right - The Vipers
Could the other lot be Beryl Bryden's group? (It looks as though there's a washboard there - not that that proves anything.)
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Post by ARENA on Jun 23, 2013 10:53:55 GMT
Do you think it's time they re-introduced..........
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Post by scorp on Jun 23, 2013 13:25:15 GMT
As worn by Mr Praline (Cleese) to complain about the dead parrot he's purchased...
They were very sweaty, I seem to remember.
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Post by ARENA on Jun 23, 2013 13:56:44 GMT
As worn by Mr Praline (Cleese) to complain about the dead parrot he's purchased... They were very sweaty, I seem to remember. The other problem was that ALL the rain finished up in your trouser legs and shoes
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Post by scorp on Jun 23, 2013 15:23:15 GMT
It's a bugger, that - I remember something similar when I worked in Cornwall. Crossing the Fowey by ferry in a rainstorm, wearing oilskins nand sou'wester (you should have seen me - I was adorable), the rain ran off them and into my wellies!
By the way, I looked up the maker of the Pakamac - one word : "Dissolved" - no date.
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Post by ARENA on Jun 24, 2013 8:04:21 GMT
They sell them at Niagara Falls obviously under another name.
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Post by goldielox on Jun 24, 2013 10:48:46 GMT
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tina
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Post by tina on Jun 25, 2013 8:07:25 GMT
We've still got one somewhere. Must clear out that attic!
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Post by ARENA on Jun 25, 2013 10:41:41 GMT
I shall look out for you on the Antiques Roadshow.
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Post by goldielox on Jun 25, 2013 19:16:51 GMT
I often think I may have thrown away something that's now worth a fortune. I don't know what but it makes you wonder
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Post by ARENA on Jun 26, 2013 9:24:04 GMT
Example on E bay
Connie Francis "My Sailor Boy" MGM 45 £50.00 +£3.00
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Post by scorp on Jun 26, 2013 11:07:44 GMT
The mind boggles!
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