I wonder how many remember

[Aberdeenplotter]

my grandpa used one of these too- for re-heeling /resoling his own shoes!

That my dear is a cobbler's last. My dad's one was fancy with removable feet. I remember as a kid in primary school at a school concert playing the part of a cobbler sitting singing with that in my lap with a shoe on it and hammering for all I was worth. Did the head not fly off my hammer!! I just got up and stuck it on again and continued singing, yake doodle doo, yake doodle dandy but the hall was in uproar. I couldn't see what was so funny in fact I was embarassed. I now own the hammer but no idea what happened to the last.

[Glutton4...]

Like Bren, I don't remember Juke boxes in coffee shops, I remember metal ice cube trays, but not those with levers.

Oh and I still don't 'do' fast food if I can help it.

49 is obviously ancient!

[Bigmallly]

I remember when there was 240 pennies in a squid........................I was loaded in those days.

[veggiechicken]

........and you could buy something meaningful with a penny! Think I read a suggestion that they abolish the present 1p (that's 2.4 old pennies - just think what you could have bought for 2d!) Sweets, comic, newspaper, go to the toilet twice...........

[WendyC]

I remembered 8. Also remembered helping mum use a mangle as part of the wash. My sister and I are close in age so were both in nappies for a time. I can't imagine trying to wash, and dry, all those terries without a washing machine.

[Bigmallly]

Sorry....I couldn't resist.....

Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen - YouTube

[veggiechicken]

Its a classic! I'm so glad that I didn't grow up in Yorkshire - its must have been hard for you BM

[Bigmallly]

Water off a ducks back......................If ya can't make fun o' yersen, then it's time to give up lass.

[veggiechicken]

I thought you were a gorilla - not a duck I can't remember a time when I wasn't making fun of myself - if not me someone else would be Good to 'ave a larf innit

[Florence Fennel]

That my dear is a cobbler's last. I now own the hammer but no idea what happened to the last.

That's posh! I have one that belonged to my dad and his dad, etc and it's called a 'obbin' foot. I use it to prop open the shed door in the summer.

[Florence Fennel]

I had fast food when I was small - hap'orth o' chips wi' scraps.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Remembered every single one. But then I should I was around when...................Methuselah were a lad.


Potty

[veggiechicken]

You and me both Potty! Amazing that we can remember that far back

[Samurailord]

I remember when there was 240 pennies in a squid.

I remember when decimalisation came in - before that when I was given a pound to spend on the slot machines on St Anne's pier I had 244 goes for my money - after decimalisation it went down to only 100!

I can still remember the feeling of being robbed even today!

I think my inate distrust of politicians stems from that moment

Andy

[arpoet]

Do you fancy a game of Remember When?
Things were quite cheap, way back then.
When a little old penny, some Spangles did buy,
And you’d hand them around, for your friends to try.

Sweets came off ration, new clothes were dear,
We were sent to the corner, for a big jug of beer.
Park Drives and Woodbines, made old men wheeze,
And thick layers of grime covered the trees.

In the days before TV, when the wireless it ruled,
And Larry the Lamb in Toytown he fooled.
Listen With Mother, at a quarter-to-two,
Daphne Oxenford read stories to you.

Old Billy Cotton and his famous band,
Music and laughter, always hand in hand.
The Clitheroe Kid always in trouble,
Trying to burst his big sister’s bubble.

Dick Barton and Snowy, were forced to retire,
Derek McCulloch told stories, by the fire.
In pictures of life, painted by young Al Read,
Tall tales he told, of a particular breed.

And do you remember each Saturday morning,
"Hello Children Everywhere!" came without warning.
Children’s Favourites, was that record for you?
What wondrous things Sparky’s piano could do.

Workers Playtime grew up in the war,
And entertained workers up to sixty four.
On the Home-Service, then the Light Programme too.
Many young comics, came into view.

‘Take It From Here,’ with Jim, Dick and June
Complicated lives and a signature tune,
And those sailor boys in the Navy Lark,
Not fit to set sail until after dark.

‘Ray’s a Laugh’ and he could be quite funny,
He entertained us when we hadn’t much money.
And then there was, dear old Ken Horne,
A funnier fella has yet to be born.

‘Calling All Workers’ a musical treat,
With songs sing too, or just tap your feet.
And at twelve noon, it was Cliff and Jean.
For Family Favourites, they made a good team.

Our childhood days will return never,
Locked in our memory, secured forever.
At least until that game we do play, ,
Called, "Remembering When" Now, what do you say?

c Roger Turner (aka ARPoet)