Copyright© 2010 L. P. Baxter

TELL A FRIEND

TELL A FRIEND

WHEN DID YOU....

                                                 When did your get your new shoes?

•  When the Gas meter was empted
•  When the co-op paid out the Divi.
•  If dad won on the football pools (never)
•  When dad got a pay rise
•  When S.A.T.R.A. had a new shoe to Test,
•  When the Local shoe factory had a reject sale
•  When my Brother had grown out of his Shoes
•  When the school had a Jumble sale
•  When the foreman of the Shoe factory was off sick

I REMEMBER WHEN

• Phone boxes had Button A+B
• Woolworth's had there own Record Label
• Bottles of drink had a deposit of three old pence
• Crisps had a wrap of Blue wax paper with salt In
• Footballs and boots had to have dubbing on them to keep out the water
• Free milk at school
• When no one had a hi vis. Jacket
• Only cars over 15 years old needed a M.O.T.
• 21 was the Big Birthday
• We did not have laptops

•  Shops closed for a half day on  Thursday
•   You did not need to Lock up your  Bicycle
•  Fish and chips were warped in  newspaper
•  We had no self service at petrol stations
•  Air and water was free at service  stations
•  We had No garden Centers, Just the  market
•  We had no B. 0. G. O. F.
•  We had 2 films at the-Cinema
•  Smoke filled dance halls and  pubs
•  We had no A.T.M. or pin numbers