Thinking back to a time when how life was then, for example seeing the paper boy or girl doing the rounds as they delivered newspapers much like they still do today. back then the milk mans horse and cart as the horse clip clopped down the road as the milkman delivered pints of milk with different coloured tops,
later came the bakers horse and cart and like wise delivered, bread, cakes and pastries to a number of houses,
once a week the coal man came again with two horses pulling the cart with bags of coal and the man looked like a mock up of al jolson the then singer,
occasionally the tally man would call with his suit case from the back of a car as he showed what was on offer and the latest fashion in clothing, and then of course mum would pay so much a week until the clothes were paid for , much later on another purchase for other clothes, and on it went ,
few people had their own phone, and the red public call boxes were everywhere, do you remember press button A. or button B, to get your money back, standing in the call box with a hand full of coins as you fed the meter depending on the length of the call,
the small corner shops which supplied plain brown paper bags when you bought loose tea. sugar, even cutting cheese with a wire and patting butter into the familiar shape we have today, and vegetables, too, this was a meeting point for many ladies catching up on local gossip and news,
Well I hope iv triggered off some of your memories, of times then, and of course there were many more which I won't elaborate on, so ill stop to let you add your thoughts and memories too, of those times so that younger members will have an insight as to how it was then,
vey much different from today,
your turn,
