Discuss Memorable stuff from your formative years in Old & Bold on The Army Rumour Service; Originally Posted by afghanman
I remember bottles like that but US milk trucks were more enclosed. The crates of milk bottles were covered in chipped ice and as kids you would ask the milkman for ...
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I remember bottles like that but US milk trucks were more enclosed. The crates of milk bottles were covered in chipped ice and as kids you would ask the milkman for a bit of ice to suck on. That stopped in 1953 or 1954 when there was a polio epidemic and the milk company was afraid if a kid got polio they would be blamed for dirty ice.
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- 09-08-2012, 07:02 #1352We hired one to take our wedding guests from the Church in Clapham Common to the reception at the Lanesborough. Originally Posted by Joker62 Just for you then, mate.
Part of my tasks before the wedding was to go to Brixton Bus Garage and decorate the bus, then head to the Lanesborough and get myself suited and booted before heading to the church.
When my supporters and I got to the bus garage the bus wasn't ready so the bod suggested we go and have a cuppa in the canteen, which we did. Two hours later (1130) I was sitting in the Lanesborough being served a nerve-settling Armagnac by a butler. Talk about one extreme to another!The only good thing I can say about my sister-in-law is that she's fat -
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These were the ones that took us to far off places like St Albans (14 miles) when I was a kid...
...but these were the 'around town' buses...
...and these took you North to far off places like Bedford (20 miles), they were yellow and black.
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We had these until around the early 60's. The old Trolly bus.
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Because of Beverley Bar EYMS had to have special buses built to get through.
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That just reminds me of "On The Buses". I watched an episode on ITV4 last year....God, it was shit, it's dated worse than Jimmy Reid & kipper ties. :( Originally Posted by pongo6863
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- 09-08-2012, 09:36 #1359
Remember travelling across England as a kid (on my own, wasn't I a big boy!) on the Paddington-Plymouth line and spending a few pennies in these beauties!
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