Things we used to do

[classic33]

I fully accept that we all have different areas of expertise. Mine is English, but I'm reasonably useless at everything else. As stated above, it was the grocer's apostrophe I was referring to. Absolutely no offence meant, and my profuse apologies if any other impression was given. As for founding Fortnum and Mason's, I'm not quite old enough, although I sometimes feel as if I might be. Did you know Radio Caroline was named for Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy? I have to confess that I used to fancy her as a teenager. The founder of Radio Caroline, the Canadian businessman Ronan O'Rahilly, was related to Michael Joseph O'Rahilly (The O'Rahilly), one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, who was fatally shot by a British officer just off Moore Street. I understand a plaque commemorates the event, although that area, long the site of Dublin's fruit and vegetable market, is scheduled for redevelopment.

I thought their fate had already been decided, however....
http://www.visitdublin.com/moore-street-in-dublin/
Scroll down to Moore Street

 

[MichaelW2]

Working in a green grocers as a 14 year old, taught me selling skills I still use.

Skill's that will never be out of date.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Watching World of Sport on a Saturday and the great compendium of sports that they started off with: 5 minutes of American Football then rally cross then a live wrestling bout from Cleethorpes then a horse race then some cross country then more wrestling then......

Regular football matches and cricket on poor man's telly.

The 'Corona man' coming round each week to sell pop off the back of a lorry.

Roads quiet enough that you could all pile out of school for a game of British Bulldog with the aim of getting from one pavement den to the other without getting caught by the gang stood in the road.

Bench seats in the front of cars.

Fly paper hanging from the light fittings.

 

[postman]

Remember when Wednesday was half day closing.

 

[further]

Remember when Wednesday was half day closing

Thursday where I came from.

 

[Padraig]

Thursday here too. Many shops closed for the whole day, and the town was eerily quiet.

 

[Padraig]

I thought their fate had already been decided, however....
http://www.visitdublin.com/moore-street-in-dublin/
Scroll down to Moore Street

Thanks for that. I'm somewhat out of touch with dear old dirty Dublin these days. Last time I was there, they'd just opened the first Luas line. That's quite a while.

 

[tyred]

Getting into a Cortina estate while wearing shorts after it had been sitting all day closed up in the sun and melting your legs on to furnace hot black vinyl seats and probably getting high from the fumes of sun-baked vinyl.

About ten people crammed into a Renault 5 going on a seaside trip.

 

[mybike]

Joining a cycling club aged 15 was what prevented me from topping myself before I got to 16. Sunday turned from being a depressing grind of a day into one I spent all week longing for.

Never found Sundays boring, indeed we were quite busy with going to Church.

 

[Gravity Aided]

And at least Church was more entertaining back then. Something about trying to be appealing.

 

[mybike]

Yes. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-I...ILET-TISSUE-/281829021838?hash=item419e51988e

I hope the 'condition' isn't correct.

 

[mybike]

Listen to small transistor radios like these.

http://50.22.11.21/~elmphoto/radios/radio22.htm

Repairing them!!

 

[mybike]

The new Routemaster bus replacing the old AEC(?)

 

[Cubist]

If that was the case then I certainly apologise sincerely, only I have seen many people shot down on here before for grammar mistakes.

Thinking about it now I have seen that often, it is not something I noticed in the shop I worked at.

*at which I worked.

 

[MontyVeda]

Getting dressed in front of the fire as the rest of the house was freezing.

Still do that