Things you dont hear about anymore

Lola! Lllllola!!

 

ah they still exist - cause all main stations have automatic ticket barriers they can,t get on the platform with out paying however because doncaster station entrance/exit has stairs they cant put ticket barriers consequently theres a colony of train spotters there

 

the fish man who came round the pubs with a basket of whelks and shrimps

 

And those prawn stick things. Yuk.

 

And the Salvation Army, every Friday round the pubs, selling The Young Soldier...

 

Austin Allegro with the faux rolls Royce frontage. Vanden Plas maybe?

 

If your near Brighouse I think there's one down Bradford Road Bailiff Bridge

 

Shouting "Get off and milk it!" to the local ruffian as he went past on his pushbike, then getting a good duffing when he caught up with you.

 

We talking about Caroline again

 

We were camping in New Zealand on the North Island two years ago, been to the pub, came home, relaxed.....and this sodding siren went off.....
No idea what it meant...were we supposed to do something? Go somewhere? Was it a sunami? Zombie invasion??
Did the British thing and sat in the van 'twitching the curtains' waiting for hoardes of screaming locals to come sprinting down the street....
Turns out it was the local method of alerting the retained firefighters and getting them to come to the station.
I wanted Zombies.

 

At least it wasn't a nuclear attack...

 

Leaving your chuck key in the lathe in Machine Shop at school, then turning the lathe on

 

messy

 

Usually threw it into the bed of the lathe, making an almighty bang. It was the telling off you got afterwards that did the damage.