I think the ones we had were in the shape of a frog.
Who remembers these things back in the day ?...come and add your own memories..
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Twostep
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Which John Wayne movie? The longest day?
Timewise 60+
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If you don't know, I cannot explain it to you...
So, you don't know either.
Timewise 60+
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Inept...now you are playing games with us! You already know, as you acknowledged earlier in this post! Look in the 600's posts, you can reread it all again to 'refresh' your memory...
What?
dobielvr
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When we went to Paris in the 1980's, the lady we were staying with handed me that contraption to listen in while calling my father back home and I just thought that was the coolest thing ever. Never forgot that and haven't seen one since.
It is such a simple and fatastic idea. I don't know if they still have them but I remember them from the 60's and I'm sure they were in use for long, long time before that.
Pappy
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Twostep
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Ask the in-house memory bank aka SO - Bridge too far
ChiroDoc
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I hadn't realized the Woolworth's was international. There were a bunch in my area growing up in the '50s in Pittsburgh. They were called "five & dimes", or "5 and 10 cent" stores because they were inexpensive. Another popular one was Kresge's (the forerunner of K-Mart). Now, instead of 5 & 10 cents stores we have Dollar Stores!!
ChiroDoc
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Those were included in the Jeopardy! home game. We started playing that game in the '60s.
hollydolly
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Oh yes we had Woolworth all over the UK... they first came here in 1924... Woolies as they were affectionally known....
One of my first jobs was as a teen was as a wages clerk in Woolworth
They closed the last of their branches in 2009..... everyone misses them to this day....
squatting dog
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- Arkansas, and also Florida
Nicknamed "Woolies" in the UK. In South Africa there are OK Bazaar shops but I cannot say with any certainty if they are part of the Woolworth's chain. Probably not. BTW, there are now Dollar Stores here in my country too.
There's a woman in that house. Well, it looks comfy & cosy, you don't need your slippers and it feels good under your feet ... but in such a damp environment it attracts and harbours all kinds of larvae and bacteria. If you don't remove them daily for a good clean and airing out you'll find an assortment of creepy crawlers underneath it, enough to give you nightmares.
rgp
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I believe they were first shown in the Longest Day .... 1962.
hollydolly
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hollydolly
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MrPants
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Clothes peg holder?
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Bloke with a camera
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- Lancashire
Hmmmmm back in the day?
Taking a lit candle down to the petty at botton of t'yard at night.
Newspaper squares on a nail on the back of t'petty door.
And if it was only a No1 - the Guzunder!
Taking a lit candle down to the petty at botton of t'yard at night.
Newspaper squares on a nail on the back of t'petty door.
And if it was only a No1 - the Guzunder!
hollydolly
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hollydolly
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Bloke with a camera
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- Lancashire
Toilet roll!!! PoshView attachment 384215 like this one ?