The do you remember thread for oldies

[marval]

We always had things knitted for us. My mother knitted and so did my maternal grandmother. We always had fresh meat from the butcher, and veg from the greengrocer.

I also remember my mother darning my dads socks, and mending our clothes.

If my mother ever bought a cake it would be from a local cake stall, and it was always homemade pastry.


Margaret

[JHC]

The family of to day requires both parents to work so time is one of the most valuable commodities now if Robin Hood was around he would sort things out.
I thought I would use the spell check on this and guess what?? The whole message disappeared so I tried it on other forums and no problems, is it working for you?

[marval]

It is working for me Colin. Funnily enough where I lived as a child we had a pub called "The Robin Hood."


Margaret

[JHC]

Robing B#s%#r*^ was more like it, OK my spell check is working now must have been a bug? lot of em about this time of the year.
But hold on, if I make a mistake then click check the text vanishes so I still have a problem which only happens on this forum

[Buchpteclare]

Speaking of cars way back when...How about the lever on the steering to advance or retard the ignition....Great to cause a very loud backfire while passing the girls. Then there was a lever on some cars that would physically lower the headlights. Another lever controlled the louvres in front of the radiator. (I saw that one on an old Rolls). Ahh yes - when we could set the spark gap with a worn dime..Today you need 15000 dollers worth of computer just to check it!

I still remember the first yo-yos I saw - those things were heavy! I bet one weighed about half a pound... (That would be around 1937, I think).

Oh yes, the streecat car that rolled by once an hour all night - the one that sounded like it had square wheels. (Clunk-clunk-clunk). It would wake me up so I knew all was well with the world.

[JHC]

Speaking of cars way back when...How about the lever on the steering to advance or retard the ignition....Great to cause a very loud backfire while passing the girls..

By jolywoliprs you must be old?? the oldest car I ever had was a 1935 Morris ten four

[Dorsetmike]

I've seen cars with the advance/retard control but never drove one, my first vehicle was a Ford 8 van of 1951 vintage, had windows cut in the back and an old bus seat fitted. That had the indicator control at the centre of the steering wheel, same position as the Advance/retard used to be on earlier cars.

Here's a bit of nostalgia for you Colin, a display by the Austin 7 club at a classic car show in 2003, at the same show, a 1935 V8, a 1929 Model A Ford, (both british built right hand drive) and an Austin and a Morris Bullnose, both tourer versions, not sure what the blue ragtop beyond them is though.

IIRC the model A had the pedals in different positions to current practice.

[JHC]

In the 2nd pic in the field is that an green Austen 7 LeMans?

[teddy]

Just been offered a Morris Minor, which still has working trafficator arms. Would not trust them on a motorway,

teddy

[JHC]

Is it a side valve ?...........

[Dorsetmike]

I drove one once back in 1961, frightening it was, almost lethal. Saw the front suspension collapse on more than one of them.

[teddy]

No Colin, not quite that old. Had enough of flat heads with my first Ford. There were three different engines used, progressively getting slightly bigger.

teddy

[Dorsetmike]

Sorry Teddy, 4 engines, you youngsters may not remember the earliest one with split screen (from 1948-53 which I mentioned driving which was a 918cc side valve, they changed to 803cc OHV from 1952, engine size increased in 1956 to 948cc and the split screen replaced by a one piece screen and known as the Minor 1000 and finally to 1098cc in 1962.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Minor

The floor mounted gear lever was long and tended to flop about, commonly referred to as the pudding stirrer.

[teddy]

Sorry. Meant to say three engines after the flathead

teddy

[JHC]

Does anyone remember these things????????????????