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I remember when you went into a corner shop
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:21 |
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ask for 10 No6, you got pack of fags, now you get egg fried rice 10 lots, lol |
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Amanda2003 | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:23 |
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I used to skip to the shops to buy my Mums fags.....20 No6 please............lol.........I must have been about 7 or 8 at the time..........lol |
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LittleWhiteDove2022351 | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:24 |
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Oh how times have changed? pmsl |
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teesdale | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:26 |
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half penny sweets were my favourite |
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:27 |
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school boy fags, think they where about 2 bob for 10, use to love em |
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Jane | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:27 |
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I used to able to buy 1 No 6 at the post office when we got off the school bus. |
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Taff | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:28 |
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Anyone remember the ciggie machines on the walls outside shops? |
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:29 |
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and you use to get a token in them, save a thousand and get a free watch, lol |
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Amanda2003 | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:30 |
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Fag machines that sold 10 sovereign B&H instant dog-ends...........lol |
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Taff | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:30 |
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Oh, and soveriegn.... they always tasted like fish to me...lol |
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:30 |
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yes i do Taff, i wonder how long they would be on the wall these days. |
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LittleWhiteDove2022351 | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:32 |
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I was just thinking that RB! I know you so well. lol |
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:32 |
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when i was about 12, i used to get 1 and a penny for my fish and chips on a Saturday, but 5 fags was the same price, never had many fish n chips. |
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:33 |
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Hi LWD there you are, thought you'd done a runner. |
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UzziAndHerDogs | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:37 |
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I once saved all the tokens and bought me mums pressies out of them. |
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Researching: |
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LittleWhiteDove2022351 | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:39 |
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No I'm back and keeping my beady eye on you!!!lLOL |
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Amanda2003 | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:39 |
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I still have a fairy story book and a nursery rhyme book that my Mum and Dad got for me with the tokens from fag packets............times have indeed changed. |
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:42 |
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think you got 2 in a ten pack and 5 in a 20 pack |
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Taff | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:42 |
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always used to save the tokens, great gifts though!! |
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Running Bear | Report | 17 Nov 2008 20:43 |
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them and green shield stamps |
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