Pickled Eggs!?

[OnOff]

In Tescos yesterday and I purchased two "Pork & Apple free range scotch eggs in wholemeal breadcrumbs" at the deli counter. Should tbh have stuck with the regular ones but at 50p each it filled a hole up. And they were pretty big too.

 

[Bacon]

In my younger days and Deke might remember this we used to come out of Kingstanding swimming baths and the timing had to be right to get to the chippy.

We would get all the chips at the end of day and the batter bits from the fish shop with a couple of pickled onions and walk back with the bag open at the top digging in with hand.

The good old days.

 

[Steve3948]

The batter bits we called scraps, then they started charging 3d for a bag, so that was the end of that unless you could find some tizer bottles and get the money back on them.

 

[Evans Electric]

Wonderful !   Yes we used to climb into the rear of the outdoor, nick a few empty bottles and return them to the counter @ 3d ea I think. 

Blimey Bacon , long way from Kingstanding Baths to Egypt .............I remember them well .gone now.   Chip shop on Hawthorne Rd then ?     You're obviously from the same parts of Brum as me . ? 

 

[steptoe]

jeez, I remember going to the offie with my empties on a friday night [didnt get paid til a saturday] after a while the guy didnt even count them, he knew me so well he took my word for it, and gave me a bit extra cos it was just swapped for more bottles, except with liquid in them,

reminds me of the joke about 6packs and women,  :slap

older members can laugh now,,,,,,,,,,

unless its a colloquial thing.  :|

 

[OnOff]

Corona lemonade etc bottles!

 

[Bacon]

Wonderful ! Yes we used to climb into the rear of the outdoor, nick a few empty bottles and return them to the counter @ 3d

Blimey Bacon , long way from Kingstanding Baths to Egypt .............I remember them well .gone now. Chip shop on Hawthorne Rd then ? You're obviously from the same parts of Brum as me . ?

Yes Deke from Kingstanding.

Just up from the circle, Used to drink in the Kingstanding, Dears leap, King Charles, College Arms, Drakes Drum & the Boars Head, plus all the others across Aston, Handsworth, Sutton Coldfield & Brum city centre.

 

[Evans Electric]

Well you could have bought me a pint !!!!    Ansells mild of course    Used to drink in all those pubs except the King Charlie , it was that rough , even  the Krays would have avoided it .   

I grew up in Perry Barr  , but towards Villa Park . 

We used the City pubs also back in the day , working on the city centre sites back then,  we used the Mullberry Bush after work on Fridays ...but thankfully not THAT night in November '74.

Lets see now :-

The Kingstanding ..still busy ..pass it often ..not sure I'd go in though !! 

Deers Leap is a restaurant mainly now .

King Charles...I'm sure... has gone.

College Arms ..the old IRA pub ..is a McDonalds.

The Crossways is now appartments.

Drakes Drum ... just down the road from me ... still open ...still an NF pub.  ( Did the 17th thingy at Brooklyn College opposite , now has posh name)

Boars Head now a restaurant .  

Hows it going in Egypt, Bacon ?

 

[Bacon]

It going well to be honest good set of lads here couldn't be more happier to be honest.

I'm off down sharm for a week mid september got the missus and sister inlaw coming over.

I get a discount on various hotels down there so not expensive at all.

 

[sprocketflup]

Corona lemonade etc bottles!

What about the 'pop van' used to come round selling the stuff door to door? Alpine was the name of the stuff round by me

 

[Evans Electric]

Yes Sprocket we had the "Pop Man"  coming round , Corona pop with a stiff wire lever holding  the cap on.     There was also the truck from  "Beer at home means Davenports" 

Milk , coal and bread were all horse drawn deliveries when I was a kid .

 

[steptoe]

we called him the 'mineral man' , I assume that came from 'mineral water' ,  I still call it mineral,

the wife thinks there is something wrong with me,  :C

we also had the coul man and the heron man, 

 

[NozSpark]

I'll be calling it "minerals" from Friday to Sunday

Be having minerals from the press!!

 

[steptoe]

I'll be calling it "minerals" from Friday to Sunday

Be having minerals from the press!!

you going abroad Noz? 

 

[NozSpark]

How did you guess???

Going to outlaws :blink:  to be sure

 

[steptoe]

dunno  :C

 

[Evans Electric]

OK  Mark  I give up ..... what the hell is the " Heron Man"    I've tried adopting a NI accent but I still don't get it .     Bit like that guy I told you about who drove an " auld vern" .  

 

[steptoe]

:slap

herring,

a guy with a little white escort van that drove round shouting heron heron heron til you stopped him and bought some fish, 

 

[kme]

`Fanks guys.......

I feel MUCH younger than I did, before I read this thread..........

 

[sprocketflup]

"BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!!!"