When I was a lot younger

[Mackka]

We would put cardboard inside our shoes when the sole had worn through.
We would go to the pub on Friday night in a horse and sulky.
Mackka

 

[LONEWOLF]

You could Buy a real Jelly-tip ice cream for 15 cents... oh and petrol was 25c per litre.... Ah yes, those days... {)

 

[Tathradj]

Middy was 10 cents
Schooner was 15 cents.
Good wage was 180.00 per week.
fuel 20 cents a litre,
.
even further,
10 cents of chips wrapped in news paper that was worth 2 bottles
handed in, You could not eat them all.
Potato Scallops, 2 cents each. Real Potato.
Cobbers, 4 for 5 cents. and they were huge.
Wagon wheels, 5 cents as well. And they were huge like a wagon wheel.
.
Cracker night.
Basket Bombs, 5 cents each, expensive but wow.
Packet of 12 bungers, 50 cents. And they were 6 inch's long
and about an inch thick.
Tupany Bungers, 10 cents for 100 of them.
Large Sky Rockets, 5 cents each.
.
We would save up and spend about $10.00 for cracker night.
You had trouble carrying the bag home and the crackers and such would easily
last a week.
.
Times sure have changed... :cloudy:
Hang on, Does any one know what an inch is without googling it. O

 

[Manpa]

Milk was full cream and delivered in bottles and you could safely leave your money for the milko to collect.
Bread, fish and vegetables all sold and delivered by home delivery.
You could leave home anytime of the day and the only instruction was be home in time for tea. (Followed by, do you have a clean hanky and have you done your hair)
Paper boys delivered the paper and came calling to collect your payment.
Cars came without seat belts.
Drive in movies were all the go.

 

[Manpa]

We would put cardboard inside our shoes when the sole had worn through.
We would go to the pub on Friday night in a horse and sulky.
Mackka

Shoes, pure luxury, we lived in shoebox on side of the road! layful: :lol: layful: :lol: layful: :lol:

 

[Guest]

We used to play with mini crackers, who could crack as many in their fingers would be champion. :awful:
Had anybody done that with a giant bunger?
I do remember someone had a go but bailed out just before the big bang :lol:

 

[Guest]

Flake was real flake (gummy shark) and tasted the best because it was always fresh as the fish and chips owners would always go to the fish markets 3 times a week and it was never frozen.

 

[7.62marksman]

service stations would fill up your car and check the water and oil and at no extra cost

 

[Tathradj]

Mum would give me 20 cents.
Go across to Bega Milk factory and dip the gallon pail. 5 cents.
Big splat (Pat) of butter 5 cents.
Then to the shop. 2 loaves of bread, Sugar and a bit of what ever.
Spend the rest on Lollies.
I would get crook on eating them for 2 days.
.

Milk was full cream and delivered in bottles and you could safely leave your money for the milko to collect.
Bread, fish and vegetables all sold and delivered by home delivery.
You could leave home anytime of the day and the only instruction was be home in time for tea. (Followed by, do you have a clean hanky and have you done your hair)
Paper boys delivered the paper and came calling to collect your payment.
Cars came without seat belts.
Drive in movies were all the go.

 

[ctxkid]

Middy was 10 cents
Schooner was 15 cents.
Good wage was 180.00 per week.
fuel 20 cents a litre,
.
even further,
10 cents of chips wrapped in news paper that was worth 2 bottles
handed in, You could not eat them all.
Potato Scallops, 2 cents each. Real Potato.
Cobbers, 4 for 5 cents. and they were huge.
Wagon wheels, 5 cents as well. And they were huge like a wagon wheel.
.
Cracker night.
Basket Bombs, 5 cents each, expensive but wow.
Packet of 12 bungers, 50 cents. And they were 6 inch's long
and about an inch thick.
Tupany Bungers, 10 cents for 100 of them.
Large Sky Rockets, 5 cents each.
.
We would save up and spend about $10.00 for cracker night.
You had trouble carrying the bag home and the crackers and such would easily
last a week.
.
Times sure have changed... :cloudy:
Hang on, Does any one know what an inch is without googling it. O

i was below average wage

but yes those were the days my friend erfect: erfect:

 

[ctxkid]

the first time i spent a whole 20 cents on mixed lollies
i got a brown paper bag full i too could not carry home

oh i wish i had a time machine :Y:

 

[Mackka]

Go to the flicks on Saturday afternoon 1 shilling.
Single ice cream cone, 6 pence a double for a shilling
Hot dog ( the best ever outside the pub 2 bob.
Bag of broken biscuits 2 pence
Toffee 1 penny
The best of days
Mackka :Y:

 

[Manpa]

service stations would fill up your car and check the water and oil and at no extra cost

Little servo as you come into St Arnaud from Minyip, still gives driveway service, surprised me three weeks ago.

 

[MegsyB007]

A lunch order at Primary School...

A real meat pie, a doughnut, a Sunny Boy (Did I get a free? Yes!!), 5 cents worth of lollies - big bag - loved the mates (4 for a cent), fizzoes (5 for a cent), licorice blocks (6 for a cent) and sherbert bombs - expensive - 2 for a cent!

Total for order - 25 cents.

All orders written on a brown paper lunch bag with money in them, were put in a washing basket and taken to the canteen, that was returned to the classroom full of the lunches in the bags. Ahh, the expectation when they were delivered - all focus went out the window!

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Bread n Milk delivered by horse and cart
Door to door eel and rabbit salesman
Ealriest memory was going to flea pit with sixpence - coverd entry drink and some lollies
packet of escort 10's 24 cents
ardarth - wild woodbines

 

[MegsyB007]

Door to door eel and rabbit salesman??!! Holy smoke!

 

[goody2shoes]

The horse and cart at night time, coming up the road, stopping out side peoples house, it's the loo man,

If he catch you sitting on the loo, be very quiet shhhh oop:

Mum cleaning the clothes in the copper out side

They was the days.....

 

[Jaros]

We had dry ice delivered to the front gate-------no electric fridges then ------or hot water service!!!! It was heated in a wood fired copper in the back yard. :8

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Door to door eel and rabbit salesman??!! Holy smoke!

I think there would be a few here that had that service.
That was in newcastle in the 60's

Sometimes we got our own but too easy when they are deivered to your door.
Boiled then fried eel mmmmm :clap:

 

[MegsyB007]

Melbourne Cup Day... Mr Davey from down the street would go door to door in the morning, arranging the street's Cup Sweep. We all had our 5 cents ready to get our number for the race. That's back when everyone in the street knew (and trusted) each other...