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Things you never see anymore in Glasgow
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Egg tester ... whats it test it for Calamity ?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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tennents cans with lassies on them.
Woodbine
kaolin poultices... hated them
scooter scarves
zinc baths hanging outside drysalters shops
round weans NHS glasses
stylonphones
propelling pencils
carbon paper
panstick
green soap, black soap
egg testers in Galbraiths
sawdust on pub floors


Calamity, I've still got an original stylophone! but you can now get ones with USB connections.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Egg tester ... whats it test it for Calamity ?
cybers it was a small machine with a light on the counter in Galbraiths at Rimsdale st /London road in the 50s.. and the man would take the eggs and sit them one by one in front of the light in case they were rotten.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
electric clocks
adding machines
scales in shops with brass weights
two or three tier cake stands.
dolly blues.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
John Curley shops with special offers painted on the windows.

Ruckanor nylon sports bags - usurped Adidas in the cool school bag stakes.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
calamity wrote:
cybers wrote:
Egg tester ... whats it test it for Calamity ?
cybers it was a small machine with a light on the counter in Galbraiths at Rimsdale st /London road in the 50s.. and the man would take the eggs and sit them one by one in front of the light in case they were rotten.


Ta much .... never knew about em...

Ruccanor bags i still have in the loft  **** logo lol...
Everyone had them in the 80's with a fine fare bag a close second...

Just to add...
Black and white vinyl adidias bags.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
those sausage rolls that came in tins, think it was Pilbury.
shop windows without mesh or roller shutters.
Buying curtain material by the yard, dont know if you can still do this..
sun shades that all the shops used .
Haberdasheries
moth balls
TVs with doors
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
calamity,i think i mentioned the tinnedsausage rolls earlier though it may have been elsewhere but i think they were a smedleys product.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
OOSE gathering under the bed & on top of the pelmets.    

I mentioned this word recently to a few Glasgow folks and they had not heard of it.

Is it just me or is this really a word from my past.

Not sure of the spelling but pronounced like Moose without the M.

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