Think they did Chris. And did I imagine this, or did someone have a job of collecting up discarded milk bottles (not the ones left on the doorstep) ? Then they were sent back for reuse. Viv.
Cheatem’s pop bottles gave you 3d back
I have forgotten that 3d back in the bottle. I used to take Gran's empties back and she let me buy sweets with it. Thruppence. It was an M&B Outdoor on the corner of her street. It had a huge mural on the gable end of the leaping stag. I loved it and I knew we were getting nearer Gran's when it came in to view. There were five within a short walk from her house. You don't see offies attached to pubs now. I think they turn them in to snugs. Would you agree? I was told launderettes are disapprearing? My mate's Irish gran called it the bagwash. And Almhouses that are used as such, though we have a few here. Nan used to tell me about the Watercress House.Hi
So did Mason's. And in the early 50s, the bottle of pop was only 4 1/2d, so the pop
cost half what the bottle did.
Kind regards
Dave
Remember Floor Walkers usually a mature gentleman like Captain Peacock from Are You Being Served, who would give you advice in department stores? Owen Owen used to have a lady serve you and one to wrap your breakables in a proper box with packing. I do miss that store.Some occupations still exist but their titles have changed. There were once simply and clearly “cashiers” and “shop assistants” for example. But now we seem to have lots of vaguer titles such as store colleagues, operatives etc. Viv.
Our Maurice, there are 24h outdoor Lauderettes on garage forcourts here,dont know about the rest of the country.they are very handy for campers.Lauderettes still get used by people in single rooms and also used to be used by me, until a few years ago, when we were touring around Europe and the UK. It was a handy facility.
Maurice
i still prefer the bag wash though Our Maurice. its warmerPete,
There's even one here in Aghios Nikolaos, and again it's used by tourists and people living in single rooms or very small flats. I can foresee a need for them in the right places for years to come.
Maurice
Absolutely Maurice! When our children were you we would take more clothes in our station wagon on holiday than you could shake a stick at! Then we noticed that most places we stayed had a small launderettes, three or four washer and dryers. It took a while to convince my wife to use them for our children's clothes, but quickly realized the benefit! we traveled very light afterward.Lauderettes still get used by people in single rooms and also used to be used by me, until a few years ago, when we were touring around Europe and the UK. It was a handy facility.
Maurice
I did that with Nan she made helping her make the beds a game.There are still several launderettes locally Nico. I don't use them now but when I was little I used to do the "launderette dance" with Mother each holding the ends of the sheets up off the floor, folding widthways twice then walking towards each other with the ends, a bit like a barn dance!!
rosie.
Excuse my ignorance, what is a bagwash?i still prefer the bag wash though Our Maurice. its warmer
a bag wash is were to put your washing in a bag of some sort and take it to a launderette to wash it,or get them to wash it.Excuse my ignorance, what is a bagwash?
Bob
The Launderette, according to my mate's late gran who was Irish. There is no launderette where I live now. There was one where I used to live in bedsit land. Then the estate agent said all the houses have washing machines, it is expected. Our old one became a shoe shop.Excuse my ignorance, what is a bagwash?
Bob
I still have my parents' laundry bag, they used it for heavy shopping. It's big reinforced sort of woven plastic hessian if that makes sense, blue and white small checked. We use it for small logs twigs and heavy garden rubbish and things.a bag wash is were to put your washing in a bag of some sort and take it to a launderette to wash it,or get them to wash it.
and bring it home in a bag