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Yes Yes loved looking at the toys at Christmas. You could buy fishing rods air rifles you name it you could buy most things. There were probably rules and age laws but would like a look back through one . Sort of an equivalent to todays online shopping .

Yes with you on the magazines .My sister ran a Janet Frazer catalogue back in the 1960s loved looking through it and they had everything in them. And you could pay in full or instalments . Remember Grattans did John Moore own Littlewoods i remember Littlewoods in the City centre. Turning down...

Love the menu love the prices. I could just eat faggots and peas.

Lovely tin.

The Post Office think that is pressure for the festive time of the year think of the paper boys and girls from years ago delivering the Sunday papers with all their extra magazines inside . Fell off my bike a few times when i got the balance wrong plus the groove on your shoulder from the bag...

The mother in law always kept her spare buttons in an old sweet tin . They always had multiple uses and kept everything tidy.

I rang Gordon Ramsey to ask him why is Shortbread called Shortbread and i cannot print his answer sorry i did try.

Good sales pitch i wonder how many children persuaded their parents to stop and have look. That is why i only remember him in the City centre.

Got that tin from Marks last year and a musical Christmas tree a few years before also with shortbread in The musical chimes sadly do not work anymore but still looks nice.

We Birmingham that is used to have great Christmas lights. I remember Kong but cannot remember him being dressed up as Santa but looked good .

I have inherited an old tobacco tin with screws in from my late father in law . Cough sweets and mint tins all were handy to keep bits and pieces in.

Yes remember they were popular . Try TK Max have spotted some before and purchased them . Sometimes pot luck if you find them but you never know. Quality Street at Christmas was another one.

With you totally there would never share a mince pie .

Great family memories of Christmas past and all those Christmas Santas and drawings were made with love and to you are priceless. Hope your eyes are better.

Sounds lovely have a lovely time . Those 24 socks hold fond memories of Christmas with your family. You could get them framed and put them out on the mantlepiece Christmas.

Totally agree with you. I was driving up by the NEC on Thursday and the devastation caused to our countryside by HS2 just angers me. You are right even if there is a public consultation it makes no difference because the go ahead was already given not just months but years in advance.

Thats a good good trick in itself what a star.

Happy Birthday Lyn lovely cake . Have a lovely Afternoon Tea on Sunday.

Early to mid 1970s .

Used to go to Bingley hall to the Motor Shows before they went to the NEC . In those days you could sit in the cars and used to come out with a load of brochures for all the different cars. Does anyone remember the Joke stall the man selling the bird sound reed like thing which you put in your...