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I think these were issued before the two tier system was started, thats what they call
the separation of first and second class mail. I spent my whole working life from 1953
til 1995 , 42 years with Royal Mail. Bernard(am still a member of the UCW, union)
 
That's interesting Bernard. Never occurred to me that there wasn't always a first and second class post. So pre-two tier system, everything must have had an individual postage dependent on weight. Have I got that right? Viv
 
There hasn't always been first and second class postage Viv. I am certain that all letter post was the same, but of course parcels would have been weighed. I do seem to remember that if birthday cards and Christmas cards were sent through the post unsealed, then it was a bit cheaper. I wonder if someone on the Forum can confirm any of this.
 
Thanks Maggs. I also remember postcards were cheaper to send too as they were 'open'. Viv.
 
I don't think you can Carolina. It was used for crops many many years ago, some sort of insect killer, but it proved to be poison and that practice was stopped. I think most of us remember it as bug killer for houses don't we?
 
Carolina, I always assumed that black bats were cockroaches, were they? We certainly had them in the house I grew up in.
 
HI MAGGS;
On this subject of black bats yes i think i am a specialist on this matter because we was severely over run by these dammed things
we had hundreds day and night running around ourhouse up stairs and down stairs in there masses the walls use to shine like a suit of armour on the walls
and the floors and stair cases to get up or down the stairs
when you waked up in the morning andput the stairs light on most would scatter in the wood work and others you had to crush .some was huge and small
and down stairs living room was the same with the floors you could not walk around until you killed then by crushig them but as fast as you done it another couple of hundred will apear over night ; and some wold run around during the day and you would have to stamp on them ;
5 / 92 lichfield rd was a real slum from charls dickens day a little one up and down i bed room for twelve people to live in ;
8 boys two girls it was a night mare to live there they was in the food cubbards and side boards
our particular house walls was directly behind thompsons slaughterhouse you could pigs sqealing and the smell coming through the walls and the extra bonus which we never wanted was the red plastwer bugs of the night time crawling all over you and your bed by the dozens
we kept bringing in the health department for years in the end my mother seen her fathers family whom was big noises then with in the council and thecity to get us out and they did emediatly and moved to a great house with a bath room ; and a rear garden and it was a thre bed house
in king edwards rd ladywood birmingham 18 so you see i can relate to them we did call them black batts and cock roaches ; was the nick names in those days
best wishes alan ;; astonian;;
 
Hello Astonian, yes I can picture the scene. Anywhere where there are pigs, there will be cockroaches (black bats). We had a slaughter house at the back of where I grew up, and the pigs were delivered every Sunday afternoon ready for the slaughter on Monday mornings. I hated it, and all the horrible crawlies that went with these old properties. We were also alive with silver fish, which when the light was put on scurried back to their hiding places. I could never live like that again, and although we all have some happy memories of the old areas and community values, the slums were best razed to the ground, and I for one, am glad they were.
 
Stitcher, Borax is used these days in factories that manufacture cardboard, but whether it is still available generally I'm not sure. The only Arm and Hammer I see these days is toothpaste. Never seen Kirks soap though.
 
Jacob's biscuits are still around, but alas this common sight in grocery shops has gone. Viv.

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I thought Kilner-type jars had faded away but this morning in Blackheath Market I noticed some replacement rubber rings for sale. My jars gradually got broken over the years. Also they have those little greased paper circles to put on jam before you put the plastic film on top. It brought back memories of bottling fruit and helping Mom make jam.
rosie.
 
Rosie, you have brought back memories to me about those little circles one put on top of the jam before the plastic cover on top (in my day i think we put cellaphane over the jar and sealed it with an rubber band) mom always made our jam never had store bought jam and l remember my favourite was plumb also blackberry and even rhubarb...brenda
 
I noticed in the supermarket they had a conical measuring cup for flour, sugar, liquids etc. Mom had one free with washing powder, I've had a metal one for more than 30yrs, it has outlasted several set of kitchen scales.
rosie.
 
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