What USED to be in shops?

thriftlady_2

Churchmouse wrote: »

( I think she's secretly on commission with amazon;) )

Gosh, I think I should be, do you think they'd go for it ?:D

Gingernutmeg

THIRZAH wrote: »

I remember biscuits being sold loose out of deep, square tins.

My grandpa used to live in an old Co-op and I've 'inherited' an old biscuit tin holder. It's a massive but fantastically useful piece of furniture - it's like a long, low angled shelf unit, with four sections, each one made to take three (I think) of the old biscuit tins. It's got a piece at the top with 'Cooperative Society' written on it in gold. Only problem is that it's massive, and very heavy, so it's living in my parent's shed until I live somewhere that'll take it lol.

Kadeeae

Churchmouse wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Join the queue.:D My Dh loses colour and groans when I say *Guess what, thriftlady recommends............* ( I think she's secretly on commission with amazon;) )

Hehe, thank goodness she doesn't charge for recommendations!

thriftlady_2

Kadeeae wrote: »

Hehe, thank goodness she doesn't charge for recommendations!

Mmmm.......:think:

Churchmouse

Don't you dare.........:rotfl:

Kadeeae

:rotfl:

You know, there are times when some thoughts are best kept to oneself. I really should learn that one . . . .

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bibbly

Not quite what you were thinking of but I can remember being able to buy single cigarettes.

Yes I obviously had a mis-spent youth )

Bibbly
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MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I seem to remember before 1970 there was very little in the way of convenience foods,tinned fruit and veg and a few frozen foods fish fingers,beef burgers and the like.They were very expensive compared to fresh ingredients, the opposite of today.People went shopping daily and I remember buying eggs which were put into paper bags to bring home,they always broke.Also the cheese,butter,tea,sugar and flour all weighed out when you wanted it.The butcher and the baker took your order the day before and delivered it at no extra cost.At Christmas time and other occasions everyone seemed to have tinned ham and tinned salmon which was a luxury,although I never liked either.
Although not food,sanitary protection which has an aisle of it's own in the supermarket could only be bought in the chemist.I used to think it was Fish and chips they were buying as my mum or gran would walk in to the chemist and ask for a pkt of number 1s or number 2s.They would sit down and wait while the assistant would bring something (I did'nt know anything about sanitary towels or Dr white at the time) wrapped in newspaper and hand them sheepishly over the counter.My aunt told me she would'nt even go in for them if the chemist was in as he was a man and she was too embarrassed.How things have changed.

oldMcDonald

bibbly wrote: »

Not quite what you were thinking of but I can remember being able to buy single cigarettes.

Yes I obviously had a mis-spent youth )

Bibbly
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I had forgotten that!! Our local Wavy Line shop used to sell one JPS for 10p.

bertiebots

Not quite pre-war...:D but I was born in the early seventies and we had a fruit & veg van, a spud man who sold huge sacks of potatoes, a bread/bakery van, alpine pop van (re-fillable bottles)and a fish van...and up the road was an old fashioned butchers ( i can still remember the smell) Next door to the butchers was a greengrocer .I remember the walls icecream van that came round and the cones were a rectangle shape , the icecream was wrapped in paper and you put it in the cone yourself!:D ...no mister softee!! We also had a huge local market that people came to from miles around every wed and sat, sadly that has reduced to next to nothing since the large supermarket was built in 1981.

I also remember being able to buy single cigs from the news agents and a match(yes just the one!):o :rotfl: