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Who else used to do it?
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 9 Jul 2013 12:29 |
Yes we did and yes dad was in RAF:) |
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Sharron | Report | 9 Jul 2013 11:01 |
I think we have spoken about this before Jude. I think I remember you has having had something to do with RAF Tangmere. |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 9 Jul 2013 10:53 |
My sisters went to the Lancastrian and Box Grove schools:)...l went to Tangmere village:) |
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~`*`Jude`*`~ | Report | 9 Jul 2013 10:51 |
Here is a link to South St.........was the shop and cottages you are referring to behind the photographer, if that makes sense?? |
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Sharron | Report | 9 Jul 2013 10:23 |
I was at the High in 1968 and working in Woolworths of a Saturday. |
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Persephone | Report | 9 Jul 2013 10:06 |
But of course... only it was in NZ.. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 9 Jul 2013 04:42 |
Can you let the media know first Sharron, would love to see a pic of you on the news lol |
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Sharron | Report | 8 Jul 2013 21:52 |
I think it is about time to start it up again. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 8 Jul 2013 21:32 |
Of course, I used to do it. |
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Sharron | Report | 8 Jul 2013 20:58 |
I haven't seen anybody do it for a long time now. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 8 Jul 2013 20:35 |
Definitely Kitty!! |
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KittytheLearnerCook | Report | 8 Jul 2013 18:47 |
Oh yes..............it is the law I think :-D |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 8 Jul 2013 18:19 |
'Fraid I regularly used to do it - and still do if I can find a suitable window :-0 |
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Malcolm | Report | 8 Jul 2013 16:54 |
No, i cann't remember when they where pulled-down. It was about the late 1950's. COVER'S timber yard was there , then OSBOURNE'S the builder's, now Apartments. Yes, i now remember the guns, were they upstairs? |
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Sharron | Report | 8 Jul 2013 16:43 |
Aren't they still there? |
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Malcolm | Report | 8 Jul 2013 16:38 |
Grandma used to walk to the Railway inn with a jug & get a pint of stout for granddad. Do you remember the cottages, a terrace of three, oppsite the road by the police station? |
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Sharron | Report | 8 Jul 2013 15:46 |
They sold guns and sporting clothes and I can remember there being toys in that area somewhere but what a fine combination, toys and guns! |
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Malcolm | Report | 8 Jul 2013 15:20 |
I remember when RUSSLE HILLSDON'S was a toy shop back in about 1953. When we used to go to vist our grandparents who lived in a cottage by the canna,l oppsite the gasworks now PO sorting office, we always spent time looking at the toys. |
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TheBlackKnight | Report | 8 Jul 2013 13:56 |
OK I CONFESS I did it at a meet in Portmouth a few years ago. :-D :-D |
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Wend | Report | 8 Jul 2013 13:00 |
'Course I have :-D |
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