RMweb Gold Downendian Posted July 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2011 Beers Courage brewed in Bristol, Theakstones brewed in Masham, Boddingtons brewed in Strangeways. They are not the same item now. Old Grey Whistle test Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2011 Desirable men! Yeah - I understand we are still in very short supply? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2011 Oh I do miss non-corridor coaches.... So do I! A great place to pass some time with a friendly lady! Hurst Green - Edenbridge Town, anyone? Oh, and Sole Street to Rochester had some charms, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 So do I! A great place to pass some time with a friendly lady! Hurst Green - Edenbridge Town, anyone? Oh, and Sole Street to Rochester had some charms, too! Blackpool - Preston....then Preston - Bolton..... and onto the final leg..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Beers Coursge brewed in Bristol, ... That would be the company from London that bought out George's Brewery in 1961. The latter traced its origins back to 1788 and is perhaps more missable than anything with a Courage label Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2011 That would be the company from London that bought out George's Brewery in 1961. The latter traced its origins back to 1788 and is perhaps more missable than anything with a Courage label Yes, Courage, Barclay & Simmonds I think they became then. Courage had taken over Barclay Perkins in the late-50s, I think. Courage and Guinness jointly promoted Harp Lager, too. Like all takeovers, there were good products they retained, and Bristol Stout survived the takeover you mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 ...Like all takeovers, there were good products they retained, and Bristol Stout survived the takeover you mention. Well, I have to admit to being too young to have developed a taste for stout at that time. Apart from noticing the change of signs, my main memory of the takeover was of my father telling me of one local who had said "Arr, an 'e need courage to drink the bl**dy stuff too". Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2011 Well, I have to admit to being too young to have developed a taste for stout at that time. Apart from noticing the change of signs, my main memory of the takeover was of my father telling me of one local who had said "Arr, an 'e need courage to drink the bl**dy stuff too". Nick I'm not surprised - when they took over Simonds in Reading I'm sure that Courage's 'no, we haven't changed it at all' version of Simonds Best Bitter included at least a dash of Fairy Liquid as it acquired a distinctly soapy taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hale Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 My Dad. I would like to have five minutes with him, if only to say goodbye. Tim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Missed......The beautiful girls when I was a boy. They're all pensioners now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 10, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2011 Spangles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Stalwart Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 My Dad. I would like to have five minutes with him, if only to say goodbye. Tim Me too. Very much missed along with my Mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Missed......The beautiful girls when I was a boy. They're all pensioners now! Some pensioners - male and female - are still attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 11, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2011 Some pensioners - male and female - are still attractive. Yes, and a lot more interesting than skinny teens and twenties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted July 11, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2011 I'm not surprised - when they took over Simonds in Reading I'm sure that Courage's 'no, we haven't changed it at all' version of Simonds Best Bitter included at least a dash of Fairy Liquid as it acquired a distinctly soapy taste Continuity is no guarantee, however - as far as I know Arkells has never been taken over by anybody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 11, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2011 Continuity is no guarantee, however - as far as I know Arkells has never been taken over by anybody Add Everards to that list http://www.everards.co.uk/about/ . I was warned off it by the locals when I was doing some work in Leicester. However many of these are actually brewed in Masham http://www.theakstons.co.uk/ales/index.html contrary to another comment VESTA curries (truly terrible, but an exotic taste of the Orient when at home in the 60s. You can still get them - in the 99p shop! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 FROG Kits for me. Always seemed to be better quality than Airfix; and didn't come in strange plastic colours. I particularily remember the 1:72 P47 Thunderbolt. My first Airfix kit was a 'boil in the bag' job.... can't remember which one... was the Chinook ever in a plastic bag? If so..... All this in choice in Bude, of all places, and me not much more than 7 or 8, I think. Cheers Jan ...and as I remember, their range included quite a lot of aircraft types that Airfix didn't do, including some really obscure stuff- One I remember particularly was the Bristol 138A (a 1930's high-altitude research plane)... http://www.ipmsstock...ies_bristol.htm The one thing I always remember about Frog kits was that the decals were often awful with carrier film that fell apart at the slightest hint of water. The other kit range I remember as a kid was the one that Matchbox released in the early 70's. The newsagents just along the road from my grandparents sold Matchbox cars, and started to stock the kits when they came out. Every visit to my grandparents seemed to involve calling in there and buying one- I probably built more of them than I did Airfix, as buying Airfix kits meant a trip into town to go to Woolworths. Again, a slightly more adventurous choice of prototype than Airfix, and moulded in several colours- allegedly so you didn't have to paint them (though you ended up with some very oddly-coloured planes if you didn't) Quite a lot of them resurfaced as part of the Revell range, and I think some still available http://www.matchboxkits.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Missed......The beautiful girls when I was a boy. They're all pensioners now! Some pensioners - male and female - are still attractive. I didnt say otherwise and it wasnt the point I was making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Clive Mendonca of Charlton Athletic. First "hero" of football I had. Knew where the goal was like no other striker I've seen since. One of only three people (until this year, two people) to score a hat trick in a cup final at Wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Easily available wheel form tools for P87 (from Joe Brook-Smith when he was alive) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 'Harrington jacket' Ben Sherman shirt, Two-tone Levi 'Sta-Prest' trousers Loafers (with tassles). . All topped of with a 'pork pie hat' . So attired, with chest inflated, walking into 'Kwik Snax' Wood St. Cardiff before a leisurely stroll to the 'old' Ninian Park Hotel in order to irrigate the vocal chords prior to spending two-hours of a Saturday afternoon watching Brian Clark and John Toshack from the 'Grange End'. And no BSkyB to inflate footballers heads to such an extent they forget their roots. Brian R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrynick Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Paynes Poppets - sold in vending machines on stations, sufficiently tasty to keep skinny young gricers on a tight budget going 'til they got back to Mum's dinner. The factory still exists......just North of The Purley Way on the A23.....giving off that marvelous aroma ! gerrynick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Modellers that know how to make things, rather than just buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Modellers that know how to make things, rather than just buy them. I think there are still a few of us left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dorset Wanderer Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I haven't got the luxury of that choice anyway-reason i converted to 3mm. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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