The Oldies "I remember when" thread

[Turk Thrust]

I remember my mum taking me shopping at the Midland Drapery, a department store in East Street/St Peter’s Sreet. Lovely building, long gone of course

[FindernRam]

1 hour ago, ilkleyram said:

Tommy On A Ship Of His Caught A Herring (Tan Sine Cos)

No idea what that actually means any more though 

Ahh, the dark days before Google! Don't think I used any of those angles calculations since I graduated 50 years ago.

[FindernRam]

The Greenun.

Match report almost before you got home

[Wolfie20]

Eagerly opening a new box of cereal (corn flakes?) to get to the plastic submarine. If you put baking soda in them they were supposed to rise to the surface - mine turned onto their side then sank without trace.

[FindernRam]

This is really old:

Dept store in my youth had this "pay by wire" system, way ahead of its time.

You paid real money over the counter. The assistant put it in this canister and hooked it to a wire. Pulled a cord and it disappeared across the shop to a central cashier. Some time later the wire would jiggle a bit and the cannister came flying back with your change! 

As a nipper it fascinated me and I never did figure out how it worked. Maybe even then I was showing the traits that made me become an engineer.

[Ram-Alf]

27 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

Eagerly opening a new box of cereal (corn flakes?) to get to the plastic submarine. If you put baking soda in them they were supposed to rise to the surface - mine turned onto their side then sank without trace.

Ah...a U boat then?

[Ram-Alf]

28 minutes ago, FindernRam said:

This is really old:

Dept store in my youth had this "pay by wire" system, way ahead of its time.

You paid real money over the counter. The assistant put it in this canister and hooked it to a wire. Pulled a cord and it disappeared across the shop to a central cashier. Some time later the wire would jiggle a bit and the cannister came flying back with your change! 

As a nipper it fascinated me and I never did figure out how it worked. Maybe even then I was showing the traits that made me become an engineer.

Geriatram is the man who can tell you all about this, Not sure which department store it was on the East Street area of town, Money was put in a canister and shot through a very long tube, A minute later said tube was back with change and receipt.

This guy who was known as "the fiddler on the roof" made a few bob but was caught and served time.

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2780392/Thief-hides-Sainsbury-s-roof-collects-14-500-cash-pods-sent-tubes-register-cash-office.html

[Gaspode]

7 minutes ago, Unlucky Alf said:

Geriatram is the man who can tell you all about this, Not sure which department store it was on the East Street area of town, Money was put in a canister and shot through a very long tube, A minute later said tube was back with change and receipt.

This guy who was known as "the fiddler on the roof" made a few bob but was caught and served time.

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2780392/Thief-hides-Sainsbury-s-roof-collects-14-500-cash-pods-sent-tubes-register-cash-office.html

Midland Drapery.....

[Frogram]

I remember the "pay by wire " system in Derby Co-0p , great fun to watch as a nipper . The Co-Op store in East st.  had a system of vacuum tubes , the money was placed in a small cylindrical container , then whisked away down the brass tubes to a distant room . A minute later your change arrived with a whoosh and a clatter , along with your cheque number receipt , of course . 

[Elwood P Dowd]

3 hours ago, Turk Thrust said:

I remember my mum taking me shopping at the Midland Drapery, a department store in East Street/St Peter’s Sreet. Lovely building, long gone of course

It was the best place to go and see Father Christmas ?? 

[GB SPORTS]

[Elwood P Dowd]

4 minutes ago, I DONT MIND said:

Draw a sandbag up and take a seat ?

[Gaspode]

26 minutes ago, Elwood P Dowd said:

It was the best place to go and see Father Christmas ?? 

It certainly was - I have memories of going on a Viking ship to see him ?

[Reggie Greenwood]

5 hours ago, Gaspode said:

Midland Drapery.....

That became Ranby’s ? 

[Ram-Alf]

14 minutes ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

That became Ranby’s ? 

My Mother worked there on Victoria Street in the 60s on the Deli counter right next to the escalator ?

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/nostalgia/telling-fascinating-story-iconic-derby-2450983

Edited October 27, 2022 by Unlucky Alf

[Turk Thrust]

20 minutes ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

That became Ranby’s ? 

No, it was on the corner of East St and St Peter’s Street. Ranby’s was always around and became Debenhams 

[Crewton]

6 hours ago, Frogram said:

I remember the "pay by wire " system in Derby Co-0p , great fun to watch as a nipper . The Co-Op store in East st.  had a system of vacuum tubes , the money was placed in a small cylindrical container , then whisked away down the brass tubes to a distant room . A minute later your change arrived with a whoosh and a clatter , along with your cheque number receipt , of course . 

Lansom tubes. Used on ships allot too iirc. 

[Crewton]

7 hours ago, Unlucky Alf said:

The best one was Muffin the Mule, It wasn't until I was old enough that I found out that a Muffin was something you had before bedtime ?

Reminds me of the old gag "did you know that Muffin The Mule was a sexual offence?" 

[Ram-Alf]

31 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Reminds me of the old gag "did you know that Muffin The Mule was a sexual offence?" 

Not if you were a rich Tory living in the Countryside ?

[Gaspode]

2 hours ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

That became Ranby’s ? 

Midlands Drapery was knocked down and replaced with the lovely Audley Centre….