Turk Thrust Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 The Greenun. Match report almost before you got home Ram-Alf and Reggie Greenwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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. Miggins, Ram-Alf and Hans Datdo-Dishes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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..... Ram-Alf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogram Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 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 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB SPORTS Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, I DONT MIND said: Draw a sandbag up and take a seat ? GB SPORTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 5 hours ago, Gaspode said: Midland Drapery..... That became Ranby’s ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Thrust Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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 I know nothing and Reggie Greenwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 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 ? Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Reggie Greenwood said: That became Ranby’s ? Midlands Drapery was knocked down and replaced with the lovely Audley Centre…. Elwood P Dowd and I know nothing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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