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Which means of course you are still a 'youngster' Rusty, by my standards anyway cos I read 'em before that war...still remember our Sunday morning treat when dad brought us breakfast in bed plus the newspaper to read...back then I believe it was the News of The world.....H News of the World The People Sunday Pictorial Sunday Express The Despatch Sunday Graphic The Observer Reynolds News The Sunday Times in order of popularity on my 1947 Paper Round ;-) |
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I used to grow tobacco, and cure the leaves. The baccy was good, too, but I've given up smoking since. I did try making insecticide with the waste, and it was effective, but didn't keep. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ that too I grew around 1947 but gave it away to a friend who used it for 'chewing baccy'....was too strong for me....quit smoking anywaymany many moons ago....H |
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in order of popularity on my 1947 Paper Round ;-) 1947....working at Rowntrees as a Planning Clerk...the so called beginning of my 'Industrial career'...that did not last too long....figured navy life was better so rejoined for a few more years....H |
#274
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... in order of popularity on my 1947 Paper Round ;-) 1947....working at Rowntrees as a Planning Clerk...the so called beginning of my 'Industrial career'...that did not last too long....figured navy life was better so rejoined for a few more years....H One of the GPO Telephone Students I had when I was teaching in Leamington Spa, had in the past worked for Rowntrees, 'stiring chocolate for two whole days' ;-)) Mike |
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from "Harold Walker" contains these words: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message k... The message I've read pre-war papers and reprints of some, but post-war. And that would be WWII. Which means of course you are still a 'youngster' Rusty, by my standards anyway cos I read 'em before that war...still remember our Sunday morning treat when dad brought us breakfast in bed plus the newspaper to read...back then I believe it was the News of The world.....H I don't remember reading newspapers until after the war. I took (rather, was given) the Children's Newspaper, and occasionally glanced at the Ole Man's Daily Telegraph. (I don't think he was best pleased when I got into crosswords, and when he was stumped, used to finish them for him...) -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from "Harold Walker" contains these words: I used to grow tobacco, and cure the leaves. The baccy was good, too, but I've given up smoking since. I did try making insecticide with the waste, and it was effective, but didn't keep. that too I grew around 1947 but gave it away to a friend who used it for 'chewing baccy'....was too strong for me....quit smoking anywaymany many moons ago....H I used to cure stuff which varied from Force 1 to Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale. The mildest was suitable for cigarettes, and was cured using honey and whisky. Once, drying some which had been a bit liberally dosed with 'the creature', and was still too wet to slice, I overheated it a bit on top of the stove and ended up with a lightly toasted tobacco not unlike Gauloises, and that became a stock formula. (Patrick Lichfield was favourably inclined towards it.) Hurricane-strength stuff was started by bruising, and augmented by the addition of molasses and dark rum before being rolled very tightly and bound in whipcord till the juices oozed. If you opened a biscuit tin in my house then, there'd be stacks of thin carrot-shaped 'mummies' inside, and a delicious aroma of rum, whisky or brandy would become apparant... -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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I don't remember reading newspapers until after the war. I took (rather, was given) the Children's Newspaper, Ah!! Arthur Mee if I remember correctly :-)) |
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If you opened a biscuit tin in my house then, there'd be stacks of thin carrot-shaped 'mummies' inside, and a delicious aroma of rum, whisky or brandy would become apparant... -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ More than likely by far better a aroma when being smoked than the average commercial 'joint'..H |
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.. Oh yes it has. It's only since the war that it's joined the Dandy and the Sun. -- Martin Ah, the Sun....was amazed to see the number of folk reading such a trashy newspaper when on my recent trip....I know it to be trashy as I wondered why so many were buying it...bought one and found out....that 'aint' a newspaper. |
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Charlie Pridham wrote:
"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... what are the requirements for a newspaper to be called 'a real newspaper'? That it gets the fire going even when damp :~) I was told (mumble years ago) that The Grauniad was best for lighting fires. But most newspapers have changed the formula for their ink these days, as people didn't like smudgy hands. Sally H |
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I was told (mumble years ago) that The Grauniad was best for lighting fires. But most newspapers have changed the formula for their ink these days, as people didn't like smudgy hands. Sally H The Glass Blowers at Cockington in Devon told me that the Financial Times is an ideal newspaper to form into a wet pad for shaping :-)) Mike |
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In article ,
Harold Walker wrote: Ah, the Sun....was amazed to see the number of folk reading such a trashy newspaper when on my recent trip....I know it to be trashy as I wondered why so many were buying it...bought one and found out....that 'aint' a newspaper. That's because it isn't one - it's a nudespaper. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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That's because it isn't one - it's a nudespaper. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Not even worth using in a manner that it was used by many a poorer household in the days of old....H |
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... . That's because it isn't one - it's a nudespaper. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Not even worth using in a manner that it was used by many a poorer household in the days of old....H Ah! The cut squares with a piece of string holding them together and hung on a nail on the inside wall at the bottom of the garden ;-)) Mike |
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Not even worth using in a manner that it was used by many a poorer household in the days of old....H Ah! The cut squares with a piece of string holding them together and hung on a nail on the inside wall at the bottom of the garden ;-))////////////with a weekly visitor stopping by Mike Yes sir, but some were too lazy to cut into squares...just tore off a piece as needed......H |
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