Dizzy Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 ha ha....yes I remember the hairdryers and us sharing them too, they were just like a wide flexible tube of a hoover and more often than not had the end missing. Not sure if they were a penny when we used to go though <trying to sound younger than I am> ). I want a cup of bovril now................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 The best part of the baths was using the sixpence bus fare home to buy a bag of broken biscuits from Woolworth then honing your bargaining skills trading a nearly complete custard cream for one and a half malted milks. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 You lot were right posh. I remember us having a telly for a couple of years that had a coin meter on the back. That was the first physical fight I ever had with my dad: he wanted to put the last shilling in leccy meter so we could have hot water and cooked meals and stuff. I wanted to watch Des O'Connor at the London Palledium. Guess who won? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Are you joking about TV's once having a coin meter Fugs ? :shock: ........I remember ours being black and white and only having a few channels...oh and hitting it hard on the side if it went wonky to get the picture back on... but never coins to power it.Remember I'm a LOT younger than you lot so I'm never too sure re: people joking about the 'old days' vs fact and reality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 My brother had one that you put coins in not too long back either. So much went to the rental of the tv and the rest could be used to buy other items from the place it was rented from. Bit like a catalogue thing where you got the stuff and then paid for it so much a week using the TV. (will have to ask him who it was with if he can remember it was in the nineties i am fairly sure). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Are you joking about TV's once having a coin meter Fugs ? :shock: ........I remember ours being black and white and only having a few channels...oh and hitting it hard on the side if it went wonky to get the picture back on... but never coins to power it. Remember I'm a LOT younger than you lot so I'm never too sure re: people joking about the 'old days' vs fact and reality My mates mum and dad had a coin meter TV for years Dizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Are you joking about TV's once having a coin meter Fugs ? :shock: ........I remember ours being black and white and only having a few channels...oh and hitting it hard on the side if it went wonky to get the picture back on... but never coins to power it. Remember I'm a LOT younger than you lot so I'm never too sure re: people joking about the 'old days' vs fact and reality Haha, no, it's true about the coin operated telly, though I may have made the rest up. I also remember at some point they used to have a small coin operated cigarette vending machine in the house. The cig man used to come weekly to top it up and take the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Blimey how did it fit in the kitchen https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJaHMJYPyBVZ698hOBIc4JyesBNjD_r1TzyDuEvviqNxui2_W3Gg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Heh, like I say, it was only a small one, guess it held around 40 packs or so and I think the idea was, like the slot telly, to help with budgeting. From my child perspective, I just thought it was the grown ups playing shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Haha, no, it's true about the coin operated telly, though I may have made the rest up. I also remember at some point they used to have a small coin operated cigarette vending machine in the house. The cig man used to come weekly to top it up and take the money. The shops in Bewsey used to sell single cigarettes and a match.... times were hard back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 The chippie just near the Barracks did as well 3d for a Park Drive and two matches. or the full packet of 5 were 1/- that was about 1965 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Ref. coin meters on televisions, I actually fitted them and collected the money once a month. I was a TV engineer in the 60's and some customers rented the TV and paid the monthly rental through the meter. The meters took a six penny piece (you got a lot for sixpence in those days). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 The chippie just near the Barracks did as well 3d for a Park Drive and two matches. or the full packet of 5 were 1/- that was about 1965 And the same chippie used to buy the vouchers you collected in Embassy/Kensitas at 2/- per hundred (if my memory serves me right) Think you got 2 vouchers in 10 packs and 5 in 20's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 My brother had one that you put coins in not too long back either. So much went to the rental of the tv and the rest could be used to buy other items from the place it was rented from. Bit like a catalogue thing where you got the stuff and then paid for it so much a week using the TV. (will have to ask him who it was with if he can remember it was in the nineties i am fairly sure). My mates mum and dad had a coin meter TV for years Dizz Haha, no, it's true about the coin operated telly, though I may have made the rest up. I also remember at some point they used to have a small coin operated cigarette vending machine in the house. The cig man used to come weekly to top it up and take the money. Ref. coin meters on televisions, I actually fitted them and collected the money once a month. I was a TV engineer in the 60's and some customers rented the TV and paid the monthly rental through the meter. The meters took a six penny piece (you got a lot for sixpence in those days). OK I believe you all now No disrespect to the rest of you but I still thought you were all winding me up until Victor posted too. So now I feel stupid, some of you may realise why Anyway....am I understanding right that these TV coin meters were like a piggy bank to save towards the rental payment rather than to actually power the TV ? As for the coin operated cig machines in peoples homes Fugs, yeah right course they did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Here you go Dizzy.... you may find this enlightening!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2923545/Automatic-whisky-sodas-24-hour-POTATO-service-bizarre-vintage-vending-machines-never-knew-existed.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Great link and photo's on there Baz. Thanks for that, really interesting although some are a bit bizarre Victor, if you're still reading look on the link, there's a pic of one you would definitely find useful.... WORMS !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 I was amused by the spud vending machine. 20lbs of spuds for 6 bob bargain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 I can remember, in the 60's, a chip vending machine, it was situated at the rear of the old Poplars Transport Cafe in Lymm They didn't taste too good apparently they were made from extruded powdered mashed spud and then deep fried !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Here you go Dizzy.... you may find this enlightening!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2923545/Automatic-whisky-sodas-24-hour-POTATO-service-bizarre-vintage-vending-machines-never-knew-existed.html Blimey !!! 1963 6 eggs 2/6 That is £2.41 in todays money. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/01/23/24E901C900000578-2923545-1960_Derbyshire_England_UK_A_woman_collects_pre_packed_eggs_from-a- 157_1422027472509.jpg http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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