I Remember When

Coke fires.....difficult to light, but great heat when going....

I remember having to go and get the coke from the gas works. We had an old pram that we took and, after queuing up behind folk with various containers, we positioned it under a chute where a man pulled a lever to fill the pram. I then had to push it home but luckily that was only one block away. By eck, life was tough.

Ties: hardly anyone (BBC newsreaders excepted) seems to wear one

Long Johns. Nobody in UK wears them these days!

Coke fires.....difficult to light, but great heat when going....

I remember having to go and get the coke from the gas works. We had an old pram that we took and, after queuing up behind folk with various containers, we positioned it under a chute where a man pulled a lever to fill the pram. I then had to push it home but luckily that was only one block away. By eck, life was tough.

   Yes I did it in the winter ,had to walk about 1 mile ....good old days

Coke fires.....difficult to light, but great heat when going....

I remember having to go and get the coke from the gas works. We had an old pram that we took and, after queuing up behind folk with various containers, we positioned it under a chute where a man pulled a lever to fill the pram. I then had to push it home but luckily that was only one block away. By eck, life was tough.

Write your comments here...we did that too. I had a trolley ( you'd probably call it a buggy) it was made out of bits of wood and pram wheels. My brother and I used to go down to the gas works on a Saturday morning. The hard part was the steep uphill pull on the way back.

I remember the days before jet aeroplanes, when all planes had propellers.

I remember when you didn't have to undress to get on a plane. 

There was no imported rubbish like Halloween or trick or treat

When policemen rode bycycles

When policemen actually walked the beat.