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ive lived in the land downunder for the last 30 years and thinking back to when i lived in woodseats how did we get rid of large items of rubbish. furniture , building rubbish etc was there somewhere to take it or did the council pick it up . for the life of me i cant remember thanks in advance for any answers

left school at the age of 16 in 1967 and got an apprenticeship with the gas company on commercial st was paid 5 pounds and 50 pence forthe first week. cant remember how much i got back of mum but always p had enough to go out with after a couple of weeks it went up to 7 pounds 50pence as the bloke i worked with always put us down for overtime

this topics probably been covered before but where did you have your first pint or similar and which pub, for me i was 17 back in 1968 and it was in the jack in the box on silkstone rd frecheville . how about you

hi only just fond this thread its a few years old but anitajm i was one of your brother michaels best friends we were at thornbridge grammer together it was in our last years there when we used to wag school we always went to your house to spend the day as your mum was at work, iremember youas his sister. roy was a bit of a tearaway and john was in the air force or army if i remember right but i dont remember your older sister, the knight brothers lived across the road before emigrating to australia are you in contact with michael we both went our own ways when we left school

why is it that once your in a relationship your called babe or hun or darl etc your never called by your real name again,and once you have kids your not called by an affectionate name ,your just dad does anyone have any other names they are affectionally called

does anyone remember the name of the restaurant back in the late 80s next door to the big tree on chesterfield rd it was behind the offices of i ithink a building company .you drove through the gates and was met by someone who parked your car for you. the staff were all italian and it was quite inexpensive .mainly burgers and pasta dishes .if it was your birthday or some other occasion and they got to know they would come out to your table with sparklers in there hands and sing happy birthday in there italian accent, cant for the life of me remember the name of it i dont think it lasted too long

a couple of years ago i did a job for a couple and when i finished the husband paid me and said before you go my wife and i would like you to have this.i was hoping for a nice tip but instead he put a small blue bible from the seventh day adventist church.feeling let down i left quickly after a quick thanks just wondering if anyone else has recieved things they didnt expect or want

all i can say is australia 4 gbr3 WOO HOO

talking of being sexist i can recall my wedding night to wife number 1 after doing the buisness and lying side by side she said dont think your doing this every night and she was true to her word. why did she get to call the shots by the way im onto wife number 3

i have a useless step son that lives down the garden in a converted garage who decided to get a mutt as useless as he is,my other half has to go and feed it and let it out.i have to pick up all its buisness before i can mow the grass so i scoop it up on the shovel and throw it under his window cant wait for summer and it gets warm

I recall my wife saying “If I find out that you have been having sex with me I will be extremely annoyed”. `

hey rockers rule the other half an ozzie use to make liver bacon and tomatoes regularly until i pointed out where the liver came from, and now she wont make it anymore poor little lambs,as for the frey bentos pie in a tin yes can get that easily but its like eating dog food with flaky pastry on top im sure im going to remember more, one to forget was the school tapioca pudding like eating fish eyes

been in australia now for 30 years but still miss certain foods .cant buy frey bentos steak and kydney puddings anywhere. remember after a night out you could get cod and chips covered in curry sauce yum over here everything closes by 9pm no going for a curry on london rd at midnight.if ever im on my own i have homemade chips and fried egg with a slice of fresh bread and butter what a treat my other half turns her nose up at it , and dont mention yorkshire puddings its enough to make me pack up and come home anybody else miss there favourite foods because of where they live

Does anyone still take sandwiches to work for lunch ,with all the take aways etc so convenient but years ago before all these sprung up what did you take to work for lunch. I remember my dad back inthe 50s use to take cold bacon sandwiches , mum would make his pack up the night before and put it in his bag for work , a khaki nap sack from the army and general store

Just recently been introduced into australia,you take them to the waste recycling centre ,they are spread around the city .its about the size of a large skip,as soon as you start feeding them through the hole it clocks up every bottle you send through at the end you can either press todonate the money or you get a docket to to take to woolworths and get a cash refund, in oz every bottle or canis 10 cents but it doesnt accept wine bottles, not a fortune to be made but it adds up and the garbage bin is emptier

Im out here in oz is there a way of finding out if my names still on the deeds of a house i lived in with my ex in woodseats, i dont have any contact with her but i believe she still lives there

It was on hill st his name was armando i bought my lambretta from him it had a shop glass front and was about 2 steps up the front room was full of scooters and had to put a plank down to get a scooter out of the shop,

Met my 1st wife in there when l was 18 she had a boyfriend in prison as well, every body told me to keep clear but l got married to her anyway, 7 years later she met him again by chance when we were out shopping in town one saturday afternoon ,she ended up having an affair with him and we got divorced, its a cruel world

The birley hotel was my local in the late60s and 70s had live bands every night if i remember, i was a member of the birley boys we had the tables altogether down the centre of the room. Watched bands like the daisies, great times. occasionally the boys from the old blue bell would come in for a good group, sometimes it would kick off and had a good fight ,my best mate was looking out for me one fight and hit one of them over the head with one of those heavy pint pots with the handle ,great days

Just been stung for 10000 by a phoney paypal reported to police but dont think ill get my money back

First wage was in 67 as an apprentice gasfitter and was 5 pounds

I was a 16 yrold apprentice gas fitter went for christmas drinks in the raven off west st beers then vodka and orange was absolutley legless but the bloke who took me in looked after me and delivered me home to my mother.

Are you in australia cos its not easy at all if theres anyone reading in oz id be grateful for any input how to get back on live chat if i press on the previos links for live chat it says account dissabled

Been to the bank today and they advize to call the fraud squad over the entropay withdrawal i will do that tomorrow , how long do paypal transactions usually take,when i bid to buy on gumtree the seller would not accept payment any other way than paypal, she said do it through live help and they will guide you through it,because it was 9000 they said it would need a merchant bank to do the transaction,well i must have supplied abou a dozen photos of me, my drivers licence me with my drivers licence utility bill etc any way they gave me the bank details to pay the 9000 into,i thought it would be safer to do it via my bank so i went in they did a bank withdrawal from my account and then sent to the bank as i was given details.however ther was a 9 number reference to be put on the deposit slip but the bank could only put a 7 number reference on,i informed paypal so they could inform the merhant bank and now im where im at ,i dont know if my money is floating around in cyber space,the guy from paypal said it was automated an would not recognise the deposit as i said previosly i cannot now get into live help,by the way ive spoken to 4 operators now and thy are all called david ,is it a coincidence

Hi just wondering if anyone has lost completly on paypal, im in australia and think ive just been shafted for almost 10000 dollars ,i bid on a motorhome for 9000 and the seller would only deal through paypal, at the moment ive been on live help line ive sent 9000 via bank transfer to a merchant bank i think is in the uk because of the amount,they also took out of my account almost 900 dollars without permission someone called entro pay, now i cant get in touch with paypal any way there are no phone numbers only the help chat line and you have to be invited, its been ongoing now for 3 weeks ,is it just paypal that is slow to make interest on the money i dont know how to check