Hours Of Fun For Two Bob!!

[old tup]

I,ve just remembered a little trick we used to amuse our selves as scruffy little buggers back in the 50s.At night as they were drawing in at one time we had a small gang of neredowells looking for mischief to relieve the boredom,we used to hang around where the pigeon coits on Cuthbert Bank are,we did all the usual things like the bullroar up the drainpipes,the window tappers,a small steel nut on cotton pinned to a house window connected to a long length of the same let out to a hiding place where we would pull on the line till it tapped the window.After a number of times of opening the door to no avail the occupants were going berserk much to our amusement.But the best laugh for us we did at the top of Cuthbert Bank near the pub,we hid behind the advertisement boarding the pavement came up to eye level.We drilled a hole in a two bob piece attached fine fishing line and threw it out on the pavement,then we waited,sure enough someone spotted it,as they bent to pick it up we yanked it away.Some of the reactions were hysterical,swearing,shock and one or two laughing,we had hours of fun for only two bob little things amusing little minds but we loved it!:hihi:.

[grinder]

With the advent of super glue that coin trick became down right embarrassing...

[chrishall]

We used to play those kind of tricks on the public when on duty and bored at the fire station, best was a 50 pence piece fresh from the oven, really wound up a passing drunk!

 

Some, me included, never really grow up.

[denlin]

We used to fasten cotton to door knockers on opposite side of road and wait until car came past, snapped cotton and rattled on two doors at same time, we used to hide behind privet. We also used to similar thing to other poster but we fastened fishing line to old empty purse. We put it in edge of gutter once and a guy drove past, spotted it, reversed back at full pelt and jumped out to grab it just as we yanked fishing line. I don't think there was any need for that language:hihi::hihi:

[hutch]

I,ve just remembered a little trick we used to amuse our selves as scruffy little buggers back in the 50s.At night as they were drawing in at one time we had a small gang of neredowells looking for mischief to relieve the boredom,we used to hang around where the pigeon coits on Cuthbert Bank are,we did all the usual things like the bullroar up the drainpipes,the window tappers,a small steel nut on cotton pinned to a house window connected to a long length of the same let out to a hiding place where we would pull on the line till it tapped the window.After a number of times of opening the door to no avail the occupants were going berserk much to our amusement.But the best laugh for us we did at the top of Cuthbert Bank near the pub,we hid behind the advertisement boarding the pavement came up to eye level.We drilled a hole in a two bob piece attached fine fishing line and threw it out on the pavement,then we waited,sure enough someone spotted it,as they bent to pick it up we yanked it away.Some of the reactions were hysterical,swearing,shock and one or two laughing,we had hours of fun for only two bob little things amusing little minds but we loved it!:hihi:.

 

We did bullroar etc in the late 40/s but you must have been rich with 2 bob.

[willybite]

We did bullroar etc in the late 40/s but you must have been rich with 2 bob.

 

hiya too true, in the late 50s 57/58 ish i used to spend ten bob in the pub each night, on 4 pints of beer and 10 cigs a few games of 5s and 3s or a few games of solo,crib, and still came home with change.