Padders   2,849 #145 Posted May 11, 2018 Lots of folks who had no garden had an allotment, so you could pinch rhubarb at will lol. In the summer we would leave home at the crack of dawn and not come home until teatime, lived on Rhubarb, crab apples, blackberries, gooseberries and turnips from the fields.except for the blackberries, all the other stuff would be pinched. There were also plenty of dock leaves around to wipe yer bum if you took short during the outing.  Ha Ha Ha, True. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hobbinfootju   10 #146 Posted May 12, 2018 As a kid my mam used to send me to the old Wordsworth Tavern every Sunday while she was cooking the dinner. I was sent with a empty Tizer bottle to get her a pint of dinner ale whatever that was from the off sales, and she drank it while she was doing the dinner waiting for dad from the Beagle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
francypants   441 #147 Posted May 12, 2018 Remember when everyone had rhubarb growing in the garden.. a stick of rhubarb, and a bag of sugar to dip it in.  Show off, I used to dream of a bag for my sugar, used to have to put mine in a piece of newspaper and tie it like the blue bags of salt in a bag of crisps.  What soft ayepaths you lads were..... I ate my rhubarb without sugar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DUFFEMS Â Â 55 #148 Posted May 12, 2018 Did anyone have cocoa powder with sugar in a bag? Â What about coltsfoot sticks and licorice root, it lasted ages that stuff! Â Regards, Duffems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mike-s   13 #149 Posted May 12, 2018 mmm liquorice root, used to buy it from the herbal shop near the peace gardens in the 60s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
old tup   30 #150 Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) mmm liquorice root, used to buy it from the herbal shop near the peace gardens in the 60s. Didn,t liquorice root used to be a staple crop grown in the Wakefield area years ago?.As a kid I loved it it was cheap to buy and I would chew and suck it until was reduced to shreds,another favourite of mine when I was flush with dosh was Highland toffee with the picture of a long haired highland cow on it!.Also can anyone remember herbal cigarettes they weren,t too bad either all purchased from the beer off at the bottom of Farfield Road,he sold single cigs to us schoolkids he would be sent to hell nowadays for it now how times have changed!. Edited May 12, 2018 by old tup missed word Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
suzyoo   11 #151 Posted May 12, 2018 Didn,t liquorice root used to be a staple crop grown in the Wakefield area years ago?.As a kid I loved it it was cheap to buy and I would chew and suck it until was reduced to shreds,another favourite of mine when I was flush with dosh was Highland toffee with the picture of a long haired highland cow on it!.Also can anyone remember herbal cigarettes they weren,t too bad either all purchased from the beer off at the bottom of Farfield Road,he sold single cigs to us schoolkids he would be sent to hell nowadays for it now how times have changed!.  mcCowans highland toffee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MR FOX   10 #152 Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) mcCowans highland toffee  ++++++++++: Edited September 2, 2018 by MR FOX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981 Â Â 10 #153 Posted May 12, 2018 Didn,t liquorice root used to be a staple crop grown in the Wakefield area years ago?.As a kid I loved it it was cheap to buy and I would chew and suck it until was reduced to shreds,another favourite of mine when I was flush with dosh was Highland toffee with the picture of a long haired highland cow on it!.Also can anyone remember herbal cigarettes they weren,t too bad either all purchased from the beer off at the bottom of Farfield Road,he sold single cigs to us schoolkids he would be sent to hell nowadays for it now how times have changed!. Â Talking of fags for schoolkids, I seem to remember some small cigs in a paper packet called Dominos, can't remember if I ever smoked them though. The joysticks fags were popular with kids too, about 6" long. you could cut them down to small enough lengths for a quick drag in the bogs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
old tup   30 #154 Posted May 12, 2018 I remember Woodbines sold in paper packets of ten the cigs of choice for us as kids was Park Drive,down sarf it was Players Weights!.Remember Craven A,Turf with the unicorn on the packet,our old boy smoked Capstan full strength my mother said he used to cough sparks,they were the strongest cigs you could buy!!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jim Hardie   523 #155 Posted May 12, 2018 I remember Woodbines sold in paper packets of ten the cigs of choice for us as kids was Park Drive,down sarf it was Players Weights!.Remember Craven A,Turf with the unicorn on the packet,our old boy smoked Capstan full strength my mother said he used to cough sparks,they were the strongest cigs you could buy!!.  Weren't the paper packets for fives? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
old tup   30 #156 Posted May 12, 2018 Weren't the paper packets for fives?  Correct I wasn't,t sure it was five,the grey matter has failed me again Jim!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...