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From: "Diane Sowden" <>
Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:30:48 +0100
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My God!!!! I have just remembered my mum's coop number 53865. I could
NEVER remember that, it is ONLY JUST THIS MINUTE that I have remembered it!!

Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caroline" <>
To: "Diane Sowden" <>;
<>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Coop Tickets


> I lived in Wanstead as a child and remember the Co-op van coming round. We
> would be sent to buy small items of grocery that Mum had forgotten and woe
> betide us if we forgot to quote our Co-op number (333064!!). My favourite
> purchase was a tin of chocolate fingers !
>
> Bearman's in Leytonstone had one of those tube thingamys too I think. I
> loved that store and used to get lost deliberately in it as they would
give
> me a biscuit in the office until my mother was found !
>
> Caroline
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane Sowden" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 2:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
>
>
> >I do, I remember the coop shop in Hornchurch Essex UK having one of
those.
> > It used to frighten me when it went!!!!
> >
> > My mum used to shop at William's in Hornchurch Essex, and they gave
little
> > metal 'tickets' for her to save and have money off things. William's
was
> > a
> > butcher shop (I think)? Does anyone else remember this shop?
> >
> > Diane
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marine" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 2:42 PM
> > Subject: Coop Tickets
> >
> >
> >> As we are on memory lane do you remember in the coop giving the sales
> > assistant your cash for purchases, and he/she put it in a little tub on
a
> > string which sent it across the shop to the cashier, or even in a little
> > container which went up an air driven tube to heavens knows where.
> >> Roger
> >> Royal Marines
> >> Member RMHS
> >> Researching Copelin, Attrell, Reeves, Deacon & Pont
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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