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From: "Diane Sowden" <>
Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:21:46 +0100
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I didn't know that they had 'green shield stamps' in the USA!!

Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "patricia salter" <>
To: "Diane Sowden" <>;
<>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Coop Tickets


> I didnt realize you had Green Shield stamps in England, I lived in the US
> back in those days and used to save them, got a whole set of Samsonite
> luggage with mine.
> Patti
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane Sowden" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
>
>
> > Then there was 'Green Shield' stamps, does anyone remember them? My dad
> > used to have books and books of the things!!!! I used to have to stick
> > them all in the books!!!! Used to get 'double' at the petrol
stations!!!!
> >
> > Diane
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
> > To: ;
> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 25/09/2004 15:01:28 GMT Daylight Time,
> > writes:
> > 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.
> > The Royal Arsenal Coop used to give metal tokens that you collected
until
> > 'divvy day' when you took them in and received cash for them. The large
> > oval tuppenny one was just the right size to fit the gas meter and it
was
> > a common thing for the gas man to be given real money in exchange for
all
> > the tokens he found inside when he emptied the meter.
> >
> > DaveD
> >
> >
>
>
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