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From: "Martin ADAMS" <>
Subject: Re: @WL Re: Coop Tickets
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:10:27 +0100
References: <96.162309c7.2e872dab@aol.com> <005c01c4a39e$68784810$adda2252@Patricia> <00b301c4a3cb$4f53b130$0201a8c0@XPDESKTOP> <001601c4a3d7$631abf90$adda2252@Patricia> <01b301c4a3db$0574c300$0201a8c0@XPDESKTOP> <000401c4a3f8$3e8a3b80$adda2252@Patricia>


Oh Patti, Hamleys was so good I still have a photo of me sitting on Father
Christmas' lap at Hamleys. Wouldn't be allowed now. Also a sort of goo that
you blew up through a straw to make unburstable baloons, sort of yellowish
substance, I can still smell that stuff
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "patricia salter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: @WL Re: Coop Tickets


> Oh joy - Gamages, oh yes I remember it so well, every Christmas a trip to
> see Father Christmas and decide what toys I wanted in my pillowcase
(forget
> tiny stockings), it was like an Aladdins cave of goodies, much more fun
than
> Hamleys. My mother had to keep me on a lead otherwise I disappeared
> amongst the treasures never to be found again.
> Patti
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Songbird" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
>
>
> > Don't know the answer to that one. I only remember, with sorrow,
> > that it had closed down.
> > Photo on
> > http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/gallery/kensington-high-street/barke
> > rs-of-kensington.htm
> > It's now known, hideously, as "Barker's Arcade" Thank God and
> > Westminster Planning that the building wasn't demolished........
> > Who remembers "Gamages" of Holborn? When I take my grandchildren
> > to see Father Christmas I think back, with nostalgia, to the
> > Father Christmas show in Gamages. Still never seen a better one
> > or a better Toy Shop.
> > Josi
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "patricia salter" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 3:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
> >
> >
> > : Talking about Barkers of Kensington, wasnt that the department
> > store that
> > : became my favourite of all time, Biba, the fashion emporium to
> > beat all
> > : fashion emporiums, and I seem to remember that somewhere in
> > that black
> > : interior those old money tubes still whizzed around, or am I
> > mistaken?
> > : Patti
> > :
> > :
> > :
> > : ----- Original Message -----
> > : From: "Songbird" <>
> > : To: <>
> > : Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 2:18 PM
> > : Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
> > :
> > :
> > : > Ourt fizzies were delivered by Neptune! Will I ever forget
> > the
> > : > name of the supplier? No.
> > : > Has Neptune called today? we used to ask...........
> > : > Barkers of Kensington used to have overhead wires on which
> > was
> > : > suspended a carrier for cash. The cashier sat high up in a
> > pulpit
> > : > affair, in the centre of the shop. The carriers whizzed back
> > and
> > : > forth at a rate of knots.
> > : > The tube version is used today, in Tesco's..........
> > : > Winkles, etc.Yuck!
> > : > The Walls "Stop me and buy one" man would come our driveway
> > to
> > : > sell us ice cream through the window.
> > : > Ah! Those were the days :0(
> > : > I was a lot younger! :0)
> > : > Nostalgia bound Josi
> > : >
> > : > ----- Original Message -----
> > : > From: "patricia salter" <>
> > : > To: <>
> > : > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:57 AM
> > : > Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
> > : >
> > : >
> > : > : You're right, I was wrong, it wasnt White's fizzy drinks it
> > was
> > : > Corona, getting my fizzies all mixed up - signs of a
> > befuddled
> > : > brain :-) No winkle man, poor you, you dont know what you
> > : > missed - fresh winkles, cockles, shrimps and mussels, yum
> > yum,
> > : > for tea on a Sunday. Or failing that, a trip down to Lee on
> > Sea
> > : > to sit on the sea wall eating them freshly gathered.
> > : > : Patti
> > : > :
> > : > :
> > : > : ----- Original Message -----
> > : > : From:
> > : > : To: ;
> > : > : Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 9:23 PM
> > : > : Subject: Re: Coop Tickets
> > : > :
> > : > :
> > : > : In a message dated 25/09/2004 18:38:36 GMT Standard Time,
> > : > writes:
> > : > : Going back down memory lane, does anyone remember the
> > : > White's fizzy drink
> > : > : van coming round once a week, the winkle man and the
> > knife
> > : > grinder?
> > : > : Patti
> > : > :
> > : > : Well, I recall the Corona man (in Nottingham, early
> > 1950s)
> > : > bringing soft drinks. A knife grinder called once, in the
> > late
> > : > 1960s or possibly even 1970s (Kings Lynn, Norfolk). No winkle
> > man
> > : > though as far as I recall
> > : > :
> > : > : --
> > : > :
> > : > : Mike Stone - Peterborough, England
> > : > :
> > : > : For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our
> > : > fathers' God.
> > : > : Though hast made thy children mighty By the touch of the
> > : > mountain sod.
> > : > : Thou hast led thy chosen Israel To freedom's last abode
> > : > : For the strength of the hills we bless thee Our God, our
> > : > fathers God.
> > : > :
> > : >
> > : >
> > : >
> > :
> > :
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> >
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