[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

Have been spending the afternoon having a good clear-out of
My attic/loft space and to my amazement I came across in an
Old cardboard box every single copy of CCA Newsletter as it
Was called during the time I was a member dating from around
The mid 1970`s.No air has got to them and all( a few dozen) are
In mint condition.
Reading one copy,thinking after my original upholstery cleaning
Training course,one of the tutors who was a former president and
Is now sadly longer with us,at the end of the course said “ Don’t
Undersell yourself cleaning upholstery.£20 to clean a 3 piece suite
Is quite easily obtainable.Never be frightened to make a charge for
Your services.”
Those were the days.
I feel rather sad and nostalgic really.
A lump came to my throat as I threw them into my dustbin for waste
Collection on Tuesday.


Lewis  Doubtfire

[jasonl]

Noooooooooooooooooo I am sure many on here would enjoy reading them??

[Paul Redden Countryfresh]

How things have changed....I remember I thought I had it made when I earn't £20 a week and was deadly
jealous when a guy showed his chq for £40!

[clinton]

Yes dont throw them mate am sure some will want to have a good look at them ..

Be good to see the machines and setn ups too from then.

[derek west]

How things have changed....I remember I thought I had it made when I earn't £20 a week and was deadly
jealous when a guy showed his chq for £40!

how old are you paul, will you be getting a message from the queen soon then

i remember being at school and in the holidays i earnt £40 a week, i was minted, crisps were 2p a bag and you could buy 1 ciggie and 1 match.
mo jo's for half a pee

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I used to buy Polo's mint sweets for 4p from the local pub when I was at school and just before the bell went for the end of dinner I could sell them for 10p, I guess they'll be 40p now so I could get a quid, back to school for me then!

Shaun

[clinton]

fruit ones

[Steve. Taylor]

I remember taking the glass crona bottles of pop back to the pub and getting 10p return.
Then jumping the wall round the back to get the bottle back out of the crate :

[Paul Redden Countryfresh]

I remember taking the glass crona bottles of pop back to the pub and getting 10p return.
Then jumping the wall round the back to get the bottle back out of the crate :

Classic 

[Paul Redden Countryfresh]

how old are you paul, will you be getting a message from the queen soon then

i remember being at school and in the holidays i earnt £40 a week, i was minted, crisps were 2p a bag and you could buy 1 ciggie and 1 match.
mo jo's for half a pee

60 in April      Ahhh Go Karts,  jamboree bags, The Beezer,  Paper round @ 13 shillings a week, Matchbox cars,
cigarette cards, train spotting 

[derek west]

how old are you paul, will you be getting a message from the queen soon then

i remember being at school and in the holidays i earnt £40 a week, i was minted, crisps were 2p a bag and you could buy 1 ciggie and 1 match.
mo jo's for half a pee

60 in April      Ahhh Go Karts,  jamboree bags, The Beezer,  Paper round @ 13 shillings a week, Matchbox cars,
cigarette cards, train spotting  

good film that paul allthough don't remember any of the others you mention, apart from maybe matchbox cars.

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

 Remember Fish AND Chips Two Bob = 10p 

Cheers Tony

[Steve. Taylor]

Fish & chips tony corr your posh what about scraps before all that health & saftey nonsense

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Scraps 

[M.Acorn]

I always used to ask my dad for scampi,what i got was scraps and I was happy !
Jumpers for goal posts,bag of Snaps for 2p,pacers,fruit salads,black jacks

[Ben Lugg]

My wife likes the old Ladybird children's books and someone gave her a notebook based on the Ladybird books - this is a quote from the back of the notebook :

" If your formative years meant:

school dinners were liver and onions rather than turkey twizzlers;

a blackberry was something you picked in a country lane not something you spent your weekend ignoring;

My Space was a den in your back garden built with bed sheets and runner bean canes;

Noah, Isaac and Joshua were characters from the Bible rather than kids in your class;

Wheelies were what you did on your bike in the park and not what you wore on your feet for the weekly shop;

And if you wanted to be an astronaut, train driver, footballer, or anything other than a celebrity when you grew up ....

Congratulations you are a product of the Ladybird Generation ! "


Ben

[Michel Roberts]

Lewis,

 I also was a member of the CCA in the mid seventies. The tutor who was a former president was he Alan Vaughan? I also remember Haig Azerbersian (Not sure about the spelling) as well as Cecil and David Agin of thames carpet cleaners.

Cheers Michel

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

Hi Michal,ya showing your age now !