I ain't seen that in...yonks!

[Trickyvee]

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Now that you mention it I haven't seen the Cape fruit logo in a long time. Not sure if the brand is still available.

[Richard1978]

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I remember until the early 1990s those tents would had a lot of those yellow lanterns around them.

Can you still get Cape Fruit? it's ironic that the brand seemed to vanish at a time trade with South Africa became more open.

[Trickyvee]

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Look what I spied last weekend. I ain't seen one of those in yonks!

[Powdered toast man]

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Those dustbin wagons with the big revolving teeth in the back. Used to be fleets of the things in my town.

[Richard1978]

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Until the mid-late 1990s there was a coal lorry that was parked a few streets from my parents house. It was a 1970s Leyland IIRC.

Are Luncheon Vouchers still around, I remember wondering what the LV stickers were on cafe windows.

My cousin's daughter was amused that my parents still had milk delivered in glass bottles.

Do any companies still have Matchbooks with the logo printed on the flap? I guess with smoking being less popular there's less demand.

The same with refillable lighters apart from Zippos.

Is anything apart from the sauce sold under the HP brand? I remember it being used for Baked Beans in the 1980s.

[escorteclipse1990]

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The Coalman. I remember ours used to have an old 1973/74 M reg Bedford TK that he had for years. I really miss a real coalfire.

[Trickyvee]

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My parents used to run a chip van, I was made to work Tuesdays & Fridays in it when I was about 14.
I remember that it was an old thing that you didn't have to wear seatbelts in and my Stepdad would jump out of the driving seat as we were going along so that I could take a turn driving around empty county lanes.
I used to griddle a mean cheeseburger and was allowed to eat whatever I wanted.

Very jealous of this experience. When I was 9 or 10 I was desperate to work in an ice cream van. I just thought it was the most exciting thing ever to putt around the sunny streets in a clapped out, chiming old vehicle with unlimited supplies of ice cream and lollies. I even wrote a lengthy adventure story (starring myself) based around a murderous ice cream man who I had to bring to justice and then, naturally, take over his ice cream van for the good of the town. Thankfully by the time I'd reached the age where I could have lived the dream, I was well over it!

[Trickyvee]

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We used to try to save these if we got one



They still around??

A colleague got an old 50p in his change the other day. Not seen one of those in yonks! We marvelled at its enormousness and I specifically asked if it was a 'hands' 50p as I used to like getting them but it wasn't

[old git]

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My parents used to run a chip van, I was made to work Tuesdays & Fridays in it when I was about 14.
I remember that it was an old thing that you didn't have to wear seatbelts in and my Stepdad would jump out of the driving seat as we were going along so that I could take a turn driving around empty county lanes.
I used to griddle a mean cheeseburger and was allowed to eat whatever I wanted.

I used to spend the summer holidays in Wales,back in the late 70s.They had a chip van,a shop van and a fruit and veg van.Coming from London i'd never seen this before,and when i came home none of my friends believed me lol

[tonyfinster]

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Happy days,
I remember a mobile chip van at my granparents around 1973, coal fired range which made a bizarre smell with the grease frying.

We used to have a mobile grocers van, it was a bit like the big UPS vans you see knocking about. i remember an earthy smell from the sacks of potatoes lined up by the side door.
i Used to buy my suncharm space special flavour pop from there,

He used to sell all the flavours of pop in the big glass bottles that Ben Shaws used to make at the time in these lovely wooden crates. I remember having to take the empties back to get the 10p deposit charge back.

[patrickblue]

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in the 70's we had a mobile shop/grocers van...had steps at the back & you walked up into it.

There was also the Fish Man, Potato Man, Rag & Bone Man (still around)

but my 2 favs.....

the sweet van (VW Camper Van..side door slid open, and an Aladdin's cave of sweets.....favs being Sherbet Fountain & Spangle (fizzy, NOT the Olde English ones!)

the pop man...sure it was Alpine pop...came in EVERY flavour under the sun

We used to have a pop man, as you say every flavour under the sun. Dandelion & Burdock always springs to mind. Ours however was called Corona as opposed to Alpine.

[The Low Country]

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Yep! there are several around us. One is called Mortons mobile fish bar - very popular and I always see the other one when i drive through Stoke Doyle. Both vans smell absolutely delicious but I haven't stopped for eats for months. now you've reminded me I'll have to give them a go again. they were good last time i tried them.

Does any one still get a chip van? not a static one - a proper one that drives around and beeps his horn when hes stopped?

We also used to get a Shop Van - a proper shop in the back of a van, you could buy anything a corner shop would sell and get 10p back on your pop bottles

[Paulos]

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Does any one still get a chip van? not a static one - a proper one that drives around and beeps his horn when hes stopped?

We also used to get a Shop Van - a proper shop in the back of a van, you could buy anything a corner shop would sell and get 10p back on your pop bottles

My parents used to run a chip van, I was made to work Tuesdays & Fridays in it when I was about 14.
I remember that it was an old thing that you didn't have to wear seatbelts in and my Stepdad would jump out of the driving seat as we were going along so that I could take a turn driving around empty county lanes.
I used to griddle a mean cheeseburger and was allowed to eat whatever I wanted.

[Seventies Child]

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that was a bottle of steralised.

[moonvisage]

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What i haven't seen for years,are European traditional outfits being worn and european traditional instruments being played.Looking back,they were so lovely to see.