02-09-2009, 10:53 AM
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Re: The 1960's
How about Girds ? . . then there were Peeries.Living in an area where there were lots of foundries we used to play "stars", they were the solid iron star-shaped pieces they used to remove the sand from castings.
For the English among you I shall translate.
A Gird was a solid iron ring about 24 inches in diameter, you rolled it along the ground and guided it with a metal rod, Peeries were small wooden spinning-top like things, you had a cane with a 2 foot piece of string attached to it like a whip, the string was wound round the Peerie then placed on the ground and whipped away to make the peerie spin, once spinning you kept whipping it with the whip, . . Hmmm, . . that would be a fantastic stress reliever today wouldn't it.
Girds? Peeries? Good lord! In the 60`s we had sex and drugs and rock and roll where I lived. 
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02-09-2009, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by moetmum
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My friend had one of those record players, the youngsters today wouldn't believe it, they were like a vanity case!
Sue
02-09-2009, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by nero
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Ah ladies, . . Stiletto heels, remember those ? a lot of public places banned them coz they stuck in the floors.The comics Beano and Dandy, and petrol was only 50 pence a GALLON.
02-09-2009, 08:49 PM
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Re: The 1960's
Originally Posted by suey
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I have mentioned it to a few people ad everyone looked at me as if I had lost the plot so thankyou for saying you know of them too...Sue
02-09-2009, 09:09 PM
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Re: The 1960's
Originally Posted by nero
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How about Girds ? . . then there were Peeries.Living in an area where there were lots of foundries we used to play "stars", they were the solid iron star-shaped pieces they used to remove the sand from castings.
For the English among you I shall translate.
A Gird was a solid iron ring about 24 inches in diameter, you rolled it along the ground and guided it with a metal rod, Peeries were small wooden spinning-top like things, you had a cane with a 2 foot piece of string attached to it like a whip, the string was wound round the Peerie then placed on the ground and whipped away to make the peerie spin, once spinning you kept whipping it with the whip, . . Hmmm, . . that would be a fantastic stress reliever today wouldn't it.
The second one we called the spinning top, I used to love that...
You certainly have a different language 'up there' Nero!
02-09-2009, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by suey
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Petrol was dear in your neck of the woods I first married in 1970 and we bought a Ford Consul shortly after and I remember petrol was 7/6d (37.5p)a gallon then and 20 No6 ciggies were 2/-(10p)
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