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Post by andybrennan on Apr 28, 2010 21:42:58 GMT
No Mary F,
that is the song I was on about the horse, silver away
Andy
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Apr 28, 2010 21:52:43 GMT
Sorry Andy, I got that one wrong, were you talking about.....The Lone Ranger and his famous horse? or have I got that one wrong again? MaryF
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Post by johnnykelly on Apr 28, 2010 21:59:40 GMT
Re: dOES aNYONE rEMEMBER hI ALL Was it not the policy to bring the silver/tinsel paper into school and packed away for collection, yes Andy the comb and the cigarette paper that was attached to the silver paper made up a hormonica sounding instrument and when practised with a good smusical sound could be gained, does anyone remember playing hickeys made with 2 pieces of evenly honed or cut slate and placed between the fore finger and the 2nd finger and rattled til the cows came home, or the marble games played in the channels of the quarters, and playing hits and spans,and shouting out loud follow up the hole way no changes, and the bulldog marbles as big as a stone, some people called the marblesgames glassy alleys, bye for now be safe and peace to all Johnny
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Post by rose5mcdonaghtce on Apr 28, 2010 22:27:13 GMT
Hi Mary,
I seem to re-call either Miss O'Brien or Peggy having big balls of silver paper, we used to bring it in and add to it, were they not sending it to the missons, Mam used to save it for some Nuns that used to call, there must have been money involved some where along the line, re-cycling I suppose.
Rose.
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Post by mary carroll on Apr 28, 2010 22:32:50 GMT
Hi Mary F, I remember collecting the silver paper from my mum and dad's (RIP), cigarettes, also the milk bottle tops. The schools are still looking for the milk carton tops now, as long as it all goes to a good cause and helps someone.
MaryC
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Post by andybrennan on Apr 28, 2010 22:34:38 GMT
You have it now Mary,
Could be worse you may have gone for every cloud etc
Andy
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Post by andybrennan on Apr 28, 2010 22:39:46 GMT
Ah Johnny, The marbles, spanzies, dabzies, nearest to a wall, the circle. the bigger marbles I think we named them jacks
andy
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Post by mary carroll on Apr 28, 2010 23:00:07 GMT
Hi All, My brother told me a story on Sunday, about when he use to return bottles to Mickey Collins for money, apparently if you had a crate you got £5 which was a lot then , he remembers going in on one occasion and giving in a couple of bottles and asked Mickey Collins if he would buy a crate of bottles off them and he said he would, so my brother and his friend went off and he said Mickey Collins followed them out of the shop to see where they were going to get the bottles but they went off and hid till he went back into the shop. They then went to the back of his shop and picked up a crate of bottles and went into the shop and sold them back to him Naughty boys ;D Has anyone else done this, now don't be afraid to own up , we all got up to some tricks when we were young.... ;D MaryC
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Post by kathyo on Apr 29, 2010 8:15:58 GMT
hi mary yes i put my hand's up i to nicked the bottles and also sold them back to the shop i think we got 3d a bottle kathyo
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Post by andybrennan on Apr 29, 2010 16:39:16 GMT
Kathyo
I did not nick the bottles or sell them back , I returned them and took the reward
Andy
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Post by kathyo on Apr 29, 2010 16:47:04 GMT
hi all do you remember when we had to cover our school book's my lovel'y mum had to buy a roll of wall-paper for us all all the best kathyo
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Post by rose5mcdonaghtce on Apr 29, 2010 19:09:35 GMT
Hi Kaytho and Andy,
Mam always held on to the beer bottles for Eugene O'Brien/ Fuddy Heffernan RIP they would collect them, go over to McDonagh Mess, tell Bill McLoughlin they had the bottles, he would count them in the Mess give them the few bob and tell them to go around he would open up the back, the boys would meet him and leave the crates in the yard. Bill usually forgot to lock the door to the yard, the lads would return after an hour take the bottles to the front and the ritual would start again.
Mam kept the Taylor Keith bottles for myself and Mon we got 2d each for them in McAteers, they were like the beer bottles few and far between.
Rose.
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Post by andybrennan on Apr 29, 2010 20:13:28 GMT
Kathyo, The covering of the new school books that was a ritual, the lovely smell of the new books the cleanliness , lovely picture no dog eared corner's or scribbles that the old ones suffered. Brown paper was used to cover them when available. the inside of the new cover was like a hospital made bed a piece of art to get the folds and creases just right, on the outside cover the title of the book, class and name of owner done in our finest script with each title underlined with pen and ruler for straight lines, Alas this did not last long the book would soon resemble the prior years corners turned or eaten scribbles all over the place an the stitching where bound frayed beyond repair, and the teacher holding the sorry sight aloft between thumb and forefinger, if they could not balance it on the cane, like a dead rat saying what is this, with a look of disdain while trying to incite laughter from your fellow pupils, a real put down.
Andy
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Apr 29, 2010 21:10:09 GMT
Hi Rose,Kathyo and All, Yes now that you mention it Rose I do remember the huge silver paper balls that grew weekly. I think it was in Miss O Brien's class. When you think about it we were pioneers of recycling back then. Nothing was wasted right down to the potato peelings if there was a few coppers to be out of anything we had the market covered . As the saying goes necessity is the mother of invention and boy there was plenty of necessity when we were growing up. Kathy another lovely memory covering the school books with the wallpaper and the shiny brown paper. They used to get passed down through the family and then there was the buying and selling of the secondhand ones, sort of like a bring and buy sale during the summer holidays ,more recycling well every penny counted. So thats where the new covers came in handy and covered a multitude of doodles and dog-eared edges. Ahh Happy Days and more Great memories MaryF
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Post by rose5mcdonaghtce on Apr 29, 2010 21:59:46 GMT
Hi Mary F
Do you remember Peggy would be at us all to buy the books for the coming year before the holidays, Mam would never give me the money, as she used to say there would be nothing left of them after the holidays, always remember the pressure she put on us to get them, my little yellow table book was some sight after the three years with her. Patrick Dillon was a year ahead of me, used to get his books, he used to colour all the o's in. Fact and Fancy do you remember that one. The resolutions to keep them all neat and new for the year soon went out the window, after a few weeks the books had the same aroma as the school, it was in the schoolbags too.
Rose.
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