Hi June, It sounds like many like the idea of collating all of the e-mails into some sort of memory document. I hardly know what or where anyone is talking about since I grew up in America, so I am not the person for the collating job. However, I have also deleted the e-mails but I still can get access to them. Tell me how and where to send them and I will see what I can do to get them to you. Carolyn, in Minnesota, USA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J FLEETWOOD Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LEI] All these memories Right/    Now I made the suggestion about collecting all these threads together, as before.   Perhaps I could do it again, but I will need help.    As I said previously, I have deleted most of the threads as they came in, so where can I collect them all from?    This time the threads have covered a much wider area & such a lot of very special memories have been remembered by us all.   If I can collect all the e-mails,  I would be willing to edit them & to prepare an article for publishing to Genuki or a Leicester Page on Rootsweb as suggested.    So, please help................ June Fleetwood West Yorkshire. 

I won't be here from tomorrow as am going to do some research in cumberland or I would On 14 February 2012 15:38, J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>wrote: > Oh Linda, naughty girl, shame on you - lol It's 'Lumb Lane' in Bradford. > Two or three years ago a similar thread of memories appeared on the list & > I downloaded them all & offered them back to listers. I had an enormous > response, especially from overseas emigrees & I wish someone would do it > with this thread. Unfortunately I have deleted most of the early ones & > I am too busy to undertake this task this time. Any > volunteers!!!!!!!!!!!!! > June Fleetwood, (nee Rainbow) > West Yorkshire. > > From: Linda Chapman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 13:14 > Subject: Re: [LEI] Caf's and Cakes <g> > > A few years ago we wanted something that we couldn't quite afford and I > offered to "stand on c&a corner" and hubby, whose not from leicester, > looked at me gone out lol > > > On 14 February 2012 12:29, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Linda > > > > Thats the one, I mentioned it the other day but could not remember what > it > > was called > > > > That was the usual meeting point on that side of Town, another was the > > Clock Tower outside Baileys > > > > Its funny what you remember when its triggered eh <g> > > > > Talking of newspaper notices, my mother in law once put an add in the > > Mercury , she was looking for > > a job > > > > She was an innocent soul and put "Work at home wanted, anything > considered" > > > > Some of the offers she got were not exactly what she was expecting :-O > > > > She was a bit more careful with her wording after that :-) > > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > > kemps clock is still there, opposite what was woolies but now bhs > > > > > > my mum and her friend read a notice in the mercury one night [in the > > > 1950's] that someone wanted to meet a particular girl under the clock > and > > > they were to wear a red rose each > > > > > > so about a dozen girls turned up wearing one, but he didn't appear lol > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Oh Linda, naughty girl, shame on you - lol   It's 'Lumb Lane' in Bradford. Two or three years ago a similar thread of memories appeared on the list & I downloaded them all & offered them back to listers.   I had an enormous response, especially from overseas emigrees & I wish someone would do it with this thread.    Unfortunately I have deleted most of the early ones & I am too busy to undertake this task this time.    Any volunteers!!!!!!!!!!!!! June Fleetwood, (nee Rainbow) West Yorkshire. From: Linda Chapman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 13:14 Subject: Re: [LEI] Caf's and Cakes <g> A few years ago we wanted something that we couldn't quite afford and I offered to "stand on c&a corner" and hubby, whose not from leicester, looked at me gone out lol On 14 February 2012 12:29, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Linda > > Thats the one, I mentioned it the other day but could not remember what it > was called > > That was the usual meeting point on that side of Town, another was the > Clock Tower outside Baileys > > Its funny what you remember when its triggered eh <g> > > Talking of newspaper notices, my mother in law once put an add in the > Mercury , she was looking for > a job > > She was an innocent soul and put "Work at home wanted, anything considered" > > Some of the offers she got were not exactly what she was expecting :-O > > She was a bit more careful with her wording after that :-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > kemps clock is still there, opposite what was woolies but now bhs > > > > my mum and her friend read a notice in the mercury one night [in the > > 1950's] that someone wanted to meet a particular girl under the clock and > > they were to wear a red rose each > > > > so about a dozen girls turned up wearing one, but he didn't appear lol > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I remember the liquorice sticks. On a Saturday around 1946/47/48 I used to take my 2 younger sisters to my grandmother's house in Grasmere St. There was a small shop in Jarrom St and I would buy the liquorice from there. In the afternoon we would go the the Regal Cinema and see the kid's serials. I would then, when they had a home game, race around to the city football ground. The gates were opened 10 minutes before the end of the game and I would go in and watch. Graham Grant Sydney Australia > Does anyone remember the pieces of liquorice sticks? These were not as the sticks today but were a chewy root which tasted of liquorice which you spat out after the flavour had gone. Sherbert Dabs& Gob Stoppers also come to mind in the days when I used to go to the corner shop for my mother's cigarettes. She smoked Churchman's No: 1& they cost 2s. 6d (in old money) Of course if I was buying cigarettes for my grandmother, they would be Craven A - remember the black cat on the packet. When our pocket money had run out& we couldn't afford a bag of chips, we used to ask for a bag of 'bits' or 'scratchings' which were the bits of batter etc. that were strained out of the fat. Delicious with salt& vinegar.................. We didn't have mobile phones, televisions, games, washing machines, fridges - am I frightening a few of you - you must be wondering how we survived. I remember life then as a happy time, spending the day in our local park with a jam > sandwich for my lunch& hoping to keep out of the way of the park keeper if you had a ball - balls games were not allowed then. Trips to Abbey Park on the bus& even cycling from Wigston Fields to Bradgate Park at the weekend. We thought nothing of it& I can never remember being bored with nothing to do. > Children are not allowed to take skipping ropes to school now as they are considered dangerous. In a couple of months we would have been looking for Whips& Tops - mushroom& carrot - to play with in the street. I was our street champion playing 'snobs' - little clay squares which you threw up& caught > on the back of your hand etc. Oh well, happy days........ > June Fleetwood > West Yorkshire. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

A few years ago we wanted something that we couldn't quite afford and I offered to "stand on c&a corner" and hubby, whose not from leicester, looked at me gone out lol On 14 February 2012 12:29, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Linda > > Thats the one, I mentioned it the other day but could not remember what it > was called > > That was the usual meeting point on that side of Town, another was the > Clock Tower outside Baileys > > Its funny what you remember when its triggered eh <g> > > Talking of newspaper notices, my mother in law once put an add in the > Mercury , she was looking for > a job > > She was an innocent soul and put "Work at home wanted, anything considered" > > Some of the offers she got were not exactly what she was expecting :-O > > She was a bit more careful with her wording after that :-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > kemps clock is still there, opposite what was woolies but now bhs > > > > my mum and her friend read a notice in the mercury one night [in the > > 1950's] that someone wanted to meet a particular girl under the clock and > > they were to wear a red rose each > > > > so about a dozen girls turned up wearing one, but he didn't appear lol > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Can't remember if the lions are there but I wouldn't go so far as to say the city's lost it's character - a fair amount of effort has gone into making e.g. Humberstone Gate (" the Culture Quarter") nice, and the bit round the guild hall. The town Square is still lovely as well. And one of the (few) nice things about the Highcross Centre is that we have a City Centre cinema again, finally. Having said all that, I rarely go into Leicester now as I find I can get everything I need in either Ashby or Loughborough :) On 14 February 2012 12:36, J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>wrote: > So it looks as if my intended visit to the City should be permanently put > on 'hold'. > Are the 'coffins' still in the middle of Charles Street? I remember > them being installed & the comments, but they eventually mellowed & became > an accepted part of the landscape. > We had a beautiful City & I can remember when the 4 lions (off Horsefair > Street, opp. the old Theatre Royal later converted to become one of the > Leicester Buidling Society's Offices) became water fountains again after > the War. Are they still there? > June Fleetwood (nee Rainbow) > West Yorkshire > > > From: Linda Chapman <[email protected]> > To: J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 12:17 > Subject: Re: [LEI] Dialect etc................. > > > must admit it has totally lost its character now > > they built the new massive highcross shopping centre, it hasn't brought > any new customers or shops as they have all just moved from gallowtree gate > > everywhere is being knocked down for student flats and the roads are even > more 1 way than they were before > > > > On 14 February 2012 11:53, J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]> > wrote: > > May I just say a heart-felt thank you for the latest topic to grab the > imagination of Listers. The List has been very quiet for quite a few > months now. Either there are fewer budding genealogists around, or have > we all subscribed to Ancestry & can now find 'most' data for ourselves, > especially now that Ancestry have the 1911 Census free to subscribers. > Long may this topic be allowed to continue. I am sure that reminiscing > like this is very good for us all to do from time to time. Happy memories. > >I spoke to an old Leicester friend the other day expressing a wish to > return to visit the City, but she warned me that I would hardly recognise > the place any more & it might be too sad to visit my old haunts. Oh well, > I suppose we must bow to 'progress'.................... > >June Fleetwood (Rainbow) > >West Yorkshire. > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi June I think you mean the ones in Town Hall Square ? http://jonathan.rawle.org/gallery/leicester/fountain/ Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) So it looks as if my intended visit to the City should be permanently put on 'hold'. Are the 'coffins' still in the middle of Charles Street? I remember them being installed & the comments, but they eventually mellowed & became an accepted part of the landscape. We had a beautiful City & I can remember when the 4 lions (off Horsefair Street, opp. the old Theatre Royal later converted to become one of the Leicester Buidling Society's Offices) became water fountains again after the War. Are they still there? June Fleetwood (nee Rainbow) West Yorkshire

So it looks as if my intended visit to the City should be permanently put on 'hold'. Are the 'coffins' still in the middle of Charles Street?    I remember them being installed & the comments, but they eventually mellowed & became an accepted part of the landscape.  We had a beautiful City & I can remember when the 4 lions (off Horsefair Street, opp. the old Theatre Royal later converted to become one of the Leicester Buidling Society's Offices) became water fountains again after the War.   Are they still there? June Fleetwood (nee Rainbow) West Yorkshire   From: Linda Chapman <[email protected]> To: J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 12:17 Subject: Re: [LEI] Dialect etc................. must admit it has totally lost its character now they built the new massive highcross shopping centre, it hasn't brought any new customers or shops as they have all just moved from gallowtree gate everywhere is being knocked down for student flats and the roads are even more 1 way than they were before On 14 February 2012 11:53, J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]> wrote: May I just say a heart-felt thank you for the latest topic to grab the imagination of Listers.   The List has been very quiet for quite a few months now.   Either there are fewer budding genealogists around, or have we all subscribed to Ancestry & can now find 'most' data for ourselves, especially now that Ancestry have the 1911 Census free to subscribers.     Long may this topic be allowed to continue.   I am sure that reminiscing like this is very good for us all to do from time to time.   Happy memories. >I spoke to an old Leicester friend the other day expressing a wish to return to visit the City, but she warned me that I would hardly recognise the place any more & it might be too sad to visit my old haunts.   Oh well, I suppose we must bow to 'progress'.................... >June Fleetwood (Rainbow) >West Yorkshire. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Linda Thats the one, I mentioned it the other day but could not remember what it was called That was the usual meeting point on that side of Town, another was the Clock Tower outside Baileys Its funny what you remember when its triggered eh <g> Talking of newspaper notices, my mother in law once put an add in the Mercury , she was looking for a job She was an innocent soul and put "Work at home wanted, anything considered" Some of the offers she got were not exactly what she was expecting :-O She was a bit more careful with her wording after that :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > kemps clock is still there, opposite what was woolies but now bhs > > my mum and her friend read a notice in the mercury one night [in the > 1950's] that someone wanted to meet a particular girl under the clock and > they were to wear a red rose each > > so about a dozen girls turned up wearing one, but he didn't appear lol

must admit it has totally lost its character now they built the new massive highcross shopping centre, it hasn't brought any new customers or shops as they have all just moved from gallowtree gate everywhere is being knocked down for student flats and the roads are even more 1 way than they were before On 14 February 2012 11:53, J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>wrote: > May I just say a heart-felt thank you for the latest topic to grab the > imagination of Listers. The List has been very quiet for quite a few > months now. Either there are fewer budding genealogists around, or have > we all subscribed to Ancestry & can now find 'most' data for ourselves, > especially now that Ancestry have the 1911 Census free to subscribers. > Long may this topic be allowed to continue. I am sure that reminiscing > like this is very good for us all to do from time to time. Happy memories. > I spoke to an old Leicester friend the other day expressing a wish to > return to visit the City, but she warned me that I would hardly recognise > the place any more & it might be too sad to visit my old haunts. Oh well, > I suppose we must bow to 'progress'.................... > June Fleetwood (Rainbow) > West Yorkshire. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

May I just say a heart-felt thank you for the latest topic to grab the imagination of Listers.   The List has been very quiet for quite a few months now.   Either there are fewer budding genealogists around, or have we all subscribed to Ancestry & can now find 'most' data for ourselves, especially now that Ancestry have the 1911 Census free to subscribers.     Long may this topic be allowed to continue.   I am sure that reminiscing like this is very good for us all to do from time to time.   Happy memories. I spoke to an old Leicester friend the other day expressing a wish to return to visit the City, but she warned me that I would hardly recognise the place any more & it might be too sad to visit my old haunts.   Oh well, I suppose we must bow to 'progress'.................... June Fleetwood (Rainbow) West Yorkshire.

Hi Doreen & List Thank you so much - bang goes the diet again............. I am sure many a Leicester/Leicestershire child was taken there for a treat by their parents.   Possibly still happening.   Used to work above the shop in what was then an office for Remington Rand Ltd., Typewriters & office Equipment, first as a Telephonist?Receptionist & then as Secretary to the Typewriter Manager.   Remember using one of the first so-called Noiseless Typewriters & Electric Typewriters - showing my age now.    June Fleetwood (nee Rainbow) West Yorkshire  From: Doreen Welch <[email protected]> To: J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 10:40 Subject: Re: [LEI] (no subject) Yes they do Our Ice-cream Menu OUR FAMOUS ICE CREAM Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Cappuccino, Rum & Raisin, Mint Choc Chip, Pistachio, Banana, Cherry with strawberry, chocolate, butterscotch, raspberry, hot chocolate fudge sauces or fresh, whipped cream ICE CREAM SUNDAES TREAT YOURSELF ! FRUIT SUNDAE ice cream and diced fruit smothered in fresh, whipped cream PARFAIT ice cream, sauce and a topping of your choice CHOC & CHECKERS our chocolate & vanilla ice creams with two Cadbury’s flakes KNICKERBOCKER GLORY a tower of vanilla ice cream, fruit, sauce and fresh cream CHOC CHOC SUNDAE rich chocolate ice cream, hot chocolate fudge and fresh cream STRAWBERRY & CHERRIES strawberry ice cream with Amareno cherries, sauce and cream KALEIDOSCOPE 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream with 4 sauces and fresh cream BANANA SPLIT fresh banana with 3 ice creams, fresh cream and drizzled with sauce RAINBOW BOAT choose 3 large scoops of ice cream plus 3 sauces, fresh cream & cherries Doreen From: J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:48 AM Subject: [LEI] (no subject) Re-sending this mail as I do not think it went the first time.<< My Mother, who was born & bred in Leicester used to call me 'mi duck' & the memory of it still makes me cringe. I hated it. No one has mentioned the 'causey' as in ' keep on the causey'. It meant 'keep on the path', I have certainly travelled back a few decades reading the current topic.By the way, the revolving metal drum was a coffee grinder in the window of one of Winns Cafes facing the market stall, where footballer Gary Linekar's parents had their greengrocery stall. Do people still meet under 'Kemp's Clock & does Bruccianis still do their wonderful Knickerbocker Glorys? The older I get (78 this year) the more of my past I remember in detail. Wish my short term memory was as good.......Best wishes to all ex-Leicestrians wherever you are.>>June FleetwoodWest Yorkshire-------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

kemps clock is still there, opposite what was woolies but now bhs my mum and her friend read a notice in the mercury one night [in the 1950's] that someone wanted to meet a particular girl under the clock and they were to wear a red rose each so about a dozen girls turned up wearing one, but he didn't appear lol On 14 February 2012 11:24, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi June > > The Saturday treat to round off the day was a frothy coffee and a cream > bun at Brucciannis > > If I remember rightly there were three then, the non smoker by Lewis's , > the Turkey Cafe on Granby > street and one on the opposite corner to Woolies (same side as the Town > Hall Square) > > The Turkey Cafe was the favourite > > Then a long walk down to the Newarke bus station > > One of my school friends family had a stall on Leicester Market next to > Linekers > > Was Kemps Clock at the entrance to the Market ? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > Re-sending this mail as I do not think it went the first time. > > << My Mother, who was born & bred in Leicester used to call me 'mi duck' > & the memory of it still > > makes me cringe. I hated it. No one has mentioned the 'causey' as in ' > keep on the causey'. It > > meant 'keep on the path', I have certainly travelled back a few decades > reading the current topic. > > > > By the way, the revolving metal drum was a coffee grinder in the window > of one of Winns Cafes > > facing the market stall, where footballer Gary Linekar's parents had > their greengrocery stall. Do > > people still meet under 'Kemp's Clock & does Bruccianis still do their > wonderful Knickerbocker > > Glorys? The older I get (78 this year) the more of my past I remember in > detail. Wish my short > > term memory was as good....... > > Best wishes to all ex-Leicestrians wherever you are.>> > > June Fleetwood > > West Yorkshire > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi June The Saturday treat to round off the day was a frothy coffee and a cream bun at Brucciannis If I remember rightly there were three then, the non smoker by Lewis's , the Turkey Cafe on Granby street and one on the opposite corner to Woolies (same side as the Town Hall Square) The Turkey Cafe was the favourite Then a long walk down to the Newarke bus station One of my school friends family had a stall on Leicester Market next to Linekers Was Kemps Clock at the entrance to the Market ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Re-sending this mail as I do not think it went the first time. > << My Mother, who was born & bred in Leicester used to call me 'mi duck' & the memory of it still > makes me cringe. I hated it. No one has mentioned the 'causey' as in ' keep on the causey'. It > meant 'keep on the path', I have certainly travelled back a few decades reading the current topic. > > By the way, the revolving metal drum was a coffee grinder in the window of one of Winns Cafes > facing the market stall, where footballer Gary Linekar's parents had their greengrocery stall. Do > people still meet under 'Kemp's Clock & does Bruccianis still do their wonderful Knickerbocker > Glorys? The older I get (78 this year) the more of my past I remember in detail. Wish my short > term memory was as good....... > Best wishes to all ex-Leicestrians wherever you are.>> > June Fleetwood > West Yorkshire

Hi June Yes I certainly remember them but called them liquorice root , I think they were 1d each Very nice when you started chewing but after a while it was like chewing a paint brush <g> Sherbet dabs, gob stoppers, black jacks, fruit salad, anglo bubbly, sweet tobacco, red liquorice laces, flying saucers, palma violets, bazooka joe, chewing nuts, liquorice torpedoes, spangles, opal fruits are just a few I remember And how about Jublee's :-) They were 4d !! (I could rarely afford one of those) Snob & Jacks & marbles were the quieter playground games (well sometimes :-) Tig in various forms, fruit stall, British bull dog were a few of the more raucous ones A bag of scratchings was very welcome with S & V on :-) We also thought nothing of coming home from school and jumping on our bikes and off to Braggy Park with a stop at Groby Pool on the way Why did they have a recreation ground that you could not do recreation in ? they all banned ball games and all had a grumpy park keeper , I think they trained them especially ;-) I read the by-laws in the rec' once, I recall being amused to know you could not take a bath in the park on a Sunday <vbg> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Does anyone remember the pieces of liquorice sticks? These were not as the sticks today but were a > chewy root which tasted of liquorice which you spat out after the flavour had gone. Sherbert Dabs > & Gob Stoppers also come to mind in the days when I used to go to the corner shop for my mother's > cigarettes. She smoked Churchman's No: 1 & they cost 2s. 6d (in old money) Of course if I was > buying cigarettes for my grandmother, they would be Craven A - remember the black cat on the > packet. When our pocket money had run out & we couldn't afford a bag of chips, we used to ask for > a bag of 'bits' or 'scratchings' which were the bits of batter etc. that were strained out of the > fat. Delicious with salt & vinegar.................. We didn't have mobile phones, televisions,

Brucciani's also now do a sandwich van, so I have to resist their delicious cream cakes every day at work! I hope they never disappear, they're a proper Leicester institution and it's nice to have somewhere you can go where you know you can just get a really good cup of tea and a teacake or some toast. Everywhere else seems to be disappearing down the coffee shop/bistro route :( On 14 February 2012 10:40, Doreen Welch <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes they do > > > Our Ice-cream Menu > OUR FAMOUS ICE CREAM > > Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Cappuccino, Rum & Raisin, Mint Choc Chip, > Pistachio, Banana, Cherry > with strawberry, chocolate, butterscotch, raspberry, hot chocolate > fudge sauces or fresh, whipped cream > ICE CREAM SUNDAES TREAT YOURSELF ! > FRUIT SUNDAE ice cream and diced fruit smothered in fresh, whipped cream > PARFAIT ice cream, sauce and a topping of your choice > CHOC & CHECKERS our chocolate & vanilla ice creams with two Cadbury’s > flakes > KNICKERBOCKER GLORY a tower of vanilla ice cream, fruit, sauce and fresh > cream > CHOC CHOC SUNDAE rich chocolate ice cream, hot chocolate fudge and fresh > cream > STRAWBERRY & CHERRIES strawberry ice cream with Amareno cherries, sauce > and cream > KALEIDOSCOPE 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream with 4 sauces and fresh cream > BANANA SPLIT fresh banana with 3 ice creams, fresh cream and drizzled > with sauce > RAINBOW BOAT choose 3 large scoops of ice cream plus 3 sauces, fresh > cream & cherries > > Doreen > > > ________________________________ > From: J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:48 AM > Subject: [LEI] (no subject) > > Re-sending this mail as I do not think it went the first time. > << My Mother, who was born & bred in Leicester used to call me 'mi duck' & > the memory of it still makes me cringe. I hated it. No one has mentioned > the 'causey' as in ' keep on the causey'. It meant 'keep on the path', I > have certainly travelled back a few decades reading the current topic. > > By the way, the revolving metal drum was a coffee grinder in the window of > one of Winns Cafes facing the market stall, where footballer Gary Linekar's > parents had their greengrocery stall. Do people still meet under 'Kemp's > Clock & does Bruccianis still do their wonderful Knickerbocker Glorys? The > older I get (78 this year) the more of my past I remember in detail. Wish > my short term memory was as good....... > Best wishes to all ex-Leicestrians wherever you are.>> > June Fleetwood > West Yorkshire > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Played "snobs" ("jacks" elsewhere I think? I've still got my snobs, bought from the toy shop in Thurmaston) and hop scotch in Queniborough in the 1970s, and we used to think nothing of cycling to East Goscote, Barkby or South Croxton. My sister would even cycle out to Thurmaston but I was too little to be trusted to cycle that far. I don't think I'd trust a child to be on a bike anywhere outside or even inside the village now, despite the bypass and the speed bump people still drive fast right up to the crossroads (at which point they slow down, go over the bump, then put their foot down again). I remember croggies - not many people had carriers so croggies used to tend to be either on the handlebars or the crossbar, or even sitting on the seat while the cyclist stood up and pedalled - probably wouldn't be allowed nowadays! On 14 February 2012 09:05, Lesley Chaney <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi June and Listers, > > I certainly remember liquorice sticks. When we went up from London to see > my grandparents who had migrated to Nottingham, there was always a bottle > of > Dandelion & Burdock (which granddad called "dead lions and murders") and > some liquorice sticks for us kids. Liquorice sticks were "shut up" stuff > because we were so busy sucking out the flavour that the grown ups had a > bit > of peace and quiet. > > I only heard "causey" in Leicester. > > Lesley > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi June and Listers, I certainly remember liquorice sticks. When we went up from London to see my grandparents who had migrated to Nottingham, there was always a bottle of Dandelion & Burdock (which granddad called "dead lions and murders") and some liquorice sticks for us kids. Liquorice sticks were "shut up" stuff because we were so busy sucking out the flavour that the grown ups had a bit of peace and quiet. I only heard "causey" in Leicester. Lesley

This thread has brought back so many memories of my mother. She was an English Warbride who moved to Canada in 1946. 'mi duck' was a saying we heard often and we would make fun saying “quack, quack” in response. One of the best times of our lives back in 1956, we travelled with her (by ship) to Leicester to spend the three summer months meeting all our Brit Rellies that we had never known. Gob stoppers, and rock candy were the big deal for us. The Gob stoppers were so big, they were like our black balls which were much smaller and we could get 3 for a penny. Our liquorice was “black babies”, small black liquorice candies at the same price. Today we could not call them that as we would not be “politically correct”. A different name would not have been the same. I remember that summer, what we called chips, you called “crisps” and your chips, we called “fries” but we too went for a bag of “scatchings” while we were in Leicester. Snobs became one of my favourite games and I took several sets back to Canada with me. They were the days, children had a lot more freedom to explore and use their imaginations. The technical age had taken a lot of this away. Thanks listers for the memories. Susan (Clay) McIsaac Napanee ON Canada

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