"Big Bertha" Jim, It were a bloddy great gun mounted on a giant rail truck them Huns used to bring it owt ov er tunnel an fire it across the channel at England, ferget wut calibre but by gosh them shells weighed some. Mikey. ----- Original Message ----- From: James SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Re:CO-OP > I remember the Co-op Laundry vans used to backfire like Big Bertha ( who's > Big Bertha?). > Why don't vans do that today, great fun, all the residual horses used to > rear up and even bolt if you were lucky. > > Jim Sharpe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MagsB1942@aol.com> > To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:39 PM > Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Re:CO-OP > > > > Up until the 80s the local shop delivered. They also delivered the milk > and > > would pick the book up on a Tuesday and Friday and then deliver the same > > afternoon, in a box, on my kitchen table so all I had to do what put it > away. > > Now that was services. The Coop van also used to go round once a week > and > > there was a shop in the next village. Some change from pushing a trolley > > with a mind of its own, putting it on the checkout, taking off, packing > into > > bags and back into the trolley...out to the car ...whichever way the > trolley > > wants to go but usually sidewards, and then into the boot....drive home, > > unpack into the kitchen and then into the cupboards....Life is certainly > > harder now. > > Maggie > > > > Surname interests: > > BICKER, MILLER, SPRATT, MARSH mainly in Kent > > MATTHEWS, GRANT, COAFFEE, BERESFORD, SWEENEY > > in Middx, Bucks, USA and elsewhere > > > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > > Add a link to your website here, > > http://pub23.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=1926973379&cpv=1 > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 11/16/00 > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list in mail mode send a message to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe and nothing else. > If you are in digest mode, then send the command instead to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com >