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