They've still got one of those "cash wire" arrangements in a big store in Llandudno. The coffee beans probably WERE mixed with the sawdust. After all, they used to put wood chippings in the raspberry jam in the 1950s. And brawn had sawdust in it, too, according to my mum. MARGED | I remember as a child being taken to the Co-op and watching in amazement as | the cash container shot across the shop on a wire and returned with the | change a second or two later. I can still smell the mixture of coffee beans | and sawdust. I don't mean they were mixed! There was a wooden floor with | sawdust and white scrubbed counters. And a machine which ground the | coffee - a new thing to England then I think. The assistant used to give | me a slice of some meat, probably brawn or prem, to chew on to keep me quiet | whilst mam or gran got the divvi sorted out. | | Oh, aye lad, those were the days. | | Brian B | Lancashire, UK. | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00