tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post8111127054960417492..comments2024-01-28T03:15:55.657+00:00Comments on Nemesis Republic: Pick 'n' MixNemesis http://www.blogger.com/profile/16935291114531954647noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-4110447360085815182009-01-28T20:59:00.000+00:002009-01-28T20:59:00.000+00:00Sound plan! It would be useful to be able to post ...Sound plan! It would be useful to be able to post linky thingys in comments though.Nemesis https://www.blogger.com/profile/16935291114531954647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-89375499071076767462009-01-28T20:55:00.000+00:002009-01-28T20:55:00.000+00:00I'm afraid I do the linky thing rather laborio...I'm afraid I do the linky thing rather laboriously. First type a 'less than" (<), then href=" and then your link. Then type another double quote and > followed by the text you want to be clickable, then type another "less then" (<) /a>.<BR/>It sounds complicated, but it soon becomes fairly straightforward (or am I simply a nerd manque?)<BR/>It also takes longer to write here because Blogger thinks I'm trying to write a proper link and keeps slappig my wrist, hence the "less than"s.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh bugger it - there's nothing wrong with just pasting a link after all. I'll go and sit in the corner with a pint of 6X...Caius Pliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347224774825805571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-81132037009969516692009-01-28T18:21:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:21:00.000+00:00No - we had Carrick's though, a bakery with caff a...No - we had Carrick's though, a bakery with caff attached... <BR/><BR/>http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/1.350359<BR/><BR/>although until reading that I hadn't actually appreciated how close to home some of the history was!<BR/><BR/>(I must find how to make live links in comments - but I'll pop that at the bottom of the post, where it does it as though by magic.)Nemesis https://www.blogger.com/profile/16935291114531954647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-24758130668649502222009-01-28T18:06:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:06:00.000+00:00Yes, that would be a great cultural history! Anoth...Yes, that would be a great cultural history! Another important institution in my family's life was 'Lyons Corner House' as several family members worked there. Were they just a southern thing or did you have them in your neck of the woods?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746494901814795887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-21314599303748100932009-01-28T17:58:00.000+00:002009-01-28T17:58:00.000+00:00Oh those were called segs in these parts - and yes...Oh those were called segs in these parts - and yes they did make the sparks fly, although thay also made the shoes last longer before having to be taken to the local cobbler (what happened to those?) Another day maybe...). But I think shoplifting is another rite of passage you know, and as for being caught... there but for the grace of God...<BR/><BR/>I also recall being what is these days called being 'inappropriately touched' by a bloke at a crowded (remember those?) counter in Woolies. I reached behind and dug my nails in to a hand. It was easy to then spot the culprit, although I have to say it didn't scar me for life, dunno about him.<BR/><BR/>Blimey - maybe there's a book in this... 'The Wonder of Woolworth' and its place in the development of the youth of the nation!Nemesis https://www.blogger.com/profile/16935291114531954647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-28570793525846315022009-01-28T17:53:00.000+00:002009-01-28T17:53:00.000+00:00I don't recall having a day off on my birthday but...I don't recall having a day off on my birthday but then I was a lowly Saturday girl, regularly told off by the full-time staff for rearranging their beautifully crafted displays of paint and batteries.<BR/>My brother once stole a little toy Easter chick from Woolies but he got away with it. My Mum told him off when she discovered what he'd done and we still tease him about it 40 years later... Mind you, we also teased her for years about stealing a magazine from the dentist's once - it was in a good cause as it had an article on the Spanish Armada which I was studying at school. She was a great mum - risking the wrath of the law for my education!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746494901814795887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-83802111696835682682009-01-28T17:40:00.000+00:002009-01-28T17:40:00.000+00:00Oh dear - my memories of Woolies aren't so rosy. I...Oh dear - my memories of Woolies aren't so rosy. It was where I was nabbed for shoplifting at the tender age of 11. It was a packet of Blakey's shoe irons (they were the must-have thing, even in rubber-heeled shoes, because you could make sparks as you walked and sound well'ard).<BR/>A friend dared me to snaffled a pack so, shaking like a leaf, I slipped them into my inside blazer pocket. Moments later this gangling figure loomed over me and whispered hoarsely "Put those back, and if I ever catch you in here again I'll kick your arse off!"<BR/>For months after my short, sharp shock I would always find an excuse not to cross the threshold whenever my mother was shopping for needles or cotton.Caius Pliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347224774825805571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-63789720886259155132009-01-28T16:50:00.000+00:002009-01-28T16:50:00.000+00:00Gosh - I've been playing with the 'fine tuning' st...Gosh - I've been playing with the 'fine tuning' stuff on Blogger and now comments arrive in my e-mail (withot the sender's e-mail address I add) and hopefully I can post this on Blogger that way... so here goes... Is it true that those who worked at Woolies got a day off on their birthday? It was something I heard yonks ago and thought such a civilised idea! <BR/><BR/>(So far it hasn't appeared here... so back to posting on site! Oh well, it's all fun trying things out.)Nemesis https://www.blogger.com/profile/16935291114531954647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127226013787633926.post-45669709160580305322009-01-28T16:37:00.000+00:002009-01-28T16:37:00.000+00:00Re. Woolworths - I agree it's a sad demise. Always...Re. Woolworths - I agree it's a sad demise. Always handy for shoe laces and pick n mix! I worked for them as a Saturday girl as did my sister and aunt, and my mum's first job was in their head office. After taking over the coveted job of records counter, I then reached the dizzy heights of Saturday afternoon supervisor and was the sole person (aged 16) in charge of the store when the manager went on his tea break! Bit scary now thinking about the responsibility but then I thought it was great and would stand by the tills, swinging my keys, feeling all self-important. In terms of architecture, my partner and I always play 'spot the Woolworths' when visiting new places. You can have a nice row of historic frontages and then slabs of concrete above Woolies but as you say, not as ugly and in your face signage as some stores. I will miss Woolies, sob sob.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746494901814795887noreply@blogger.com