But that just means they shop at Gap Bobby. Nothing more!?
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Phaenon — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 10:17 PM)
Bobby Tomlinson said...
Do you remember Roy of the Rovers bars? They were tangy on one side and NOT TANGY on the other.
I do Bobby and there was a Desperate Dan bar and an Oor Wullie one too
But I was always for Refreshers and Wham! bars personally
It was an odd time for candy/gelatine things on the market
See, this is a much nicer thing to think about
Ding Dong
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Bobby Tomlinson — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 11:02 PM)
Phaenon said...
I do Bobby and there was a Desperate Dan bar and an Oor Wullie one too
But I was always for Refreshers and Wham! bars personally
It was an odd time for candy/gelatine things on the market
See, this is a much nicer thing to think about
They were all lovely things to get after you’ve been to the swimming baths AND if you only had half of the money you could get a Fizzy Lizzy!
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Phaenon — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 11:23 PM)
Bobby Tomlinson said...
They were all lovely things to get after you’ve been to the swimming baths AND if you only had half of the money you could get a Fizzy Lizzy!
Curly Wurlys and Freddos were the sweets for those a bit short on cash Bobby
I was more of a Scotch pie kinda guy after swimming. Get the salt levels back up after all that working out
Ding Dong
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Bobby Tomlinson — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 11:48 PM)
Phaenon said...
Curly Wurlys and Freddos were the sweets for those a bit short on cash Bobby
I was more of a Scotch pie kinda guy after swimming. Get the salt levels back up after all that working out
That must have been a posh swimming baths if you could get a pie from it afterwards. Was it a LEISURE CENTRE with a CANTEEN?
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Phaenon — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 11:56 PM)
Bobby Tomlinson said...
That must have been a posh swimming baths if you could get a pie from it afterwards. Was it a LEISURE CENTRE with a CANTEEN?
It was a leisure centre with a canteen Bobby
People were playing squash upstairs and there was a roller skating rink too
A real day out it was if you knew what you were up to
Ding Dong
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Bobby Tomlinson — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 10:18 AM)
Phaenon said...
It was a leisure centre with a canteen Bobby
People were playing squash upstairs and there was a roller skating rink too
A real day out it was if you knew what you were up to
We had one in Bobbytown, a great big one and you could do some real exploring in there with your friends of a Saturday afternoon.
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Phaenon — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 11:51 AM)
Bobby Tomlinson said...
We had one in Bobbytown, a great big one and you could do some real exploring in there with your friends of a Saturday afternoon.
Did yours ever get inflatables on a Saturday?
That were right fun to look at, bit dangerous though
Ding Dong
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Bobby Tomlinson — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 12:58 PM)
Phaenon said...
Did yours ever get inflatables on a Saturday?
That were right fun to look at, bit dangerous though
Yes it did!! I remember two of them in particular. One was a sort of sea monster type of thing and the other was a big slide which was sort of fashioned in the style of a space shuttle.
There was also a separate diving pool which was fun. It was a real thrill jumping off that top board falling all the way to the bottom!
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Phaenon — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 01:05 PM)
Bobby Tomlinson said...
Yes it did!! I remember two of them in particular. One was a sort of sea monster type of thing and the other was a big slide which was sort of fashioned in the style of a space shuttle.
There was also a separate diving pool which was fun. It was a real thrill jumping off that top board falling all the way to the bottom!
Swimming baths (Not the leisure centre) round my bit had flying rings above the pool.
You could only use them on a Saturday morning as the old guys that used it hated it being a play area any other time. But they were there all the time, you could have a quick attempt at getting across the pool on a Tuesday night if it was quite.
First sauna I ever had was there. I still don't understand the point of them but people seem to love them
Ding Dong
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Bobby Tomlinson — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 01:53 PM)
Phaenon said...
Swimming baths (Not the leisure centre) round my bit had flying rings above the pool.
You could only use them on a Saturday morning as the old guys that used it hated it being a play area any other time. But they were there all the time, you could have a quick attempt at getting across the pool on a Tuesday night if it was quite.
First sauna I ever had was there. I still don't understand the point of them but people seem to love them
My local swimming baths had inflatables sometimes but it was an OCCASIONAL THING and only during SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
I don’t like being in the sauna because naked older men come in there and sprinkle their oils about.
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Phaenon — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 03:05 PM)
Bobby Tomlinson said...
My local swimming baths had inflatables sometimes but it was an OCCASIONAL THING and only during SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
I don’t like being in the sauna because naked older men come in there and sprinkle their oils about.
Inflatables looked like fun. Sometimes the lifeguards would take the hoses out and spray them on kids climbing over the inflatables. Sort of like It's a Knockout.
If people like saunas they should just move somewhere where it is really hot Bobby.
Sitting about and sweating is common enough in areas like that. That's why people invented air conditioning.
I hate air conditioning. Just be too hot or move somewhere colder
Ding Dong
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Bobby Tomlinson — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 03:48 PM)
Phaenon said...
Inflatables looked like fun. Sometimes the lifeguards would take the hoses out and spray them on kids climbing over the inflatables. Sort of like It's a Knockout.
If people like saunas they should just move somewhere where it is really hot Bobby.
Sitting about and sweating is common enough in areas like that. That's why people invented air conditioning.
I hate air conditioning. Just be too hot or move somewhere colder
It makes you feel fortunate to live somewhere which has a TEMPERATE CLIMATE doesn’t it. It beggars belief that people moan about the weather here. It’s perfect.
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Phaenon — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 04:00 PM)
Bobby Tomlinson said...
It makes you feel fortunate to live somewhere which has a TEMPERATE CLIMATE doesn’t it. It beggars belief that people moan about the weather here. It’s perfect.
There are areas where it is worse and flooding can be a real problem but all the big cities have drainage and people can move to them if they want away from floods
The UK is a little too North for my personal liking but it's far from frozen or bad Bobby
Ding Dong
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Bobby Tomlinson — 10 months ago(May 31, 2025 04:07 PM)
Phaenon said...
There are areas where it is worse and flooding can be a real problem but all the big cities have drainage and people can move to them if they want away from floods
The UK is a little too North for my personal liking but it's far from frozen or bad Bobby
Well I think it’s perfect so there!
WEE WILLY WILLY FIND ALL THE WAY HOME!