your mum had a collection of lazy sons by the sounds of it.

She should have ordered on line and got free delivery.

I have the same memory - my Mum, tiny woman that she is, carrying a weekly shop for a family of 5 in multiple carrier bags. No veggies though - we got them from Geoff's mobile shop.



Friday big shop, home on t'bus, then tea off the chippy van. Good times!

We were never in, 24-7 playing sport either at Eastmoor, for school, out on the street, down at Empire Stores playing fields or in the garden where we re-enacted so many Test matches that the ground looked like a post apocalyptic nuclear wast zone, totally bereft of any vegetation. Even at night time as soon as the parents were out of the way we turned the living room into Wembley Stadium and wrought havoc on anything that wasn't sturdy enough to withstand a pair of teenagers crashing into or through it.



Anyway, we had two sisters for that!

Closest thing to online was the aforementioned Geofs mobile shop!



There was also Peter Caseli's the butchers shop at the end of the Rd, Renshaws and Haley's grocery shops on Townley Rd.

bloody hell how old are you

Geoffs mobile shop!!! Now there is a memory that I would not have thought possible to dredge up from the annuls of my cranium - int tinternet brilliant! What was the name of the mobile fishman that did the lupset rounds at the same time. This will test the cut of Clan's Jib.

Guiness Sausages from Peter the Butcher were a rare treat in our house - I've never tasted anything like them since. He was a nice fella - died a few years ago I think.



Snowie - I'm 41, why? Does a chippy van sound like something out of the dark ages? It wasn't pulled by a horse tha knows!

I wouldn't of expected you to have memories of such bye gone years



you will be telling me you remember the old tin bath hung outside

and before anyone say owt I can't

We just used to call it 'the chippy van' - I don't remember if it had an actual name, but I do recall that it was a kind of maroon colour and served the best chips going.

I remember the fish n chip van but I think he's referring to the van that sold fresh fillets of fish and I'm almost there with the name I think.



Give me a minute or two.

I fancy fish and chips for tea after reading all of this