What do you remember- seems impossible now

[danuslave]

Obviously all that early training led you subconsciously to the Co-op undertakers meles.

I can just picture your Dad on his cloud saying 'That's my boy!' 

Linda

[janan]

In the haberdashery department of our local Coop, you gave the sales assistant the money and they put it into a small cylinder with the sales chitty and then put the cylinder into a pipe.  Compressed air took the cylinder to an upstairs office (I presume) where some clerk put the correct change into the cylinder and sent it back down to the sales assistant who then gave it to the customer.  This system made a lot of hissing and popping noises as you can imagine and as a 6 year old, I was fascinated.  I was really disappointed when they dismantled it     

Anyone remember the other sort of cash carriers that raced around the shop on overhead wires?

Jan

[danuslave]

Oh yes!

[danuslave]

Went to Beamish museum many years ago and they had a gravity system.

Wooden spheres that opened up to take the money, then rolled down a track to the cashier.  They were still working on getting the spheres back again!

Linda

[Paul Caswell]

Three-digit telephone numbers.

Paul

[mike175]

Three-digit telephone numbers.

Paul

My grandad had one of those, and a sign outside his shop saying, "You May Telephone From Here"

[janan]

Three-digit telephone numbers.

Paul

Ooh yes - ours was Markyate 528 

(and it was a party-line)

Jan

[mrs.tenacious]

Aaaaah.................memories........................

TV: turning it on via the set (no remote control)
      waiting for it to warm up
      2 channels
      no daytime tv - just the little girl with the blackboard and scary clown
      after the National Anthem at around 10pm (!) waiting for the little white dot
      to disappear before turning it off

Typewriters: learning to touch-type on a medieval heavy/clunky machine.
                     ("tabulations"!) 
                     then golfball
                     then "word processors" where one line of type showed on a
                     display that you could correct errors on
                     carbon paper

Telex machines: (think Match of the Day sport results click-clacking across the
                           screen)

Gestetner machines: in my early working days in hospitality, used to type
                                  restaurant menus from typewriter onto paper, then place
                                  it into a Gestetner - basically wrapping the paper around
                                  a drum and turning the handle which would print the
                                  menu off onto pre-loaded card at the bottom of the
                                  machine.

and I could go on..... 

Great thread!

[LizzieW]

Must have been 1987. Went with Dad one morning on the bus from Angmering to his solicitor in Rustington (both of these in W.Sussex). Got back about 2:00.The solicitor's letter comfirming letter was on the mat! And I dont think the post man was on the bus.

We got our first and only post of the day today at 3.35pm

Lizzie