Things you dont see anymore

[Billy The Fish]

I post them. HMRC sent a couple in the spring, I mailed them to my bank which is bleddy miles away and the money was in my account in a matter of days. It's a bit of a worry having your money trusted to Royal Mail but it turned out okay both times.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Yep..HMRC still like to post cheques out.
Had a nice one myself last year for a tax rebate.
There was a option to pay direct into a bank account but you have to be registered on the government site(which I have now,it’s handy for checking NI contributions over the years)

 

[Alistair20000]

Things that work properly in this country.

 

[Alistair20000]

Heated debate on the Heathrow 3rd runway.

 

[DB9]

Heated debate on the Heathrow 3rd runway.

There was one MP, I can't remember his name saying he'll lay in front of the bulldozers if they try to build the 3rd runway.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

The Colston Hall...Now known as the Bristol Beacon.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Elephant & Castle shopping centre.The first of its kind planned when it opened in 1964.

It was a great melting pot of all cultures from around the world.Unlike the sterile shopping malls we see today with their international business brands.

I always had a mooch around it when in that area of London.A real market feel about the place & always a bargain to be had.

Prime real estate in South London as was the Haygate Estate beside it(since sold & demolished in the latest social cleansing exercise)

 

[LOG]

Brannigans crisps have been discontinued.

 

[Alistair20000]

Brannigans crisps have been discontinued.

I must say they seem to have lost their profile over the years.

I am happy to adopt this as an epitaph:

“RIP Brannigans – I loved how your roast beef and mustard was an assault course on my mouth” was a homage. The food critic Tom Parker Bowles said the news brought “a tear to my eye. Just as those glorious crisps did with their mighty mustard blast.”

 

[LOG]

The beef and mustard were good for clearing your sinuses. I think the problem was that they were the equivalent of a shot of tequila rather than a session ale.