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True or not?

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Kiora Wed 16-Oct-13 17:07:50

My aunt and uncle are currently staying with me. Both in their early 70's and from Liverpool. They have been regailing me with story's from their youth. Mostly I can remember the same things (there's not much of an age gap) but they have told me that when they were children they use to go to the Saturday matinee at the'pictures' (cinema) and pay with jam jars! 1lb jars let in one child 2lb jars let in two children. Can any of you confirm this as true or are they both 'pulling my leg' ?

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Nonu Sun 20-Oct-13 16:56:49

I remember taking the pop bottles back for money , also taking newspapers to the fish & chip shop to wrap fish and chips in . being given a portion of chips !

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MamaCaz Wed 23-Oct-13 18:07:22

At my first infant school (1966), at assembly every morning we would have to show that we had a handkerchief with us. If anyone didn't, they were given one for the day which had to be returned within a few days, laundered and ironed ready for its next user.

Regarding the returning of pop bottles, I remember that over one weekend a little group of enterprising youngsters made quite a bit of money. They took no end of bottles back to the local supermarket. It took a while for the staff to notice that the empty bottles that they were putting outside at the back of the shop, ready to be collected, were being brought straight back in at the front door by the kids, eager to collect the return money.

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