I Remember

[Jordyboy9]

When you could get 16 pints of beer for a pound,and wagonwheels were huge.

[cupid04]

Is that when you were younger? Your hands would have been smaller ;-)

[Hopkirk]

Tell that to the young these days and they won't believe you.

[cupid04]

I used to love 'potato puffs' from the school tuck shop. You don't see them anymore ;-(

[Mamyalynne]

Wagon Wheels


There have been many debates amongst fans of the biscuit about its size. Wagon Wheels have supposedly shrunk in size as time has progressed, but Burton's Foods Ltd has denied this. It has been suggested that the supposed shrinkage is due to an adult's childhood memory of eating a Wagon Wheel held in a much smaller hand; this argument is perhaps moot, as it does not explain why the modern Wagon Wheel appears to be fatter than the original. Furthermore, in Australia, Arnott's has stated that tray packs of Wagon Wheels were in fact Mini Wagon Wheels and have re-released the original 48g Wagon Wheels.
The original factory in Slough produced the biscuit with crinkled edges and corn cobbs rather than the updated smoother edges. This caused the overall diameter of the biscuit to shrink slightly, but not as much as fans of the biscuit believe.[citation needed]
Also, although the UK Wagon Wheel has barely shrunk, it is still noticeably smaller than the Australian equivalent. As of 2006 the diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm which is 14 mm larger than the UK version, while the UK Wagon Wheel is notably thicker by 4 mm.
As of 2006, the Canadian Wagon Wheel measured 67mm x 18mm,but was reduced to 65mm x 16mm in 2010. Note the diameter of the marshmallow middle is smaller than the top and bottom biscuit diameters

[hc4361]

How many hours did you have to work for £1?

[Bazile]

Mamyalynne

What is the g/cm 3 ( density), of wagon wheels , these days ?

[Mamyalynne]

x over pi

[Canary42]

I too can remember when I could get 16 pints of beer for a pound,and wagonwheels were huge..... and my salary was £4:17:6 for a 5½ day week.

[Mamyalynne]

or maybe pie

[janbee]

I remember when... I was slim. Yep ! A LONG time ago...

[excelsior-1]

................. my first ever pay day

a packet containing £80 for four weeks work

that day, it seemed like all the money in the world

[dannyk13]

I can remember when my father was a school caretaker and on a Friday the children had to put their chairs on their desks to allow my father to clean the floor, then on the Saturday it was my job to take the chairs down from the desks for which I received what became known as my Saturday penny which was always spent on a bag of chips with scraps.

[mallyh]

janbee and me lol .....pictures for 9pence happy days

[retrocop]

Eee tha fettled well Im tha days young danny.

[hc4361]

Pictures was the thrupney crush for me. Two films and cartoons.

[New Judge]

(To be recited in a broad West Riding accent)

Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see Frank Randall at t'Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing.

We'd lots o' things in them days they 'aven't got today - rickets, diptheria, Hitler and my, we did look well goin' to school wi' no backside in us trousers an' all us little 'eads painted purple because we 'ad ringworm.

They don't know they're born today!!!

[Needless to say, not my own work. Grateful thanks to the late Tony Capstick]

[hc4361]

You can buy the same amount of pints for a weeks work for £250

[rsvp]

I remember being allowed to go to the off licence with an empty bottle to get some dandelion and burdock pop. Delicious stuff.

[Bathsheba]

@ danny...I remember putting the chairs on the desks on Fridays!


@New Judge.......thanks for reminding me of Tony Capstick!

Baths
x x x

[Ric.ror]

I remember when you could play out until it started getting dark then get some pennies from your mum and go to chippy for a bag of chips with scraps on
If you had to wait for chips Dorothy would always give you a big one whilst you waited
Chips don't taste as good unless they are eaten outside