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Peanuts In The 1950S
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Older ABers - do you have any recollections of peanuts in the 50s?
I remember freshly-roasted peanuts for 6d a bag in Romford Market, and horrible peanuts & raisins covered in soapy chocolate.
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I remember freshly-roasted peanuts for 6d a bag in Romford Market, and horrible peanuts & raisins covered in soapy chocolate.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.They used to sell 6d bags of peanuts outside Upton Park on the way to watch West Ham.
NJ I believe they carry on the tradition of dropping the shells on the floor in the Raffles Hotel.
Don't live that near Romford anymore, but I still take my car to Collier Row for servicing and spend the day in Romford.
NJ I believe they carry on the tradition of dropping the shells on the floor in the Raffles Hotel.
Don't live that near Romford anymore, but I still take my car to Collier Row for servicing and spend the day in Romford.
//the entire pub was two or three inches deep in ground up peanut shells. Happy days!//
Sounds like a potentially life threatening hell if you had a peanut allergy.
//Do any of you still live in the Romford / Elm Park area?
I live there.//
Yes when not in Belfast I have family there and unfortunately it’s not the rose tinted willywonkaesque memory that everyone remembers it as and is now overrun by criminals, cocaine and violence like most of East London now sadly.
Sounds like a potentially life threatening hell if you had a peanut allergy.
//Do any of you still live in the Romford / Elm Park area?
I live there.//
Yes when not in Belfast I have family there and unfortunately it’s not the rose tinted willywonkaesque memory that everyone remembers it as and is now overrun by criminals, cocaine and violence like most of East London now sadly.
Minkyme: unlike you to be so unscientific, Min.
My mum lived there up until her death, my mate Tom (ladders) still lives in Collier Row, some of my family live in and around.
Gone downhill, sure, and not what it was, and Saturday night is kids and drinking, much like the rest of suburban London, but it's not the picture you paint, either.
There were always gangsters (some of the market families come to mind), and drugs weren't exactly unknown in the 60s, but to single out Romford is very unfair.
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My mum lived there up until her death, my mate Tom (ladders) still lives in Collier Row, some of my family live in and around.
Gone downhill, sure, and not what it was, and Saturday night is kids and drinking, much like the rest of suburban London, but it's not the picture you paint, either.
There were always gangsters (some of the market families come to mind), and drugs weren't exactly unknown in the 60s, but to single out Romford is very unfair.
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