Posts by Aces and Eights

Quote: Originally Posted by browniecj  I always thought you had to 16 to have a Scooter(with Plates).Were you a big Lad,Ace and Eights!!!! You had to be 16 if you wanted to be legal !!  We used these and old...

Quote: Originally Posted by bunty  The top 3 are 'The Bedford Boys' We've had one photo from the set, not sure if we've had these?   Good photos Bunty   The cut down scooters were known as...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lasttye  War and Peace carneabbas been there a couple of times, its the Worlds biggest Military show ..people camp there for a week....fantastic time if the weather it good, you can buy...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bob the Badger    We carried small glass bottles of brut in our suits. One Christmas a mate got a big bottle of the stuff as a present but it was just when we were starting to use...

Quote: Originally Posted by cerneabbas  Aces and Eights. You mentioned Henry Cooper,i sat down with a beer and watched Cooper v Bugner on youtube last week.I prefer watching 70s boxing especially with Ali or George...

Quote: Originally Posted by cerneabbas  elwood. I wonder if you can still get West ? I am going to have to ask in John Lewis or Debenhams,must try and get some Brut i didnt know that they still made it.Sorry about your...

Quote: Originally Posted by Basset  Ah Margate the jewel of the coast, I know your having a laugh but Margate really is the best we have on the Kent's North East coast   I had a drive along the North...

I used to enjoy rummaging through army Surplus stores from the age of 13 when me and mates would go to Sam's in Woolwich in 67 and the musty smell has never left my nostrils .    In 69 the American greens were the ones to...

Quote: Originally Posted by cerneabbas  ........can anyone remember shoes with animal paw prints on the soles.....this thread is making me remember things that i hadnt thought about for years. Were they Clarkes...

Quote: Originally Posted by elwood  Always liked bottle green. Seem to remember it being popular for suits & strides 1968-ish, a bit before skinhead style really took hold in the Manchester area. Bottle green strides...