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[jof]

Do any members remember these -

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Got a machine like that but for vending eggs in the museum I volunteer at.
They say it was in use up until the early 70s

 

[Bolsover Brewer]

Why were they triangular?

So they wouldn't fall over.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I think it's more likely the simplest way to get the machine to work.
Waxed paper tube & then seal it alternately. If both seals were in same direction, it would give a weaker structure & be more likely to burst

It proved the basis of the paper packaging company's massive success and the 20th-century revolution in packaging liquids, particularly dairy.
Rausing started his factory in Sweden in 1951 and among many other paper materials innovations, that triangular shape gave way to an easier-to-ship box shape.
15 Jun 2019

Design Moment: Tetra Pak, 1940s.

 

[petvau]

Rausing started his factory in Sweden in 1951 and among many other paper materials innovations, t that triangular shape gave way to an easier-to-ship box shape.
Design Moment: Tetra Pak, 1940s.

It surprises me that wasn't more obvious at the time. :-)

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Remember when travelling by train looked like this -

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[Chippy_Tea]

 

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[hop-a-long]

I'm telling you honey, I didn't park the car up there!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I doubt health and safety would allow that now.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[Cwrw666]

We had one of these back when I was a kid - 1940s Ford Anglia. Used to visit my granny from time to time in Harrogate from Middlesbrough. 50 miles. 3 hours each way.

 

[hop-a-long]

We had one of these back when I was a kid - 1940s Ford Anglia. Used to visit my granny from time to time in Harrogate from Middlesbrough. 50 miles. 3 hours each way.

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Does not compute.....according to Chippy's list in post 330, the photo above would be a Ford Pop, not an Anglia.....So which was it that your family owned?

 

[Cwrw666]

Does not compute.....according to Chippy's list in post 330, the photo above would be a Ford Pop, not an Anglia.....So which was it that your family owned?

Ford Anglia as pictured (which I lifted from wikipaedia so it must be true). Basically a 2 door version of the Pop in the 40s. 900 whole ccs which accounts for it's epic performance. It was quite speedy down hill knocked out of gear as I recall.

 

[user 44889]

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I had an Anglia and a Prefect with go faster stripes and head light surrounds painted white... oh and big whip Ariel. Only had 3 forward gears, fond memories.

 

[Victor Churchill]

Something compleely different ...blue footed boobies

 

[Eskdale]

Remember when travelling by train looked like this -


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These days your in vogue if you have the matching socks to go with the upholstery.

Emma

 

[Manxnorton]

 

[TonyT]

Can you imagine the shitstorm if they put this in the papers now.


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My wife and I were both serving police officers back in the 80s, and as I recall we had to get permission to get married. But even then she was expected to wear a skirt on patrol. And policewomen used to get issued with a stupid little wooden truncheon about 6” long so that it would fit in their issue handbag. Needless to say, there were always lots of jokes about where to fit the batteries!

 

[hop-a-long]

stupid little wooden truncheon about 6” long

Sounds similar to the priest I take along, when I'm out flyfishing for trout.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Deal of the week -