tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post6496701525431243661..comments2024-03-28T19:15:08.383+00:00Comments on Andrew Simpson: A shopping list, a coal receipt and a little bit of how we lived in the winter of 1963Andrew Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215799385557042486noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-63719743512773499642023-09-27T23:17:36.418+01:002023-09-27T23:17:36.418+01:00My mum used Hawkyards to deliver coal to our house...My mum used Hawkyards to deliver coal to our house in the early 60's. She put a stop to this when they argued about how many sacks he had delivered and she refused to pay him for 1 sack! She used to call him Hawkeye!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-63098873395971355552020-10-22T09:50:31.420+01:002020-10-22T09:50:31.420+01:00Interesting that the most expensive item on the li...Interesting that the most expensive item on the list is tea!Jools1198https://www.blogger.com/profile/00777453690566401971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-56626486942580452802017-07-24T13:05:04.231+01:002017-07-24T13:05:04.231+01:00I remember my Mum pushing me to the coal merchants...I remember my Mum pushing me to the coal merchants at the station in my big pram in the smogs of the mid - late 50's to get bricketts for the fire (she'd put them in the 'belly' of the pram). The 'office' was a little wooden shack and the man behind the counter was called Harry Tune (or Toon).Anni Planthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09403263778301597212noreply@blogger.com