Anyone who was at Horsham in the fifties will recognise this - but please don't tell us what memories it brings back to you. I found it among some of my old photographic stuff, used to wrap quarter-plate glass negatives.
Does this bring back memories?
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Does this bring back memories?
Anyone who was at Horsham in the fifties will recognise this - but please don't tell us what memories it brings back to you. I found it among some of my old photographic stuff, used to wrap quarter-plate glass negatives.
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Re: Does this bring back memories?
John may be able to remember who it was who collected that stuff like others collected stamps. He even got some from prison
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Not this John, or are you referring to John H ?sejintenej wrote:John may be able to remember who it was who collected that stuff like others collected stamps. He even got some from prison
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Re: Does this bring back memories?
No, John, David means me. And I do remember - it was Colin Blogg. He had at least two large exercise books with sheets of perforated paper from diverse institutions, all mounted in true philatelic style with stamp hinges.J.R. wrote:Not this John, or are you referring to John H ?
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Can't help feeling that having 'Silk' in the name was a triumph of advertising over reality.
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When did this come in ? I don't recall being provided with anything to read to while away the time ..
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postwarblue wrote:When did this come in ? I don't recall being provided with anything to read to while away the time ..
Certainly not the boys issue - possibly masters or (given CB's predilictions) a female staff loo ?
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I remember CH-corporate Silver Silk (as the 'boys' issue'), and I also remember Bronco. Another variety had 'Now Wash Your Hands' printed on it.sejintenej wrote:postwarblue wrote:When did this come in ? I don't recall being provided with anything to read to while away the time ..
Certainly not the boys issue - possibly masters or (given CB's predilictions) a female staff loo ?
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Re: Does this bring back memories?
I am sure that anyone who has ever been a civil servant will remember that even the loo was paper was stamped 'Government Property' - presumably to deter us from stealing it?!
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I vaguely remember a special issue during the great paper shortage, printed......
"Be economical = Please use both sides."
"Be economical = Please use both sides."
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Yes, Blogg had some of that! Stolen???????????Fjgrogan wrote:I am sure that anyone who has ever been a civil servant will remember that even the loo was paper was stamped 'Government Property' - presumably to deter us from stealing it?!
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I remember being intrigued when I briefly worked for a govt. department to see that while the soap was impressed with a crown, the loo paper wasn't. The thought that goes into these things...Fjgrogan wrote:I am sure that anyone who has ever been a civil servant will remember that even the loo was paper was stamped 'Government Property' - presumably to deter us from stealing it?!
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I have a bar of soap from my days with the Civil Service with the Crown on it ( & HMSO) from when I used to work at The Land Registry at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London; as a Cartographic assistant (Clerical Officer grade) we were allowed 5 minutes at the end of each day to wash our hands from the ink stains. We were issued with a bar of soap every three months and if you were frugal, you could stockpile soap!
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ColeridgeA40 wrote:I have a bar of soap from my days with the Civil Service with the Crown on it ( & HMSO) from when I used to work at The Land Registry at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London; as a Cartographic assistant (Clerical Officer grade) we were allowed 5 minutes at the end of each day to wash our hands from the ink stains. We were issued with a bar of soap every three months and if you were frugal, you could stockpile soap!
... or go home with inky hands ?
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