The Poolie Bunker

Who remembers Access Credit Cards ?

I recognise the name but cannot really remember them.

Midland Bank, weren’t they….?

Spot on Snowy - & the little billy-do machine you put them in, underneath the receipt so that the card details were embossed on the receipt, & swiped the roller across. They used them on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Dining Trains until recently, & may still do so if they can't get a wi-fi signal for their card reader

Its competitor was Barclay card.

Access was a British credit card brand launched by Lloyds Bank, Midland Bank and National Westminster Bank in 1972 to rival the already established Barclaycard. It became defunct in 1996, when it was taken over by MasterCard.

The wife told me most companies keep the ‘swipe’ machines in case of a power cut.

I bet your wife is spot on with that because you never know when technology can go wrong.

The Gestapo trained her well, she has the cattle prods to prove it.

Only you Snowy

Wasn't Access 'billed' as your flexible friend?

Now that's brought back my memory. It was indeed " Your Flexible Friend " well done Kettering.

The question is how do you know because you wouldn't have been born surely

Child of the 80's- I remember the cartoon credit card on the advert. Also remember hardly anybody having them so was fascinated by the big clumsy machine when It was required

have known a few lasses like that.

Plastic lasses or flexible

Hudsons taxis

Cameron taxis

Can you still get the number 42 to Durham

I think it's no24 these days

United bus . I was serious

Just checked and you can still get the 42 to Durham.

Stagecoach have started running to Durham from Hartlepool.
Coming out of Morrisons garage waiting at the light and an Arriva bus went past….but the strap line painted on the side, advertising the service said ……Manchester…Old Trafford…Stretford and missed the last so places as it thundered past…..lost or on loan?

The ship that ran aground on Seaton beach 80s or 90s And the ship that ran aground alongside the north pier maybe 80s

Pigeons at sappers. Corner

Sappers corner with a huge hole in the wall

the old elephant rock.

Billingham Synthonia Central Avenue ground without the weeds and long grass

roads where there was no white writing on them or yellow lines down the side.

Roads that were adequately maintained- that weren't covered in potholes so deep they would have required a workmen's tent!

Speaking of which never seen a workman's tent for years - was it just somewhere they ate their bait, when it was lashing down?

The ’Anne’….went down to see it with a bloke I knew and the cars were lined up in the car park that’s near Surfside and grassed over now.
Sea was a bit rough and when a low flying half a breeze block crashed onto his bonnet he did the fastest recorded reverse I’ve ever seen….. never liked the bloke

A179 through Hart Village before the new part was built. And the current footpath this side of the Village used to be the road.
A19 through Billingham before the new part was built.

Bus trip from the Lion Social Club going to Redcar, going over the hump bridge at the bottom of the bank in Greatham

WW1, WW2, PEARL HARBOUR, VIETNAM WAR, FALKLANDS WAR, GULF WARS. Millions and millions killed for WHAT

obviously you do not work in the arms industry.

Sadly that's true but of course I totally understand that. It was the lies regarding Pearl Harbour that brought America into WW2. It was the lies regarding weapons of mass destruction ( Blair and Bush ) that give these vile people a way into stealing the riches of many countries. Devide and Concur ....whoever created all these countries from what was one world people hit the evil jackpot.

Back I the early 70s I lived in Fulthorpe Avenue up near the Saxon Pub. On a Sunday we used to make up two teams and have a kick about on Saxon field. We had Andy Linighan David Linighan from our Street who always turned out. Andy back then would have been about 12 yrs old but around 6ft tall. Although he was obviously good in the air he was nowt special with his bamby legs and very very easy to nutmeg. One Sunday during one of our games Andy pointed out a young lad who was watching and said " look at the clip of him " . The young lad was dressed up in the Leeds strip from top to bottom including those pennent type thingy's that Leeds had around the top of the socks. At half time the lad come over and asked could he play, surprisingly he was the same age as Andy although very small and looked 10. Andy said no and laughed but the lad said I am the best player
here. He went on to say he was at Leeds United yesterday (Saturday) with his mam & dad because Leeds invited them down due to Leeds wanting to sign him. He said he was given the full strip and new boots by the club as a goodwill gesture for the future. We agreed he could play and play he did he ran rings around me and Andy we couldn't get close to him. He was cocky and arrogant but by hell could this boy play. He said he was going to play for Leeds and England and his name was Paul Dobson from Clavering. After 20 minutes of torturing us Andy finally clipped his heels and sent him crashing down on the penalty spot that had a large puddle in the middle. Dobber got up told Andy to fuck off you dirty loser and started to cry and said " My mother is going to kill you when she see's the state of my strip, it's my birthday " and walked off. Never ever came back what a shame.

Cinema's in the town.

Essold,.ABC (Forum),Odeon,Gaumont,Lex,Northern,Palladium and more

[quote="bluebottle"]Cinema's in the town.

Essold,.ABC (Forum),Odeon,Gaumont,Lex,Northern,Palladium and

Bluebottle I only know the first three

It’s an age thing . They all used to be packed on a Saturday morning. The palladium was in old Hartlepool near the town hall

Borough hall

Yes I remember the Odeon being packed every Saturday morning. Thinking back it was a great place for mothers to off load the kids then go shopping.

Kids playing footy in the street or even in the park with jackets as the goalposts.

Used to play footy in the back alley with a tennis ball. Back doors for goals either end .

Odessa - Rileys Snooker Hall - The Sports Bar - Club POW - The Flying Jug.... Clansman... was talking about these boozers just the other day as was a haunt for sneaking in my early Teens when you could get served at 15 basically anywhere. Ben Sherman and some smelly shite the job was a goodun !

We sometimes used a empty soup can for a ball

That’s nowt, we drank soup from a football (Leek & Potato).