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Sayings from back in the day you rarely hear...
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Roger Freestone
We could only dream of having 50p when I was a kid, never mind a meter...
I certainly remember the coin meters, but I can’t remember how long it would last or even the way it worked. We have a pre payment meter in our place, not through falling behind on bills, it was just here when we moved in, although come to think of I wonder how much we have been ripped off on the pre payment meter standing charge fees since we’ve had the blinking thing. Perish the thought. No doubt throughout the years, hundreds if not even thousands
Pegojack
Roger Freestone
As a teenager in school, me and my mates opted out of school dinners as soon as we could and, being situated on Port Talbot's Station Road (Glanafan Comp), it was easy for us to stroll along to Woolworth's and buy our own grub. I remember a favourite of mine from the deli counter was 'brawn', a sort of grey cooked pork concoction. Anyone remember that? Can you still get it?
Darran
Roger Freestone
Banned from Ferraris were you?
Pegojack
Roger Freestone
No mate, never went in there much, but used to go down to a place in Water Street on a lunchtime, can't remember the name but I think it was a fish and chip shop cum cafe because I used to have a battered beefburger and chips in there. But the main attraction was that it had a Space Invaders machine!
Darran
Roger Freestone
Call in Percy Gaen’s for a packet of fags on the way back to school is it?
Darran
Roger Freestone
Oh and by the way the cafe was Vizzani’s
Pegojack
Roger Freestone
Fair play, you've got a hell of a memory.
Darran
Roger Freestone
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I don’t think there would have been a Space Invaders game there until about 1978 at the earliest, were you still in school then? I used to work with a company that supplied video games and amusement machines around that time and afterwards, might have been an earlier video game.
Pegojack
Roger Freestone
No, we're talking early 70s. Perhaps it was an earlier video game.
Pegojack
Roger Freestone
Certainly did. Remember buying Cream single "Sunshine of Your Love" in there, possibly first ever single bought out of my own dosh.
Bang on there. I would have sworn it was a couple of years earlier, 76 I thought, but google tells me it was 78.
Must admit, i was slightly mesmerised when Space Invaders first come out, it's basic as hell. But not a bad game. What was it now, something stupid like count 21 or 22 shots for max on the ufo, then thereafter 14 shots for the max.. Ha ha can still hear the sounds now.