That 1.25p was worth having when a decent wage was about £2 per week.
Bag of chips 2.5p
The same 2.5p would get you 10 chews.
That 3d would probably equate to about £1.50 now. A few bottles for a kid at that time was serious wealth.![]()
Nah im lost. But are they both closed?
Thought villa was still going. Of north hylton rd
We got Alpine pop delivered round my way.
A shilling back off the empties.

That's the stuff, a blast from the past that.Never herd of it.
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Minchelas were the kings of ice cream
Also sunderland.
Used to like going into the grotto. Strange boozer.
There was mate. Villa sasp and Sykes ginger beer were the ones.
The Sykes ginger beer was in a stone flagon. I had one (wrapped in a sheet) as a hot water bottle as a nipper.
Villas Sasp was nectar. Only bettered by the chemist on Gateshead high street who used to make his own. Don't know what he put in it mind
Never herd of it.
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Never herd of it.
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Who made the Alpine pop? Never heard of it either.....and i grew up 4 mile from Stanley