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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:28 am

It's official,daimlerman is getting old :cry:

I've just bought and fitted a set of spark plugs to the cabbie,cost?

£15.05....

I can remember when spark plugs cost 5/-(five shillings,25p)each.... :o:
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:01 pm

daimlerman wrote:It's official,daimlerman is getting old :cry:

I've just bought and fitted a set of spark plugs to the cabbie,cost?

£15.05....

I can remember when spark plugs cost 5/-(five shillings,25p)each.... :o:


Exactly where did you use to install them on your horse?
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:27 pm

Yep 4 for a pound! and petrol was 4shillings and sixpence (22.5pence) a GALLON! at alan ponds garage (one of the first self-service garages in Ilford Lane) 1964 I think.
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:30 pm

Getting old?!
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:36 pm

Old guys in old cars, "suits you sir"
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:51 pm

Christ, you old fogey's will be on about what you got with your Green Shield stamps next :roll: :D
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:58 pm

billgatese30 wrote:Christ, you old fogey's will be on about what you got with your Green Shield stamps next :roll: :D
My dad used them to buy golf sticks,I put them towards my first colour telly...I think...but it was a long time ago!
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:05 pm

Didn't Green Shield morph into Argos? The Argos shop is definitely where Green Shield was in my nearest town.
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:30 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Didn't Green Shield morph into Argos? The Argos shop is definitely where Green Shield was in my nearest town.
And the swines tell me that I am old! :D
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:09 pm

Malc, unipart does the NGK BP.... Plugs that everyone recommends for just over a £1.50 each. Much cheaper than euros, GSF and CP4L.
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Post Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:38 pm

Rtaylor2208 wrote:Malc, unipart does the NGK BP.... Plugs that everyone recommends for just over a £1.50 each. Much cheaper than euros, GSF and CP4L.
I bought from Unipart....£2.09 each,that's two pounds and nine pence :mad: each,plus Gordan Brown... making £15.05 for six!
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Post Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:10 pm

I only bought mine 2 months ago. Prices must have went up by a fiar bit since then.
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