tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post2703956962634850959..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Smoke machinesCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-82820375932275473252018-01-01T12:31:58.480+00:002018-01-01T12:31:58.480+00:00Milk and paraffin were also available from vending...Milk and paraffin were also available from vending machines - paraffin as late as the mid-1970s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-7879807807159056812017-08-06T16:18:39.529+01:002017-08-06T16:18:39.529+01:00I'd forgotten about chewing gum machines!I'd forgotten about chewing gum machines! CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-26109635300461147252017-08-05T07:22:55.703+01:002017-08-05T07:22:55.703+01:00Around this time there was an Arab character in th...Around this time there was an Arab character in the Dandy (or was it the Beano?) named Mustapha Fagg..😁<br />HughBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690600639304795379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-59846188831828046612017-08-04T16:01:49.343+01:002017-08-04T16:01:49.343+01:00Another thing you don't see these days are ven...Another thing you don't see these days are vending machines for chewing gum, I remember machines for Wrigleys and Beech-nut. I should imagine the rapid inflation of the 1970's would have made the machines more expensive to maintain. Another thing that has gone from the high street are the collection boxes for what was then the Spastics Society in the form of a child in callipers. Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.com