Inspiring Photo: Those were the Days #1714126

Those were the Days

Uploaded: February 01, 2006

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Following in the footsteps of Darryl and Paul S I have to stand up and be counted for this shot I took in 1960 of two fishmonger ladies at Scarborough, Yorkshire.
Some of you will not understand the prices even if you are British. Unless you are as old as I am!
Entered under Travel and Place not with any idea of winning but just to gain a bigger audience. (Grovel, grovel, Darryl!)

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Paul Sikora February 01, 2006

Now lets see...Kate, I can not find to much to criticize other than...well not even that just had a second look. I can still remember pounds shillings and pence though. I think I'm going to have to give you a pass.
I'm going to post another old slide tomorrow #384125

Donald K. Cherry February 01, 2006

Very neat old image, Kate. I've always liked this type of candid shot...hope this shot causes your audience to grow by leaps and bounds!! #2362916

Colette M. Metcalf February 01, 2006

Nice image, Kate!! #2363237

Cindy Paquette February 01, 2006

Great take on those days! #2363344

Rakesh Syal February 01, 2006

Great nostalgic value, Kate!!! #2363675

Deb Holmes-Hatfield February 01, 2006

Wonderful slice of life you captured Kate, nice to have glimpse of the past! #2363899

Nina Shields February 01, 2006

Kate, great tribute to "yesteryear"; wonderful detailing, definitely tells a story! Thanks for sharing! #2363935

Carla Metzler February 01, 2006

Wonderful detail, lighting, and capture, Kate! #2364421

Mary N C. Taitt February 01, 2006

WOW! This is different! Very interesting and evocative, nice expressions, fun to look at. Mary :-) #2364894

Goshka G. February 01, 2006

Great environmental portrait, Kate!Pence and shilling are beyond me though!;-) #2364977

Mary N C. Taitt February 01, 2006

I can't understand your money wither.

If you click on the link on the theme of the month, you can see all the pinks that have already been entered! #2364997

Susie Peek-Swint February 01, 2006

Great fun to study this one Kate ~ your neg/slide preserved very well...
.. I still love kippers ~ many years ago I worked in a hotel in Cornwall and quickly made friends with the chef to ensure I'd get fresh kippers for breakfast every morning ~ LOL! ... and I suppose I should confess I not only understand the prices but can still run through all the combinations to make up a pound.. drummed into us at school so never forgotten!! #2365193

John Connolly February 01, 2006

Yes Kate, even in Australia,I can relate to the pricing, a great amount of history contained here. Maybe BP should start a new catagory - Nostalga ! #2365440

Jenny Bosmans February 01, 2006

Great image, Kate!! I won't tell you my age, but even I remember those prices, and still have some of the coins of those days :)! #2365459

Ken Smith February 01, 2006

Kate, beautiful shot. I just purchased a 35mm slide scanner; should arrive today. I've got many slides from the 80s. Looking forward to getting them scanned. 1960???? #2365724

Claudia Kuhn February 01, 2006

I'm with Ken... 1960 is before my time, (by a bit) but it's a great shot, nice capture of the market and the women selling the fish! #2366119

Jill Odice February 01, 2006

You are funny Kate, and I can see you took great shots even way back then :-) #2366169

Phil Sauvey February 01, 2006

Kate,

I love any old photos! This is great!! The color is wonderful. This would be great as B&W or Sepia but the color gives it a modern day touch. I wish I had some old photos but my oldest only dates back to the early 80's. Oh well.. #2366797

Kate Jackson February 01, 2006

Thanks very much for all the great comments guys.
Yes John I wish we could put up a suggestion for the theme of the month to be old slides/ pictures. It would be fun to see everybodies.
Susie this was a slide. I actually went through all my old slides abut 2 years ago chucking most of them out and saving some and scanning them in.
Ken I look forward to seeing your old slides.
Phil I had not thought about B&W or Sepia. I guess that would make it look even older. At the time I took it of course I would never have considered going back to black and white. I loved the colour slides.
I was 17 and staying with a friend at Butlins Holiday Camp at Filey which I hated. It was like a prison camp. We stayed out on the beach too long the first evening and couldn't get back in and had to walk all the way round to the front entrance!! But that is how I remember what year it was. One year after leaving school!
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Darryl Wilkinson February 01, 2006

LOL - Nice one, Kate, I love it! Little before my time...guess you got me on that one :) A true storytelling masterpiece this is! Beautiful presentation, Kate, looks like I owe you one!!! :) #2366935

Joe Terni February 02, 2006

Thats wonderful Kate,just so many things to say re that era.To us down here the 2/6 was two bob and a zac.Twenty five cents of our todays money in Ozz.Its also interesting the Prawns and shrimps mentioned.Down here shrimps were usually less than a couple of inches long and were only used as bait and sold in fishing shops...anything larger were prawns.Therefore that old song about "The Shrimp boats are a coming there will be dancing tonight"or something like that ,meant little to us ,as they were only bringing home the bait and not the bacon (but we did enjoy the song!).Just one question,that sign on the top, that says "2 Pr for 4 shillings...whats the Pr??.I love that old shot Kate,well done. #2367666

Kate Jackson February 02, 2006

Thanks Darryl and Joe. Joe I'd forgotten that song now I will be singing it all day! The only thing it can be is pair. So 2pr = 4. Perhaps they were strung in pairs? I will ask my mum when I see her tomorrow. #2367696

Joe Terni February 02, 2006

Thanks Kate,Yes ask Mum,I just cannot recall Pr down here,but pairs sounds like it could be it.As long as we do not confuse anyone younger with guinea`s as well.If anything was written as guinea`s,it was too expensive for me! But fish was always less expensive than suits or cars etc and the later were nearly always in guinea`s.I have never forgotten the song,The Shrimp Boats( but not real sure if thats the title anyhow)....everyday I see those small shrimp in the river,the song comes back! #2367824

Susie Peek-Swint February 02, 2006

I think that must mean a pair Kate ~ for some reason I always remember them sold as a pair of kippers ~ never just one.. Joe talking about shrimp has my mouth watering ~ it's very hard to find shrimp here ~ just prawns, which aren't so tasty... by the way our family consisted of 3 girls and we all refused to go to Butlins as we weren't about to dance with those red coats ~ LOL!! #2370228

Joe Terni February 03, 2006

Susie its realy Kates call,But I think you could be right...a pair for Pr.For some reason we never used that on signs etc down here.See what Kate comes up with I will be interested. #2372007

Kate Jackson February 03, 2006

You are so right Susie. I didn't put the words in mum's mouth I asked her how they used to sell kippers, how they priced them. And she said immediately "they used to sell them in pairs". But she didn't know why. Just tradition I suppose. And you were right too Joe ~ mums always know.
You were quite right not to go to Butlins Susie. I reckon if my mum knew what went on there she would never have let me go!! Well our family was three girls too and I was the youngest and far too innocent to understand what was going on. #2373322

Joe Terni February 05, 2006

Great work Kate and to your Mum as well.As you know we used similar money values etc down here until 1966.I cannot remember your Kippers being sold down here(they are now though,and may have been back then aynhow).So I realy did not realise they were sold as pairs.But I do remember English Fillet and also South African Fillet being readily available here.These days they call them Smoked Cod.In the saucepan with water to boil to get rid of the salt,another heat and onto the plate with Olive oil,pepper and salt,cooked boiled onions and mashed spuds.We all still love it.But its always the best that smoked Cod, about an inch thick and very flaky(Rare these days)...as less skin per unit area of course. #2379716

Joe Terni February 05, 2006

Of course I should have thanked Susie as well, for knowing the Pr is a pair of Kippers! Thanks Susie.I think it was something that was decreed in your country,that fish should be eaten on Friday`s.Every man and his dog would be at our fish And chip shops down here on Friday night.We kept a tradition going,but over the last thirty odd years,you will see just as many any night of the week(or day),at the F and C shop and not just Fridays. #2379768

Kate Jackson February 05, 2006

Now you've got me thinking about fish and chips and the fantastic fish and chip restaurant in Freo where the whole family can sit around the table and eat it wrapped in paper and there are aquariums all around you with sea fish in. #2381636

Joe Terni February 07, 2006

I reckon thats Cicerello`s at Fishermans Wharf.If thats it,its certainly a classic stop for the real fish and chips.(Its got a long history at that location, way before the Americas Cup new restaurants etc,)I always take visitors there,and take even myself whenever I am down Freo way! #2392447

Kate Jackson February 08, 2006

Spot on. Yes it is a must! #2392857

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