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ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 1 Jun 2023 15:32

Some very old ones. I'm sure there are lots, I'll start with.
Take the bus to market.
No need to park it.
We run for people who wait. Not wait for people who run.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 1 Jun 2023 17:04

So old that I’ve never heard them.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 1 Jun 2023 17:45

They were on the sides of busses in the 60s and 70s.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 1 Jun 2023 17:46

We both agree they weren’t on our buses.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 1 Jun 2023 18:04

4_7_11 was it a perfume?

Kaysor bondor....Stockings?

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 1 Jun 2023 18:25

Kayser Bondor made stockings and Lingerie from their factories quite near to where I am now.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 1 Jun 2023 18:40

My sister loved 4-7-11. You can still get it from Amazon.

Kath. x

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 1 Jun 2023 19:05

4711 - now I know that, might even have some.