TerryMcCann Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Weetabix, and a record with the centre missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 We never got a film in Peel. We had to endure entertainment with local entertainers Rex and Colin They're still going you know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Rumour has it - the kids will have a cup and a plate and their name on the table - and after the event the cops will be taking DNA from the cups ...not implausible, when you think about it, if the state gets its way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman8180 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 How the feck did you manage to turn this into another conspiracy theory. Rex and Colin scare me. Only a few years ago my old workplace hired them for a kids Christmas Party. I swear they had the same 'prizes' as back in my day. Of particular note were those tiny plane type contraptions that were made from polystyrene or Balsa wood, that you used to throw and they would come full circle and hit you in the head, or alternatively fly off and take little Johnny's eye out. 'Come and give Uncle Colin a hug'.......Fuck that for a game of soldiers. Police Treats for the win! (Many an enjoyable experience had towards the rear of those cinemas!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Tea bags, brillo pads, and weetabix? Rex and Colin club? Police Treat? Suddenly the repressed memories of my childhood are flooding back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahc Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 We never got a film in Peel. We had to endure entertainment with local entertainers Rex and Colin *remembers unsavoury headline in the Examiner a few years later* Never got away with more than one selection box though, despite trying every trick in the book *I can't remember it. Can you remind us?* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Jarry Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I remember being taken to see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as a police treat in the early 80's. I think it was my first trip to the cinema. Don't remember the selection boxes though, maybe they were phased out by then, the article suggests it was probably one of the last of the police treats. Incidentally, here in the UK the police are also introducing taking kids to see films - of gang violence, as a deterrent. Something the Manx police should consider? "OK, kids, now you've seen the Walt Disney flick, here's a something that'll have you crying into your selection boxes!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentience Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Anyone remember the Firemans treat? Held every year if my memory serves correct in what is now 'Bar George'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky boy Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Anyone remember the Firemans treat? Held every year if my memory serves correct in what is now 'Bar George'. I once gave the firemen a treat by setting fire to all the dry gorse on Douglas Head during the summer holidays The beating I got later off my father was no treat though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 There we were, all lined up outside the gaity theatre, waiting to watch a film, guess what? the camera broke down. I think even at that young age the cops were deciding who was going to be a 'baddun' or a 'goodun' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Anyone remember the Firemans treat? Held every year if my memory serves correct in what is now 'Bar George'. Yes, used to get to that as well as the police treat. They'd both be so tame now but fantastic at the time, and stick in the memory! All the soft rock and manx knobs left over from Gore's Rock shops summer....no wonder the school dentist was so busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentbob Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 ARGH!!!! REX & COLIN!!!!! NEWTOWN HALL!!!!!! AAARRGGGHHHH!!!! YAAARRRRR!!! (Annual Talk like a pirate inclusion) Back to the Shrink for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Anyone remember the Firemans treat? Held every year if my memory serves correct in what is now 'Bar George'. Yes, I remember going to one. In a similar vein, does anyone remember the trailer Rudolf that did the rounds. I know they still do it but it is not so eagerly awaited as when I were a lass. The sweets were always stale chewy things, but you would still try to go through a second time, if you weren't caught and despatched by Rudolf's minders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 What is a police treat? Never heard of it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky boy Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Anyone remember the Firemans treat? Held every year if my memory serves correct in what is now 'Bar George'. Yes, I remember going to one. In a similar vein, does anyone remember the trailer Rudolf that did the rounds. I know they still do it but it is not so eagerly awaited as when I were a lass. The sweets were always stale chewy things, but you would still try to go through a second time, if you weren't caught and despatched by Rudolf's minders. The last time I saw "Rudolph" he was looking very threadbare and seemed to consist of a cardboard subframe with iffy animal skin rugs stapled to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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