Gladys Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 46 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: My father used to collect Embassy coupons from fag packets and saved them into just such a little book then when it was full (if you hadn't already died of lung cancer) you could redeem them for things from an Embassy mail order catalogue of goods. My mother did the same. She started to smoke Carlton and collected their coupons. I still have one such coupon in the collection of her odds and ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 10 minutes ago, Gladys said: My mother did the same. She started to smoke Carlton and collected their coupons. I still have one such coupon in the collection of her odds and ends. My mum too. Players No 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 3 hours ago, John Wright said: My recollection is that my parents collected them from petrol filling stations. I remember some sort of booklet, and I got to stick strips of stamps into rows on it. So many pages and you could redeem. Definitely the forerunner of today’s digital options. And sort of satisfying as the pages were filled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, John Wright said: My recollection is that my parents collected them from petrol filling stations. I drove a petrol engined Scammel recovery truck across and my boss insisted we collected the stamps when we filled up! It did 2 1/2 to the gallon when towing and had a 200 gallon tank. Edited December 18, 2022 by doc.fixit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: I drove a petrol engined Scammel recovery truck across and my boss insisted we collected the stamps when we filled up! It did 2 1/2 to the gallon when towing and had a 200 gallon tank. And what did he redeem the stamps for a new car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: I drove a petrol engined Scammel recovery truck across and my boss insisted we collected the stamps when we filled up! It did 2 1/2 to the gallon when towing and had a 200 gallon tank. Even at 4/6 a gallon that’s a lot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Dunno what he did with the stamps, he was a mean dratsab, there was a sign in our tea shed, 'will all employees please wash their cups?'. I was the only employee! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCallig Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, McCallig said: Brings back memories! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 The only place I recall issuing them over here was a very young Paul Howard opening his shop on Windsor Road , circa 1972 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericUserName Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 minute ago, mollag said: The only place I recall issuing them over here was a very young Paul Howard opening his shop on Windsor Road , circa 1972 😎 You got them with oil deliveries too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, genericUserName said: You got them with oil deliveries too. Pretty sure we got them in the Co op and Lipton's/Maypole as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericUserName Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, finlo said: Pretty sure we got them in the Co op and Lipton's/Maypole as well. I don't know about Liptons. But the CoOp always did their own. It was the dividend. They were blue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, genericUserName said: I don't know about Liptons. But the CoOp always did their own. It was the dividend. They were blue. Divi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Gladys said: Divi. I can still remember our pin. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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