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Old 28th July 2018, 18:17
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John,
My pics were in Bratislava but they have good manholes in Budapest too. All brass - I wonder what this would be worth as scrap?
Geoff (YM)
Thanks for the reply, yes it was Bratislava. I also remember a lot of Soviet Statues around the area.
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Old 28th July 2018, 19:56
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Onya Tmac 1720 and Geoff,
what about the suit material ( niger brown ) I never liked the colour myself but it was popul;ar in the 1960s and early 1970s, the word itself was a bastardised slang word used in the southern states of America where there is a French influence and heritage, and negro just meaning black, and I suppose somebody with a strong lousiana accent the use of the nigger word was just that. But then again blacks call themselves by the very word the white liberal establishment want to banish from history and future reference to it
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I fully endorse your comments and #10 Lakercapt too.


If my memory serves me right there was a shoe polish named Nigger Brown, and I think it was Robinsons Jam jar labels that had the 'Golly Wogs' on them.


Quite true. Nigger Brown was an official colour in the leather goods trade. Robertson made the jam, Robinson made barley water. You ate Robertson's when you were well, and drank Robinson's when you were poorly. Robertson's preserves were great to mix up in a bowl of rice pudding. All sorts of colours could be created.

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Old 29th July 2018, 09:09
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Hi,

Regarding the dog's name.

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