tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post3548684779513558624..comments2023-09-01T08:21:14.243-07:00Comments on Bagnall's Retreat: John Bagnallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036360460218138753noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post-33199560623431650402007-07-26T15:06:00.000-07:002007-07-26T15:06:00.000-07:00Hurk, I bow to you in gratefulness for your commen...Hurk, I bow to you in gratefulness for your comments, because your blog on first looking is an absolute delight. Please keep in touch!John Bagnallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036360460218138753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post-41611797181178630902007-07-19T03:15:00.000-07:002007-07-19T03:15:00.000-07:00All the old shops i went in as a kid are gone, the...All the old shops i went in as a kid are gone, the hospital where i was born- now a housing estate, the comprehensive i went to- now a 'technology college'. It's only the Tunnucks caramel wafer that remains unchanged- in both product and packaging. Well done them. And well done John for an interesting blog infused with the same mustiness as your brilliant comics- and that's big praise coming from old nobody me!Hurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04050072767583000630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post-2971917430555400692007-07-11T11:41:00.000-07:002007-07-11T11:41:00.000-07:00The last time I went to Craster I was disappointed...The last time I went to Craster I was disappointed to find the kipper smoking house closed due to a serious FIRE!<BR/><BR/>There is a very good boiled sweet shop there, though. The window jam-packed with jars...John Bagnallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036360460218138753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post-65069971076223286172007-07-11T02:25:00.000-07:002007-07-11T02:25:00.000-07:00Ah, as a Northerner I should have know that you'd ...Ah, as a Northerner I should have know that you'd be Seabrook fan. <BR/><BR/>My friend used to bring Tayto back from her visits to Ireland - they are <I>actually made in a castle</I>. I like the sound of the kipper ones, though our kitchen has never fully recovered from our visit to Craster.Boring Beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10538954381007218982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post-11081255951572262112007-07-10T13:57:00.000-07:002007-07-10T13:57:00.000-07:00Seabrooks remain my favourite crisps, despite the ...Seabrooks remain my favourite crisps, despite the update. I think they still do Canadian Ham flavour, which no other manufacturer has attempted. <BR/><BR/>Mind you, there's a crisp flavour I experienced only as a lad on holidays in Eire which was Tayto's KIPPER crisps. Boy, they were pungent!John Bagnallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036360460218138753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post-55128353637925850382007-07-09T15:45:00.000-07:002007-07-09T15:45:00.000-07:00Ah - Oor Wullie, as drawn by Dudley D Watkins. Bri...Ah - Oor Wullie, as drawn by Dudley D Watkins. Brings back memories of reading the Sunday Post when we used to visit my auntie in Scarborough.Boring Beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10538954381007218982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30699407.post-48164185450837159872007-07-09T15:38:00.000-07:002007-07-09T15:38:00.000-07:00Marvellous, aren't they? For years Bradford-based ...Marvellous, aren't they? For years Bradford-based crispologists Seabrook had wonderfully vernacular packets, presumably designed by a family member who was good at art. When the rest of the world's crisp manufacturers went over to foil packaging, Seabrook stuck doggedly to cellophane - with "SEE WHAT YOU BUY!" shouting from the front and PLEASE AVOID STRONG LIGHT on the back. Both decent bits of advice for life, if you think about it. Until a couple of years back they had a loose interpretation of where to put inverted commas; "MORE" THAN A "SNACK" and 30 GRAMS "e". Alas, the modern world's caught up and they recently launched nationwide in - yes - foil packaging. The original design remains, albeit vestigially, and they've tidied up the apostrophes.Boring Beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10538954381007218982noreply@blogger.com