kaz
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Green Shield StampsWho remembers green shield stamps?  
Someone was talking to me about them today and we could both remember where the nearest green shield shop used to be but not how, where or with what the stamps used to be given out 
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Pilsbury
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I know you used to get loads with petrol, I remember me and my brother sitting in the back of a ford anglia licking and sticking as we left the garage
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Captain Cockerel
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stampsI seem to remember them being dispensed from a ticket machine by the till..
Also remember being asked/told to lick great sheafs of them to stick in the booksby my old man.
Steve
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dan
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from the co-op i think,  can remember sticking them on a card, and there was a green shield shop were you could trade them in
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mogs
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there were also green sheild stamp machines in amusement arcades...payed out stamps instead of cash....lol...
and didn't the co-op have pink stamps?
the cashing in shops used to be very similar to argos, but the value of an item was in stamps aswell as cash.......
:biglol: this topic has certainly taken me back a few years..... :biglol:
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Bazzer
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Mostly got ours with fuel. Instead of garages having pricewars they had stampwars. One would give double stamps so the one down the road would offer treble. You could on occassions get 5 or 6 fold.
What about the 1966 Esso World Cup Coins?
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Seabird
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Ooooooh Yes! I remember Green Shield stamps.
I remember sitting cross eyed and cross legged, in labour, on the way to the hospital, while OH was arguing in the petrol station about the amount of green shield stamps he'd been given!!
A couple we knew got part time evening and weekend jobs together in a petrol station to earn extra money for the deposit on their house. They collected loads of GS stamps from the people who didn't collect them - enough to get lots of furniture and fitting for their house!!
Who remembers the hundreds of glasses we got from petrol stations?
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MrsWW
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| Seabird wrote: | | Who remembers the hundreds of glasses we got from petrol stations? |
Oh yes, I remember those! Caused me to damage my back at the age of 19 they did! Sat back in the driver's seat, twisted between the seats to wedge the glasses on the back seat and heard a sort of cracking noise in my back . . . I was then off work for 3 months with it!
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confused
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i remember my granny giving me loads of them she lived in a wee village and i used to go there in my summer holidays and fish all the wee hill burns! i gave the fish to all the locals (because i was a good lad!) when i started my appreticeship the locals gave my granny all there stamps to get me tools!
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Hawkeye
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who could forget greenshield stamps! i also remember my mother collecting embassy coupons before she gave up smoking, we had loads of things from that catologue 
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petyar
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I never collected green shield stamps as I only had a little 50cc Honda at that time and you didn't get many for half a gallon.
What I did collect was Players No.6 (remember them) coupons and had quite a lot of 'gifts' from them, well I did smoke like a chimney before I saw the light (pun unintentional) about 30 years ago.
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Bazzer
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On the subject of freebees.
Co-op divi. Our no. was 671339. Never forget it.
The saver stamps on Brooke Bond Dividend Tea.
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mogs
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slightly changing the subject.....
i noticed on a packet of sugar at a friends place, there was a coupon on the top........any idea what it might be?
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Bazzer
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Errrrrrrrrrr. A coupon perhaps? 
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mogs
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oh god you are soooo funny....NOT..... 
i was just wondring what the coupon might be for.......doh...collect so many gt a bag of sugar free???? perhaps
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Pilsbury
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if it was a tate & lyle token its not that useful if i remember right, I went to the site and i cant even remember what was on it so it couldnt of been great as I get loads of the tokens from work and if it had been any good i would of collected them.
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mogs
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yeah it was tat and lyle.......just strange having a token and it not being worth anything...
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Christine
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For the first three years of my children's life it was green shield stamps that paid for Christmas presents and birthday presents.
Heck the budget was very stretched when the green shield system stopped and turned into Argos.
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freckle
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| mogs wrote: | | yeah it was tat and lyle.......just strange having a token and it not being worth anything... |
That makes me feel better since I only noticed them a few months back and must have ditched hundreds!! Must find out for myself though.......
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Bazzer
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In these days of "Collectables" is there anything that is worth nothing?
E-Bay's always worth a try for any worthless item.
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mogs
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you can say that again.........
i been trying to get hold of old cutlery...epns stuff.....used to get just chucked away......now it is on ebay and costs a fortune....gggrrrr
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Bazzer
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Offers for:
A well worn out, second hand Nanna.
Smells of Goats.
Can look like a Bag Lady.
Loves mud and poo.
Often covered in bright coloured paint.
Sometimes bits of unspun wool hidden in the nether regions.
Tends to disappear at night for a few hours every year around the 31st.Oct.
Has been caught dancing naked( oh.gif ) during certain phases of the Moon.
Comes complete with:
Cackle, Warts, Caldron, Broom, Paintbrushes and Toolkit.
Reserve of 3p.
Buyer collects or can pay for delivery by standard Royal Mail Parcel Post.
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supersweep
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Re: Green Shield StampsThere used to be a "Green Shield Stamps shop" near the Bull ring in Birmingham.?
You browsed through a catalogue ( like an argos catalogue) and then paid in in books of stamps, instead of cash
Each book contained 1,280 stamps. You got 1 stamp for each 6d spent.
In 1966 you could "buy" -
* Regentone 19" television - 88 books
* Longines 9ct Gold watch - 39½ books
* Kodak Brownie 8 Movie Camera - 13¼ books
* Kenwood Chef - 33¼ books
* Silver Cloud motor boat (outboard motor not included!) - 170 books
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Bazzer
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In fact Greenshield would quote an xyz number of books price for any item. Rolls Royce, Yacht etc.
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