The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #143805   Message #3321784
Posted By: fat B****rd
12-Mar-12 - 12:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kids Collecting Postage Stamps
Subject: RE: BS: Kids Collecting Postage Stamps
I had a fad for collecting stamps in the 50s. You could buy a packet of 100 for a shilling from Imeson's Post Office in Cleethhorpes. One day I opened my new packet and there was a gust of wind and ....yes...they all blue away. Kind grown ups picked some up for me. Then I graduated to collecitting cigarette packets. As Grimsby was more of a port then there were quite a few foreign brands around. I swapped my collection for a book about the Roman Games by Daniel P Mannix.