Black and White Stamps

[braveheart]

I have memories of going to the shop for my Mum to get the " messages " and she always reminded me to get the stamps when I go! I tend to remember them being referred to as Black and White stamps and I'm fairly sure they had a number 4 on the front and I'm sure she had a book that she collected them in, I assume to be redeemed at a later stage. Again from memory, I think the shop was Nisbet's in Crown Street, anyone remember this?

John

[DannyGill]

I have memories of going to the shop for my Mum to get the " messages " and she always reminded me to get the stamps when I go! I tend to remember them being referred to as Black and White stamps and I'm fairly sure they had a number 4 on the front and I'm sure she had a book that she collected them in, I assume to be redeemed at a later stage. Again from memory, I think the shop was Nisbet's in Crown Street, anyone remember this?

John

Hi John, cant say i remember Nisbets with the stamp book but remember going to the Coop and having to give your "divy" number in the Rutherglen rd branch, the money was put in a wee
metal container and it was atatched to a wire and it zinged along to the person in charge of the money and your change was put in the container and traveled back to you. Ah happy days.

Danny

[Jimbo]

Black and White stamps were just one of the forerunners to the "green" stamps (Greenshield) craze of the 60's, they also were stuck into books for later redeeming. Greenshield had redemption shops in various locations.

[DannyGill]

I have memories of going to the shop for my Mum to get the " messages " and she always reminded me to get the stamps when I go! I tend to remember them being referred to as Black and White stamps and I'm fairly sure they had a number 4 on the front and I'm sure she had a book that she collected them in, I assume to be redeemed at a later stage. Again from memory, I think the shop was Nisbet's in Crown Street, anyone remember this?

John

Hi John again, in regards to going for the" messages" I may have mentioned it before but in the days where there was no mobile phones [or even landline phones in our tenement buildings] or Lap tops etc, going for the "the messages" was a person going to do a wee bit of shopping and as you walked from shop to shop you met neighbours and friends and all the local news [gossip !!] was exchanged between each other and these bits of information were later passed on back to your family, so your trip to the shops picked up "messages" from other people and that's what we called going for the messages.

Danny

[braveheart]

Hi Danny,
Thanks for that information it is very interesting. I never realised that's what it meant, but you are absolutely right there was always an exchange of information going on when you met people. They would always ask how is your Mother, ask about siblings and how you were doing at school etc. You would also get an update on their family situation and take that back to your Mum.

It all makes sense now Danny.

Cheers,

John

[DannyGill]

Hi Danny,
Thanks for that information it is very interesting. I never realised that's what it meant, but you are absolutely right there was always an exchange of information going on when you met people. They would always ask how is your Mother, ask about siblings and how you were doing at school etc. You would also get an update on their family situation and take that back to your Mum.

It all makes sense now Danny.

Cheers,

John

Hi John,
That's no problem mate my pleasure, this was only pointed out to me last year when I met up with an old class mate from wee Bonnies school [last time we had met was at school 50 years ago], I went up to Glasgow for a trip down memory lane and Brian Donnolly met up with me in the city centre for a drink and he explained it to me. You're right John it does make sense when you think about it, did you ever buy the book "The Gorbals" an illustrated history by Eric Eunson, if you didn't it's well worth a look rakes of photos fro the old Gorbals [an awful lot by Norrie McNamee] and a short history about each photo. I ordered it from Amazon and keep looking at it all the time, takes you back years John. Take care mate.

Danny

[rosedoyle]

I must agree with you, Danny, it's a great book.

[DannyGill]

I must agree with you, Danny, it's a great book.

Hi Rose,
It sure is a great book and I'm always looking at it, the tenements may have gone now but in our minds they're still alive Rose. I was born n bred in Fauldhouse st where Big Bonnies and the Steamie stood and a 1 minute walk to the "Cally rd" and I used to love walking along Cumberland st with it's many shops , unfortunately when I was 7 years old my Granny and Granda took me there one day and My Granda [God Bless him] dropped dead in front of us while we were looking in one of the shop windows and that memory has never left me. I used to love going to the Gorbals swimming baths and all the picture houses there in the soo-side, when i look inside the book all those memoies come flooding back to me and I'm sure you too Rose, take care and God Bless.

Danny x

[redscot]

Hi Danny
Were the black and white stamps anything to do with the Co-op? By the way thanks heaps for putting me on to this site...I'm addicted noo, and I'm learning new stuff everytime I log on...like going for the 'messages'.
Hope you are well my friend and I'll e-mail you soon with dates of my trip so we can get together for a wee swally. Awe the best Danny...Rose x

[DannyGill]

Hi Danny
Were the black and white stamps anything to do with the Co-op? By the way thanks heaps for putting me on to this site...I'm addicted noo, and I'm learning new stuff everytime I log on...like going for the 'messages'.
Hope you are well my friend and I'll e-mail you soon with dates of my trip so we can get together for a wee swally. Awe the best Danny...Rose x

Hi Rose,
No the black and white stamps were actually a forerunner for Green Shield stamps [or similar], what we got at the coop was just your dividend at the end of the year [or was it 6 months ?]. You just gave yer Ma's divvy number when you paid for your messages, being a wee boy I was fascinated when you paid your money and the assistant put it in the wee metal cup and it whizzed along the wire to the person in charge of the money, in my youthful eyes watching the cup whiz along the wire was like something out of Flash Gordon ha ha oh the innocence of a wean eh !!!, speak later Rose, take care and God Bless.

Danny x