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DID YOU TALLY
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 21 Nov 2014 04:26 |
I grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, and there was some sort of club during at least the 1950s and 1960s where you paid in so much per week, and got stamps to put on a card. |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 20 Nov 2014 18:30 |
my DIL ,sells Provident loans she is a Provident representative, they are much the same as the old cheques, and are still very popular.. she has her own collecting area, as do all the reps. |
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JoyLouise | Report | 20 Nov 2014 10:08 |
Not sure whether Provi cheques are still available but I do know that the Provi still exists - there's a branch on the floor above my dentist. |
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Mayfield | Report | 20 Nov 2014 10:04 |
Yes and if you did not use the whole amount you got co-op checks tin tokens to use it the store ;-) |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 20 Nov 2014 07:53 |
My Mum used the Provi cheques too, and my school uniform came from the Co-op. Lots of others had the same uniform, the blazers were bright emerald green but the blazers from the posher shop that didn't take Provi cheques were a much softer green. It was wrong really as ours were the proper uniform colour that went with the striped ties and such but the soft green blazer wearers were obviously better off so it showed us up. Shouldn't have been allowed really. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 18 Nov 2014 15:28 |
Provident and their tally men and women are still very much in business. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 18 Nov 2014 14:29 |
Mum always had provi checks think they were paid back over. 21 weeks so the 21stst week was the interest |
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Lyndi | Report | 18 Nov 2014 14:10 |
Oh Dizzi, you sent me down Memory Lane :-) |
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DIZZI | Report | 18 Nov 2014 11:01 |
DO YOU REMEMBER THE PROVIDENT CHEQUE , |
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