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That following generations will never have. Here's a few of mine.....
1. Hovering over the record button on my cassette radio waiting for my favourite songs to come on.
2. The crisps that came with a sachet if salt to sprinkle yourself
3. Marathon bar and opal fruits.
4. Commodore 64
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cremola foam,
spangles,
Starsky and hutch,
Government information films during world of sport with Dickie Davies....oh and George Michael when he was straight... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Christ, what have i stumbled into here...
Stephen Hawkins, brief history of time was published.
Nintendo....
Prozac came onto the market, i remember prozac well...
You guys are really old |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cremola foam,
spangles,
Starsky and hutch,
Government information films during world of sport with Dickie Davies....oh and George Michael when he was straight..."
Pfft some of us are old enough to remember when Rock Hudson was straight.
I remember Rowntree's 2 and 2 chocolate, although sometimes I think it's a hallucination as nobody else seems to. |
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"Cremola foam,
spangles,
Starsky and hutch,
Government information films during world of sport with Dickie Davies....oh and George Michael when he was straight..."
Ahhhhhh, cremola foam Ingredients E100, E101,E102.........E1000 and sugar. Wonder why it was discontinued???  I had an ex find some in Slovakia a few years ago ...... wasn't the same  |
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"Cremola foam,
spangles,
Starsky and hutch,
Government information films during world of sport with Dickie Davies....oh and George Michael when he was straight...
Pfft some of us are old enough to remember when Rock Hudson was straight.
I remember Rowntree's 2 and 2 chocolate, although sometimes I think it's a hallucination as nobody else seems to."
My favourite bar of all time. Talk about complex. They were so good though. I remember a local shop that used to break them up and sell them by the square. Good times! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yep standing beside the cassette player as said above, recording a song off the radio and being gutted that Larry gogan came on to speak over the end of the song .... Rewinding the tape back so you could try to record it again, next time it played ... Good times....lol |
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Same regards radio and taping songs
Dip dab
Mr judge from wanderley wagon
Buying cigarettes for 10p from an open pack
Worzel gummage
Making phone calls from a phone box
Meeting under Cleary’s clock .
Arrangement made about a wk in advance
No seat belts in cars (10
Kids piled into a car)
No fab |
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By *eys00Man
over a year ago
have boots will travel |
Going to the big smoke on the 8th of December and getting treated to the kne McDonalds of the year by the oul fella while the mother "went and had a quick look at the sales, sure she wouldn't like the fast food anyway" ie: Santa shopping while we were distracted  |
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"Going to the big smoke on the 8th of December and getting treated to the kne McDonalds of the year by the oul fella while the mother "went and had a quick look at the sales, sure she wouldn't like the fast food anyway" ie: Santa shopping while we were distracted "
You should've put a spoiler alert at the top for all the kids reading this  |
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By *eys00Man
over a year ago
have boots will travel |
"Going to the big smoke on the 8th of December and getting treated to the kne McDonalds of the year by the oul fella while the mother "went and had a quick look at the sales, sure she wouldn't like the fast food anyway" ie: Santa shopping while we were distracted
You should've put a spoiler alert at the top for all the kids reading this "
That is to say....she was delivering our Santa letters. To the man himself. Who does exist.
Phew |
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"Cremola foam,
spangles,
Starsky and hutch,
Government information films during world of sport with Dickie Davies....oh and George Michael when he was straight...
Pfft some of us are old enough to remember when Rock Hudson was straight.
I remember Rowntree's 2 and 2 chocolate, although sometimes I think it's a hallucination as nobody else seems to."
Best chocolate bar EVER |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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50p badges of favourite pop stars all over your denim jacket
Toffee mice
Top of the pops
Bad perms
Leg warmers
Getting hickies/love bites
Slow sets
The apartments
Angel delight
Ice magic
Furstenberg
Ritz |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Getting hickies/love bites...and spending ages trying to cover them up so my Mum wouldnt see them
Lol
Frys 5 centre chocolate bar
Gypsy cream biscuits...yummmmm |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Slogging apples from neighbours back gardens.
Football games where we only stopped when it got dark .. and then next goal won.
Swimming in a pool in nearby river - freezing."
Knight Rider ,A Team ,Snow Fights ( winter time) ,Summer-break in the Countryside (GranMas) |
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"My Sony walkman. I miss it  .
Anyone remember clackers?
FYI. It's not an STD.
I had clackers I also had black and blue hands from using them "
A long handle with two balls banging them together!!!! Girls and their toys.  |
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By *P_80Man
over a year ago
Waterford |
The excitement of one of your favourite bands releasing their new album.
No online leaks. No downloads. You just had to wait for the release date.
Then when it came out you'd bring it home and listen to it while looking at the album artwork. It was all about experiencing the package as a whole. |
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"The excitement of one of your favourite bands releasing their new album.
No online leaks. No downloads. You just had to wait for the release date.
Then when it came out you'd bring it home and listen to it while looking at the album artwork. It was all about experiencing the package as a whole."
Oh god i just loved that .... lyrics on the sleeve  |
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By *oudicaWoman
over a year ago
Kilkenny |
Making mix tapes for your teenage crush
Rewinding tapes with a biro
Having a lock on the dial on the family phone
Having to go put the kettle on when anyone started smooching on the telly
As the youngest, being the human remote control
Gaybo manhandling kids on The Late Late Toy Show
....... ah such happy memories |
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By *adame BWoman
over a year ago
C'est moi Boudoir |
Can't believe Dallas hasn't been mentioned! Charlie's Angels and the Muppet show.
Caramac bar's, bazooka gum, cola cube's
Writing with a fountain pen and splashing ink at your friends
My red chopper bike that I have the scars of ownership still.
Holding the bowl of jelly in the over loaded car going to picnics... the pride & panic of responsibility when it was your turn.
Egg sandwiches wrapped in the bread wrapper, home made apple tarts, stripy cloth deck chairs that swallowed kid's
Making hay ricks, bog hopping, orchard raiding, bonfire's, going on the wren, telephone box pranking, smoking, dossing school, spin the bottle, walking everywhere!
So many fun times amid the craziness |
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"Can't believe Dallas hasn't been mentioned! Charlie's Angels and the Muppet show.
Caramac bar's, bazooka gum, cola cube's
Writing with a fountain pen and splashing ink at your friends
My red chopper bike that I have the scars of ownership still.
Holding the bowl of jelly in the over loaded car going to picnics... the pride & panic of responsibility when it was your turn.
Egg sandwiches wrapped in the bread wrapper, home made apple tarts, stripy cloth deck chairs that swallowed kid's
Making hay ricks, bog hopping, orchard raiding, bonfire's, going on the wren, telephone box pranking, smoking, dossing school, spin the bottle, walking everywhere!
So many fun times amid the craziness "
Omg ceramic bars were my favourite. Bring them back  |
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"Can't believe Dallas hasn't been mentioned! Charlie's Angels and the Muppet show.
Caramac bar's, bazooka gum, cola cube's
Writing with a fountain pen and splashing ink at your friends
My red chopper bike that I have the scars of ownership still.
Holding the bowl of jelly in the over loaded car going to picnics... the pride & panic of responsibility when it was your turn.
Egg sandwiches wrapped in the bread wrapper, home made apple tarts, stripy cloth deck chairs that swallowed kid's
Making hay ricks, bog hopping, orchard raiding, bonfire's, going on the wren, telephone box pranking, smoking, dossing school, spin the bottle, walking everywhere!
So many fun times amid the craziness
Omg ceramic bars were my favourite. Bring them back "
Damn autocorrect. Wasn't too fond of the cadburys ceramic bar. Bring back the caramac |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My Sony walkman. I miss it .
Anyone remember clackers?
FYI. It's not an STD.
I had clackers I also had black and blue hands from using them
A long handle with two balls banging them together!!!! Girls and their toys. "
Long handle ones where for the sissys .
I just had a plastic tab you held with your thumb and forefinger and away you go
I also had a big orange space hopper. Hold onto the ears and bounce away on it for as long as you where able.... Great training  |
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Toys:
-Spinning top
-The egg timer shaped thingy that you spun on a piece of string with a stick on either end.
-The foam aeroplanes with the plastic weight on the front
- spud guns
- does anyone remember the toy that had penguins climbing up a staircase and sliding down a chute to the bottom? Or did I make that memory up?
-marbles
-flying kites
-stickle bricks
- water ring toss
-the goggle shaped yokey that you inserted disks with pics. When you pressed a button it moved through the pics.
Ahhh all the memories
Kids today would punch you in the face if you gave them any of these |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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What was the kids programme called when they asked what type window shall we look through today
There was 4 types of Windows
Sweets - double dips and buying 1/4 ounces of sweets
Ahhhhh those were the days |
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By *mpathicMan
over a year ago
Portadown |
Making guiders with pram wheels that you steered with a rope. Rubbing nettle stings with a dock leaf. Baking spuds in a fire. 4 black jacks or fruit salads for a penny. When punts and pounds did the same job. |
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