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over a year ago
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Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else? |
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"Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else?"
I remember all bar Swiss Kit
Does that make me old? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else?
I remember all bar Swiss Kit
Does that make me old?"
This ?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......
Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...
Taxi bars
Vice versas...
Burger bites...
10p chomp bars
Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else?
I remember all bar Swiss Kit
Does that make me old?"
You re only old if you feel you re old...having seen your pics...Id say nooooo   |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......
Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...
Taxi bars
Vice versas...
Burger bites...
10p chomp bars
Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p"
Haha..do you remember sturmy archer gears and lights where the bike wheels produced the power? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Pacers
Ranchero crisps
And fish and chips from the van that visited each week  "
In paper..the ink just added to the flavour..picking up a chip with a piece of sun newspaer attached hahaha |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else?
I remember all bar Swiss Kit
Does that make me old?
This ??"
Nope |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......
Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...
Taxi bars
Vice versas...
Burger bites...
10p chomp bars
Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p
Haha..do you remember sturmy archer gears and lights where the bike wheels produced the power?"
Don’t remember those brands but I once had a bike that had a mini turbine against the wheels that made the lights go on |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Anyone remember the chews black Jack's,yum"
Oh hell yeah...aniseed balls and victory Vs...we once fed a donkey aniseed balls..it loved em..but hour later it sure was windy eugh  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Anyone remember the chews black Jack's,yum
Oh hell yeah...aniseed balls and victory Vs...we once fed a donkey aniseed balls..it loved em..but hour later it sure was windy eugh "
Hahaha,I bet |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......
Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...
Taxi bars
Vice versas...
Burger bites...
10p chomp bars
Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p
Haha..do you remember sturmy archer gears and lights where the bike wheels produced the power?
Don’t remember those brands but I once had a bike that had a mini turbine against the wheels that made the lights go on"
Yeah...I had one on my sturmey archer 3 speed...can remember oggling 5 and 10 speed then being blown away when 12 gears started to hit the shops |
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"Shrinking crisp packets under the grill.
Having mini packets of cigarettes as key rings
Cigarette sweets "
Cigarette sweets..yeah remember them and lucky bags for a penny and sherbet dips |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Cadbury Secret bars,
Commando books (I know they still make those but they were a large part of my youth),
Kellogg's Start cereal,
When Kellogg's did free areoplane toys in cereal,
Being young. |
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Sony Walkman Cassette player
Recording your fav songs from the Radio1 Top40 on a sunday evening for a mixtape
Ford XR2, XR3, RS Turbo & RS Cosworth, Renault 5 GT Turbo, Fiat Uno Turbo ie, MG Metro Turbo
Yamaha RD350 ypvs & other 2-Stroke motorcycles
2 & 4 Star Petrol
Petrol for 38p a litre (1989)
First Space Shuttle launch
Concorde airplane |
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"Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else?
I remember all bar Swiss Kit
Does that make me old?"
I can't remember much at al  |
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BBC Computers at school
Amiga Computers
Vic 20 & Commodore 64
Spectrum 48 & 128
Loading a game by playing a tape & hearing a long series of beeps & buzzes
56k dial-up modems, watching a picture being displayed on screen line by line
Atari games console |
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"Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else?"
2000AD Comic
Spokey Dokies
Shrinky Dinkies
Charlie Says
Timmmmmyyyyy!!!!!!
Why Dont You : Horace !
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ironically, on a Saturday morning the Corona pop man used to come in his van selling fizzy pop. If only he knew  "
That's why we are in this mess we've stopped drinking Corona brand Cola, Orangeade, Lemonade, Cream Soda and my all time favourite Ginger Beer? |
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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago
A box at end of your bed |
"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!
2 and 4 star petrol"
And 2 stroke oil pumps for that shot of 2 stroke oil in your FS1E petrol tank  |
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By * Lexi xWoman
over a year ago
stockport |
"Renting a video from Blockbusters, getting it home and realising the last buggar didn't rewind it! It took nearly 5 minutes to rewind in the VCR. If you were a non rewinder, shame on you "
Omg!! I remember this so well! |
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"Renting a video from Blockbusters, getting it home and realising the last buggar didn't rewind it! It took nearly 5 minutes to rewind in the VCR. If you were a non rewinder, shame on you
Omg!! I remember this so well! "
You must have been very very young! |
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"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!
2 and 4 star petrol
And 2 stroke oil pumps for that shot of 2 stroke oil in your FS1E petrol tank "
Fs1e... The ferrari of the mopeds... |
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Morris marinas...
Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine
When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..
Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...
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Doing research by borrowing books from the library.
Drinking tap water, people would have laughed if they'd say I'm going to put water in a bottle and charge you a quid for the privelage.
Playing bull dog, kiss chase, hide & seek, tag, football, and riding bikes... Everywhere and being able to repair a puncture yourself.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Doing research by borrowing books from the library.
Drinking tap water, people would have laughed if they'd say I'm going to put water in a bottle and charge you a quid for the privelage.
Playing bull dog, kiss chase, hide & seek, tag, football, and riding bikes... Everywhere and being able to repair a puncture yourself.
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We called water corporation pop...what about model milk....tin can squat |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Morris marinas...
Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine
When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..
Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...
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Hilman Imp, X1.9 |
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"Morris marinas...
Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine
When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..
Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...
Hilman Imp, X1.9"
Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Morris marinas...
Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine
When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..
Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...
Hilman Imp, X1.9
Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald"
Ooh ok..mind you the imp was quite a rally car in its class...howabout Vivas, Hunters and howabout the Zepher..as for the ugly ass princess..lol |
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"1/2p coins
£1 notes
Bank books & cheque books"
Sixpences...can remember the leaflet about decimilisation through the door. What about the stamps you could buy as a savings account? |
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"The Sinclair C5
MG/Austin Maestro, The car that talked"
If I remember rightly they recalled the Maestro to remove the talking bit..I know around us people were ripping it out as fast as they could manage. |
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"Morris marinas...
Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine
When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..
Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...
Hilman Imp, X1.9
Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald
Ooh ok..mind you the imp was quite a rally car in its class...howabout Vivas, Hunters and howabout the Zepher..as for the ugly ass princess..lol "
Learnt to drive in a hunter GT |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!
2 and 4 star petrol
And 2 stroke oil pumps for that shot of 2 stroke oil in your FS1E petrol tank
Fs1e... The ferrari of the mopeds... "
Fizzys...we always wanted montessas or bultacos or the lil yammie 80. RDs were hellish fast for their time |
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Gola football boots...
Leather lace up footballs with a bladder.. that broke your ankle when it rained...
Cricket bat's that needed oiling and knocking in...
TV with no sex scenes and no swearing (thanks Mary Whitehouse)
Dunlop blue flash
Queueing for your new singles so you could be the coolest kid in school |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Hi everyone thought I'd join in I remember the old 50 pence electric meter when snickers bars were called marathon an monster munch were huge bags of crisps lol... |
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Bob a job week?
Pint of beer for 15p...
Smoking in shops... Trains... Restaurants.. Pubs...
Singing if you're glad to be gay...
Having fun with a girl called nina
Sweeney on the TV... "we're the sweeney son and we haven't had any dinner" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Gola football boots...
Leather lace up footballs with a bladder.. that broke your ankle when it rained...
Cricket bat's that needed oiling and knocking in...
TV with no sex scenes and no swearing (thanks Mary Whitehouse)
Dunlop blue flash
Queueing for your new singles so you could be the coolest kid in school"
I bought a Gola hoodie the other day, it's beautiful and soft and I adore it so..... |
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"1/2p coins
£1 notes
Bank books & cheque books
Sixpences...can remember the leaflet about decimilisation through the door. What about the stamps you could buy as a savings account?"
Decimalisation was before i was born |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Soggy smiths crisps for tuppence happeny. Had the little blue bag for salt.
Penny Gobstoppers the size of a golf ball, well that's how they appeared to me. |
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How about Mario Cart an duck hunt on the Nintendo 64 class games lol..an focus points in packs fags embassy number one an regal king size you used get the catalogue of stuff you collect the points for lol.. |
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When anal sex was something only mps and the clergy did.
The milk monitor at school.
When cholesterol didn't exist and real men smoked woodbine and drank watneys red barrel and teachers scotch was for connoisseurs....
The only gin in town was Gordon's.
Meat was a once a week luxury and Sundays were a day of rest for family roast dinners where we all sat down with no elbows on the table, ate whatever was put on our plate and sat still till everyone was finished |
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"Hi everyone thought I'd join in I remember the old 50 pence electric meter when snickers bars were called marathon an monster munch were huge bags of crisps lol..."
Hey..welcome..yup slot meters before the electric key meters..never understood why they changed it to snickers..I still call em marathons. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Gola football boots...
Leather lace up footballs with a bladder.. that broke your ankle when it rained...
Cricket bat's that needed oiling and knocking in...
TV with no sex scenes and no swearing (thanks Mary Whitehouse)
Dunlop blue flash
Queueing for your new singles so you could be the coolest kid in school"
Mary bloody whitehouse lol... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Morris marinas...
Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine
When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..
Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...
Hilman Imp, X1.9
Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald
Ooh ok..mind you the imp was quite a rally car in its class...howabout Vivas, Hunters and howabout the Zepher..as for the ugly ass princess..lol
Learnt to drive in a hunter GT"
Loved the Hillman Hunter..what about the stags and jensons and scimitar. The stags quite often managed A to B but not back to A..until they changed the engine. |
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Motorbike test was a guy stood on the roadside. You did a circuit of the block and an emergency stop..job done!
Battles amongst us lads as to who got the better pd milk round and who got paper rounds and that was before we were 10 year old!! |
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TV going "off" at midnight and playing the Queen.
Getting home after the pub and having marmite on toast as kebabs hadn't been invented
Scampi fries
Buying a qtr of sweets for 5p
When Jimmy Saville and Gary glitter were popular |
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"TV going "off" at midnight and playing the Queen.
Getting home after the pub and having marmite on toast as kebabs hadn't been invented
Scampi fries
Buying a qtr of sweets for 5p
When Jimmy Saville and Gary glitter were popular "
Oh the test card...beeeeeeeep
Fried egg and brown sauce sarnies and you could spend a whole night in a pub on a tenner
Jim ll fix it and love thy neighbour( no im not a racist, what people missed was that actually the white guy was potrayed as being the stupid one.
Saturday night tv..Dr Who and saturday night special, tales of the unexpected on sunday, thriller friday night( no not Jackos toone)
Pineapple fritters n chips. We could never afford fish as it was 24pence |
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"Proper Wrestling on World of Sport on a Saturday. Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and Big Daddy, Cresta Pop "It's Frothy Man" Top of The Pops"
Haha yeah...
When Texan was a damn fine chewy bar
When a Mars a day helped you work rest and play... Rather than put visceral fat on...
When Guinness was good for you...
When the BBC was an unbiased news organisation and had free sport on
When eating out was for special occasions only
When police were a force and not a service...
When celebrity was for people who'd actually achieved or done something |
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"Proper Wrestling on World of Sport on a Saturday. Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and Big Daddy, Cresta Pop "It's Frothy Man" Top of The Pops"
Kendo Nagasaki..christ remember him...who were the brothers at that time, tag team....then you had the two old ladies at ringside
Its a knockout with Eddie Waring and Stewart Hall |
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"Proper Wrestling on World of Sport on a Saturday. Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and Big Daddy, Cresta Pop "It's Frothy Man" Top of The Pops
Kendo Nagasaki..christ remember him...who were the brothers at that time, tag team....then you had the two old ladies at ringside
Its a knockout with Eddie Waring and Stewart Hall "
That's when tag team meant something completely different! Les kellitt? Mick mcmanus (you rotter)...
Steve Davis before he was a dj.
Starsky and hutch, kojak, Frank cannon, ironside,
When charity shops were cheap.
Wimpy with the curly frankfurter thing and an egg in the middle...
Hofmeister? Didnt they have a bear advertising.?
Sharon Davies.... Mmmmmm
Oh and that TV show..... The sport...
Superstars?,! When Brian Jack did a million dips? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Golden nugget chewing gum
Swiss kit and texan bars
Spangles
Ringo crisps
Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)
Free toys in serial packs.
Warlord magazines
Disc cameras
What else?"
Texan bars ..." Time sure goes slow when you're chewing a Texan " |
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