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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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This morning i got the milk in and a bird had busted the top with its beak  . i made a brew and smiled thinking that always used to happen in the olden days, not so much now. birds must be lactose intolerant or something nowdays.
Anyhow, what little day to day things give you a blast from the past feeling?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"When i smell a coal fire, reminds me of lying infront of ours as a kid."
Yes! Oh that reminds me of my grandma & grandads house, that smell and baking hot feeling |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wood burning. Reminds me of my Dad making bonfires in our garden as a child but also when I lived in a house without electricity or gas and my beautiful wood burner was my winter lifeline. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Wood burning. Reminds me of my Dad making bonfires in our garden as a child but also when I lived in a house without electricity or gas and my beautiful wood burner was my winter lifeline."
Was the house a of the grid type home? |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
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"This morning i got the milk in and a bird had busted the top with its beak . i made a brew and smiled thinking that always used to happen in the olden days, not so much now. birds must be lactose intolerant or something nowdays.
Anyhow, what little day to day things give you a blast from the past feeling? "
Boil the milk to prevent risk of Campylobacter |
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"When i smell a coal fire, reminds me of lying infront of ours as a kid.
Yes! Oh that reminds me of my grandma & grandads house, that smell and baking hot feeling "
Same! Going up to my nans at Christmas, smell of the coal fires burning. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wood burning. Reminds me of my Dad making bonfires in our garden as a child but also when I lived in a house without electricity or gas and my beautiful wood burner was my winter lifeline.
Was the house a of the grid type home? "
It was off grid before I'd even heard that phrase ! In the Spanish countryside far from any mains connections. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This morning i got the milk in and a bird had busted the top with its beak . i made a brew and smiled thinking that always used to happen in the olden days, not so much now. birds must be lactose intolerant or something nowdays.
Anyhow, what little day to day things give you a blast from the past feeling? "
just before Xmas I discovered I have a local milkman... ditched supermarket milk etc immediately and now get milk / orange / eggs delivered to the front door... miles better stuff, and takes me back to when I was a kid with putting the empties out the night before etc. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"This morning i got the milk in and a bird had busted the top with its beak . i made a brew and smiled thinking that always used to happen in the olden days, not so much now. birds must be lactose intolerant or something nowdays.
Anyhow, what little day to day things give you a blast from the past feeling?
just before Xmas I discovered I have a local milkman... ditched supermarket milk etc immediately and now get milk / orange / eggs delivered to the front door... miles better stuff, and takes me back to when I was a kid with putting the empties out the night before etc."
Isnt it just. The milk is amazing, its not been 'recycled' like supermarket milk  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"People smoking indoors and ashtrays in every house 
BMX's with croggy pegs on the back. I never see kids giving each other croggies these days."
Ah, I've never smoked but the smell still reminds me of my Grandad who I loved very much. |
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"When i smell a coal fire, reminds me of lying infront of ours as a kid."
Makes me smile and remember making jam on toast on our coal fire as a kid with a wicked big toasting fork. Then laying on my tummy munching and reading in front of flames |
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"People smoking indoors and ashtrays in every house
BMX's with croggy pegs on the back. I never see kids giving each other croggies these days.
Ah, I've never smoked but the smell still reminds me of my Grandad who I loved very much."
Coming back from the Pub stinking of smoke even though you don't smoke. Youngsters will never have to do that! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Alan Carrs game show on a Saturday night. They're games from the the 1980s when we only had 3 (then 4) channels."
Oh i love it, alan carr is brilliant too |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"People smoking indoors and ashtrays in every house
BMX's with croggy pegs on the back. I never see kids giving each other croggies these days."
I think bmx have been replaced with joysticks!  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Another one, ive been restoring my childhood car, my dads ford sierra rs, its 90% done and i sit in the back of it in the garage it still smells the same, sounds the same reminds me of being a child it never fails to cheer me up |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The smell of tobacco smoked in a pipe.
The smell of a Rayburn on full whack. And Welsh cakes and scotch pancakes cooked on the stone on it
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when I proper got into baking a few months ago I bought a baking stone... now I'd hate to brag, but I reckon my welsh cakes could be award winning now  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The smell of tobacco smoked in a pipe.
The smell of a Rayburn on full whack. And Welsh cakes and scotch pancakes cooked on the stone on it
when I proper got into baking a few months ago I bought a baking stone... now I'd hate to brag, but I reckon my welsh cakes could be award winning now "
Ill swing by for one mark |
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"The smell of tobacco smoked in a pipe.
The smell of a Rayburn on full whack. And Welsh cakes and scotch pancakes cooked on the stone on it
when I proper got into baking a few months ago I bought a baking stone... now I'd hate to brag, but I reckon my welsh cakes could be award winning now "
Can't beat cooked on a stone, but nobody will beat my mamgu's ones. They were amazing |
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Seeing old shears or push mowers, alongside metal files. My dad was super lawn proud and did the lines the lot!
Also, allotments, our dear old neighbour grew rhubarb, potato, onions, beans, strawberries. He was so kind and turned a blind eye to me and my sisters as kids stealing pea pods to snack on! |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
"When i smell a coal fire, reminds me of lying infront of ours as a kid.
Yes! Oh that reminds me of my grandma & grandads house, that smell and baking hot feeling
Same! Going up to my nans at Christmas, smell of the coal fires burning."
Smells are such a powerful link to the past. There’s a certain type of plant in summer, no idea what it is , but every time i smell it I’m instantly transported to Darwin in 1995 getting off a plane in the middle of the night to a red hot wind blowing on my face , and that smell |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Running after an ice cream van. That sounds dodge but it is not meant to be! "
was anyone else told that when the ice cream van played its song it meant they had run out of ice creams?  |
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"Running after an ice cream van. That sounds dodge but it is not meant to be!
was anyone else told that when the ice cream van played its song it meant they had run out of ice creams? "
OMG!! I was! And I believed it, too |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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Wild garlic. My grandma has a beautiful house with a little wood with lots of wild garlic growing in it. Whenever I smell it I think of happy summers spent there.
And those brightly coloured gel pens remind me of my angst ridden emo diaries of my youth.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Running after an ice cream van. That sounds dodge but it is not meant to be!
was anyone else told that when the ice cream van played its song it meant they had run out of ice creams?
OMG!! I was! And I believed it, too "
always closely followed by 'but we have got choc ices in the freezer' |
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"Running after an ice cream van. That sounds dodge but it is not meant to be!
was anyone else told that when the ice cream van played its song it meant they had run out of ice creams?
OMG!! I was! And I believed it, too
always closely followed by 'but we have got choc ices in the freezer' "
Those awful ones from KwikSave with the plastic tasting chocolate on them |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Running after an ice cream van. That sounds dodge but it is not meant to be!
was anyone else told that when the ice cream van played its song it meant they had run out of ice creams?
OMG!! I was! And I believed it, too
always closely followed by 'but we have got choc ices in the freezer'
Those awful ones from KwikSave with the plastic tasting chocolate on them "
confession time for me... I quite like cheap chocolate 
don't get me wrong - I like nice chocolate, and that's what I normally eat (way too often)... but absolutely love any excuse to eat Xmas tree chocolates etc too. |
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"Running after an ice cream van. That sounds dodge but it is not meant to be!
was anyone else told that when the ice cream van played its song it meant they had run out of ice creams?
OMG!! I was! And I believed it, too
always closely followed by 'but we have got choc ices in the freezer'
Those awful ones from KwikSave with the plastic tasting chocolate on them
confession time for me... I quite like cheap chocolate
don't get me wrong - I like nice chocolate, and that's what I normally eat (way too often)... but absolutely love any excuse to eat Xmas tree chocolates etc too."
Noooooo! I've quite a sophisticated palate for choccie now, after all the cheap shite I had as a kid!
(Though not so sophisticated that I'll eat very dark choc....)  |
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"I had some Ready Brek the other day and was immediately engulfed by a glowing amber aura.
It were fooking awesome it were "
Never did like it. But was a tad disappointed when my brother had it for the 1st time & didn't glow.
I learnt then & there that adverts lie! |
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"Running after an ice cream van. That sounds dodge but it is not meant to be! "
Mum sent me out with the money to buy an ice cream once when the van pulled up outside, there was a queue of kids there and Mr Whippy serving them, needless to say it was my off duty fireman dad with another part time job, great fun when you are five years old though |
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"I had some Ready Brek the other day and was immediately engulfed by a glowing amber aura.
It were fooking awesome it were
Never did like it. But was a tad disappointed when my brother had it for the 1st time & didn't glow.
I learnt then & there that adverts lie! "
I learnt the same harsh lesson after watching the old Milk Tray adverts.....
I decided to mimic them by stealthily creeping into a lady’s apartment to place the box down but was promptly arrested for breaking and entering and she took out a restraining order against me
To add insult to injury, it turned out the lady in question was lactose intolerant to boot  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What about the glorious (BIG!) old VCR’s with the massive push down buttons.
Some even had remote controls featuring about four buttons. Simpler times  "
remote control on a 2 ft wire |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Stale beer and smoke.
Seems weird, but I was brought up in pubs, and the smell of drip trays and fags (a distinct combination) will send me back to my childhood |
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The smell of coal fires, growing up in a rural village in the 80's everyone had one and it reminds me of playing out with my mates on a night in winter where you could see and smell all the smoke in the air.
I certainly don't miss it being at home when the wind would occasionally blow the smoke back down the chimney and it would fill the living room though!! |
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"This morning i got the milk in and a bird had busted the top with its beak . i made a brew and smiled thinking that always used to happen in the olden days, not so much now. birds must be lactose intolerant or something nowdays.
Anyhow, what little day to day things give you a blast from the past feeling? "
Do you still have a milkman? (or milkperson)
I quite like putting a record on and hearing that gentle crackle before the music starts. It reminds me of my grandpa. I inherited his record player and hundreds of classical albums. Luke |
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"This morning i got the milk in and a bird had busted the top with its beak . i made a brew and smiled thinking that always used to happen in the olden days, not so much now. birds must be lactose intolerant or something nowdays.
Anyhow, what little day to day things give you a blast from the past feeling?
Do you still have a milkman? (or milkperson)
I quite like putting a record on and hearing that gentle crackle before the music starts. It reminds me of my grandpa. I inherited his record player and hundreds of classical albums. Luke "
Yeah! We have a milkman! Brings us bread, eggs and OJ too! (And extra treats at xmas! Kids get elf biscuits!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The smell of tobacco smoked in a pipe.
The smell of a Rayburn on full whack. And Welsh cakes and scotch pancakes cooked on the stone on it
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oh yes this takes me back |
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By *wlmanMan
over a year ago
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"The smell of tobacco smoked in a pipe.
The smell of a Rayburn on full whack. And Welsh cakes and scotch pancakes cooked on the stone on it
oh yes this takes me back"
Absolutely. My Uncle smoked cigars that had been soaked in whiskey or port, that takes me back. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I hate to say this but most of the posts here are from what I consider puppies. You wouldn't believe the changes my age group have seen!  I go back to two t.v. channels!)"
Just because I am young doesn't mean I havn't seen alot of change.
Don't be that guy
The change from cassette tapes to streaming music
Video tapes to streaming apps
The beginning of household internet
Concords
The smoking ban in pubs
Gay marriage made legal
I could go on and on and on and that is just my small 31 years |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I hate to say this but most of the posts here are from what I consider puppies. You wouldn't believe the changes my age group have seen! I go back to two t.v. channels!)
Just because I am young doesn't mean I havn't seen alot of change.
Don't be that guy
The change from cassette tapes to streaming music
Video tapes to streaming apps
The beginning of household internet
Concords
The smoking ban in pubs
Gay marriage made legal
I could go on and on and on and that is just my small 31 years "
.. Well said.. Change is certainly not age dependent.. The world changes so fast... That damn covid is proof of that. |
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