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It's not like it used to be y'know ...
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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White dog poo ..
Wagon wheel sizing ..
Spangles ..
Porn mags left discarded in bushes ..
You know - the usuals when discussing how times have been a-changing and are so much different before than in the good (bad!?) old days...
But what else used to be different / better / worse in days gone by?
Get your nostalgia hats on folks ...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have white dog poo in my garden haha.. well i did before it was cleaned up.
Cadburys chocolate used to be awesome until kraft took over
Dial up internet.. jesus imagine going back to how slow that was |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Red telephone boxes that actually took cash.
The phones with the proper dial rather than push button. I still have one that I use that was my grandparents. |
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By *dinMan
over a year ago
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"Red telephone boxes that actually took cash.
The phones with the proper dial rather than push button. I still have one that I use that was my grandparents. "
on a related note - when mobile phones were the size of a brick! strangely we have nearly gone full circle on that  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Never see rag and bone men anymore (well we saw the singing one at a couple of festivals last year, not talking about him) "
They're always around here.
10p freddos
Innuendo laced cartoons
Sierra Cosworths
I also miss the spot just outside east midlands airport where you could park up the hill, put your roof down and watch the planes go overhead. The prick's gone and put a gate up so you can't park there now 
Bluetoothing music and vids to each other.
£2 packs of fags.
The simple things in life have gone... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have white dog poo in my garden haha.. well i did before it was cleaned up.
Cadburys chocolate used to be awesome until kraft took over
Dial up internet.. jesus imagine going back to how slow that was"
Stupid bint from AOL saying goodbye when the connection dropped!
'Goodbye' every fucking five minutes  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fart powder and fake blood capsules from the joke shop.
In fact, joke shops! Where did they all go to?"
There is one in Torquay - fake blood, fake poo etc
The munchkin bought a fake custard cream in there. Got it out for April Fools |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fart powder and fake blood capsules from the joke shop.
In fact, joke shops! Where did they all go to?"
No fun allowed, could cause offence to someone. True though, the best one here closed too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm getting all nostalgic about thunderbirds the wine like stuff now.
I'm also nostalgic about chatting to some one before meeting them and guessing what they would look like. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Did anyone else ever pour those quick set jelly sachets in the toilet bowl at school or put mayo sachets under the toilet seats so they'd pop and spray all over the back of someone's legs? |
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"I can remember the coal man delivering coal to mum and dad's, carrying the sack on his back.
There still are coal men here. And chimney sweeps. "
My sister and I were always told to count the bags in... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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The old man down the road used to say to us kids 'any more of your cheek and I'll give you a clip around the ear!'. And he would!
And if we went back crying to our our Mums THEY'D give us one too as we obviously deserved it! 
Novelty rubbers / erasers in every shape imaginable - hamburgers, ice-creams, cars etc. Many were scented like strawberries or watermelons etc. I had loads! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game."
Already have it was released a few weeks ago |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The old man down the road used to say to us kids 'any more of your cheek and I'll give you a clip around the ear!'. And he would!
And if we went back crying to our our Mums THEY'D give us one too as we obviously deserved it!
Novelty rubbers / erasers in every shape imaginable - hamburgers, ice-creams, cars etc. Many were scented like strawberries or watermelons etc. I had loads! "
You can still get erasers like that. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Triiiiiiiiooooo! Triiiiiiii-o
Black and white tv and you had to wait for it to slowly warm up after turning it on ..
The c hoke lever in a car .. (had to leave a space in that as it's a banned word on here!  )
Slides down the local playground so big you'd break your neck if you fell off from the top of them! No wonder you don't see the likes today! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game."
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We need the Hovis advert music playing alongside this thread. "
Monty Pythons Four Yorkshire men would be more appropriate...
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone "
Does it still do funky coloured cases you can swap? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone "
Damn, that's disappointing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone
Damn, that's disappointing."
They are bringing out 3 smart phones with touch screens and a retro nostalgia 3310 not 3210 as a cheep back up or second phone |
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Buying sweets that had to be weighed out in paper bags.
10p return on an empty bottle of Corona pop.
The chippie van coming round on a Friday (payday).
Pegging bits of stiff card on the supports of your bike so they clipped the spokes and made a noise.
Going out into the woods and building a den.
Daring each other to hang back the longest before the sun went down and your dad come looking for you cos you missed curfew lol.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone
Damn, that's disappointing."
That's the problem with nostalgia, it seems like a good idea and probably was at the time but the remakes never seem to capture it like the original...
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone
Damn, that's disappointing."
Same but i have just found my dads old 3510!!!! Just need to find a charger for it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone
Damn, that's disappointing.
That's the problem with nostalgia, it seems like a good idea and probably was at the time but the remakes never seem to capture it like the original...
xx"
Hoping that theory is wrong for the crash bandicoot games they are remaking on ps4 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone
Damn, that's disappointing.
Same but i have just found my dads old 3510!!!! Just need to find a charger for it "
I've got an 8210 at the side of my bed, still got 2 bars of battery life! Can't get a sim to work in it though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone
Damn, that's disappointing.
Same but i have just found my dads old 3510!!!! Just need to find a charger for it
I've got an 8210 at the side of my bed, still got 2 bars of battery life! Can't get a sim to work in it though "
LOL keeps asking for her clam shell nokia back working, let me know if you find a sim  ...
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ice cream man never comes down my street anymore "
Maybe the rag n bone man and ice cream man have traded, as we get the ice cream van round complete with chimes. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The old man down the road used to say to us kids 'any more of your cheek and I'll give you a clip around the ear!'. And he would!
And if we went back crying to our our Mums THEY'D give us one too as we obviously deserved it!
Novelty rubbers / erasers in every shape imaginable - hamburgers, ice-creams, cars etc. Many were scented like strawberries or watermelons etc. I had loads! "
You've not had the pleasure of visiting a Smiggle store have you! We've got plenty of novelty erasers, I miss the prices from back in the day though! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Recording the top 40 on Sunday evening, trying to time pausing the tape before Foxy spoke, but not to early so you miss the end of the song.
Didn't you just hate it when side A of you tape ended and you had to turn it over as quickly as possible so as not to miss to much of the song. Duran Duran - Wild Boys, half on side A and the rest on side B |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Milk bottles and milk bottle caps
Walking uphill to school in the morning and walking back uphill to get home again.
Newspapers being delivered
Toys that didnt break as easy as they do these days |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When phones had a charge that lasted a week..
They're bringing back the Nokia 3210!
Oh yeah, snake motherfucker, what a game.
But like the Mini its got fatter, is full of modern tech and despite the feeling of nostalgia is just the same as any other car/phone
Damn, that's disappointing.
Same but i have just found my dads old 3510!!!! Just need to find a charger for it
I've got an 8210 at the side of my bed, still got 2 bars of battery life! Can't get a sim to work in it though "
8210? It is probably locked to a network. Like BT cellnet. Look at how much they go for. Even the chrome ones are loads. It's a collectors item. The black one is super rare |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I remember my mum and dad used to drive to the pub and leave me in the car with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps whilst they sat inside. Child cruelty these days.
My local park was a death trap. The slide was very high and there was no padded stuff or even grass for protection, just rock hard concrete or tarmac. The climbing frame looked like it had been constructed using scaffolding poles!
I used to think that orange juice that came in a packet and you added water to it was the height of sophistication.
I just remember sunshine... lots of it.
I remember getting REALLY horribly burnt in the summer. I didn't wear sun cream back then.
Even the tarmac bubbled up in the 1976 heatwave.
Arrrghhhhh How Old Am I!!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I remember my mum and dad used to drive to the pub and leave me in the car with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps whilst they sat inside. Child cruelty these days.
My local park was a death trap. The slide was very high and there was no padded stuff or even grass for protection, just rock hard concrete or tarmac. The climbing frame looked like it had been constructed using scaffolding poles!
I used to think that orange juice that came in a packet and you added water to it was the height of sophistication.
I just remember sunshine... lots of it.
I remember getting REALLY horribly burnt in the summer. I didn't wear sun cream back then.
Even the tarmac bubbled up in the 1976 heatwave.
Arrrghhhhh How Old Am I!!!!!"
Given that I am maybe a couple of hundred miles away...
I wasn't born in 1976  |
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"I remember when chocolate bars cost 20p!
20p gee that's expensive "
I remember Mars Bars were 4p when I was working in a beach side cafe. Sandwiches I made myself, were 20p a packet for the cheese n tomato or ham and mustard. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I remember my mum and dad used to drive to the pub and leave me in the car with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps whilst they sat inside. Child cruelty these days.
My local park was a death trap. The slide was very high and there was no padded stuff or even grass for protection, just rock hard concrete or tarmac. The climbing frame looked like it had been constructed using scaffolding poles!
I used to think that orange juice that came in a packet and you added water to it was the height of sophistication.
I just remember sunshine... lots of it.
I remember getting REALLY horribly burnt in the summer. I didn't wear sun cream back then.
Even the tarmac bubbled up in the 1976 heatwave.
Arrrghhhhh How Old Am I!! I'm !!!
Given that I am maybe a couple of hundred miles away...
I wasn't born in 1976 "
I was  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sweets straight from the jars, mojo's were 1/2p, what bars or highland toffee bars were 8p, refreshers were massive and only 2p and does any one remember rainbow drops |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"White dog poo ..
Wagon wheel sizing ..
Spangles ..
Porn mags left discarded in bushes ..
You know - the usuals when discussing how times have been a-changing and are so much different before than in the good (bad!?) old days...
But what else used to be different / better / worse in days gone by?
Get your nostalgia hats on folks ... "
Along with that, people had better manners, less gits on benefits feeling self entitled, less people in the UK, none of this EU bullshit, proper seasons and lovely summers, oh and food tasted better, adverts were great, toys were great and shops were much nicer. |
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