Never, never

Oh god yeah , you could buy Cigarettes under the age of 16 as long as you had a note from your "Mum"

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

Oh god yeah , you could buy Cigarettes under the age of 16 as long as you had a note from your "Mum"

No note needed, a newsagent in Chorley used to sell us 5 cigs, 5 matches on the way to school of a morning, robbing git made about 20% on splitting a box of 20. Why did none of us at the time think to pool our funds and buy a box .

I remember in 64 going to the local pub, to buy some Guiness for my mum. Miserable old git would not serve me and also accused me of nicking his empties from round the back for the deposit money. Now theres an idea for an enterprising young chap thought I, as I went up the road to the next pub to get mums Guiness.

We moved to the north of Scotland in 1972. My Dad was outraged when he couldn't get a refund on his colour TV licence as up there they only transmitted black and white

The 1970s. My brother in law's tank tops, all the rage and a la mode. And everyone wanted a vinyl roof on the car.

Originally Posted by tigersaw

bathtime with the kings singers on the wireless then bed.

OMG I'd forgotten about that until now.

It was "Sing something Simple" with the Mike Samms Singers. Dire.

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

I also remember Vim Scouring Powder , Milk having a cream line at the top of the bottle , women with curlers in their hair chatting on doorsteps , the Rain Lamp (nasty statue of a woman with strands around her that had oil running down them like rain) , hairdryers that had hoses on them that ended with a bag you put on your head , My battery powered Snoopy toothbrush and worst of all , most stuff seemed to be made from Orange Plastic .

That sounds like an afternoon round my Gran's in the noughties mate! She had to move in to a home a couple of years ago but up until then she still religiously used her scouring powder, still had her hairdryer with the bowl she put over her head, still had lots of orange plastic 'tupperware' stuff etc. She used to buy meat joints and turn it in to mince with a grinder at the table.

I think a lot of old people still live like that cos they like it - why change?!

What was funny was when the BBC started saying 'press the red button' for the extras - my Gran and Grandad's TV wasn't too new, their remote didn't have a red button, so they blu-tacked an old red button to the front of the TV; everytime they said to press it my Grandad got out of his chair giggling!

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

How many people are still using their wine goblets or glasses they got from Esso?

I was SO glad when the Morris Minor died and my dad bought a 2.8 Mk2 Granada from a mate of his. It drank so much fuel that they soon had a dozen of every glass Esso had in their collection. They're still in use today and they've still got loads of spares in a box in the loft!!

Another one for the memory-fest... Bob a Job week where you were encounraged to knock on the doors of strangers whilst wearing shorts and a jaunty hat

in the deepest darket s-wales valleys until the late 80's the signal from the arial was so bad it was all on cable with a dial near the tv from redifusion ( which is now radio rental)

radio and Tv all through the tv imagine that

then they boosted the signals pulled all the cables out



5 years later virgin went round putting it all back telling eveyone what a good system it was



!!!!!!!!!

[tigersaw]

Collecting man on the moon coins from esso. White dog poo. Dont mix cross ply and radial tyres adverts. The golden shot. Stubble burning. Potato picking. Choppers chippers and grifters. Walking the streets with replica machine guns. Sideboards. Radiograms. Poofs (for your feet). Twin tubs.

Originally Posted by timwilky

I remember in 64 going to the local pub, to buy some Guiness for my mum. Miserable old git would not serve me and also accused me of nicking his empties from round the back for the deposit money. Now theres an idea for an enterprising young chap thought I, as I went up the road to the next pub to get mums Guiness.

I used to drop Corona bottles off for the 5p deposit on them , await around the back , jump the wall , nick the bottles back and then walk right back into the front door and sell them back to the shop keeper .

Originally Posted by carty

What was funny was when the BBC started saying 'press the red button' for the extras - my Gran and Grandad's TV wasn't too new, their remote didn't have a red button, so they blu-tacked an old red button to the front of the TV; everytime they said to press it my Grandad got out of his chair giggling!

Pure Gold

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Twin tubs.

I did my apprenticeship at Hotpoint and the L3 twintub was only discontinued in the very early 90`s . We had one that had an electric Mangle on the top , it was triggered by offering up an item of soggy clothing . Once the rollers were parted the switch was triggered and they squeezed the water out of the item . I heard screams from the back of the house one day and had to free my sisters fingers from the Mangle . Needless to say my Father took a dislike to the offending finger squeezer and disposed of it .

[punyXpress]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

worst of all , most stuff seemed to be made from Orange Plastic .

No offence to KTM BIKE owners! but couldn't resist.