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I remember when the Postman used to deliver on Sundays and petrol pump attendants used to come out and fuel you up (remember the rubber strip that you ran over that rang the bell?)
I recall Wagon Wheels being as big as your face and Curly Wurlys were 3 feet long! (My first gallon of petrol cost me 70p ![]() |
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i thought the term GALLON was outlawed lol
top trump cards a clip round the ear from a copper if you were a naughty boy you could say goliw**s and sing baa baa black sheep adverts for shake and vac ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Excellent thread, born 1971 so many memories creeping back,
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great comedy in the 70's too
the goodies some mothers do 'ave em fawlty towers 'til death do us part man about the house on the busses steptoe and son love thy neighbour... the list could go on ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Ever have a GPO party line? They were entertaining! And speed dialing - you kept your finger in the hole and forced it back - unless you were super cool and had a (push button) trimphone
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how sad is this for memory
in an episode of thats life they had a competition to see who did the best impression of a trimphone and some woman won it because they said she sounded better at it than the real thing i feel ashamed now ![]() |
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.. we had spokey dokeys on our bikes too...
okay admittedly handed down from older siblings!!! ![]() |
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so ironically your part of the generation that was such good thinkers and risk takers you have designed and concived the X box, the dvd player the cd players the personal computers the faster cars, the internet the chat rooms, your the generation who are taking the children to schooll in there 4x4's, albiet 5 minutes away, your the generation that are making money through gym franchise's and then have friends and collegues of the same generation spend there hard earned at the gym because your generation wont take the kids to the park becuase your scared some one might look at your child the wrong way, your the generation who are suing other parents if the child hits your because you see it as a pension top up because the government you voted for has faield over the last 30 years..... No??? and after all, it wont be too long till im the same age doing the same things,.... ![]() ![]() |
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You know youre a child of the 70s/80s when Banana Splits werent just a dessert. They were also a favourite Saturday morning TV program.
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