Nostagia.... (13)

Aug 7, 2012 12:38 PM CST Nostagia....
Go on, indulge yourself....

Some of the things we will never see the likes of again!....

The "music tape", remember doing those "collections" of songs for your GF / BF on the old C90 cassettes, kind of a rite of passage for the young romantics....

"Chopper Bikes", with the 3 speed sturmy archer "stick shift" on the crossbar!, just dont mention the recall notice for the frames breaking where kids went "two up"....

"Stick on" heated rear windscreen elements...Long before the days of HRW as standard, these little beauties were a must for every lad who used his car for "other things" than simply getting from A to B...

Black and White televisions...and 2 or three stations to choose from, and lets not forget "the test card" with the girl and her teddy!....

White Bread, and maybe Brown if you hunted it out!....How many bread variations now, 30,000 or so!...

Dripping on Toast....Long before the "clown came to town" we had our own cholesterol nightmare foods, and crikey, didn't they taste good!....

The "one screen" cinema, replete with ashtrays on the seat backs and "pearl and dean" adverts...Love it, damn right i did!...

Letters!......Before e-mail, we used to have pens and paper, we wrote pages to our friends and loved ones...now theres nothing as personal as a handwritten letter with a few drops of perfume dabbed on the pages, i still have some from years ago, and i aint kiddin'....

Petrol at 77pence A GALLON, sterling, (1976), smokes, same price for 20 and beer around 50p a pint....

So, there are a few of mine, such as they are....

Hows about yourselves?...

AB....cheers.....
Aug 7, 2012 12:45 PM CST Nostagia....
whitepaws
whitepawswhitepawsDock of the bay, Galway Ireland24 Threads 4 Polls 459 Posts
confused

Is there an L missing blushing
Aug 7, 2012 12:46 PM CST Nostagia....
MermaidDreams
MermaidDreamsMermaidDreamsOffaly, Ireland1 Threads 1 Polls 800 Posts
Kids being able to wander down the road to their friends' house without fear of coming to any harm blues

Friendliness.....and manners......just not the same nowadays blues

A bit of old-fashioned courting and not this mad race to get up on someone laugh

....sorry, woah these are all a bit morbid!....not exactly physical things like yours above but yet things I miss.

Don't worry, I'm all happy now, see?! ---> grin
Aug 7, 2012 12:46 PM CST Nostagia....
whitepaws: Is there an L missing


Believe me, i feel THAT SMALL!...roll eyes....
Aug 7, 2012 12:52 PM CST Nostagia....
whitepaws
whitepawswhitepawsDock of the bay, Galway Ireland24 Threads 4 Polls 459 Posts
About_Blank: Believe me, i feel THAT SMALL!.......


hug I was only asking for my own improvement

but now i see there was an error i will take the time to gloat a while
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there thats about enough cheers

hey my spelling has gone crap in the last year or so myself so feel free to come and gloat if i mess up cheers
Aug 7, 2012 12:53 PM CST Nostagia....
whitepaws
whitepawswhitepawsDock of the bay, Galway Ireland24 Threads 4 Polls 459 Posts
Oh

Women drinking from half pint glasses instead of keeping up with the men and drinking pint for pint ..

very distasteful devil
Aug 7, 2012 1:03 PM CST Nostagia....
sharmini
sharminisharminidublin, Dublin Ireland83 Threads 1 Polls 2,918 Posts
Ah the good aul days...when you only needed one plug for the TV...now I have 3....one for the screen, one for sound and one for the channel provider!

But what I really miss...is the aul slow-set at the dance/disco/club!cool
Aug 7, 2012 1:07 PM CST Nostagia....
Time travel would be great wouldn't it...I'd take my life savings out of the bank and go back in time to 1976 and live like a kingireland
Aug 7, 2012 1:14 PM CST Nostagia....
Walking 6 miles to school in six inches of snow, over ditches and fields, collecting the bread on the way home from school, eating all the crush from the bread because we were so hungry and the seven of us sleeping in the one bed! Ah!!
Aug 7, 2012 1:32 PM CST Nostagia....
Crystal29
Crystal29Crystal29Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK35 Threads 8,448 Posts
I miss dancing to Mud, Slade, Sweet etc at the discos in the church hall....happy days...
I miss watching two full films at the cinema on every visit....a real cheap night out...and the usherette appearing with the choc ices and strawberry mivvis half way through....
I miss buying 2 ozs of cinnamon balls on the way to school...oh and the old mint cracknels...loved them....
Wish i could go back there for a wee while....heart wings
Aug 7, 2012 2:36 PM CST Nostagia....
MarsMan
MarsManMarsManBobbing along, Cork Ireland29 Threads 8 Polls 981 Posts
NOSTALGIA......it ain't what it use to be.

sigh
Aug 7, 2012 2:39 PM CST Nostagia....
MarsMan
MarsManMarsManBobbing along, Cork Ireland29 Threads 8 Polls 981 Posts
MermaidDreams: Kids being able to wander down the road to their friends' house without fear of coming to any harm


The kids are not afraid to come to harm....it is the media putting the absolute fear of jebus into the parents that is the problem.
Aug 7, 2012 2:55 PM CST Nostagia....
mr1983: Walking 6 miles to school in six inches of snow, over ditches and fields, collecting the bread on the way home from school, eating all the crush from the bread because we were so hungry and the seven of us sleeping in the one bed! Ah!!



Bloody hell 83!....

Sounds like a cross between the "Hovis" ad and monty pythons "4 yorkshiremen" sketch....

AB....rolling on the floor laughing....
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