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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.........