I Remember When

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  • SteveL
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    edited July 2016 #332

    Painful

  • triky auto
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    edited July 2016 #333

     B.S.F     A.F    etc spanners !!  None of this 'metric' stuff  !!  !!  

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2016 #334

    You forgot Whitworth

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #335

    Didn't he invent the jet engine?

  • hostahousey
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    edited July 2016 #336

    Didn't he invent the jet engine?

      No that was Whittle....I think

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2016 #337

    for those that don't have Plusnet.

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #338

    Showing my ignorance again but what is Plusnet

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #339

    Ok just remembreed that I could google it.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2016 #340

    The post only makes sense if you remember the ads.

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #341

    I vaguely remember the ads but I'm obviously not getting it.

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #342

    Changing the subject CY did you find out why the literary juxtaposition thread was closed so quickly twice? I couldn't see any harm in it but that's something else I'm obviously not getting 

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #343

    Got it. Went for a walk to energies the little grey cells. It's to do with the wild haired woman and the wooden spoons

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #344

    Back on topic: I remember when football matches had to start at 2.o'clock once the clocks had gone back because no ground had floodlights. I remember being at the first floodlit game at Leeds Road and also when two of the four floodlight pylons blew over
    one stormy night.

  • Oneputt
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    edited July 2016 #345

    Paul Temple on tyhe radio

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #346

    Billy Cotton's Band Show Sunday lunchtime after Forces Favourites.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2016 #347

    Changing the subject CY did you find out why the literary juxtaposition thread was closed so quickly twice? I couldn't see any harm in it but that's something else I'm obviously not getting 

    Paranoia at my guess. You will learn the ways of censorshi... I mean moderation in due course.

  • SteveL
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    edited July 2016 #348

    Moving furniture and doing DIY didn't leave me knackered and ready for a weeks sleep

  • hostahousey
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    edited July 2016 #349

    when bottles had a screw thread and a rubber sealer

  • triky auto
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    edited July 2016 #350

    when bottles had a screw thread and a rubber sealer

    Write your comments here...Like " Tizer"    !!.

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #351

    When you got 3d for every pop bottle you took back to the shop

  • triky auto
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    edited July 2016 #352

    Some cars had air vents in the front wings,to open and give you fresh air around the legs .Surprised.

  • Goldie146
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    edited July 2016 #353

    When the front windows in Minis slid sideways to open (and there was moss growing in the grooves)

  • hostahousey
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    edited July 2016 #354

    Cross ply tyre's

  • papgeno
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    edited July 2016 #355

    Starting handles. My first car was actually a van which I had to crank start. 1800cc Commercial engine took some turning

  • ABM
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    edited July 2016 #356

    When the front windows in Minis slid sideways to open (and there was moss growing in the grooves)

    Which  a  bloke  could  open  with a  ( normally  Steel )  comb  unless  the  crafty  owner  had  swapped  the  catches  side for  side,  then  it  required  a  slightly more technical  steel comb  with  the teeth removed  !!  Ah  yes,  Technical  Engineering 
    at  HN3  was never  wasted  time  Embarassed

  • briantimber
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    edited July 2016 #357

    Overdrive....Cool

  • triky auto
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    edited July 2016 #358

    The more up market cars that had a seat in the boot lid   "Dickie Seat " .(Elfin Safe T ???) 

  • cyberyacht
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    edited July 2016 #359

    My dad modified a 'Watsonian' sidecar to incorporate one. It was a bit nippy in it though.

  • hostahousey
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    edited July 2016 #360

    When cars had wooden floorboards

  • KASTARIS
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    edited July 2016 #361

    I remember when I could remember Frown

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