I Remember When

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  • ABM
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    edited April 2018 #842

    Possibly, Paulsy,  but  most  folks  now  either  bung  them  in  the  washing  machine  with  a  couple  of  towels  or  similar,  or  just  wear  them  until  they  get  replaced.

  • papgeno
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    edited April 2018 #843

    1975 I think Brian we were on Anglesey at the time it was early in the week and the weather picked up dramatically by the Friday the sun was cracking the flags 

  • ABM
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    edited April 2018 #844

    I  remember  those  two  summers  very  well, Roger --  '75  I  seem  to  recall  was  not  to  everybody's  taste  'cos  they  were  not  used  to  wearing  shorts  etc  all  the  time,  but  by  '76  we'd  forgotten  about  that  &  just  enjoyed  the  sun.  Seemed  almost  'overdressed'  in  cricket  flannels  when  the  fans  were  in  very  short  shorts !!

  • papgeno
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    edited April 2018 #845

    '76 was the year we got our first caravan, a Sprite 400. Our first long trip was to Cornwall to a club site near St Austell, there were some kind of flying beetles as big as golf balls, well they seemed like that when they flew into the car windscreen.

  • cariadon
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    edited April 2018 #846

    or to start with a handle, that could give you a painful wrist.

  • brue
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    edited April 2018 #847

    The crank. I remember my Dad using it, if you weren't careful it could leap back and get you! 

  • ABM
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    edited May 2018 #848

    Some  people  even  had  the  starting  handle  arrangement  fitted  to  their  minivan,  but  you  did  have  to  put  the  steering  onto  full  lock  in  order  to  insert  the  handle  !!

  • Busyelf
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    edited May 2019 #849

    Penny Bubblies and Wagon Wheels the size of saucers. 

    Gas lamps and bakelite Elictrickery switches.

  • ABM
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    edited May 2019 #850

    I remember when the Sun Shone & weekends were Warm  frown

  • marchie1053
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    edited March 2020 #851

    I remember when nostalgia WAS what it used to be; if I remember correctly, that is. But, there again, my memory is not as good as I seem to remember it being ...

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #852

    Well, Hostahousey, do you Still  go to bed by candlelight  ??

  • triky auto
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    edited September 2020 #853

    I remember when my Aunt used to take the 'accumulator''down to the 'Oil Shop' (general store) ,to be charged up so as to listen to the radio !!

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #854

    I remember when there was no such thing as a "Radio " in our house -- We had to put up with a bakelite Wireless !

  • triky auto
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    edited September 2020 #855

    I can remember using a " Crystal Set" in bed at night ,listening to 'Journey into Space ' (and falling asleep with the headphones wrapped around my neck !!  )  undecided.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited September 2020 #856

    I remember "Journey into Space" as well. Radio  Luxembourg plus Leslie Welch teaching us how to spell Keynsham

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #857

    OOOPS  !! 
    Sorry CY, the 'spelling of Keynsham' chappie was Horace Batchelor trying to flog us shares in his Pools Winning INFRA DRAW METHOD !

     

     

    Lesley Welch was the " MEMORY MAN "

  • cyberyacht
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    edited September 2020 #858

    I'm getting my nostalgia mixed up. embarassed

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #859

    I remember when I did not have to Google things like that too, CY  embarassed

  • hostahousey
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    edited September 2020 #860

    I remember my first Chinese Meal, It tasted a lot better than they do nowadays 

  • triky auto
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    edited September 2020 #861

    They're all made in a big factory unit & supplied out to the restaurants ,,that's why they all taste the same !!  !!  undecided.

    I remember my first " Thai" meal,,,Mmmm,,,VERY different .tongue-out.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #862

    I remember the first pair of footy boots I had  ~~  the ones with the hard toe caps, as well as a strange piece of leather running across the bottom of the lace holes ~~ never did find out what that did  undecided

  • triky auto
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    edited September 2020 #863

    I remember the abrasions across your legs that the leather studs with nails in on the boot's sole caused !! yell.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #864

    I remember the first time I bowled with a real, genuine Corky  surprised

  • triky auto
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    edited September 2020 #865

    I remember when a pal of mine's Brother was fielding in the slips,and had his jaw smashed by a cricket ball .!! OUCH !! surprised.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #866

    I remember the first pair of proper soccer Shin Pads I had --  rather less use than the old maths exercise books I used previously  frown

  • triky auto
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    edited September 2020 #867

    I remember the woodwork master confiscating a 'Crossbow' that i had made from an old Ash hoe handle .In the days before any commercial one's were available !! undecided,

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #868

    I Remember The Woodwork Master  --  'nuff said  !!

  • Wherenext
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    edited September 2020 #869

    Antimacassars 

    Brylcream on pillow cases

    Whistling

    Soot.

    Bobby Horse Muck

  • triky auto
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    edited September 2020 #870

    undecided AND " Trugell " on pillow cases   !! 

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #871

    Oh Dear, WN,  Brian still whistles but in these sad times he gets some very dirty looks indeed, despite wearing a good mask  sealed

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