I Remember When

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2020 #902

    I remember 22 November 1963  - 57 years ago yesterday.  

    RIP JFK.

  • triky auto
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    edited December 2020 #903

    I remember the ships 'tooting' their horns for entering or leaving the Royal Docks in East London.

  • hostahousey
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    edited December 2020 #904

    I remember stripping out lead gas pipes and installing Electric .

  • ABM
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    edited December 2020 #905

    I remember Life before  E.E.C  etc, etc, ~~ wonder if it will EVER be like that again  undecided

  • triky auto
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    edited December 2020 #906

    I remember MANY Christmases spent in France/Spain/Germany /Belgium with Joyous festivities etc.cry.

  • hostahousey
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    edited December 2020 #907

    I remember when kids made carts out of old pram wheels and pulled their mate's around.smile

  • papgeno
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    edited December 2020 #908

    I remember going sledging in short trousers. We woz  'ard in them days 🙄

  • ABM
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    edited December 2020 #909

    I remember when 'A White Christmas' used to come with snow, not just a smearing of frost !!

  • papgeno
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    edited January 2021 #910

    I remember kaolin poultices as a treatment for boils etc. applied hot, very hot ouch!

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #911

    I remember when cars had cable brakes

  • Freddy55
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    edited January 2021 #912

    When Mars bars were twice the size.

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2021 #913

    AND ,,Wagon Wheels too . !!  surprised.

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #914

    When A & B films were  shown on the same night at the Cinema

  • Freddy55
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    edited January 2021 #915

    And having to stand up for the national anthem 🙂

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #916

    And queue for miles for the second house showing.

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2021 #917

    And some of the Beautiful plush entrance foyer. wink.

  • ABM
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    edited January 2021 #918

    And some folk trying to get out before the first notes as well !

  • Navigateur
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    edited January 2021 #919

    and the absence of fetid hot dog smell.

  • TomL
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    edited January 2021 #920

    Saturday morning matinee at the local cinema. Sitting at the front of the circle and dropping dried peas on those sitting in the stalls.

  • Freddy55
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    edited January 2021 #921

    So, it was you! 😀

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #922

    Watching Cowboy Hero's 

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2021 #923

    We used the 'peas' in our Pea Shooter !! 

    Don't see those now ?? 

  • cyberyacht
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    edited January 2021 #924

    That's because they've been superseded by Glocks and AK47's.

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #925

    Ming & Flash

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2021 #926

    I remember " Cossack " hair spray for Men,,,yes i had long hair in the 70s !! 

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #927

    And Trugei hair stiffener 

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #928

    Galloping home from the  tanner rush after a cowboy film

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2021 #929

    wink Oh Yes ,,,slapping your hide ,like it was a horse !!  tongue-out.

  • hostahousey
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    edited January 2021 #930

    I  remember back lanes

  • triky auto
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    edited January 2021 #931

    Short cut's before motorways were built !!