Things you don't see now

nth_london_addick

white dog poo

Tutt-Tutt

Charlie Buchans Football Monthly

Soccer Star magazine
Goal magazine
Afternoon Reserve Team matches at the Valley (& bunking off school to watch them).

Riscardo

[cite]Posted By: kimbo[/cite][li id=Comment_864882 class=Alternate][div class=CommentBody id=CommentBody_864882]Boxes of broken biscuits
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I got a box of broken biscuits for Chrimbo

ashford addick

8 track stereo in the car

SilentAddick

Bringing metal containers to the grocers to weigh and put sugar/flour in....

guinnessaddick

"tax in post" notice in windscreen.

nth_london_addick

Andy Gray

Richard keys

Macronate

Foxes with no confidence

ValleyGary

'no heavy petting' signs at swimming baths

stop_shouting

Picked eggs and space invader tables.

Rob

Bob a Job week

bingaddick

[cite]Posted By: March51[/cite]Bus conductors (except on London's two 'heratage'routes)

My grandfather was a London Bus conductor.

"No spitting" signs

Gas Lamp Lighters (Had gas lamps up my road until I was about 7 or 8 years old) They were lit manually.

Cars with orange indicator arms that stuck out either side to signify turning left or right.

nth_london_addick

Sian massey

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Dustman that collected from your door (as opposed to "refuse collectors" who half empty a wheelie bin you have to put out in the street)
Coalman
Mikman
Rent collector
Corona soft drinks lorry
Mackintosh's soft drinks lorry
The Winkle Man
The Faggot Man
The Rag'n'bone lady in Abbey Wood
Rossi's of Catford

Stig

[cite]Posted By: Six-a-bag-of-nuts[/cite].....Rossi's of Catford

But there's still Rossi's of Southend, mmm.

Stig

Metal toothpaste tubes that would crack giving out little slurms of toothpaste.

Stig

Paraffin heaters.
Paraffin machines on the forecourt of every petrol station. It seemed to me there were only two brands Pink and Esso Blue.
Petrol pumps that aren't self service.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

[cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Six-a-bag-of-nuts[/cite].....Rossi's of Catford

But there's stillRossi's of Southend, mmm.

That's amazing Stig.

I'm sure they must have some connection to Rossi's of Catford.
Was told, and always believed, that old man Rossi who delivered on Abbey Wood estate was the dad of Francis Rossi of Status Quo - might have been a wind-up I guess.

nth_london_addick

Francis Rossi came from a family that had ice cream vans and a shop somewhere in London. I heard him on talk sport last year talking about it

Stig

Francis Rossi

Floyd Montana

invisible ink pen refills

uncle

NLA at football but not in a box ;-)

nth_london_addick

Uncle at the green street stadium

uncle

hahaha

mistrollingin

jamboree bags
nux bars
spivs
the open air "Gents" at the back of the West Stand and the top of the east terrace.
The old scoreboard at the top of the east terrace
Opposing supporters passing each other on the east terrace at half time to change ends

bertpalmer

esso blue advert

boom boom boom boom esso blue

ValleyGary

blue ribbons

I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY

Public Information Films

ads

morris marinas
penny farthings
microdots

Bangkokaddick

Football results coming through on the teleprinter.

Half time scoreboards around the perimeter at football grounds.