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Everyday things from back in the day that seem really weird now
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I remember having these:Covered End said:Attaching a football card, by means of a peg to your bike wheels, so they made a noise.
As well as these:
Which makes me think of another one - free toys in cereal boxes.8 -
Hitchhiking3
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Playing knock-downs and also penny up the wall (still might happen - I don't know).0
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No mobile phones and not many had ladlines but word always got round that there was a kickabout at the local park.
I assume because people had real friends that they spoke to and not the imaginery ones they have on social media.4 -
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My old man did this his entire life and finally got caught and done about ten years ago, his response was “country’s gone”.ValleyGary said:Drink driving. My dad used to be the worst for it. 10 pints down the football club then drive me home. Then a big campaign come out and the whole attitude changed. Mental cos he was a fireman and always told us stories of a bloke getting decapitated and cutting people out of cars from doing it. Not one to be proud of but it was definitely worse 25-30 years ago.
My Dad was the absolute worst for this. I was grateful he gave up the booze back in 90, more worried about anyone he could have hurt... he got pulled a few times and he would wind down the window and shout... "I've got brothers in the RUC you know"... sounding full pelt Granda Joe from the Derry Girls. He would get waved on as they just didnt fancy it with him.
Do not mistake the RUC for the RAC.
Drink driving was very common in the past. Thankfully it is far less common now. Well definitely in towns and cities.
He had to give it up as early one morning after a belly full the night before he went under the Thames Road Bridge with the tip on his tipper lorry still up... they had to shut the bridge to check for safety. Still see the missing bricks when i drive under. I was mortified that night when i overheard someone in the pub moaning about being late for work that day because the trains were messed up due to some paddy driving in to the bridge.
Anyway i digress, sorry AFKA.
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Penny for the guy, bangers, Catherine wheels, etc.0
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Bunking on a lewis coach to get back from away games.0
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Being able to walk down Downing St and have your photo taken outside No. 105
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Just bought one...robroy said:SodaStreams1 -
Some people are still trying to drive down it...stockportaddick said:Being able to walk down Downing St and have your photo taken outside No. 1012 - Sponsored links:
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Also selling small flags with large pins in tray’sMrOneLung said:people outside train stations and pubs with trays of bic cigarette lighters
(may have been charity’s)0 -
The Beverley Sisters……All your Own with the irritating Huw Weldon being the compare……The very middle of the road King Brothers seemed to be on there every bloody week, oh how boring they were.
The Appleyards and Amos & Andy.
All mid to late 50’s.
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Come to SW France, where the locals practice it in the hope it will become an Olympic sport at Paris 2024!Curb_It said:BR7_addick said:
My old man did this his entire life and finally got caught and done about ten years ago, his response was “country’s gone”.ValleyGary said:Drink driving. My dad used to be the worst for it. 10 pints down the football club then drive me home. Then a big campaign come out and the whole attitude changed. Mental cos he was a fireman and always told us stories of a bloke getting decapitated and cutting people out of cars from doing it. Not one to be proud of but it was definitely worse 25-30 years ago.
Drink driving was very common in the past. Thankfully it is far less common now. Well definitely in towns and cities.1 -
The H&S mob of today would have had a meltdown on the 1 day every year when Charlton Boys School along with numerous other south London schools boarded trains and departed for their day trip to France. Cant remember ever seeing a teacher or anyone responsible overseeing anything. There must be thousands of flick knives on the seabed near Dover as everyone bottled bringing them back through customs 😂 it was also the 1 day in the year where we could fratenise with the fairer sex1
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Isn't that true? I won't let me kids put the light onValleyGary said:Meat raffles down the pub. Such a weird prize.
And as I kid was always told it was illegal to put the light on in the car when driving. What was that all about?0 -
Likewise!SporadicAddick said:
Just bought one...robroy said:SodaStreams1 -
Bizarre fact, but true.SoundAsa£ said:The Beverley Sisters……All your Own with the irritating Huw Weldon being the compare……The very middle of the road King Brothers seemed to be on there every bloody week, oh how boring they were.
For a short while in the 70's I worked in Audit for the Family Division Principal Registry in Somerset House.
One of my duties was to bank the fees/takings from the public offices.
One of the bank clerks was Tony King. Turns out he was the Tony King of the King Brothers.
I guess they never made their fortune in showbiz!1 -
The Question of Sport board game - it even had the mystery guest round!0
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The Black and White Mistral Show0
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Transistor Radio. Used to fall asleep with it on my pillow listening to Radio Luxembourg.DaveMehmet said:
Whaaaat???Return of the SE7 said:As a 14 year old going to bed with a trannie every night.
Watneys Party Seven.4 -
www.0
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Love Thy Neighbour and Mind Your Language, made the Carry On films seem like Oscar contenders. Jim'll Fix It and Rolf Harris, 'can you tell what it is yet?' yes, a pair of blatant nonces0
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Mind Your Language - staple Saturday evening fair after Grandstand.ads said:Love Thy Neighbour and Mind Your Language, made the Carry On films seem like Oscar contenders. Jim'll Fix It and Rolf Harris, 'can you tell what it is yet?' yes, a pair of blatant nonces1 -
8-track cassettes. Those things were huge. Today you could rent one out as a bed-sit.
(My first ever buy on HP (is that still a thing?) was an 8-track cassette player for my Capri.) It was £30....)0 -
2am. Speeding through a red light coming down Shooters Hill by the police station just as a police car pulled out. Being caught up eventually at the Sun in the Sands pub.
Got no more than a severe telling off. No breathalyser . Just told them I lived round the corner. Told to go home and get to bed.
Did more for me than points, fine and ban.5 -
Not in our house ITV was common!.SporadicAddick said:
Mind Your Language - staple Saturday evening fair after Grandstand.ads said:Love Thy Neighbour and Mind Your Language, made the Carry On films seem like Oscar contenders. Jim'll Fix It and Rolf Harris, 'can you tell what it is yet?' yes, a pair of blatant nonces0 -
A.A. patrol men in brown uniforms on motorbikes with a sidecar waiting at junctions to salute passing motorist with A.A badges on their bumpers.3
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Todds_right_hook said:ValleyGary said:Meat raffles down the pub. Such a weird prize.
The ship centurion in Whitstable still has one every sundsy afternoon0 -
Alma Cogan and her husky voiceSoundAsa£ said:The Beverley Sisters……All your Own with the irritating Huw Weldon being the compare……The very middle of the road King Brothers seemed to be on there every bloody week, oh how boring they were.
The Appleyards and Amos & Andy.
All mid to late 50’s.0
