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Everyday things from back in the day that seem really weird now

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  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    ForeverAddickted said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    People called Reg.
    That was my Father in Laws name
    What is it now?




    I fully expect you to say "he passed away last month", and I'm sorry, but I couldn't miss the obvious response...
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    A moment in time that was probably only possible for a few years.

    When we played away at St James Park we scored at the "other" end and no one had a scooby who scored so I phoned my mum to check on Ceefax.

    Must have been a 3 or 4 year window for that to be common. 
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,334
    Rag and bone men
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    alan dugdale said:
    Pulling out the choke
    I still do that when I get the chance 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    edited May 2023
    WSS said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    People called Reg.
    That was my Father in Laws name
    What is it now?
    Rosemary.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    .Cafc43v3r said:
    A moment in time that was probably only possible for a few years.

    When we played away at St James Park we scored at the "other" end and no one had a scooby who scored so I phoned my mum to check on Ceefax.

    Must have been a 3 or 4 year window for that to be common. 
    I remember the Graham Stuart goal there and being so far away I didn't know who'd scored until after the game!
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,625
    thai malaysia addick said:
    Rag and bone men
    They’re only human.
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,960
    Corona man delivering lemonade etc. Coal and milk men with their horse and carts trundling along the road. Pig man collecting the food scraps.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    North Lower Neil said:
    .Cafc43v3r said:
    A moment in time that was probably only possible for a few years.

    When we played away at St James Park we scored at the "other" end and no one had a scooby who scored so I phoned my mum to check on Ceefax.

    Must have been a 3 or 4 year window for that to be common. 
    I remember the Graham Stuart goal there and being so far away I didn't know who'd scored until after the game!
    That was the one.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    edited May 2023
    Pease pudding, faggots and saveloy van pulling up in the road on a Saturday evening.

    Milkman in a horse drawn wagon.

    Coal being delivered in a hole in the ground outside the front door.

    Scurvey

    Rickets

    Going to the doctor's surgery, taking a seat in the waiting room and everybody moving round one seat when the doctor called a patient in.
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  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,960
    rubbing liniment oils into your thighs before a match or ralgex / deep heat if you had a strain.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Barbers asking if you wanted 'something for the weekend'.
  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,258
    Penny sweets at the corner shop - vividly remember as a kid standing in front of the big glass pane pointing out my 25p worth to the shop keeper "one of those please... two of them" "How much have I got left?"
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    WSS said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    People called Reg.
    That was my Father in Laws name
    What is it now?




    I fully expect you to say "he passed away last month", and I'm sorry, but I couldn't miss the obvious response...
    January... Dont worry its fine, I dont blame you for taking that response :)
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    Cafc43v3r said:
    MrOneLung said:
    Tape to tape to get a copy of your mates latest zx spectrum game
    Load""
    Turn the volume down- this one is machine code 
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,960
    Walking across the St Vincent’s bridge in Dartford and being choked by the smoke as a steam train passed beneath,
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Manic_mania said:
    Penny sweets at the corner shop - vividly remember as a kid standing in front of the big glass pane pointing out my 25p worth to the shop keeper "one of those please... two of them" "How much have I got left?"
    Youngster

    I remember halfpenny sweets  :D
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited May 2023
    MrOneLung said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    MrOneLung said:
    Tape to tape to get a copy of your mates latest zx spectrum game
    Load""
    Turn the volume down- this one is machine code 
    https://youtu.be/V0EfycbDhiw

    One for the kids 
  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,210
    Cafc43v3r said:
    A moment in time that was probably only possible for a few years.

    When we played away at St James Park we scored at the "other" end and no one had a scooby who scored so I phoned my mum to check on Ceefax.

    Must have been a 3 or 4 year window for that to be common. 
    5th December 2001, 14 year old me who weren’t allowed to go to Stamford bridge on a school night refreshing teletext in bed then going apeshit when it refreshed and I saw “Lisbie ‘89”.  
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,054
    edited May 2023
    My dad sending me over to the newsagents to buy his fags and get sweets with the change.                          I was about 8 and nobody worried about it.  :D
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853

  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,625
    southamptonaddick said:
    My dad sending me over to the newsagents to buy his fags and get sweets with the change.                          I was about 8 and nobody worried about it.  :D
    Asking for a half ounce of golden vagina ready rubbed.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,968
    Cars made largely of wood
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,968
    edited May 2023
    McBobbin said:
    Being driven around in the boot of the car
    Coming home from youth club on a Friday night squashed into the back of a mini clubman estate with six other kids
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    IdleHans said:
    Cars made largely of wood
    My Atari console had wooden parts…
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    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?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    southamptonaddick said:
    My dad sending me over to the newsagents to buy his fags and get sweets with the change.                          I was about 8 and nobody worried about it.  :D
    I hope you bought sweet cigarettes with the change!
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    MrOneLung said:


  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,054
    killerandflash said:
    southamptonaddick said:
    My dad sending me over to the newsagents to buy his fags and get sweets with the change.                          I was about 8 and nobody worried about it.  :D
    I hope you bought sweet cigarettes with the change!
    Of course not I bought 10 No6 for myself  B)
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,960
    Getting the cane / slipper / belt. Blackboards and having the blackboard rubber chucked at your head and it often hitting the wrong person as they ducked. writing out pages of lines mainly “I will not talk in class’ 

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