FabSwingers.com forum: Who remembers

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?"

I remember all bar Swiss Kit

Does that make me old?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?

I remember all bar Swiss Kit

Does that make me old?"

This ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The elasticated belts with the snake fastener

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Milk tray bars

Opal fruits

Spira choc bars

Turkey twizlers (although they bringing these back)

Potato puffs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jolly Ranchers sweets!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Texan bar

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By *inballs99Man
over a year ago

Blackheath

Team flakes !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wagon Wheels, when they were the size of wagon wheels. Go to school all your mates had a bite and still loads left.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......

Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...

Taxi bars

Vice versas...

Burger bites...

10p chomp bars

Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p

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By *lay 4 uMan
over a year ago

bolton

Belts with different brand names running through them .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?

I remember all bar Swiss Kit

Does that make me old?"

You re only old if you feel you re old...having seen your pics...Id say nooooo

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Belts with different brand names running through them ."

Remember snake belts?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pacers

Ranchero crisps

And fish and chips from the van that visited each week

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......

Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...

Taxi bars

Vice versas...

Burger bites...

10p chomp bars

Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p"

Haha..do you remember sturmy archer gears and lights where the bike wheels produced the power?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pacers

Ranchero crisps

And fish and chips from the van that visited each week

In paper..the ink just added to the flavour..picking up a chip with a piece of sun newspaer attached hahaha

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The elasticated belts with the snake fastener "

Yeah the snake belts..lol

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

Wham bars. Used to buy them at the school tuk shop.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Free DVDs with newspapers. We still have the 1966 World Cup Final, Carry on Films , BBC comedy classics

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?

I remember all bar Swiss Kit

Does that make me old?

This ??"

Nope

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Wham bars. Used to buy them at the school tuk shop."

Tuk shops gawd

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

The virginian

Abbott n Costello

Blake seven

Logans run

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fizzy pop bottles that you return to the shop and got money for returning them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anyone remember the chews black Jack's,yum

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......

Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...

Taxi bars

Vice versas...

Burger bites...

10p chomp bars

Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p

Haha..do you remember sturmy archer gears and lights where the bike wheels produced the power?"

Don’t remember those brands but I once had a bike that had a mini turbine against the wheels that made the lights go on

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Anyone remember the chews black Jack's,yum"

Oh hell yeah...aniseed balls and victory Vs...we once fed a donkey aniseed balls..it loved em..but hour later it sure was windy eugh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anyone remember the chews black Jack's,yum

Oh hell yeah...aniseed balls and victory Vs...we once fed a donkey aniseed balls..it loved em..but hour later it sure was windy eugh

Hahaha,I bet

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Life before Covid when you could go to a restaurant or bar without a mask .......

Bike wheel reflectors in corn flake packets...

Taxi bars

Vice versas...

Burger bites...

10p chomp bars

Dairy milk bars that only cost 35p which now cost 85p

Haha..do you remember sturmy archer gears and lights where the bike wheels produced the power?

Don’t remember those brands but I once had a bike that had a mini turbine against the wheels that made the lights go on"

Yeah...I had one on my sturmey archer 3 speed...can remember oggling 5 and 10 speed then being blown away when 12 gears started to hit the shops

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Tokens on Frosties cereal boxes to collect tiger striped toy cars

Shell petrol tokens to collect wine glasses

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Shrinking crisp packets under the grill.

Having mini packets of cigarettes as key rings

Cigarette sweets

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Shrinking crisp packets under the grill.

Having mini packets of cigarettes as key rings

Cigarette sweets "

Cigarette sweets..yeah remember them and lucky bags for a penny and sherbet dips

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By * Lexi xWoman
over a year ago

stockport

Tab clear

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black n white tvs, put 50p in the slot and turn the knob, it lasted a couple of hours, only 3 channels

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Castaway (Blastaway when mixed with Diamond White cider)

Hooch

Two Dogs

Maddog 20/20

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By * Lexi xWoman
over a year ago

stockport

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By * Lexi xWoman
over a year ago

stockport

Mooshakes???

The milkshakes with vodka in? They were sooooo nice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember all of those, back in the day when there were 4 channels and Corona was a fizzy pop

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cadbury Secret bars,

Commando books (I know they still make those but they were a large part of my youth),

Kellogg's Start cereal,

When Kellogg's did free areoplane toys in cereal,

Being young.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Clackers

Skateboards, when they first came out

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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

I remember black and white Tv and the old top loader video player with mechanical buttons.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nitty nora

The wag man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lemon Polos, we had them in the snack machine at school for a while. Very addictive.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

1970s & 80s, Tenants Lager cans had pictures of sexy Ladies on them. They’re on Google images for those not old enough

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By *innerdateMan
over a year ago

Leigh

"The elasticated belts with the snake fastener "

Still got my Snake belt, I had it in junior school, dont think it fits me now Lol

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By *alldarkandharmlessMan
over a year ago

Ross on Wye

Yes and fruit salad when they cost 1/2 pence

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By *innerdateMan
over a year ago

Leigh

"Fizzy pop bottles that you return to the shop and got money for returning them"

Got 10p for a Barr bottle as long as it had the screw top

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!

2 and 4 star petrol

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over a year ago

"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!

2 and 4 star petrol

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Sony Walkman Cassette player

Recording your fav songs from the Radio1 Top40 on a sunday evening for a mixtape

Ford XR2, XR3, RS Turbo & RS Cosworth, Renault 5 GT Turbo, Fiat Uno Turbo ie, MG Metro Turbo

Yamaha RD350 ypvs & other 2-Stroke motorcycles

2 & 4 Star Petrol

Petrol for 38p a litre (1989)

First Space Shuttle launch

Concorde airplane

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

"Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?

I remember all bar Swiss Kit

Does that make me old?"

I can't remember much at al

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Ironically, on a Saturday morning the Corona pop man used to come in his van selling fizzy pop. If only he knew

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

BBC Computers at school

Amiga Computers

Vic 20 & Commodore 64

Spectrum 48 & 128

Loading a game by playing a tape & hearing a long series of beeps & buzzes

56k dial-up modems, watching a picture being displayed on screen line by line

Atari games console

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By *ivedancerMan
over a year ago

Horsham

"Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?"

2000AD Comic

Spokey Dokies

Shrinky Dinkies

Charlie Says

Timmmmmyyyyy!!!!!!

Why Dont You : Horace !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ironically, on a Saturday morning the Corona pop man used to come in his van selling fizzy pop. If only he knew

That's why we are in this mess we've stopped drinking Corona brand Cola, Orangeade, Lemonade, Cream Soda and my all time favourite Ginger Beer?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What about a knickerbocker glory from Wimpy?

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Warlord! Yes, used to get that and the annuals. Also liked 2000ad.

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By *rNaughtyNickMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Polaroid Camera's

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By *arkinberksMan
over a year ago

Ascot

"Anyone remember the chews black Jack's,yum"

Yup and fruit salad. What about sherbet dib dabs, juicy fruit chewing gum, gobstoppers and Parma violets

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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!

2 and 4 star petrol"

And 2 stroke oil pumps for that shot of 2 stroke oil in your FS1E petrol tank

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Renting a video from Blockbusters, getting it home and realising the last buggar didn't rewind it! It took nearly 5 minutes to rewind in the VCR. If you were a non rewinder, shame on you

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By * Lexi xWoman
over a year ago

stockport

Taking my camera film to boots getting it developed in an hour and absolutely howling at the photos.

Nights out.

Girlie holidays

I still have them

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By * Lexi xWoman
over a year ago

stockport

"Renting a video from Blockbusters, getting it home and realising the last buggar didn't rewind it! It took nearly 5 minutes to rewind in the VCR. If you were a non rewinder, shame on you

Omg!! I remember this so well!

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"Renting a video from Blockbusters, getting it home and realising the last buggar didn't rewind it! It took nearly 5 minutes to rewind in the VCR. If you were a non rewinder, shame on you

Omg!! I remember this so well!

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You must have been very very young!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bubble paste! Tasted disgusting but couldn’t stop getting it

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!

2 and 4 star petrol

And 2 stroke oil pumps for that shot of 2 stroke oil in your FS1E petrol tank

Fs1e... The ferrari of the mopeds...

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

I remember all of those

Scratch and sniff t-shirts. I had a strawberry

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Morris marinas...

Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine

When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..

Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Having to go home when the street lights came on

Playing curby, and shouting 'CAR'

Being scared of the local policeman on his pushbike, even when you'd done nothing wrong

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By *asilForty77Man
over a year ago

a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road

Original Jubbly ice pole about 4 times the size of todays

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

The Sinclair C5

MG/Austin Maestro, The car that talked

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Doing research by borrowing books from the library.

Drinking tap water, people would have laughed if they'd say I'm going to put water in a bottle and charge you a quid for the privelage.

Playing bull dog, kiss chase, hide & seek, tag, football, and riding bikes... Everywhere and being able to repair a puncture yourself.

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Tax Disks for vehicles

DHSS Giro's

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Doing research by borrowing books from the library.

Drinking tap water, people would have laughed if they'd say I'm going to put water in a bottle and charge you a quid for the privelage.

Playing bull dog, kiss chase, hide & seek, tag, football, and riding bikes... Everywhere and being able to repair a puncture yourself.

We called water corporation pop...what about model milk....tin can squat

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By *iking 777Man
over a year ago

Thurso

Top deck

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Morris marinas...

Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine

When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..

Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...

Hilman Imp, X1.9

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

1/2p coins

£1 notes

Bank books & cheque books

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Morris marinas...

Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine

When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..

Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...

Hilman Imp, X1.9"

Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Speak & Spell

Simon

Dot-matrix printers, Continuous feed paper

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Morris marinas...

Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine

When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..

Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...

Hilman Imp, X1.9

Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald"

Ooh ok..mind you the imp was quite a rally car in its class...howabout Vivas, Hunters and howabout the Zepher..as for the ugly ass princess..lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"1/2p coins

£1 notes

Bank books & cheque books"

Sixpences...can remember the leaflet about decimilisation through the door. What about the stamps you could buy as a savings account?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The Sinclair C5

MG/Austin Maestro, The car that talked"

If I remember rightly they recalled the Maestro to remove the talking bit..I know around us people were ripping it out as fast as they could manage.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I remember all of those

Scratch and sniff t-shirts. I had a strawberry

Gawd scratch n sniff yeah...then came the flammable shell suits lolol

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

"Morris marinas...

Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine

When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..

Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...

Hilman Imp, X1.9

Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald

Ooh ok..mind you the imp was quite a rally car in its class...howabout Vivas, Hunters and howabout the Zepher..as for the ugly ass princess..lol

Learnt to drive in a hunter GT

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I remember the days of being able to put a fiver of petrol in my car and it lasting me all week!!

2 and 4 star petrol

And 2 stroke oil pumps for that shot of 2 stroke oil in your FS1E petrol tank

Fs1e... The ferrari of the mopeds... "

Fizzys...we always wanted montessas or bultacos or the lil yammie 80. RDs were hellish fast for their time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Marathon (snickers)

The 1/2 penny

£1 note

Being able to buy a single cigarette and a pack of ten for 68p

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Gola football boots...

Leather lace up footballs with a bladder.. that broke your ankle when it rained...

Cricket bat's that needed oiling and knocking in...

TV with no sex scenes and no swearing (thanks Mary Whitehouse)

Dunlop blue flash

Queueing for your new singles so you could be the coolest kid in school

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only 3 channels on tv

Black and white tv

60p a litre petrol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hi everyone thought I'd join in I remember the old 50 pence electric meter when snickers bars were called marathon an monster munch were huge bags of crisps lol...

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Bob a job week?

Pint of beer for 15p...

Smoking in shops... Trains... Restaurants.. Pubs...

Singing if you're glad to be gay...

Having fun with a girl called nina

Sweeney on the TV... "we're the sweeney son and we haven't had any dinner"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Gola football boots...

Leather lace up footballs with a bladder.. that broke your ankle when it rained...

Cricket bat's that needed oiling and knocking in...

TV with no sex scenes and no swearing (thanks Mary Whitehouse)

Dunlop blue flash

Queueing for your new singles so you could be the coolest kid in school"

I bought a Gola hoodie the other day, it's beautiful and soft and I adore it so.....

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

"1/2p coins

£1 notes

Bank books & cheque books

Sixpences...can remember the leaflet about decimilisation through the door. What about the stamps you could buy as a savings account?"

Decimalisation was before i was born

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By *istyblue1967Man
over a year ago

manchester

monkey boots

flares with lots of buttons

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Soggy smiths crisps for tuppence happeny. Had the little blue bag for salt.

Penny Gobstoppers the size of a golf ball, well that's how they appeared to me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How about Mario Cart an duck hunt on the Nintendo 64 class games lol..an focus points in packs fags embassy number one an regal king size you used get the catalogue of stuff you collect the points for lol..

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

When anal sex was something only mps and the clergy did.

The milk monitor at school.

When cholesterol didn't exist and real men smoked woodbine and drank watneys red barrel and teachers scotch was for connoisseurs....

The only gin in town was Gordon's.

Meat was a once a week luxury and Sundays were a day of rest for family roast dinners where we all sat down with no elbows on the table, ate whatever was put on our plate and sat still till everyone was finished

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

Radio 1 being better than radio 2

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By *hitehunter4bbcMan
over a year ago

Bristol

Going to the pub

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By *oberts_onMan
over a year ago

King's Lynn

Texan bars and, a bit later, those odd chewy mints with a bit of liquid mint flavour in the middle...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hi everyone thought I'd join in I remember the old 50 pence electric meter when snickers bars were called marathon an monster munch were huge bags of crisps lol..."

Hey..welcome..yup slot meters before the electric key meters..never understood why they changed it to snickers..I still call em marathons.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Gola football boots...

Leather lace up footballs with a bladder.. that broke your ankle when it rained...

Cricket bat's that needed oiling and knocking in...

TV with no sex scenes and no swearing (thanks Mary Whitehouse)

Dunlop blue flash

Queueing for your new singles so you could be the coolest kid in school"

Mary bloody whitehouse lol...

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over a year ago

"Morris marinas...

Austin allegro... And the ugliest of uglies... The Talbot alpine

When minis were.... Mini... And you could reset the points and plugs on your own in 10 minutes..

Car blankets that were used in cars cos they got effing cold...

Hilman Imp, X1.9

Sporty... I'll see your imp and raise you a triumph herald

Ooh ok..mind you the imp was quite a rally car in its class...howabout Vivas, Hunters and howabout the Zepher..as for the ugly ass princess..lol

Learnt to drive in a hunter GT"

Loved the Hillman Hunter..what about the stags and jensons and scimitar. The stags quite often managed A to B but not back to A..until they changed the engine.

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over a year ago

Motorbike test was a guy stood on the roadside. You did a circuit of the block and an emergency stop..job done!

Battles amongst us lads as to who got the better pd milk round and who got paper rounds and that was before we were 10 year old!!

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over a year ago

"Radio 1 being better than radio 2

True but then all the knowledgeable djs left one to go to two..DLT sunday afternoons

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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

I remember the puppy pinching the toilet paper form the outside toilet in the Hamlet tv ad.

Hamlet the mild cigar from Benson and Hedges.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

TV going "off" at midnight and playing the Queen.

Getting home after the pub and having marmite on toast as kebabs hadn't been invented

Scampi fries

Buying a qtr of sweets for 5p

When Jimmy Saville and Gary glitter were popular

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over a year ago

Proper Wrestling on World of Sport on a Saturday. Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and Big Daddy, Cresta Pop "It's Frothy Man" Top of The Pops

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over a year ago

"TV going "off" at midnight and playing the Queen.

Getting home after the pub and having marmite on toast as kebabs hadn't been invented

Scampi fries

Buying a qtr of sweets for 5p

When Jimmy Saville and Gary glitter were popular "

Oh the test card...beeeeeeeep

Fried egg and brown sauce sarnies and you could spend a whole night in a pub on a tenner

Jim ll fix it and love thy neighbour( no im not a racist, what people missed was that actually the white guy was potrayed as being the stupid one.

Saturday night tv..Dr Who and saturday night special, tales of the unexpected on sunday, thriller friday night( no not Jackos toone)

Pineapple fritters n chips. We could never afford fish as it was 24pence

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Proper Wrestling on World of Sport on a Saturday. Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and Big Daddy, Cresta Pop "It's Frothy Man" Top of The Pops"

Haha yeah...

When Texan was a damn fine chewy bar

When a Mars a day helped you work rest and play... Rather than put visceral fat on...

When Guinness was good for you...

When the BBC was an unbiased news organisation and had free sport on

When eating out was for special occasions only

When police were a force and not a service...

When celebrity was for people who'd actually achieved or done something

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By *amish SMan
over a year ago

Eastleigh

Sherbet dip in the round tube, Triumph Bonneviles. Hofmeister beer, Redifusion TV that had rotary Dial on the wall to change channel.

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By *sylockeWoman
over a year ago

East Anglia

Loved the Texan bar!

Wagon wheels were much bigger back in the day.

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over a year ago

"Proper Wrestling on World of Sport on a Saturday. Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and Big Daddy, Cresta Pop "It's Frothy Man" Top of The Pops"

Kendo Nagasaki..christ remember him...who were the brothers at that time, tag team....then you had the two old ladies at ringside

Its a knockout with Eddie Waring and Stewart Hall

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Loved the Texan bar!

Wagon wheels were much bigger back in the day. "

Wagon wheels were bigger than me!!

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Proper Wrestling on World of Sport on a Saturday. Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and Big Daddy, Cresta Pop "It's Frothy Man" Top of The Pops

Kendo Nagasaki..christ remember him...who were the brothers at that time, tag team....then you had the two old ladies at ringside

Its a knockout with Eddie Waring and Stewart Hall

That's when tag team meant something completely different! Les kellitt? Mick mcmanus (you rotter)...

Steve Davis before he was a dj.

Starsky and hutch, kojak, Frank cannon, ironside,

When charity shops were cheap.

Wimpy with the curly frankfurter thing and an egg in the middle...

Hofmeister? Didnt they have a bear advertising.?

Sharon Davies.... Mmmmmm

Oh and that TV show..... The sport...

Superstars?,! When Brian Jack did a million dips?

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By *ush12345Woman
over a year ago

Northwich

You can still buy them...

There are loads of shops online that stock the old stuff.. I want to try the taco..

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By *lay 4 uMan
over a year ago

bolton

Made a fortune in those days of the building site at the end of each day .

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By *lay 4 uMan
over a year ago

bolton

Creasta pop it's frothy man.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

Catchy ads on the TV

Murray mints

Foxes glacier mints

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By *tockinglover2018Man
over a year ago

Warrington

Hedgehog crisps anyone?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Golden nugget chewing gum

Swiss kit and texan bars

Spangles

Ringo crisps

Space dust( though had modern equivalent from Anne Summers)

Free toys in serial packs.

Warlord magazines

Disc cameras

What else?"

Texan bars ..." Time sure goes slow when you're chewing a Texan "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can remember when the news was boring

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