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By *riar Belisse OP   Woman
over a year ago

Holibobs

Did you ever used to phone the speaking clock

What else sparks fond retro memories

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Me and my cohort used to ring Directory Enquiries from phone boxes just to wind up the call handlers, little shits we were

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

I remember dial a disc. You rang up and a full song would play.

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

Being able to just walk to your mates or families houses, walk in unannounced, and be welcomed.

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

Looking at the football scores coming in on ceefax

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway


"Did you ever used to phone the speaking clock

What else sparks fond retro memories "

‘At the last stroke’

I found an old Blockbuster membership card the other day. Possibly the best Friday nights when it was my turn to pick the video and the ice cream! Simpler times.

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By *hrobinsonMan
over a year ago

Bridgnorth

Having a phonecard because my mum knew if she gave me 'emergency phone money' I'd just waste it on on sweets.

And then never being able to find a green phone box that took phonecards!

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

Sherry being advertised on telly, does anyone drink sherry ?

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

Going to the shop for 10p mixture of sweets and getting 10 sweets

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


"Sherry being advertised on telly, does anyone drink sherry ?"

Occasionally I drink sherry - usually at Christmas times and reminded me of my dad as he traditionally bought sherry then and we'd always have one before dinner .

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

"glass cheques" whenever we took an empty juice bottle back tit eh shop or ice cream van, we'd get money in exchange for the glass bottle.

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By *xiled BikerMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Delivering newspapers on a Christmas Day, many years ago, getting £5 for it, double time then getting a £20 tip from a customer, happy days!

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

Listening to the pop charts on a Sunday evening with your mates, waiting to hear who was number one.

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


"Sherry being advertised on telly, does anyone drink sherry ?

Occasionally I drink sherry - usually at Christmas times and reminded me of my dad as he traditionally bought sherry then and we'd always have one before dinner .

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I never knew anyone who drank it, just put it in trifle

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By *hrobinsonMan
over a year ago

Bridgnorth


"Listening to the pop charts on a Sunday evening with your mates, waiting to hear who was number one."

Were you taping the charts at the same time?

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By *ltrMan
over a year ago

sheffield

Mum and dad been called snobs for having a colour tv

And a telephone

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT


"Me and my cohort used to ring Directory Enquiries from phone boxes just to wind up the call handlers, little shits we were "

Is there anyone on the line?

Well get off there’s a train coming!

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By *erry bull1Man
over a year ago

doncaster

Talking clock and dial a disc

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

Scores on the printer on grandstand

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

Phone lock on the dial part wtf

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

Having to get up to change the tv channel.

3 channels.

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By *otcrossedbunsCouple
over a year ago

south west

Having to press a button on top of the phone cause the neighbour was using the other part of the line. or listen in to their conversation

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

When I was a lonely, spotty teenager, I may have phoned some very nice ladies who were totally turned in by talking to “big boys” like me.

They clearly loved every minute of the conversations, and I’m sure they wished they could meet for real.

*to be clear, I’m not proud of the above*.

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


"Sherry being advertised on telly, does anyone drink sherry ?

Occasionally I drink sherry - usually at Christmas times and reminded me of my dad as he traditionally bought sherry then and we'd always have one before dinner .

I never knew anyone who drank it, just put it in trifle "

My grandma always had a bottle on the go while preparing Sunday dinner and my auntie still does

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


"Having to press a button on top of the phone cause the neighbour was using the other part of the line. or listen in to their conversation "

The "party line"

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By *rMojoRisinMan
over a year ago

nottingham

Girl at school used to write out the song lyrics of your favourite song for 5p from the chart magazines.

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By *otcrossedbunsCouple
over a year ago

south west


"Having to press a button on top of the phone cause the neighbour was using the other part of the line. or listen in to their conversation

The "party line" "

Thats it. so I wasn't dreaming

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By *otcrossedbunsCouple
over a year ago

south west


"Girl at school used to write out the song lyrics of your favourite song for 5p from the chart magazines. "

clever girl.

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By *ollycouple71Couple
over a year ago

manchester

Using a clipper card for the bus .Decorated school books with wallpaper x

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

Using those ringtone adverts at the back of magazines. Paying £1.50 for a crappy chippy version of Feel Good Inc

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By *ronmant16Man
over a year ago

Sheffield

Ringing operator to do a reverse charge to my boss as no mobiles then and I wasn't bloody paying to tell him about his job

Putting bits of sellotape over the slots on cassettes so you could tape over them and recording charts (well the songs you like) from radio to make your own compilation tape, alway got bloody DJ talking over end

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

I cant remember what it was my nan had, sky? But i vaguely remember playing those games with the family on the tv and you had to use the remote and pass it around in turns

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


"Looking at the football scores coming in on ceefax "

I used to play Bamboozle on teletext too. Think it was on Channel 4

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

BBC Test Card..most on here probably have no idea what that is..

or black & white TV. No, not racially aligned trannies...

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By *oppolocosTV/TS
over a year ago

inverurie

Phone boxes, on the rare occasions that I see one I remember how we used to use them, to need them and, sadly, how we misused them.

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By *oppolocosTV/TS
over a year ago

inverurie


"Sherry being advertised on telly, does anyone drink sherry ?"

I do it is a fabulous and much underrated drink. From the very dry up to the sweet that goes so well with puddings, or just poured over ice cream.

The crap they used to advertise is to be avoided, but ignoring sherry because of that is like never drinking wine because you realised

Blue Nun was crap.

N ignore all of the above. If sherry remains unliked by so many it will remain a bargain price.

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


"Did you ever used to phone the speaking clock

What else sparks fond retro memories "

I have but only for a joke and to see what it's like. I'm not sure if anyone ever used it because they needed to know the time

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

When you was out of credit and called people from the phone box..

R-E-V-E-R-S-E

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

o o OO o o

My Nan and gramp went on holiday for a week and I used their phone to ring up the dirty sex chat lines (I went to their house for my School dinner) I tried all of them in a list out of curiosity.

Few weeks later there’s hell to pay cos the phone bill is in. I had to fib and say I’d been ringing the dial a disk thing. Made my bum sweat that did!

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