FabSwingers.com forum: Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be..

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

Random memories thread time

What do you miss (or not really miss but just remember) from days gone by?

Anything goes my lovely Fabsters!

Like, for example ….

Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioooooooooo…

The red car and the blue car had a race …

Deeley boppers …

Pacers .. like minty Opal Fruits .. sorry STARBURSTS ..

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

I think u know what im thinking dan

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

Tooty Frooties & Jelly Tots.

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

"I think u know what im thinking dan

Awwww .. yeah I think I do ..

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

Moaning about 4*petrol hitting £2 a gallon

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By *ighty DuckMan
over a year ago

andover

Solero shots

I miss you deeply

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I feel nostalgic for those old style train carriages. They had a particular smell and you had to open and close the door yourself

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

Noel’s House Party.. elite Saturday evening entertainment, until that bloke died

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

Frosties cola sweets

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Walking to a fast food outlet or chippy, looking at the menu and putting an order in - carrying it home quickly so it'd still be warm.....

telling everyone to warm the plates and put a brew on .....

sigh .......

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

"Random memories thread time

What do you miss (or not really miss but just remember) from days gone by?

Anything goes my lovely Fabsters!

Like, for example ….

Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioooooooooo…

The red car and the blue car had a race …

Deeley boppers …

Pacers .. like minty Opal Fruits .. sorry STARBURSTS ..

I don't remember any of those, all before my time nipper.

Winston

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

Remember when Freddos were 5p?

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

"Remember when Freddos were 5p?"

And Mojos were 4 for 1p!

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

When we use to make things in Britain and owned our gas and electric companies

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

Even though I don’t eat meat anymore I miss when 4 wings and chips were £1 and KA was 29/39p.

That was before gentrification not inflation.

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

Tiswas

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

When you could buy 4pints of lager for a £1

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I also feel nostalgic about the time I first went to college. The feeling of freedom, independence and standing on the edge of my future is something that I've never felt since. I was 18, it was 1974 and vodka was cheap

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Walking round to a friend's or relative's house.

There were no phones, no e mails and very few buses.

We had to go and TALK FACE 2 FACE.

The upside was we are good at walking. The downside was that there were far more 'unexpected' visitors pre mobile phones.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Random memories thread time

What do you miss (or not really miss but just remember) from days gone by?

Anything goes my lovely Fabsters!

Like, for example ….

Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioooooooooo…

The red car and the blue car had a race …

Deeley boppers …

Pacers .. like minty Opal Fruits .. sorry STARBURSTS ..

Pacers, aahh them's good them's is. I can see the woman behind the counter now, saying summit like that.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"Moaning about 4*petrol hitting £2 a gallon

Moaning about petrol hitting £1 a gallon.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Orange Twix, not available any more in this country, but at least white is back.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

The mystique surrounding my favourite rock bands. Only way to see them was going to a concert. Small number of magazines such as Sounds and Kerrang but that was it for any information.

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

"Moaning about 4*petrol hitting £2 a gallon

Or moaning when it hit £1/gallon

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Moaning about 4*petrol hitting £2 a gallon

Or moaning when it hit £1/gallon

The Yank must leave the airbases with full tanks in this country.

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

The garbled scream from the modem when it was connecting online.

Downloading a full album off of limewire (bad times if the songs weren't really what they were labeled as)

Getting to rent a Ps1/2 game for the weekend.

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

I miss crispix cerial like little sweet crunchy pillows of wonderful thanks jamie fuck8ng oliver for getting em banned i hope you burn of your cock frying a steak

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By *ad boy maverickMan
over a year ago

basildon

I miss the freedom of childhood with no responsibilities.

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

The sweets there not the same now!

Sherbet pips cough candy rhubarb and custard pineapple cubes and pontefract cakes x

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

"I miss crispix cerial like little sweet crunchy pillows of wonderful thanks jamie fuck8ng oliver for getting em banned i hope you burn of your cock frying a steak "

And when variety packs were actually a variety. None of this 3 variation of Rice Crispies nonsense.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Playing runouts with my friends in the dark with thick fog.

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

Anyone remember a game called Crossfire, you had a ball bearing gun at either end of a game board and had to shoot a ball into the opponents goal.. used to give me wicked blisters on my fingers that .. but I loved it!

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

"The sweets there not the same now!

Sherbet pips cough candy rhubarb and custard pineapple cubes and pontefract cakes x"

There’s still the odd traditional sweet shop that sells them. I got some sherbet pips in Windsor t’other day!

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

I miss building rambo style man traps in the park if i did than now id go jail

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By *sajay85Man
over a year ago

North west

Spirals with a hot chocolate

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Petrol at 5 shillings a gallon (25p in new money) and driving round to see which garages were giving quadruple or maybe sixfold Green Shield Stamps. Circa early 1960's

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

Going to rent a movie. Picking one off the shelf and hoping whoever had it before had rewound the tape.

Also intervals at the cinema.

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

Bring back Spira bars!

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

"Going to rent a movie. Picking one off the shelf and hoping whoever had it before had rewound the tape.

Also intervals at the cinema."

Top shelf, knowing you

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston

10p mix

Bagpuss

Mr Ed

And the list goes on

**Big sigh**

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

"10p mix

Bagpuss

Mr Ed

And the list goes on

**Big sigh**"

Talking of blasts from the past …

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

Maybe one for plus 50’s.

Playing on my Sinclair spectrum 48K

Waiting 5 minutes for a game, on cassette to load, only for it to crash at the very end.

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston

"10p mix

Bagpuss

Mr Ed

And the list goes on

**Big sigh**

Talking of blasts from the past …

Yeah thought it was an appropriate thread to post on

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

"10p mix

Bagpuss

Mr Ed

And the list goes on

**Big sigh**

Talking of blasts from the past …

Yeah thought it was an appropriate thread to post on

Where’s my bloody friends request!?

I don’t use Kik or telegram any more!

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston

"10p mix

Bagpuss

Mr Ed

And the list goes on

**Big sigh**

Talking of blasts from the past …

Yeah thought it was an appropriate thread to post on

Where’s my bloody friends request!?

I don’t use Kik or telegram any more! "

Jeez needy muchly

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

"10p mix

Bagpuss

Mr Ed

And the list goes on

**Big sigh**

Talking of blasts from the past …

Yeah thought it was an appropriate thread to post on

Where’s my bloody friends request!?

I don’t use Kik or telegram any more!

Jeez needy muchly

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

Old busses that used to have a distinctive smell and would get the tits revved out of them to get to 25.

I actually miss smoking in pubs too even though I don’t smoke.

Feeling safe as a child when I played out… I don’t feel that my kids are in any way safe these days.

Proper petrol smell… pre catalytic converter…. Running on carbs.

White dog poo!

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Video Libraries...

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Don’t forget the secret lemonade drinkers.

The mr

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

I'd have to say the feeling I miss the most is Christmas ALWAYS feeling so magical when I was little. It's never the same anymore.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

A government that isn't dysfunctional.

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

Recording the Evening Session on Radio 1 with Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq on my little tape player to listen to over the weekend.

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

Filling up my car for £30

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By *an4funMan
over a year ago

london

"When you could buy 4pints of lager for a £1

I need a time machine

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

"Maybe one for plus 50’s.

Playing on my Sinclair spectrum 48K

Waiting 5 minutes for a game, on cassette to load, only for it to crash at the very end. "

Typing in a programme from a magazine, line by line, and it not working.

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

"Maybe one for plus 50’s.

Playing on my Sinclair spectrum 48K

Waiting 5 minutes for a game, on cassette to load, only for it to crash at the very end.

Typing in a programme from a magazine, line by line, and it not working.

You can find scanned copies of those magazines (Sinclair Programs I think it was called!) online.

I’ve still got my Spectrum in the roof, so tempted to get it out one day and re-input those programs!

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

"Maybe one for plus 50’s.

Playing on my Sinclair spectrum 48K

Waiting 5 minutes for a game, on cassette to load, only for it to crash at the very end.

Typing in a programme from a magazine, line by line, and it not working.

You can find scanned copies of those magazines (Sinclair Programs I think it was called!) online.

I’ve still got my Spectrum in the roof, so tempted to get it out one day and re-input those programs!"

It's probably worth loads if it still works!

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