FabSwingers.com forum: 3 memories from childhood

By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

Evening you crazy/lovely/fun lot.

I am hoping to read about those things that stuck in your mind from a young age.

For me it is mojo’s,bonbons,tcp,linseed oil,hot summers,snowy winters.

I could ramble on but will await others feedback.

Belated Happy New Year lovely lot x

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

Apple drops

Black jacks

The white bon bons and the yellow bon bons

Fruit salads

Wham bars

Cidona

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

My BMX

Cross Country

Tag

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"Apple drops

Black jacks

The white bon bons and the yellow bon bons

Fruit salads

Wham bars

Cidona

Wham bars made me smile and this is when they had a bit of fizz to them. Damn it shows our age or should I say it shows our generation(just checked out your age to make sure)

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"Apple drops

Black jacks

The white bon bons and the yellow bon bons

Fruit salads

Wham bars

Cidona

What have you got against strawberry bon bons?

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"My BMX

Cross Country

Tag"

Evening and can’t believe I forgot BMX.

I had a burner and was jealous of all the lads with super tuff and mongoose etc.

Did you do well well at cross country or struggle to get around and have a cig half way through like a lot in my year did

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
over a year ago

A den in the Glen

I had a shit German bike that had back pedal brakes while my mates all had Grifters.

Yeah they weren't laughing when I could pull all the best skids.

Then they laughed like fuck when I had to ride the fuckin thing.

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

"Apple drops

Black jacks

The white bon bons and the yellow bon bons

Fruit salads

Wham bars

Cidona

Wham bars made me smile and this is when they had a bit of fizz to them. Damn it shows our age or should I say it shows our generation(just checked out your age to make sure)

I'm actually 53, must change that!

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

"Apple drops

Black jacks

The white bon bons and the yellow bon bons

Fruit salads

Wham bars

Cidona

What have you got against strawberry bon bons?

I don't like them!

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By *ilbearniMan
over a year ago

peninsula

Saturday morning tv

Polyester tshirts

Melting tar summertimes

Veeta curry

Yo yos

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

Black Beauty

Little house on the Prairie

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

pippa dolls

milk of magnesia

French skipping

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"pippa dolls

milk of magnesia

French skipping"

I am just googling pippa dolls….

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

Foam strawberries

Wine gums

Sam Spudz smokey bacon - they were my favourite crisps of all time! Nothing, not even tayto's or king crisps would top them!

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"pippa dolls

milk of magnesia

French skipping

I am just googling pippa dolls…."
they where a mini version of cindy/barbie dolls. We used to dress them and swap their clothes at school

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

"My BMX

Cross Country

Tag

Evening and can’t believe I forgot BMX.

I had a burner and was jealous of all the lads with super tuff and mongoose etc.

Did you do well well at cross country or struggle to get around and have a cig half way through like a lot in my year did

Haha I had a SkyWay which got st**len, twice

And I hated cross country... Was always in the winter and we always wore shorts and it was freezing and muddy

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"pippa dolls

milk of magnesia

French skipping

I am just googling pippa dolls….they where a mini version of cindy/barbie dolls. We used to dress them and swap their clothes at school"

I am taking your word on that and sure they were great just like Steve Austin was for us boys. Six million dollar man was ace

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

Hop Scotch

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

"pippa dolls

milk of magnesia

French skipping

I am just googling pippa dolls….they where a mini version of cindy/barbie dolls. We used to dress them and swap their clothes at school

I am taking your word on that and sure they were great just like Steve Austin was for us boys. Six million dollar man was ace "

And also The Bionic Woman!!

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"My BMX

Cross Country

Tag

Evening and can’t believe I forgot BMX.

I had a burner and was jealous of all the lads with super tuff and mongoose etc.

Did you do well well at cross country or struggle to get around and have a cig half way through like a lot in my year did

Haha I had a SkyWay which got st**len, twice

And I hated cross country... Was always in the winter and we always wore shorts and it was freezing and muddy "

Check you out with your Skyway. I need to check out what mags they had as can’t remember.

Yep cross country was always one of the extremes but mostly cold and you couldn’t feel your thighs due to how short the shorts were back then and the low temps during winter.

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"pippa dolls

milk of magnesia

French skipping

I am just googling pippa dolls….they where a mini version of cindy/barbie dolls. We used to dress them and swap their clothes at school

I am taking your word on that and sure they were great just like Steve Austin was for us boys. Six million dollar man was ace

And also The Bionic Woman!!"

I used to have a crush on the bionic woman and makepeace from Dempsey and makepeace.

Streethawk was a bit later I think but the hulk was earlier with the music at end of every episode as he walked off with his backpack

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By *hunky ChefMan
over a year ago

Norwich

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By *udding RoseWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere out there

"pippa dolls

milk of magnesia

French skipping

I am just googling pippa dolls….they where a mini version of cindy/barbie dolls. We used to dress them and swap their clothes at school

I am taking your word on that and sure they were great just like Steve Austin was for us boys. Six million dollar man was ace

And also The Bionic Woman!!

I used to have a crush on the bionic woman and makepeace from Dempsey and makepeace.

Streethawk was a bit later I think but the hulk was earlier with the music at end of every episode as he walked off with his backpack

Ha ha loved The Incredible Hulk and Dempsey and Make peace!!!

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By *hunky ChefMan
over a year ago

Norwich

1. Repressed

2. Repressed

3. My first wank in 1989

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

White dog shit.

Warm summers.

My uncles porn mag stash.

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Hot sunshine, pine trees and sea air in France and the most delicious tomato ever.

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"White dog shit.

Warm summers.

My uncles porn mag stash. "

I am very amused by this comment

What made the white dog shite?

Oh I bet your “uncles porn stash” filled a few full moments

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

"Hot sunshine, pine trees and sea air in France and the most delicious tomato ever.

Only one delicious tomato ever ?

Please explain this ?

I get the pine trees and sea air so when you get a chance I will be all eyes.

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By *tsJustKateWoman
over a year ago

London

1. London was nice

2. Battersea Fun Fare

3. Saturday morning pictures

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

Long hot summers ranging all over the local moors with the gang

Snowy winters sledging and igloo building

Logging for bonfire night

Learning to skateboard

Mums flapjacks fresh from the oven

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

The sound of the waves crashing from my windows putting me to sleep at night.

Kid ‘cigarettes’ they were the worse chewing gum with a white paper and some white powder wrapped around them. We’d pretend to be smoking and then attempt to chew the gum.

Suncream

Coconuts

Limbers (no clue what these are called in English) but homemade ice pops in tropical flavours.

Swimming pools

The boiling hot rays of the sun and breeze to cool you off.

Sugarcane juice freshly squeezed.

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By *drian52Man
over a year ago

Derby

1) Corona fizzy pop weekly delivery van

2) the 6 weeks school holidays lasting forever

3) Not having to adult

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over a year ago

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By *hatKlungeEnigmaMan
over a year ago

St Leonards

Ages 5-8 chosen:

Parma Violets

Anna T

Karen G

Tina P

Miss Challenger (yup...teacher...it was a crush, and it wasn't that innocent in my mind)

Wanking (needed finessing over the next 5 years. Fully mastered at 13

Reading

Not fitting anywhere, but, oddly, very popular

Anna T again

Tina P again x 3

Bosie

Simon

The Hobbit

A bit more exploratory wanking

The smell of cut grass.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Playing football outside the shop.

White lightning.

Can bongs.

The mr

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By *acktar74Man
over a year ago

leeds

Heidi

Ludwig cartoon

Sweet tobacco but only in a selection box at Christmas

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"Apple drops

Black jacks

The white bon bons and the yellow bon bons

Fruit salads

Wham bars

Cidona

My first tooth extraction, caused by sucking sugary sweets!

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

1. The ice cream van always having run out of ice cream but still coming to our street (‘why play the music then Dad?’, I always asked.

2. Being allowed to sit and watch TV with mum and dad on the sofa on a Saturday as a special treat.

3. The cage and under stairs cupboard (neither were comfy).

Was it the same for everyone?

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

Finding a dead cat

Breaking my nose jumping on the bed

Going to school for the first time.

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

Good or bad?

Let’s go with good.

A school mate fell through the ice of a pond up to his chest. Hilarious!!

A school mate broke both his arms falling out of a tree swing. I remember the sound

.. hilarious!

The great snowball fight of 92. 4th v 5th years. HILLARIOUS.

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By *ibi_curiousCouple
over a year ago

Shepperton

Bar six

Saturday morning pictures

Sweet tobacco

And of course, the most if not all, packaged sweets/chocolate bars were larger than today's

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

So many things ...

1.When little crawled into dark kitchen to surprise dog but no surprise he bit my head but luckily not too bad.

2.Once sick remember kneeling head in huge bucket abd just seemed endless from such small human

3.many tv shows but Man from atlantis

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By *ommodoCouple
over a year ago

OX16

Tizwas. swapshop. Laurel & hardy. skate boards. Chopper push bike. Black and white tv.

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

My first bike (second hand from Elaine round the corner)

The spaniel dog that used to follow me home (dogs roamed free back then)

Making camps in the garden with blankets x

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

Racing ponies through the hay fields

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By *stwo2023Couple
over a year ago

Worcester

Getting my first proper bike with gears. A white racer from Phil corleys in bletchley just like my dad's (although his wasn't white).

Getting stuck in top of the playhouse in the park across the road from us and my dad having to save me.

Bullocks breaking out of a farmers field and getting in to the school playing field at lunch time.

Evie

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

1. Books. So..many...books.

2. Dad attempting but ultimately failing to get me interested in any type of sport

3. Being allowed to stay up after my normal bedtime, provided I was quiet and watched with my parents news at ten, or newsnight, or any other serious documentaries. They "groomed" me to be interested and aware of current affairs from a very early age, eg 8 onwards. Still a news/documentary junkie

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Using a racer as a mountain bike, border collies, top deck drinks, camping and Southport/Formby beach

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

Building tents on the garden.

Hide and seek

Penny sweets from Osbourne's

My gang of friends in England and playing out.

My cousin's in Malta and jumping into the sea.

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By *zeroMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Going over to freinds houses with a controller to play computer games.

Trips to my tiny local cinema that sadly isn't there any more.

Playing in my grans old shed and turning it into a fort.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Violence

Drinking

Shouting

Mrs

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

British Bulldog

Girls in blue and white gingham dresses

Smoking in the bike shed.

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

Summers playing at the park on the rope swing over the brook.

Dancing.

Playing out with friends until the street lights came on.

Miss S x

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By *eeliciouschaosWoman
over a year ago

Wherever

Trauma

Martial law

Oranges for Christmas

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By *unningtongueMan
over a year ago

Seahouses

Sinclair Spectrum

BMX

Playing outdoors from the moment it was light until it got dark.

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By *ichaelsmyMan
over a year ago

douglas

being taken to see star wars when it first came out at the cinema.

10p pick and mix being a lot of sweets in a bag. like two sweets for 1/2p

playing outside and exploring as kids away from parents.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Spending hot Summer days out my Nan and gramps back garden when my mum was in work, playing on the swing watching my Gramp potter around his veg patch. My Nan bringing me out a cold glass of lemonade with a scoop of ice cream in it.

Going to the swimming baths with my friends, going through the Park on the way and stopping to look at the goldfish and the birds in the Aviary. Then after swimming having a Hot Chocolate or a Slushie if it were Summer.

Going down to my Gramps allotment, talking to the horses in the field next door. Feeding them grass whilst trying not to act scared in case they caught my fingers. Walking along the allotment paths talking to myself and looking at what other folk were growing. Filling up the water baths if they looked a bit low.

Happy memories

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By *GermanInLondonMan
over a year ago

London

Building igloos and skiing at home. There was lots of snow on those days.

Playing with friends in the woods and building huts.

Our pets and other animals in the countryside.

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By *he night owl OP Man
over a year ago

East Midlands

Thank you all for your thoughts.

Appreciate your time but happy weekend to you all anyway.

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By *icknmix500Man
over a year ago

South Gloucestershire

British bulldog

Cresta drink

Two tone trousers

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By *ibi_curiousCouple
over a year ago

Shepperton

Going to my dads works kids Christmas party.

Given my mum 5 Mackerel that I caught with my dad on a fishing trip while on holiday at Dawlish.

Arriving at Dawlish by train at 4.30 in the morning, only for my sister to swimming in the sea right by the station

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By *BWLOVER1965Man
over a year ago

Ipswich

Getting locked in the wardrobe with sisters

Getting locked in the box room

Going in to a children’s home at very young age

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over a year ago

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

Shandy bass

Swan vestas

spokey dokeys

Mag bmx wheels

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By *riendlylocalMan
over a year ago

folkstone

U remember the little aliens in a egg with a rumor that if u put them together they make a baby

Iv spoke to people all over the uk and there school playgrounds said the same and thats was before the Internet how fake rumors got spread then was nothing but amazing

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
over a year ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

A day trip to Aberdovey, I was only a baby. I can remember my Dad standing in the sea with me in his arms and a big wave came, I remember the roar and the feel of the water

Playing hide and seek, must of been 4/5 and curling up in the airing cupboard, I fell asleep. They couldn't find me and all hell broke loose, I stumbled out of the airing cupboard a few hours later to the sound of my Mum crying, neighbours all over the place. My Mum hugged me then slapped me

I had two older brothers and constantly bugged them, always wanted to play their games. One day I was particularly obnoxious and Dad made them take me out with them, they walked me to the local wood saying we'd play hide and seek, was told to close my eyes. I did and they fucked off and left me there, I was found god knows how long after by the landowner, I was crying. He took me home, my Brothers weren't home, Dad went mad, grounded them for a month lol

I was the littlest and a spoilt brat, I was also Daddy's princess. I think I probably deserved it

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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago

Solihull and Brentwood

Watching a girl I was smitten with, knock seven bells out of one of my mates brothers. Never found out why.

Figuring out how to tape to tape VHS movies.

Receiving my first French kiss. (Almost fell over with shock.

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Watching foreign films late at night, as they had subtitles so my parents wouldn't hear my TV...Fired up both my interest in world cinema and my interest in exotic naked ladies.

Playing doctors and nurses in the shed with the girl from next door when we were about 6 or 7- no doubt we'd probably be sent for counselling now or taken away by the thought police?

My dad borrowing his mates Porsche for the day- turned a car mad kid in to a life long petrol head

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By *o_yeur_eyes_onlyMan
over a year ago

Londontown

Hey OP and gang!! This is a good one

funny what sticks in your mind from childhood....

Smell of Ylang-ylang

Sound of heavy rain on corrugated roofs

Picking pomegranates

Smell of dad's oily / greasy shirts

Sound of a V8

First ever porno on VHS!!

Holding first crushes hand

First kiss....was not glamorous at all

Doing wheelies on my mountain bike and also smashing up my knee in the process

Ah so many more.

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By *hatKlungeEnigmaMan
over a year ago

St Leonards

1) Goats

2) Losing my goats

3) Finding goats, some of which weren't the original lost ones.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Burying my brother up to his neck in sand at the seaside, coming down stairs and seeing a Christmas tree and presents, having sand thrown in my eyes when playing in a sandpit at nursery. All aged 2-3

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By *amesB66Man
over a year ago

St Peter Port

Some fabulous memories here!

A 70s selection from me...

Parkas,

Flares,

Platform shoes,

A decade fashion forgot!

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

Raleigh Burner BMX

Astro Wars

And my Atari console

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By *aidbacklover2021Man
over a year ago

perth

Lucky bags.

American Cream soda.

Barley Sugar twist with chocolate in the middle.

Pints of Bitter ,Mild ,Mixed,

Cheese triangles and pickles in plastic bag from the pub.

Lose monkey nuts in a sack in the corner shop.

The corner shop itself.

The Corona pop wagon coming down our street.

The milk man .

The rag and bone man on his horse and cart.

Best of all the ice cream man who was out every evening no matter the weather.

Geez I'm an old bastard

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

The frequent references to BMX bikes makes me realise how young most of these oldies must be.

In the period between my cycling to school days and the BMX era, bicycles almost became extinct. Only someone stuck in the past would have opened a cycle shop as a career in the mid to late 'sixties.

Same thing nearly happened to cinemas as well.

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

Zappers

Beyblades

Scooby strings

Fruit salad and blackjack

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

"Apple drops

Black jacks

The white bon bons and the yellow bon bons

Fruit salads

Wham bars

Cidona

What have you got against strawberry bon bons?

Lemon are less sickly

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

LOVE HEARTS

AM RIMINGTON

LOST MY GLASSES

MEAN ROMANTIC

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