FabSwingers.com forum: You don’t see that anymore

By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Anything and everything from any era that you just don’t see anymore apart from once in a blue moon

Pogo sticks

Space hoppers

White dog poo

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Video rental shops

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

Those tiny red spiders.

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

Flares well tell a lie I see them all the time in clothes shops online

But I have yet to see them in the wild

Yet the clotheing stores keep saying 200-300-40 bought in the last hour

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Those tiny red spiders. "

Very good point

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By *zeroMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Telephone boxes. More likely to be used as urinals now.

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By *lder budweiserMan
over a year ago

Stirlingshire

Proton or Lada cars

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By *_Mia_XTV/TS
over a year ago

Ilkeston

Flip phones

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

"Flip phones"

Z folds

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

Dead flies on the car windscreen.

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

Policeman walking the streets

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

Prawns and cockles sold in pub on a Friday night

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By *lder budweiserMan
over a year ago

Stirlingshire

"Prawns and cockles sold in pub on a Friday night"

Guys going round pubs with holdalls of pirate DVDs for sale

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By *illy IdolMan
over a year ago

Midlands

Briefcases

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

Salvation Army collecting money in weekend pubs.

Gbat

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By *nitterWoman
over a year ago

the land of tall tales and yarn

"Telephone boxes. More likely to be used as urinals now."

Or cute book exchange points

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By *lder budweiserMan
over a year ago

Stirlingshire

"Telephone boxes. More likely to be used as urinals now."

Plenty near me with working phones still in them

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By *cotsguyyMan
over a year ago

Belfast and Fife

"Those tiny red spiders. "

Saw loads of them last year through the summer, turns out they're actually mites.

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

"Those tiny red spiders.

Saw loads of them last year through the summer, turns out they're actually mites. "

Are they the ones that you find on windowsills? I call them blood suckers

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

Loose ring pulls

Golly dolls

Candy cigarettes

Pound notes

Walkmans

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By *rucking-HellMan
over a year ago

Northampton

Smiles.

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

"Those tiny red spiders. "

You do. You will probably only notice when you get an infestation of red spider mites.

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By *oppleWangerMan
over a year ago

Gods Country

Mini disc player

Cd Walkman

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By *londebiguyMan
over a year ago

Southport

"Anything and everything from any era that you just don’t see anymore apart from once in a blue moon

Pogo sticks

Space hoppers

White dog poo

Mostly slim people.

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

This reminds me of the Viz letters section.

Do I win £5?

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

A couple or family in a restaurant actually talking to each other and not looking on their mobile phones.

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

Man utd challenging for the league

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

The Drifter chocolate bar

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Launceston

Green shield stamps

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By *ockey64Man
over a year ago

Gloucester

Z Beds

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By *iccii69Man
over a year ago

Surrey

tottenham winning a trophy

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By *uchislife66Man
over a year ago

Leeds

"Mini disc player

Cd Walkman"

Ahhh yes the good old mini disc

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

The coin machines in supermarkets selling savings club stamps.

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"A couple or family in a restaurant actually talking to each other and not looking on their mobile phones."

Unless the menu is from a Qcode!! Give me a real menu every time.

Gbat

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

Caramac! Too soon.

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

Travel agents with six phones on the go attempting to get through to a holiday company

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

Fingering

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By *obilebottomMan
over a year ago

All over

Filofax

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

5 star petrol

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

4 star petrol

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By *smith87Man
over a year ago

totton

Penny chews

Vice versas

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere Only We Know

"Anything and everything from any era that you just don’t see anymore apart from once in a blue moon

Pogo sticks

Space hoppers

White dog poo

My neighbours kids have a pogo stick. It was incessant last summer. How can they keep it going for hours on end? I kind of hope it's rusted over the winter

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

Kids who say please and thank you hurr durr durr...

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere Only We Know

"Dead flies on the car windscreen."

Drive faster!

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

"Dead flies on the car windscreen.

Drive faster!

Or in France...

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

"Anything and everything from any era that you just don’t see anymore apart from once in a blue moon

Pogo sticks

Space hoppers

White dog poo

Yellow Pages

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

Cheques

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By *leasureseekers123Couple
over a year ago

Heathrow

Beech nut chewing gum.

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

Home made go-carts....

Skipping on the street or juggling 2 balls against a wall & many other games....

Actually don't often see kids out playing anymore

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By *smith87Man
over a year ago

totton

Little chef. Used to love a little chef meal on trips to airport

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

Topic

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By *rilingualMan
over a year ago

Guildford

walking in the woods and finding a bag of dumped grumble mags.

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By *rilingualMan
over a year ago

Guildford

"Home made go-carts....

Skipping on the street or juggling 2 balls against a wall & many other games....

Actually don't often see kids out playing anymore "

so true

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By *smith87Man
over a year ago

totton

People doing hopscotch on pavement. Oh kerbsie

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By *ittleBoPeepingWoman
over a year ago

Galway, Clare

"Anything and everything from any era that you just don’t see anymore apart from once in a blue moon

Pogo sticks

Space hoppers

White dog poo

You'll see a space hopper in my back garden right now. Not as bouncy as it should be after being outside all Winter, but a quick blow should revive it...

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

Gapes

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA

"Topic

OMG I loved those

Generally I love these threads...A great trip down memory lane

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

"Topic

OMG I loved those

Generally I love these threads...A great trip down memory lane "

It's way better than Snickers! I know which nuts I like in my mouth... Wait

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA

"Topic

OMG I loved those

Generally I love these threads...A great trip down memory lane

It's way better than Snickers! I know which nuts I like in my mouth... Wait

Yeah you know which nuts I like in my mouth too

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!"

IKR. Travesty. Like Mint Cracknel. Y' all too young to remember those but I loved sucking on one of those babies

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

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!"

It's one of the greatest travesties of our time YOLO! I've never heard of those though and will definitely be on the look out!

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

"Topic

OMG I loved those

Generally I love these threads...A great trip down memory lane

It's way better than Snickers! I know which nuts I like in my mouth... Wait

Yeah you know which nuts I like in my mouth too

I think I need to be reminded

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!

It's one of the greatest travesties of our time YOLO! I've never heard of those though and will definitely be on the look out!

Wait! What? When did they stop making Topics??

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA

"Topic

OMG I loved those

Generally I love these threads...A great trip down memory lane

It's way better than Snickers! I know which nuts I like in my mouth... Wait

Yeah you know which nuts I like in my mouth too

I think I need to be reminded

Flights to Cozumel are cheap as chips rn

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

Bar of soap, seems to be all liquid stuff now.

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By *otSoPetiteMortWoman
over a year ago

Hertfordshire

Saint Bernards and Dalmatians.

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

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!

It's one of the greatest travesties of our time YOLO! I've never heard of those though and will definitely be on the look out!

Wait! What? When did they stop making Topics??

Back in 2021. I wish I had stocked up

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By *ew aged adventurerMan
over a year ago

swansea

Curtesy manners and respect ....

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By *rives930Man
over a year ago

Wiltshire

BMW with working indicators

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!

It's one of the greatest travesties of our time YOLO! I've never heard of those though and will definitely be on the look out!

Wait! What? When did they stop making Topics??

Back in 2021. I wish I had stocked up

I had no idea, I'm craving a Topic now!

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

"Topic

OMG I loved those

Generally I love these threads...A great trip down memory lane

It's way better than Snickers! I know which nuts I like in my mouth... Wait

Yeah you know which nuts I like in my mouth too

I think I need to be reminded

Flights to Cozumel are cheap as chips rn

I'll pack a bag of the essentials and pull a sickie

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Those tiny red spiders.

Very good point "

Red spider mites, your eyes are the reason why you can't see them.

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

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!

It's one of the greatest travesties of our time YOLO! I've never heard of those though and will definitely be on the look out!

Wait! What? When did they stop making Topics??

Back in 2021. I wish I had stocked up

I had no idea, I'm craving a Topic now!

I occasionally get a hankering and then remember and get sad

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!

It's one of the greatest travesties of our time YOLO! I've never heard of those though and will definitely be on the look out!

Wait! What? When did they stop making Topics??

Back in 2021. I wish I had stocked up

I had no idea, I'm craving a Topic now!

"
and the mick being taken out of their adverts..'what's got a hazelnut in every bite '?..squirrel sh.t!

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By *apiomanMan
over a year ago

Shipley

The pop man in his pop van.

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"Topic

I can't believe they stopped making those either!

Next time you're overseas, top up on Nestle Nuts bars instead - they're just as good...maybe even better!

It's one of the greatest travesties of our time YOLO! I've never heard of those though and will definitely be on the look out!

Wait! What? When did they stop making Topics??

Back in 2021. I wish I had stocked up

I had no idea, I'm craving a Topic now!

and the mick being taken out of their adverts..'what's got a hazelnut in every bite '?..squirrel sh.t!"

Too soon for jokes, too soon!

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

[Removed by poster at 26/02/24 23:22:52]

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Personalities.

Or at least, people who have one.

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By *andaloriansCouple
over a year ago

Malvern

Wild porn! Like the kind you could find under bridges and down alleys before the internet!

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

Too soon for jokes, too soon!

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never too soon

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Cans of top deck, lager or bitter shandy.

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By *inkyfun2013Couple
over a year ago

lewisham

Type smaller than 12 point. Unless I use my glasses

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By *drian52Man
over a year ago

Derby

Marathons and Opal Fruits

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

Penny Farthings. We don't sêê them any more. I'm going to ask Nora if I can borrow hers.

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

Satzenbrau & Stag & Hooch alcohol drinks....I liked all 3....(not together obvs)...

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

Old style bakelite telephones with the rotary dial. The fingertip sized holes around the rotary dialer reminded me of a lady's areolas.

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By *rill PhilMan
over a year ago

Crediton

Coke in glass bottles

Cars designed for function over style

Bermuda shorts

Baggy jeans

Trainers you don't have to take a second mortgage to buy

Common sense

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By *JandCMCouple
over a year ago

cardiff

People selling bottled beer from the back of their van after doing a booze run to France

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By *urly bearded manMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Ay I know what you mean i loved squashing them as a kid

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By *ames-77Man
over a year ago

milton keynes

Casper crisps

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"Old style bakelite telephones with the rotary dial. The fingertip sized holes around the rotary dialer reminded me of a lady's areolas.

Any particular lady?

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

Doctors, dentists, and police foot patrols.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

"Penny Farthings. We don't sêê them any more. I'm going to ask Nora if I can borrow hers. "

There is a facebook page for them, they owners offer a penny farthing experience.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

CRT monitors. Any tv show is instantly placed as early 2000s at the very latest when you see an office with chunky CRT monitors on all the desks.

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By *he KinkysCouple
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Disposable cameras

Ashtrays with alcohol branding on them

Branding on cigarette packets

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By *he KinkysCouple
over a year ago

Edinburgh

One more, decent shops on the high street xx

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

Clackers, those 2 rock hard plastic balls on string that broke so many knuckles back in the day

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By *inkster seekingMan
over a year ago

Ponty

Wimpey Burger Place

Mmm they done the best little fried onions ob them

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By *rilingualMan
over a year ago

Guildford

"Wimpey Burger Place

Mmm they done the best little fried onions ob them

Sir needs to get to Addlestone in Surrey. they still ahve a wimpy there.

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

Salt n shake

Plastic bread tags

Brake lines fitted with hundreds of plastic bread tags

Choppers

BMXs

Those little plastic clips that slide up and down wheel spokes.

My 8bit computer.

Wooden Box TVs with ultrasound remote controls that had 2 buttons (mute and channel up)

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By *BWLOVER1965Man
over a year ago

Ipswich

Chopper (Bike)

Hairy Foof

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

"Old style bakelite telephones with the rotary dial. The fingertip sized holes around the rotary dialer reminded me of a lady's areolas.

Any particular lady?"

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Jim's mother.

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By *inkster seekingMan
over a year ago

Ponty

"Wimpey Burger Place

Mmm they done the best little fried onions ob them

Sir needs to get to Addlestone in Surrey. they still ahve a wimpy there."

Amazing I didnt know they existed anymore. Used to be treat when I was kid

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