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By *ee Viante OP Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

On the back of my post saying I miss old cinemas with swishy red velvet curtains and ice cream sellers in the interval, I'm thinking of other things I've not seen in a while.

Whatever happened to teasmades? My gran and grandad had one beside their bed and used it every day.

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over a year ago

"On the back of my post saying I miss old cinemas with swishy red velvet curtains and ice cream sellers in the interval, I'm thinking of other things I've not seen in a while.

Whatever happened to teasmades? My gran and grandad had one beside their bed and used it every day."

Everyone switched to coffee and have a posh coffee maker

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By *ee Viante OP Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"On the back of my post saying I miss old cinemas with swishy red velvet curtains and ice cream sellers in the interval, I'm thinking of other things I've not seen in a while.

Whatever happened to teasmades? My gran and grandad had one beside their bed and used it every day.

Everyone switched to coffee and have a posh coffee maker "

Nearly everyone I know still drinks tea almost exclusively. I'm something of an oddity (surely not!) as a coffee drinker.

Plus you have to get out of bed for the posh coffee maker, unless you have a butler

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over a year ago

"On the back of my post saying I miss old cinemas with swishy red velvet curtains and ice cream sellers in the interval, I'm thinking of other things I've not seen in a while.

Whatever happened to teasmades? My gran and grandad had one beside their bed and used it every day."

My local cinema still has red swishy curtains & ice cream sellers in the interval. I love it !

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

Soda streams - although my nephew got one at Christmas so they are making a retro come back !

Irn Brew & Dandelion & Burdoch were fave flavours .

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over a year ago

"On the back of my post saying I miss old cinemas with swishy red velvet curtains and ice cream sellers in the interval, I'm thinking of other things I've not seen in a while.

Whatever happened to teasmades? My gran and grandad had one beside their bed and used it every day.

Everyone switched to coffee and have a posh coffee maker

Nearly everyone I know still drinks tea almost exclusively. I'm something of an oddity (surely not!) as a coffee drinker.

Plus you have to get out of bed for the posh coffee maker, unless you have a butler

a butler, what a lovely idea

I'm the only sibling in my family who drinks tea. I wouldn't trust a teasmade to make mine how I like it

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

Whatever happened to the shop van man that toured the 'burbs?

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

I miss my Stylophone

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By *ee Viante OP Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"Soda streams - although my nephew got one at Christmas so they are making a retro come back !

Irn Brew & Dandelion & Burdoch were fave flavours . "

Soda Streams were awesome. They are outrageously expensive now. I nearly fell over when I saw the prices

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By *ee Viante OP Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"I miss my Stylophone

I had one of those!

And a Girl's World.

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

a butler, what a lovely idea

I'm the only sibling in my family who drinks tea. I wouldn't trust a teasmade to make mine how I like it "

i thought you were going to say you were the only one in your family that had never been buttled

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

"Soda streams - although my nephew got one at Christmas so they are making a retro come back !

Irn Brew & Dandelion & Burdoch were fave flavours . "

You'd nearly lose your hand on that lever at the side you had to pull on and off

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By *adyGardenWoman
over a year ago

LONDON (se)

"On the back of my post saying I miss old cinemas with swishy red velvet curtains and ice cream sellers in the interval, I'm thinking of other things I've not seen in a while.

Whatever happened to teasmades? My gran and grandad had one beside their bed and used it every day.

Everyone switched to coffee and have a posh coffee maker

Nearly everyone I know still drinks tea almost exclusively. I'm something of an oddity (surely not!) as a coffee drinker.

Plus you have to get out of bed for the posh coffee maker, unless you have a butler

You can just put the coffee maker on your bedside table gor morning coffee.

Damn good idea I wish I thought of before. Tassimo now being moved

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

Teasmades are still sold.

Here is a link to Argos:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerms/TEASMADE.htm

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

Can remember gettin a £1 note for pocket money thought i was the daddy lol

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By *ee Viante OP Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"On the back of my post saying I miss old cinemas with swishy red velvet curtains and ice cream sellers in the interval, I'm thinking of other things I've not seen in a while.

Whatever happened to teasmades? My gran and grandad had one beside their bed and used it every day.

Everyone switched to coffee and have a posh coffee maker

Nearly everyone I know still drinks tea almost exclusively. I'm something of an oddity (surely not!) as a coffee drinker.

Plus you have to get out of bed for the posh coffee maker, unless you have a butler

You can just put the coffee maker on your bedside table gor morning coffee.

Damn good idea I wish I thought of before. Tassimo now being moved

That would be very messy when the cats knocked it flying during the mad half hour in the early hours of the morning!

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

Ice cream vans

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By *udie_GirlTV/TS
over a year ago

Rochdale

Woolworths self service cafe in Blackpool, with rails to slide your tray down that were 3 miles long! (To a child)

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

They all turned into Tesco express

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

"Ice cream vans"

Ice cream vans that sold fags on the school field !

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By *udie_GirlTV/TS
over a year ago

Rochdale

Mk3 cortinas.

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

Ive never seen or even heard of a teasmade before!

Still have the ice cream van in my area.

I miss penny sweeties lol

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

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

"Reading this thread has made me feel really old lol

I miss the sound of a dencent of a gramaphone wrecord player the bass on it was amazing (now that's going back abit) and the smell of a new vinyl was lush... Ruby

Record not wrecord bloody phone!!

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

the chip van.

used to have one that parked down by the shops when we were kids.

was totally awesome

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

Whatever happened to the good old fashioned teapot and tea leaves .

Her

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

"Whatever happened to the good old fashioned teapot and tea leaves .

Her"

Still use one of these! Decent tea-strainers are quite hard to find though.

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

There is one in Great Yarmouth

unless they have updated it

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By *ev-PMan
over a year ago

Hampshire

"the chip van.

used to have one that parked down by the shops when we were kids.

was totally awesome"

aaaaw ...can smell it now

we had one that traveled about the estate when we were kids...you could smell it for miles. Think a bag was around a shilling.

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

"Whatever happened to the good old fashioned teapot and tea leaves .

Her

Still use one of these! Decent tea-strainers are quite hard to find though."
stainless steel, asdas, only a couple of quid

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

Seems like it is all still out there neglected and waiting for us to fall back in love with it again.

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

"the chip van.

used to have one that parked down by the shops when we were kids.

was totally awesome"

A chip van still comes round my way. I haven't seen a Mr Fritzy hot dog van in years though.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

"Ive never seen or even heard of a teasmade before!

Still have the ice cream van in my area.

I miss penny sweeties lol

Lx"

There were designed with an alarm clock built in and when you set the alarm and filled it with water and tea bags your tea would be ready when the alarm went off.

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By *ev-PMan
over a year ago

Hampshire

"Ive never seen or even heard of a teasmade before!

Still have the ice cream van in my area.

I miss penny sweeties lol

There were designed with an alarm clock built in and when you set the alarm and filled it with water and tea bags your tea would be ready when the alarm went off. "

They made some noise...bubbling and gurgling as it would boil, then you'd get a pppssssssshhhhh as it steamed...then a gentle trickle of the tea dribbling into the cup that you could only get a pinky in!!!!!....nice cuppa tho'

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By *r OreoMan
over a year ago

Croydon

I miss finding people who would actually meet up for fun on fab

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

"I miss finding people who would actually meet up for fun on fab

I do

you're both too far away x

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

a butler, what a lovely idea

I'm the only sibling in my family who drinks tea. I wouldn't trust a teasmade to make mine how I like it

i thought you were going to say you were the only one in your family that had never been buttled

my mum wouldn't even wait on us lol

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

"I miss finding people who would actually meet up for fun on fab

you have lovely teeth

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By *r OreoMan
over a year ago

Croydon

I miss finding people who would actually meet up for fun on fab

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

"Soda streams - although my nephew got one at Christmas so they are making a retro come back !

Irn Brew & Dandelion & Burdoch were fave flavours .

Soda Streams were awesome. They are outrageously expensive now. I nearly fell over when I saw the prices

I know ! But used to keep my sis & I occupied for hours!

I miss making proper phone calls to friends instead of texting ! I need to make a conscious effort .....

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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

the rag and bone man and his horse and cart

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