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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Remember the days when there were no iphones, iPads etc to distract you and all you did was live your life and have fun ?

It's a nice feel good thread so simply name something that takes you back to happy carefree days.

Long hot 6 week school summer holidays, out the house at 8am back for a jam sandwich then out until it was to dark to see the football.

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Finding a trick to get dial a tune free in the old red telephone boxes and getting 14 kids in the box to take turns listening.

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By *llaboutthewifeCouple
over a year ago

Cardiff

Roller skates.

Blue with yellow stripes and a wheel on each corner.

Spiral perms

Baking in the sun covered in baby oil....

Jo x

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

Oh god

I remember having to ring a number to listen to music / forgotten what that was

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock


"Oh god

I remember having to ring a number to listen to music / forgotten what that was "

The Box on cable

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

The Chart show .....Saturday morning

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

WDYGOADSMII?

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Oh god

I remember having to ring a number to listen to music / forgotten what that was "

Was it 160 ?

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Tiswas or swap shop if you were a geek

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


"WDYGOADSMII? "

Yessssss

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

Summers were hot and we went sledging in winter when we were snowed in and couldn't get to school.

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock


"WDYGOADSMII? "

I've just booted the telly

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By *m389Man
over a year ago

Magherafelt

I can’t imagine going back to magazines...

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Summers were hot and we went sledging in winter when we were snowed in and couldn't get to school. "

My youth exactly, we used to hide on snowy days, watch the school bus go past leave it an hour for parents to go to work and go home to an empty house change and go sledging.

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

It's Friday, it's five to five.....

...... It's

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

Crackerjack

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Playing kerbsie.

I was the best

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on."

And don't use the phone till after 6pm

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on."

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it "

We just tapped I feel a bit bad now because it probably cost mom more for calls to the wrong numbers we dialed

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it

We just tapped I feel a bit bad now because it probably cost mom more for calls to the wrong numbers we dialed"

Same as the lock on the alcohol cupboard under the stairs that was easily picked.

Then we'd replace the rum whiskey wine etc that we'd d*unk with water because we noticed they had put a discreet pencil line on the level of alcohol,which was ok when it was a few % but when it was 80% water

Remember dad writing to johnny walker saying he had a bad bottle of whiskey that tasted of water

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it

We just tapped I feel a bit bad now because it probably cost mom more for calls to the wrong numbers we dialed

Same as the lock on the alcohol cupboard under the stairs that was easily picked.

Then we'd replace the rum whiskey wine etc that we'd d*unk with water because we noticed they had put a discreet pencil line on the level of alcohol,which was ok when it was a few % but when it was 80% water

Remember dad writing to johnny walker saying he had a bad bottle of whiskey that tasted of water "

Made me smile...the good old days eh

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it

We just tapped I feel a bit bad now because it probably cost mom more for calls to the wrong numbers we dialed

Same as the lock on the alcohol cupboard under the stairs that was easily picked.

Then we'd replace the rum whiskey wine etc that we'd d*unk with water because we noticed they had put a discreet pencil line on the level of alcohol,which was ok when it was a few % but when it was 80% water

Remember dad writing to johnny walker saying he had a bad bottle of whiskey that tasted of water

Made me smile...the good old days eh "

Loved those days, innocent but mischievous

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it

We just tapped I feel a bit bad now because it probably cost mom more for calls to the wrong numbers we dialed

Same as the lock on the alcohol cupboard under the stairs that was easily picked.

Then we'd replace the rum whiskey wine etc that we'd d*unk with water because we noticed they had put a discreet pencil line on the level of alcohol,which was ok when it was a few % but when it was 80% water

Remember dad writing to johnny walker saying he had a bad bottle of whiskey that tasted of water

Made me smile...the good old days eh

Loved those days, innocent but mischievous "

Most definitely...oh and i'm still innocent

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By *wesomepearWoman
over a year ago

Northamptonshire


"Playing kerbsie.

I was the best"

I recently taught my kids to play Kurby, outside my mum and dads like I used too... they loved it and are always asking to play now

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it

We just tapped I feel a bit bad now because it probably cost mom more for calls to the wrong numbers we dialed

Same as the lock on the alcohol cupboard under the stairs that was easily picked.

Then we'd replace the rum whiskey wine etc that we'd d*unk with water because we noticed they had put a discreet pencil line on the level of alcohol,which was ok when it was a few % but when it was 80% water

Remember dad writing to johnny walker saying he had a bad bottle of whiskey that tasted of water

Made me smile...the good old days eh

Loved those days, innocent but mischievous

Most definitely...oh and i'm still innocent "

Absolutely and I'm still mischievous

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Mom was a divorcee with 4 teenage girls and used to put a phone lock on. We figured out you could tap the number out to make a call...number 4 would be 4 taps and so on.

Mum would do the same, it was a little plastic thing with a metal back that you put through one of the dial holes and locked.

The plastic was flexible enough to remove and put back as if you hadn't used it

We just tapped I feel a bit bad now because it probably cost mom more for calls to the wrong numbers we dialed

Same as the lock on the alcohol cupboard under the stairs that was easily picked.

Then we'd replace the rum whiskey wine etc that we'd d*unk with water because we noticed they had put a discreet pencil line on the level of alcohol,which was ok when it was a few % but when it was 80% water

Remember dad writing to johnny walker saying he had a bad bottle of whiskey that tasted of water

Made me smile...the good old days eh

Loved those days, innocent but mischievous

Most definitely...oh and i'm still innocent

Absolutely and I'm still mischievous "

Nice

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Playing British bulldogs and the grand national over neighbours hedges.

Tried the grand national with an old gf from school a few years ago which didn't end well but boy did we laugh at being carefree and daft again

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Playing British bulldogs and the grand national over neighbours hedges.

Tried the grand national with an old gf from school a few years ago which didn't end well but boy did we laugh at being carefree and daft again"

Knock door run..ever do that?

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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

King size Mars bars, chipmunk crisps and playing outside.

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Playing British bulldogs and the grand national over neighbours hedges.

Tried the grand national with an old gf from school a few years ago which didn't end well but boy did we laugh at being carefree and daft again

Knock door run..ever do that?"

We did but I'm trying to think what we called it as I'm sure it wasn't that.

The best was when you could hide somewhere and watch them open the door time after time.

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Playing British bulldogs and the grand national over neighbours hedges.

Tried the grand national with an old gf from school a few years ago which didn't end well but boy did we laugh at being carefree and daft again

Knock door run..ever do that?"

I still do it now occasionally with my one grumpy same street local neighbour knob

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Playing British bulldogs and the grand national over neighbours hedges.

Tried the grand national with an old gf from school a few years ago which didn't end well but boy did we laugh at being carefree and daft again

Knock door run..ever do that?

I still do it now occasionally with my one grumpy same street local neighbour knob "

I actually beleive you

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Loved the spider cob wheel at the playground which helpfully had a none h&safety concrete floor.

You could get some serious speed up and kids would be flung yards if they let go.

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull


"Playing British bulldogs and the grand national over neighbours hedges.

Tried the grand national with an old gf from school a few years ago which didn't end well but boy did we laugh at being carefree and daft again

Knock door run..ever do that?

I still do it now occasionally with my one grumpy same street local neighbour knob

I actually beleive you "

I honestly do, he's the only one in the street that is miserable and unfortunately I have to walk past his house on the return trip from the pub.

Most nights I behave but some nights you just have to give in to temptation.

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

For today's trip down memory lane I had a good old fashioned jam sandwich, no granary bread, no tiger rolls, no watercress and prawns, just old school white bread, butter and strawberry jam and it was bl..dy gorgeous

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

When summer was so hot the tarmac melted.

Catching minnows

Spam fritters

Game of knowledge and game of life

Sitting under the garden bench in the rain and nobody noticing or caring until I came back inside and got asked "where the hell do you think you've been?" Yeah, that one can fuck back off and stay in the past.

P

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over a year ago


"Finding a trick to get dial a tune free in the old red telephone boxes and getting 14 kids in the box to take turns listening."

We did that too!! Dial 16 if you had any money, otherwise hit the buttons on the top of the phone 16 times to listen for free...I think it's called the blue code

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

Pay per veiw Televisions with a coin slot on the side

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Finding a trick to get dial a tune free in the old red telephone boxes and getting 14 kids in the box to take turns listening.

We did that too!! Dial 16 if you had any money, otherwise hit the buttons on the top of the phone 16 times to listen for free...I think it's called the blue code"

I never knew about that one..all the kids in the phonebox we did that one

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

Bread and dripping for tea on a Saturday, yum, while watching wrestling on tv with my dad...Giant Haystacks, Big Daddy, Precious McKenzie etc

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


"Finding a trick to get dial a tune free in the old red telephone boxes and getting 14 kids in the box to take turns listening.

We did that too!! Dial 16 if you had any money, otherwise hit the buttons on the top of the phone 16 times to listen for free...I think it's called the blue code

I never knew about that one..all the kids in the phonebox we did that one "

Ringing random numbers in the phone box and telling someone 3 tons of gravel was being delivered in an hour, then hanging up

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

Recording Top of the Pops on the radio with a portable cassete tape recorder on a sunday tea time, and eceryone in the room had to keep quiet

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

... Nostalgia.... "It's not what it used to be "

I'm here all week, try the veal

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

Playing in the sea using a big black inner tube from a lorry tyre as a rubber ring

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

Joyrinding in the milkfloat with all the under 10 year old kids on board while the milkman was in my mates house having a "cup of tea" with his mum

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By *layfullsam OP   Man
over a year ago

Solihull

The flap at the front of the change hatch chute could be pushed right back and up and then jammed with a match to keep it in place.

Any coins coming out would be caught on the top of the 'trap' and the user would give up as they thought they'd lost their money.

We would return later and collect the ill gotten gains.

Our local box would take a 20 p coin but if you whacked it hard it would return the money but leave the credit.

The local pubs fruit machines mistook a Spanish peseta(100 I think) for a pound coin until the landlord worked out who had been on holiday

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

Watching my favourite cartoons on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

Going to the corner shop to get some sweets and a twist n squeeze drink.

Going round the back to the big grassy area behind the house where the swings and slides were.

Those were the days

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

Saturday mornings.

The racoons

Goof troops

Tail spin

Duck tails

Alvin & the Chipmonks

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


"Saturday mornings.

The racoons

Goof troops

Tail spin

Duck tails

Alvin & the Chipmonks

"

The banana split show!!!

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By *assing Fancies xCouple
over a year ago

Sherwood Forest

Roller disco, SMTV live, and mum giving us 40p a day to go to the chippy whilst playing out in winter for a scallop cob. (loads of salt & vinegar)

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


"Saturday mornings.

The racoons

Goof troops

Tail spin

Duck tails

Alvin & the Chipmonks

The banana split show!!!"

What treat!

Kelloges Banana bubble breakfast cereal

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

I remember last wednesday and wont ever forget it

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