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

Without revealing your actual age,

What’s something that you remember that if you told someone younger, they wouldn’t understand?

Doughnut

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

LPs

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Childrens programmes 16.30 - 18.00 only

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

Only having 3 TV channels, with you being the remote control, activated by a kick

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By *entleman55Man
over a year ago

S’th West Mc/r

A and B buttons on a public phone

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Moving from Old Money (Pounds, Shillings & Pence) to Decimal (£'s and Pence).

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

Chopper

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

Hedge porn

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

Black and white tv

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Pub closing hours. 11am until 3pm. And then 6pm until 11pm. On the dot. "have you no homes to go home too!"

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

Telex machines.

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

Climbing down chimneys to clean them and begging for more groul fuck I am old

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Telex machines."

...and even fax machines

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

Getting off the sofa to change tv channel

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Anything closely resembling a Supermarket as we know them today, opened 9am to 5.30pm Mon to Sat, closed Sundays and Bank Holidays.

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By *emma HoldenTV/TS
over a year ago

Ramsey

Texan bars

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Swap shop

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

Bunty & Jackie

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By *uicylucy19Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Only having 3 TV channels, with you being the remote control, activated by a kick "

They had them remote controls for a while that were attached to the telly by a wire!

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

Michael Barrymore was allowed on tv, Michael Jackson was safe with your kids and Lenny Henry was funny.

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By *zreal_rdgMan
over a year ago

Reading

Button moon

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Joey.

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By *entleman55Man
over a year ago

S’th West Mc/r

Fireball XL5

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By *bcums3Couple
over a year ago

lanarkshire

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By *bcums3Couple
over a year ago

lanarkshire

Playing bamboozle on teletext

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

There was 150 of us living in shoe box middle tut road

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham


"Black and white tv"
waiting 5 minutes for the valves to heat up so a picture could come on. No instant on /off back in a time long so long ago

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

That tennis game thing on early computers. And Space Invaders

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By *reya73Woman
over a year ago

Whitley Bay

When the internet made a noise like robots screaming

Brown polo necks

My mum in flares

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham


"Fireball XL5 "
hey I can go back even further. That was gerry Andersons 3rd TV series. The second was supercar and the first was four feather falls

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull


"There was 150 of us living in shoe box middle tut road"

Shoe box? Luxury!

We'd a hole in t'ground!

Kids today, don't know how lucky they are!!

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


"Anything closely resembling a Supermarket as we know them today, opened 9am to 5.30pm Mon to Sat, closed Sundays and Bank Holidays."

And Wednesday afternoons

Coalmen

Milkmen

Powdered orange juice

Freezer compartments in fridges

Lino

Paraffin heaters

Women wearing rollers and headscarfs

Klackers ( or whatevva they were called)

Cat food in tins not pouches

Those rubber things on the end of kitchen taps

Kids being able to buy cigarettes

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Our war of the roses wasn't about who wanted the orange or strawberry creams

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

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bring back both

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By *r. JoystickMan
over a year ago

London

EyeToy for PlayStation. Precursor to the Wii

(Yeah that's still fairly recent, I'm young shoot me hah!)

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By *reya73Woman
over a year ago

Whitley Bay

dial telephones

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

When the only things that bothered you was what the hell was a Humphrey that we had to watch out for and who was the Phantom Flan Flinger...

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By *reya73Woman
over a year ago

Whitley Bay

Teachers stinking of cigarettes and booze!

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

We used to live in a corridor

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

Topic bars that had a hazelnut in every bite and not like todays topics where its hard to find a nut

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Every item of clothing in I owned was a hand-me-down apart from shoes and pants.

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By *hisCharManMan
over a year ago

South Manchester

CrackerJack on at 5 o’clock, what the hell were they thinking, fecking 6 o’clock the worlds gone mad

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By *oreno0969Man
over a year ago

Rugby

Fraggle rock and muppet babies

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

Tank Tops. My mum was so proud of the one she knitted me

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By *ust cheerfulMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

Look I've got this banging Roxette tape, bring cassette player

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By *entleman55Man
over a year ago

S’th West Mc/r

The white dot on the TV after the National Anthem

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Spangles

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both "

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Get off the internet I need to use the phone

The art of text speak to communicate as much in as few characters as possible, not because we couldn't spell.

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

We used to live in a hole in the ground

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria


"Tank Tops. My mum was so proud of the one she knitted me "

Remember going to a family wedding we all hand knitted jumpers..

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

Not being able to use the internet and house phone at the same time

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"LPs"

Have you been in any sainsburys in the entire country recently?

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria


"We used to live in a hole in the ground "
Not wanting to put Grimsby down but..

Just kidding..

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By *oxtonMan
over a year ago

Some where in West Yorkshire

Opal Fruits

Super Gran

Master System

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"Not being able to use the internet and house phone at the same time"

I've not been caught blowing into a phone for years now...

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"LPs

Have you been in any sainsburys in the entire country recently? "

True. Vinyl outsells CDs now

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

Smoking in underground stations.

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By *ustyLeRouxWoman
over a year ago

Brecon

Hmmm

Freezerpops ( maybe not my generation but I remember it )

Dial up internet - the horrible noise it made!

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"Opal Fruits

Super Gran

Master System

"

Geoff capes was (is?) a budgie fancier.

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


"We used to live in a hole in the ground Not wanting to put Grimsby down but..

Just kidding.. "

Haha it’s ok you wont upset me

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

When bullying was not only allowed but encouraged. Much better days.

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"When bullying was not only allowed but encouraged. Much better days. "

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By *entleman55Man
over a year ago

S’th West Mc/r


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name."

Owned by Masterfoods one of the largest private owned companies

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Levis £3:50 a pair and sitting in the bath to "shrink to fit"

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"Spangles "
and white dog poo, right? I saw them myself but still believe they're urban myths now.

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

We used to have to get up in the morning half hour before we went to bed

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

Pulling in town then having to put smokey clothes on to go home in. Nothing worse than putting stale smokey clothes on for the walk of shame.

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.

Owned by Masterfoods one of the largest private owned companies "

Snickers came first. Marathon was a "health" branding!

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By *tevied1976Man
over a year ago

gloucester

A TV (Television) that you could give a good hard slap, and it liked it!

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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago

In my happy place

The pips on a public phonebox

Arranging to meet someone in a week's time and they showed up

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


"Spangles and white dog poo, right? I saw them myself but still believe they're urban myths now. "

No, Spangles were deffo real

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Woolworths Christmas adverts - this will send you back in time!

https://youtu.be/1m_0ENIw4os

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By *entleman55Man
over a year ago

S’th West Mc/r


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.

Owned by Masterfoods one of the largest private owned companies

Snickers came first. Marathon was a "health" branding! "

Very true but the UK market thought it sounded too close to Knickers !!!

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Spangles and white dog poo, right? I saw them myself but still believe they're urban myths now.

No, Spangles were deffo real"

So was white dog poo!

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"When bullying was not only allowed but encouraged. Much better days. "
have you seen this thing... Facebook..?

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Buses had open rear platforms, rarely heated in winter, with a conductor. Smokers went upstairs. Buses ran far more frequently, 7 days a week.

Shops: cold meats were sliced at the counter in front of you. A lot of grocery shops had seats at the counters too for elderly customers.

Trucks often had loads leaning in to the centre of the truck, sometimes with a rope or tarpaulin to hold it in place. Drivers slept overnight on top of the engine cowl inside the cab - no heater at night.

Soft drinks were sold by the bottle from vans or trucks which came round the streets where you lived.

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Spangles and white dog poo, right? I saw them myself but still believe they're urban myths now.

No, Spangles were deffo real

So was white dog poo! "

And a spangles advert too

https://youtu.be/MnsV0TAOf8U

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

Using a pencil to rewind a cassette to save on batteries lol

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

Waiting for commodore 64 tapes to download and getting a little glass bottle of milk at primary school.

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By *i1971Man
over a year ago

Cornwall


"When the only things that bothered you was what the hell was a Humphrey that we had to watch out for and who was the Phantom Flan Flinger... "

That's triggered an ear-worm. "Watch out, watch out, watch out, there's a Humphrey about" and "drink it quick, Humphreys are slick". Unigate milk.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I mentioned Wigfield to my new boss, he didn't have a clue ~ he's 23.

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

We used to dream of living in a corridor

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch


"Swap shop "

Loved that

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull


"Waiting for commodore 64 tapes to download and getting a little glass bottle of milk at primary school."

I was Milk Monitor at one Primary School I attended. Crates of milk were left at the school gates. In winter, the cream top would be freezing cold and had pushed the foil cap off the top of the bottle by an inch or two.

In summer, there was a battle to get the crates into the school before the local birds pecked off the foil caps to reach the nutritional cream first!

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By *ust cheerfulMan
over a year ago

Nottingham


"I mentioned Wigfield to my new boss, he didn't have a clue ~ he's 23."

Saturday night any time I heard it I was mentally ready to just go out

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

Does anyone remember the Campbells meatballs adverts from when I was a little boy with 'Malcolm Meatball Head'.

No one I know remembers it...

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

The English civil war

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch


"Teachers stinking of cigarettes and booze! "

and smoking during lessons

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

Having to press the 9 key twice followed by twice again followed by twice again for 3 kisses

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Teachers stinking of cigarettes and booze!

and smoking during lessons "

And doctors in their surgeries too, I remember this as a child

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name."
mars brought back the marathon bar brand for 3 months only as a way to celebrate 85 years,of making chocolate. It was, done for nostalgic reasons only. They then reverted back to snickers. Much like todays bags of m&ms which are coloured versions of the old bags of treets you once got and in my opinion they tasted better than todays sweets and they were much bigger. Far too much fiddling on with the recipes and spoiling the taste. Yes Cadburys you are at fault as well changing the recipe for the creme egg. What have you done to it

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

Celtic fans throwing bananas at Rangers Mark Walters

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By *entleman55Man
over a year ago

S’th West Mc/r


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.mars brought back the marathon bar brand for 3 months only as a way to celebrate 85 years,of making chocolate. It was, done for nostalgic reasons only. They then reverted back to snickers. Much like todays bags of m&ms which are coloured versions of the old bags of treets you once got and in my opinion they tasted better than todays sweets and they were much bigger. Far too much fiddling on with the recipes and spoiling the taste. Yes Cadburys you are at fault as well changing the recipe for the creme egg. What have you done to it "

Were M&M’s treats ?

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


"I mentioned Wigfield to my new boss, he didn't have a clue ~ he's 23."

I remember my sister doing a "performance" of wigfield while we were on holiday in either 1990 or 1994, it was shockingly bad

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.mars brought back the marathon bar brand for 3 months only as a way to celebrate 85 years,of making chocolate. It was, done for nostalgic reasons only. They then reverted back to snickers. Much like todays bags of m&ms which are coloured versions of the old bags of treets you once got and in my opinion they tasted better than todays sweets and they were much bigger. Far too much fiddling on with the recipes and spoiling the taste. Yes Cadburys you are at fault as well changing the recipe for the creme egg. What have you done to it

Were M&M’s treats ?"

Minstels were treets

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By *uicylucy19Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

Runaround!

Rentaghost

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.mars brought back the marathon bar brand for 3 months only as a way to celebrate 85 years,of making chocolate. It was, done for nostalgic reasons only. They then reverted back to snickers. Much like todays bags of m&ms which are coloured versions of the old bags of treets you once got and in my opinion they tasted better than todays sweets and they were much bigger. Far too much fiddling on with the recipes and spoiling the taste. Yes Cadburys you are at fault as well changing the recipe for the creme egg. What have you done to it

Were M&M’s treats ?

Minstels were treets "

Or treats

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

The stylophone

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By *inkerbell67Woman
over a year ago

Clacton on sea essex

Tapeing top 40 every sunday and trying not to get the dj talking over it lol ..simon bates our tune ,steve wright and the afternoon boys and mr angry..

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"The stylophone "

Oh my god yes, I have one of them! Rolf Harris face on the box!

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

Noggin the Nog,and,Muffin the mule..or is that just a fantasy?

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Hector's house, Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green

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

The Clangers

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

Panini sticker books and washing neighbours cars to raise money to buy the stickers

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By *entleman55Man
over a year ago

S’th West Mc/r

Bob a job

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By *uicylucy19Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

Captain Pugwash (ducks for cover)

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.mars brought back the marathon bar brand for 3 months only as a way to celebrate 85 years,of making chocolate. It was, done for nostalgic reasons only. They then reverted back to snickers. Much like todays bags of m&ms which are coloured versions of the old bags of treets you once got and in my opinion they tasted better than todays sweets and they were much bigger. Far too much fiddling on with the recipes and spoiling the taste. Yes Cadburys you are at fault as well changing the recipe for the creme egg. What have you done to it

Were M&M’s treats ?

Minstels were treets "
treets, were in 3types

1.peanut treets, 2.chocolate treets3. Toffee treets. Yes the chocolate ones could be classed as minstrels but the peanut ones, are today's m&ms. The toffee ones, disappeared completely. And they were treets not treats,

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull


"Shops shut on Sundays

Marathon bars

bring back both

Marathon still exist, just under the Snickers brand name, that being the owning company's Global name, who brought all individual named but identical products together under one name.mars brought back the marathon bar brand for 3 months only as a way to celebrate 85 years,of making chocolate. It was, done for nostalgic reasons only. They then reverted back to snickers. Much like todays bags of m&ms which are coloured versions of the old bags of treets you once got and in my opinion they tasted better than todays sweets and they were much bigger. Far too much fiddling on with the recipes and spoiling the taste. Yes Cadburys you are at fault as well changing the recipe for the creme egg. What have you done to it

Were M&M’s treats ?"

I think the main issue with all the changes to what we knew as UK choc bars and their own taste styles, was most of the UK Brands as we knew them, were bought out by US or other foreign companies.

In turn, these new owners have turned the manufacturing processes away from what we knew and liked of the UK version, to the new company's existing style and taste. USA made items have differing ratios of ingredients to what we Brits have been used to.

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

Purple crimplene trousers

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

TV channels closed down at 11pm. The screens went black, with the picture disappearing to a hole in the middle of the screen.

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Without revealing your actual age,

What’s something that you remember that if you told someone younger, they wouldn’t understand?

Doughnut "

The reformation

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By *ucky78Woman
over a year ago

liverpool

Video tapes and cassettes

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

8 Tracks

Cine film

Betamax

Binatone

Cigarette machines attached to the outside of shops

Cigarette machines in pubs

One arm bandits

That board rubbers and pieces of chalk were legitimate weapons for teachers

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

The Test Card on TV

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

Having to que up at the end of the road to make a phone call

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull


"8 Tracks

Cine film

Betamax

Binatone

Cigarette machines attached to the outside of shops

Cigarette machines in pubs

One arm bandits

That board rubbers and pieces of chalk were legitimate weapons for teachers

"

Those last 2 items in teacher's hands - Phew! Did teachers go to training school to learn such accuracy???

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

And who's never enjoyed a "fuzzy felt"?

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Milk machines outside shops

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"And who's never enjoyed a "fuzzy felt"? "

Yesssssss! This wins!

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"And who's never enjoyed a "fuzzy felt"? "

You can still get it

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

The national anthem at end of tv broadcast (end of night) then watching the wee white dot after switching tv off to see how long it would be there

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By *ollee78Man
over a year ago

HARROGATE


"Without revealing your actual age,

What’s something that you remember that if you told someone younger, they wouldn’t understand?

Doughnut "

Walkmans

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Sticklebricks

Meccano

Super Striker

Warlord and Victor (and a ton of other comics)

Tales From The Riverbank

The Woodentops

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

Actually saving up for what you want instead of getting it on credit.

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

I tried explaining Video Rental to our daughter....no chance...

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By *ollycouple71Couple
over a year ago

manchester


"dial telephones "
this

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

8 track cassette player in my dad's car

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING


"And who's never enjoyed a "fuzzy felt"?

You can still get it "
really? I've not had one for years

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Being able to go to see a top flight football game, buy a programme, get the bus there and back and have a bag of chips all for less than a quid

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Bubble Bobble

Sega Game Gear

Eagle comic

Battle monthly

Akira

Superted

Geordie Racer

BBC Acornsoft computers

Hypercolour T-shirts

M.A.S K.

Micro Machines

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Rented colour tv's with cash meters fitted on the back

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Remote controls that attached to the telly on a wire

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"And who's never enjoyed a "fuzzy felt"?

You can still get it really? I've not had one for years "

Yeah Waterstones had them before Xmas

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Rented colour tv's with cash meters fitted on the back "

Sticking 50p in the electric meter

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

Amstrad and Commodore 64 were the most up to date computers.

Saturday night TV consisted of Gladiators and Bullseye!! Oh and Big Break

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

What are they ?

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east


"Rented colour tv's with cash meters fitted on the back

Sticking 50p in the electric meter "

It was 50p every 4hrs in the telly if I remember right lol

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east


"Amstrad and Commodore 64 were the most up to date computers.

"

I had the zx spectrum ..was state of the art then lol

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Bunty comic - where you could cut out the clothes and attach them to the paper girl, mix and match outfits. No wonder I turned out TV

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

Diphtheria

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

You got to see 2 movies on a Saturday at the cinema for 1 ticket

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


"Amstrad and Commodore 64 were the most up to date computers.

I had the zx spectrum ..was state of the art then lol "

Oh god yes!!! I forgot about the spectrum

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Oh, and for balance, Shoot magazine when they did the league tables things and you could track the real league tables in real time. Or make up your own. My own team won the league every year!

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York


"Amstrad and Commodore 64 were the most up to date computers.

Saturday night TV consisted of Gladiators and Bullseye!! Oh and Big Break"

I remember playing a game called 'Sabre Wulf' on the C64 and thinking it was amazing. After listening to the tape deck screeching for over half an hour to load it of course

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

When the pet cat was a sabre tooth tiger.

Oh, the good olde days.

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

Using a pool que to change the tv station over

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

A wee blue twisted bag of salt in a packet of crisps.

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east


"Amstrad and Commodore 64 were the most up to date computers.

Saturday night TV consisted of Gladiators and Bullseye!! Oh and Big Break

I remember playing a game called 'Sabre Wulf' on the C64 and thinking it was amazing. After listening to the tape deck screeching for over half an hour to load it of course "

Or it failed to load and you had to start all over again lol

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By *eandHim2019Couple
over a year ago

preston

Power cuts in the 70s and potato shortage. Forced to eat rice as a substitute

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Oh, and for balance, Shoot magazine when they did the league tables things and you could track the real league tables in real time. Or make up your own. My own team won the league every year! "

League Ladders!!

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Recording the top 40 on a Sunday night with a tape recorder ..finger hovering over the pause button to try cut out and dj talking

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Public Information Films

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port


"Power cuts in the 70s and potato shortage. Forced to eat rice as a substitute "

Unless you had Smash!

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east


"Power cuts in the 70s and potato shortage. Forced to eat rice as a substitute

Unless you had Smash! "

For mash get smash

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Paper Rounds where a nation of 10 and 11 year olds got up at the crack of dawn wandered the streets delivering a sack full of newspapers before coming home and getting ready for school...£3 a week I used to get

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

Anyone learn to read and write using ITA?

Initial teaching alphabet

It was a pilot in the early 70's.

I dont think it lasted long. Lol

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Calling for your mates in the summer holidays by actually cycling or walking to their houses and knocking on the door as none of you had mobile phones, then playing out all day with the only restriction being "come home before the street lights come on"

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Anyone learn to read and write using ITA?

Initial teaching alphabet

It was a pilot in the early 70's.

I dont think it lasted long. Lol

"

Janet and John for me Sappster

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Bazooka Joe's

Bubble Gum collector cards (with the worst ever bubble gum in them)

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east


"Paper Rounds where a nation of 10 and 11 year olds got up at the crack of dawn wandered the streets delivering a sack full of newspapers before coming home and getting ready for school...£3 a week I used to get"

Yep ..had 1 of those too

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By *eandHim2019Couple
over a year ago

preston


"Power cuts in the 70s and potato shortage. Forced to eat rice as a substitute

Unless you had Smash! "

Smash . Luxury

Smash too expensive for a family of 7 so rice it was

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Black Jacks and Fruit Salads

...and a "quarter" of sweets

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Getting the belt for talking in class ...primary school too

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Half penny chews

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


"Anyone learn to read and write using ITA?

Initial teaching alphabet

It was a pilot in the early 70's.

I dont think it lasted long. Lol

Janet and John for me Sappster "

I think we were guinea pigs

No one I speak to seems to have a bloody clue what Im on about

We even had Janet and John and Ladybird books written in ITA

Which was this weird language where all the letters were joined together, to make sounds

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Wearing shorts for school no matter the weather

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over a year ago


"Wearing shorts for school no matter the weather "

Primary school

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Pugwalls Summer

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By *isaAndNicoleTransTV/TS
over a year ago

Southport / Ellesmere Port

Roy of the Rovers

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Anyone learn to read and write using ITA?

Initial teaching alphabet

It was a pilot in the early 70's.

I dont think it lasted long. Lol

Janet and John for me Sappster

I think we were guinea pigs

No one I speak to seems to have a bloody clue what Im on about

We even had Janet and John and Ladybird books written in ITA

Which was this weird language where all the letters were joined together, to make sounds"

New one on me - we had a system where each level of book topic was colour coded and as you completed one you were allowed to go up a level - having been to prep school before changing to a state school I sailed through it in no time and they ran out of colours for me

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


"Anyone learn to read and write using ITA?

Initial teaching alphabet

It was a pilot in the early 70's.

I dont think it lasted long. Lol

Janet and John for me Sappster

I think we were guinea pigs

No one I speak to seems to have a bloody clue what Im on about

We even had Janet and John and Ladybird books written in ITA

Which was this weird language where all the letters were joined together, to make sounds

New one on me - we had a system where each level of book topic was colour coded and as you completed one you were allowed to go up a level - having been to prep school before changing to a state school I sailed through it in no time and they ran out of colours for me "

Running out of colours

Story of my frickin' life

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Watching swap shop on a Saturday morning

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

Going to the petrol garage and the attendant would ask you how much you wanted and they would fill your car up and take your money without you having to get out of the car.

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


"Swap shop

Loved that "

01 8118055...

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"

Running out of colours

Story of my frickin' life"

Actually that's reminded me of another...actually two..

Rainbow (as in Zippy, Bungle and George)

and

Red, and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue, I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow....etc

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By *hechairman18Man
over a year ago

Salford Quays , Manchester

Toffee's (Sweets), coming "off the rations".

You could only buy toffees/sweets using Ration coupons issued by the Government, as they contained sugar which was in short supply just after the war.

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

You win

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