tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post3111671939010145584..comments2024-03-28T04:30:21.088+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: The most nostalgic post in the world, ever.CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-49252206014766328272010-07-12T10:25:05.755+01:002010-07-12T10:25:05.755+01:00Space dust
Henry Cooper
'Remote controls' ...Space dust<br />Henry Cooper<br />'Remote controls' attached with a wire.<br />Tape to tape recording<br />Renault Fuego<br />Silver Shadow trainers<br />Candylongs<br />Reginald Perrin<br />Campari Ads<br />Leonard Rossiter generally....<br />Transvision VampAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-16908625600386542252010-07-11T13:01:08.771+01:002010-07-11T13:01:08.771+01:00I can't claim circular skirts and 'bouffan...I can't claim circular skirts and 'bouffant' petticoats, or pedal-pushers and hoola hoops -that was my older cousins, but the North Circular was ours, OURS. And That Was The Week That Was, and Associated Rediffusion and Elkan Allen (well, not exactly ours - bit predatory was elkan). <br />We don't hear much about vietnam these days either, ND.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63701134179247507582010-07-11T12:23:17.098+01:002010-07-11T12:23:17.098+01:00Mea culpa with the chains and furlongs. And I defi...Mea culpa with the chains and furlongs. And I definitely forget what constituted a 'rod, pole or perch' and how many of them there were to the acre.<br /><br />Recommended for nostalgia - <a href="http://www.sterlingtimes.org/sweets.htm" rel="nofollow">Sterling Times</a><br /><br />http://www.sterlingtimes.org/sweets.htmLabanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58345128587068392782010-07-11T11:58:22.625+01:002010-07-11T11:58:22.625+01:00It's not alway what has gone but what has arri...It's not alway what has gone but what has arrived instead!<br /><br />Quiet Sundays.<br />NO mobile phones<br />NO Call centres<br />NO CCTV.<br />Real Customer service<br />Real Policemen (whom your young self respected)<br /><br /><br />On a lighter note<br />Check Jackets in fact most jackets and blazers<br />Afro Hair<br />The Womblng song<br />Cars marques you could name by their shape!<br /><br />P.S. Pipe smoking men are not history there are two of us at my local.Timbo614https://www.blogger.com/profile/14671168026195402267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-42481435352021225972010-07-10T15:16:27.718+01:002010-07-10T15:16:27.718+01:00Fry's Five Boys (and don't you dare).Fry's Five Boys (and don't you dare).Prodicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024865482933469271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-42376448644911855542010-07-10T12:06:48.945+01:002010-07-10T12:06:48.945+01:00@10:52 - that you, HG ?@10:52 - that you, HG ?Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69090972619284742722010-07-10T10:52:31.550+01:002010-07-10T10:52:31.550+01:00Dansettes
45s
Radio Luxemburg
Biba
lager and lime
...Dansettes<br />45s<br />Radio Luxemburg<br />Biba<br />lager and lime<br />Ace Cafe<br />The North Circular (going by quite fast)<br />comets (of course)<br />St Albans jazz club<br />green make up (for that really pale look)<br />long hairAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7691129220985731332010-07-10T10:24:26.154+01:002010-07-10T10:24:26.154+01:00Body hair
drip dry
rust
fluff on the needle
instit...Body hair<br />drip dry<br />rust<br />fluff on the needle<br />institution green walls in all public buildings<br />Kodak Instamatic<br />Midland bank<br />Pub opening times<br />Sundays when all shops were shut<br />VHS players<br />TandemsThe good old daysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-17222184673833109082010-07-10T05:16:26.978+01:002010-07-10T05:16:26.978+01:00Things the younger generation will never know..
C...Things the younger generation will never know..<br /><br />CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE<br /><br />1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 70's !<br /><br /><br />First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.<br /><br />They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.<br /><br /><br />Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.<br /><br /><br />We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.<br /><br /><br />As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.<br /><br /><br />We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.<br /><br /><br />Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos.<br /><br /><br />Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!<br /><br /><br />We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.<br /><br /><br />We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with. <br /><br />We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......<br /><br /><br />WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!<br /><br /><br />We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.<br /><br /><br />No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.<br /><br /><br />We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.<br /><br /><br />We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY , <br /><br />no video/dvd films, <br /><br />no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!<br /><br /><br /><br />We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no<br />Lawsuits from these accidents.<br /><br /><br /><br />Only girls had pierced ears!<br /><br /><br /><br />We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.<br /><br /><br /><br />You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time...<br /><br /><br /><br />We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,<br /><br /><br /><br />We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!<br /><br />Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!<br /><br /><br /><br />RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on <br /><br />MERIT <br /><br /><br /><br />Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bullies always ruled the playground at school.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. <br /><br />They actually sided with the law!<br /><br /><br /><br />Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO <br /><br />DEAL WITH IT ALL !<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And YOU are one of them! <br /><br />CONGRATULATIONS!<br /><br /><br />You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.<br /><br /><br />And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.Ancient marinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-68858922907160509222010-07-10T05:11:02.970+01:002010-07-10T05:11:02.970+01:00You youngsters, tut tut.
Im old enough to remembe...You youngsters, tut tut.<br /><br />Im old enough to remember the real good old days, before we had nostalgia.<br /><br />On a pedantic note...<br /><br />Airfix - still going.<br /><br />Inter City 125 (classes 253 & 254 for the spotters amongst you) - still operational, though defaced with all sorts garish post-BR liveries. Bring back blue/grey/yellow diesels I say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-20722958237468856352010-07-10T05:03:18.493+01:002010-07-10T05:03:18.493+01:00Bar six
cigarette coupons
braised beef in a foil t...Bar six<br />cigarette coupons<br />braised beef in a foil trayMitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024073152949016734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-82472189227669818522010-07-10T00:24:38.427+01:002010-07-10T00:24:38.427+01:00Errm, it's 10 chains one furlong and 8 furlong...Errm, it's 10 chains one furlong and 8 furlongs one mile!<br /><br />Yards/feet/inches etc, and being able to do the multi-base maths without a piece of paper.<br />Spangles, Old English - yummy<br />Sherbert dips<br />Liquorice wood/sticks<br />Keeping a box of candles and a box of matches in case of power cuts.<br />Power cuts and strikes.<br />Lifebuoy soap.<br />The smell of line dried washing.<br />Knicker elastic that wasn't very reliable.<br />Petticoats.<br />Nylon sheets (yuk)<br />Making ice slides in the school playground.<br />Snowmen competitions at school.<br />Ice patterns inside the windows.<br />Conker competitions at school.<br />Bottles of school milk with the lids popped off because the milk had frozen.<br />Other people's outside toilets.<br />Izal toilet roll at school - eeuw.<br />Adaptors to plug an iron into the light.<br />Spin dryers that ate clothes.<br />Washing machines with mangles on top.<br />Granny's outdoor mangle, that worked.<br />Lighting a coal fire using only paper.<br />Hot summers and popping tar bubbles in the road.<br />Collecting car registration numbers (err, did I really do that?)<br />Lambrettas.<br />Triumph Stag.<br />TR7.<br />MGBGT - either orange or Brooklands Green.<br />Sunday school and youth club.<br />Policemen on the beat.<br />Knowing that, "No!" meant no!<br />Grown-ups being in charge of kids.Mrs Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896765062231309345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-78039269520248857832010-07-09T23:12:51.216+01:002010-07-09T23:12:51.216+01:00The local shop.The local shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-15548613056190710222010-07-09T22:55:46.798+01:002010-07-09T22:55:46.798+01:00I can't believe no one has put down Spangles y...I can't believe no one has put down Spangles yet!<br />Spangles,old English flavour.<br />Pacers<br />Opal Fruits<br />Marathon<br />Texan<br />Dracula ice creams {A black cola lolly with red blood jelly inside}<br />Sherbert lemons<br />and <br />Pezz<br /><br />Oh..and Space Hoppers.Miss CDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-78917814900743626012010-07-09T22:48:23.674+01:002010-07-09T22:48:23.674+01:00Yep... Once we hit 50 comments it will all go on t...Yep... Once we hit 50 comments it will all go on the main page. Or maybe a 'special' with images.<br /><br />I don't even know what Cadbury's Aztec or Abbey crunch was? But I'm convinced there was a Tiffin bar.<br /><br />Personal favourite so far..<br />Men who smoked pipes and<br />Richard Baker.<br />{He was the voice of Mary,Mungo and Midge. A cartoon about the brand new high rise tower blocks Triple Bubble for that.}Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76478331065886331232010-07-09T22:27:54.044+01:002010-07-09T22:27:54.044+01:00the 8-track ... Airfix ... oh yes !
hope you are ...the 8-track ... Airfix ... oh yes !<br /><br />hope you are taking notes Mr Q, there is a book hereNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5990427605857150622010-07-09T22:09:37.898+01:002010-07-09T22:09:37.898+01:00"Dim as a Toc H lamp"
Soldiers in unifor..."Dim as a Toc H lamp"<br />Soldiers in uniform.<br />London full of English.<br /><br />Milk churns by the farm gate.<br />The early morning milk train.<br />Steam engines.<br />Trolley buses.<br />Conductors on buses. With hand held ticket machines.<br />The Victor.<br />Sunday School.<br />Christian assembly in school.<br />Times tables.<br />"22 yards = 1 chain"<br />"Eight chains = 1 furlong"<br />Morris Minor 850. <br />When a sheath knife on your belt was compulsory (Scouts).<br /><br />Cadbury's Aztec.<br />Drinking and driving. <br />"Tap Room"<br />"Snug"<br />"Smoke Room"<br />Robin Hall & Jimmy McGregor<br />The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem<br />"Beer at Home means Davenports"<br />Cheesecloth tops.<br />Virgins who were over 15.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-28629374573265959712010-07-09T20:16:36.798+01:002010-07-09T20:16:36.798+01:00I never really liked most of the shite food people...I never really liked most of the shite food people look back nostalgically on, not even at the time. As a child I had a list of disliked foods which, in adult life has grown steadily longer & encompasses most of what is written here.<br /><br />The exception is Abbey Crunch, which I would still eat to this day, if only I could find any?<br /><br />I was also a regular viewer of the Krypton Factor when it was on. I would have been in primary school at the time. It seemed like the only programme that was really worth watching, whereas I couldn't see the point in cartoons etc.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39970351085767385582010-07-09T19:23:31.417+01:002010-07-09T19:23:31.417+01:00Glam Rock
Wages in cash
Atari
Panda carsGlam Rock<br />Wages in cash<br />Atari<br />Panda carsMalcolm Tuckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-29149135990890073972010-07-09T18:30:03.869+01:002010-07-09T18:30:03.869+01:00Hi. Mine are mostly from the late sixties/seventie...Hi. Mine are mostly from the late sixties/seventies:<br /><br />Clackers (plastic balls on string)<br />Delie-boppers<br />Testcard<br />proper Dr Who (and Joe/Leela of course!)<br />Yo-yos<br />rubix cube<br />Sherbet dips<br />Pan's People<br />John Peel's radio show<br />World at War (tv series) & loads of ww2 dramas (tenko, wish me luck, coldit etc)<br />mash (tv series)<br />Captain Scarlet/Thunderbirds/Top Cat<br />Airfix<br />Faulty TowersGeorgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-16573394700356498072010-07-09T18:07:29.345+01:002010-07-09T18:07:29.345+01:00Skippy
The White Horses
The Tomorrow People
Magpie...Skippy<br />The White Horses<br />The Tomorrow People<br />Magpie<br />Sexton BlakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-49019814699513881722010-07-09T18:05:26.657+01:002010-07-09T18:05:26.657+01:00Policemen with whistles and truncheonsPolicemen with whistles and truncheonsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32204390263829584382010-07-09T18:02:46.912+01:002010-07-09T18:02:46.912+01:00Party lines and waiting lists for phonesParty lines and waiting lists for phonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81442748174841052462010-07-09T18:01:29.977+01:002010-07-09T18:01:29.977+01:00Reel to reel tape recorders
Record shops
8 Track
C...Reel to reel tape recorders<br />Record shops<br />8 Track<br />Cassette tapesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-64058518248822462972010-07-09T18:00:00.087+01:002010-07-09T18:00:00.087+01:00Air guitar
Exchange control (in the back of your ...Air guitar<br /><br />Exchange control (in the back of your passport and no doubt soon to come back)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com