Things you dont hear about anymore

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by beatnick, Jul 2, 2017.

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  1. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    Do the shake n vac n put the cancer back wasn't it? Nasty stuff. Or am I thinking of spent plutonium pellets. Whatever you do, don't shake them into your shag pile. Ask me how I know? :rolleyes:
     
    Jack Tatty, Jul 5, 2017
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  2. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    The air raid sirens were sounding as we made our way the the shelter, mummy poured me a ginger beer, and gave me a jam sandwich, little Tommy Brown shouted " @jivedubbin have you got the kite we made out of brown paper and sticks" oh how we were looking forward to playing with our kite as soon as the raid was over
     
    Barry Haynes, Jul 5, 2017
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  3. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Tramps. Ones who were regulars passing through every so often, that your parents would give coats or shoes to.

    Anyone in Warwickshire/ Oxfordshire similar age to me may remember the guy in the donkey drawn bow caravan who used to stop on the oxford road, and/or Southam roads on the verge. When we were kids visiting relatives out of town it was always exciting to spot him. :)

    @Keith.H

    This one I have Internet proof of! He was called Fred Abel

    http://homersykes.photoshelter.com/...60S-BRITAIN/G0000tYzmMBRTU30/C0000_5qMC9953Ww

    http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/memories-of-fred-and-his-animal-entourage-1-590514
     
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    Merlin Cat, Jul 5, 2017
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  4. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    Small paper packages tied up with string.
    Or am I thinking of a song?

    Sent from my ALCATEL ONE TOUCH 9002A using Tapatalk
     
    Terrordales, Jul 5, 2017
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  5. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    I hate those thing!
     
    CollyP, Jul 5, 2017
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  6. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    Ah yes, the prodigy!!
     
    CollyP, Jul 5, 2017
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  7. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    They're some of my favourite things.
     
    Terrordales, Jul 5, 2017
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  8. snotty

    snotty

    Scrawny Irish fellas with big yellow Atlas Copco compressors digging the road up.
     
    snotty, Jul 5, 2017
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  9. jivedubbin

    jivedubbin

    lashings if ginger beer,it was always lashings. @snotty will tell you he was in my shelter
     
    jivedubbin, Jul 5, 2017
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  10. jivedubbin

    jivedubbin

    Coppers on push bikes with great big hob nail boots
     
    jivedubbin, Jul 5, 2017
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  11. snotty

    snotty

    My mum told me about those days...
     
    snotty, Jul 5, 2017
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  12. crossy2112

    crossy2112 Supporter

    Charlie says charlie says.jpg
     
    crossy2112, Jul 5, 2017
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  13. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    School kids saying I'm ok if I smoke menthol cig, or consulate, my mum won't be able to smell I've been smoking :oops:

    Has anyone got a bit of tissue to put in my matchbox so my parents can't hear the matches rattling :)
     
    Merlin Cat, Jul 5, 2017
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  14. jivedubbin

    jivedubbin

    Bank clerks counting loose change by hand

    post office clerks stamping everything in site with and large inked stamper
     
    jivedubbin, Jul 6, 2017
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  15. orangefeeling

    orangefeeling

    Leaded petrol.

    Free carrier bags in shops.
     
    orangefeeling, Jul 6, 2017
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  16. Day

    Day

    Youngsters giving up their seat on the bus/tube for elderly.
     
    Day, Jul 6, 2017
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  17. snotty

    snotty

    Flapping a towel by the window after having a crafty fag in the bathroom so your mum doesn't smell it. Completely futile, of course.
     
    snotty, Jul 6, 2017
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  18. snotty

    snotty

    Big silver fag machines on wheels chained to the wall outside the newsagents. Only one side was filled with a few mouldy packets of ten Embassy, or No 6 if you were lucky.
     
    snotty, Jul 6, 2017
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  19. Sproggy4830

    Sproggy4830 Supporter

    Those white waxy flowers on Privett hedges
     
    Sproggy4830, Jul 6, 2017
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  20. crossy2112

    crossy2112 Supporter

    Shopkeepers selling single cigs to schoolkids
     
    crossy2112, Jul 6, 2017
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