A light hearted post for the older members amongst us Part 3

[Dave Richardson]

OMG the MODS will hate me

Who can recall going to the shops with just a few pennies (that's 2d not 2p)

We bought Sherbert fountains, fruit salad sweets, black jack sweets,

Lucky bags, Jamboree bags, five boys chocolate, liquorice wheels.

Smiths crisps with blue bags of salt.

What else ????:bannana::bannana:

 

[JohnBar]

Lion, Tiger, Hotspur and Eagle comics.
Spangles (sweets)
Sherbet dips
Calling teachers sir or miss

 

[nigel cross]

OMG the MODS will hate me

Who can recall going to the shops with just a few pennies (that's 2d not 2p)

We bought Sherbert fountains, fruit salad sweets, black jack sweets,

Lucky bags, Jamboree bags, five boys chocolate, liquorice wheels.

Smiths crisps with blue bags of salt.

What else ????:bannana::bannana:

Black jacks, flying saucers etc were 4 for a penny.... yummy

 

[Dave Richardson]

Lion, Tiger, Hotspur and Eagle comics.
Spangles (sweets)
Sherbet dips
Calling teachers sir or miss

Deano, Buster & Dandy comics

 

[baxlin]

Frozen Jubblies, and the newsagent close to school selling Cadet (the cheapest/smallest) cigarettes individually....(early 60s)

Going to school by steam train...(late 50s early 60s)

Winkle picker shoes and lime green socks, drainpipe trousers with zips in the inside seam so that they'd go over your foot...(60s)

Looking now at my 1974 wedding photos, how did I dare wear the platform shoes, wide lapel jacket, ultra wide trousers, and a kipper tie!


Ah, nostalgia's not what it used to be

 

[Druk]

Commando comics.

Just look at what they cost now...

44 VINTAGE COMMANDO WAR STORIES IN PICTURES COMIC BOOKS 1971-1977 ISSUE 610-1153 | eBay

 

[Aitch55]

Looking now at my 1974 wedding photos, how did I dare wear the platform shoes, wide lapel jacket, ultra wide trousers, and a kipper tie!

 

[Dave Richardson]

I agree :bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana:

 

[SportsCoupeRich]

When Dr Pepper was sold with an extra 1/3 for free (cans) to convince UK children it was not made of pepper.....

 

[cinek]

How many parts will there be?

 

[BEJ]

Woodbine cigarettes at 5 for 10d. Quick smoke behind the cycle shed.
Penny bangers around November 5th.
Small mileometer to fit on the front forks of your bicycle.
Knowing the name of the local copper.

 

[Dieselman]

How many parts will there be?

You will appreciate this kind of thread when you get old...

 

[w124nut]

No television
No telephone
Liquorice wood
Dr Collis Brown ( A panacea for all ills)
Ration books
Drinking Tizer out of my Coronation glass
Polishing the cutlery each Saturday morning
Roasting chestnuts on a shovel over an open fire
Black and white (not monochrome) 12 inch Ferguson television in time for ER 2nd's Coronation plus news of the conquest of Everest
...and so much more

 

[stephen coy]

Rows of 2 shillings Airfix kits in bags, behind the counters on the walls of Newsagents.

 

[Aitch55]

Trolley buses.
Horse & cart delivering coal, beer, etc.
Corona Cream Soda.
Itchy, short trousers and walking to school, in all weathers with chafed thighs.

Is this a dementia test by any chance.

 

[Giantvanman]

Collecting empty 'pop' bottles and using the refund money to buy any of the aforementioned.

 

[NDFR]

 

[cinek]

You will appreciate these kind of threads when you get old...

Fixed it for you

 

[Dieselman]

fixed it for you

The O/p had probably forgotten the others.

 

[renault12ts]

No television
No telephone
Liquorice wood
Dr Collis Brown ( A panacea for all ills)
Ration books
Drinking Tizer out of my Coronation glass
Polishing the cutlery each Saturday morning
Roasting chestnuts on a shovel over an open fire
Black and white (not monochrome) 12 inch Ferguson television in time for ER 2nd's Coronation plus news of the conquest of Everest
...and so much more

Ermm...how old are you?