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the FA cup final
having an ice cream (what's the big deal now)
going to the pictures
football generally
girls
Fridays - especially the pop man coming (fizzy drinks pop)
crisps - only one flavour but the bags were full
fish and chips in newspaper
having an ice cream (what's the big deal now)
going to the pictures
football generally
girls
Fridays - especially the pop man coming (fizzy drinks pop)
crisps - only one flavour but the bags were full
fish and chips in newspaper
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"The pop man..."
Alpine Ginger...huge glass bottles full of irn bru, ginger beer, limeade, etc. to wash down spam fritters.
Alpine Ginger...huge glass bottles full of irn bru, ginger beer, limeade, etc. to wash down spam fritters.
What was 'the pop man'? Never heard of that one.
Pop man = man who delivered pop - to us (and others) bringing it round on wagon in crates once a week. For us it was SYDS (South Yorkshire Dairies S??? I think (I was only 4 so was more interested in pop than acronyms).
Dandelion & Burdock was my favourite (no idea what was in it - still don't except I know now that dandelions are a diuretic ... hence the bed wetting connotation.
And Cream Soda
And Cherryade.
None of your teeth rotting crap of today.
Vodka and cherryade, rum and cream soda, whisky and dandelion and burdock on the rocks, martini tizer, shaken not stirred.
Happy memories of a 4 year old ... who needed laughing gas or glue?
Dandelion & Burdock was my favourite (no idea what was in it - still don't except I know now that dandelions are a diuretic ... hence the bed wetting connotation.
And Cream Soda
And Cherryade.
None of your teeth rotting crap of today.
Vodka and cherryade, rum and cream soda, whisky and dandelion and burdock on the rocks, martini tizer, shaken not stirred.
Happy memories of a 4 year old ... who needed laughing gas or glue?
monster munch,
they changed them,they messed it up,they tried to put them back,they messed that up,theres a lesson there somewhere.
they changed them,they messed it up,they tried to put them back,they messed that up,theres a lesson there somewhere.
On track bookmakers who would 'take a view' and lay it.
Midget Gems where the black ones are licorice flavour
it was the corona man in our town, also the electric milk floats we had then have all but vanished
footballs with laces, blackjacks and flying saucers, spangles, blue peter & magpie, black & white tv, wind up toys, shoes with a compass in the heel, not to mention my purple chopper ...
footballs with laces, blackjacks and flying saucers, spangles, blue peter & magpie, black & white tv, wind up toys, shoes with a compass in the heel, not to mention my purple chopper ...
Purple chopper
Must have been all the bored housewives on the corona round.
Must have been all the bored housewives on the corona round.
and ...top of the pops, radio one, radio luxembourg, ring pulls on cans, pubs you could drink in without id, not to mention my 12 inch collection ....
I think we are going slightly off piste here with talk of purple choppers and coronaries.
sorry, i'll forget the purple chopper and 12 inch extended etc
I'll give you one that 'went wrong' but is back to its best now - or possibly even better than when it was introduced 'back in the day':
Tangle Twister ice lollies - now called 'Twister'.
I used to love these things, being a bit of an ice lolly enthusiast, and ate many of them.
Then, about 10-20 years ago I bought a box of them from Tesco and they seemed hard and unpleasant and not like a 'Tangle Twister' at all.
I thought it might have just been a bad box, so bought some more, but they were just the same.
I hadn't bought (or eaten) any since, until I bought some just over a week ago as they were on offer and Sainsbury's didn't have much of a selection of lollies I fancied.
I was delighted to find that although the 'Twister' was now of a mini-size - it was once again a wonderful lolly and as nice as they ever were.
Possibly even nicer.
A rarity to find something 'returning to its roots' after years in the wilderness - but a very nice thing to experience!
Tangle Twister ice lollies - now called 'Twister'.
I used to love these things, being a bit of an ice lolly enthusiast, and ate many of them.
Then, about 10-20 years ago I bought a box of them from Tesco and they seemed hard and unpleasant and not like a 'Tangle Twister' at all.
I thought it might have just been a bad box, so bought some more, but they were just the same.
I hadn't bought (or eaten) any since, until I bought some just over a week ago as they were on offer and Sainsbury's didn't have much of a selection of lollies I fancied.
I was delighted to find that although the 'Twister' was now of a mini-size - it was once again a wonderful lolly and as nice as they ever were.
Possibly even nicer.
A rarity to find something 'returning to its roots' after years in the wilderness - but a very nice thing to experience!
Lady parts, I remember them being altogether hairier.
PS Tommy's freezer is on the blink (NAP)
PS Tommy's freezer is on the blink (NAP)
Hahahaha Desmond!
It isn't!
It's a Bosch - and I pat it everyday for being the best fridge-freezer in the world!
It isn't!
It's a Bosch - and I pat it everyday for being the best fridge-freezer in the world!
Womens breasts...there I said it.
In the old days a bird with big jugs used to lose one on either side as the flopped out of the way if she was on her back during horizontal aerobics.
Todays plastic tits stay pointing at the ceiling.
In the old days a bird with big jugs used to lose one on either side as the flopped out of the way if she was on her back during horizontal aerobics.
Todays plastic tits stay pointing at the ceiling.
Rickets, Diptheria, the kid in your class with a calliper, impetigo, don't see much of these around today?
Oh and fridge freezers. Time was you could put your ice lollies in and 'know' how they were going to be at consumption - these days it's a lottery 
Haha! Very good Desmond!
Could be that they're MUCH better now, as the last time I'd bought the Tangle Twisters that old scrote of a fridge freezer was totally unpredictable and used to ice up all the time.
I've had the Bosch for about 9 years now - and have never even had to defrost it!
Could be that they're MUCH better now, as the last time I'd bought the Tangle Twisters that old scrote of a fridge freezer was totally unpredictable and used to ice up all the time.
I've had the Bosch for about 9 years now - and have never even had to defrost it!
Lots of things used to be delivered. The Corona Man of course, The winkle man with his sea food- pint of prawns anyone. The strawberry seller in the summer "Strawberries,ripe strawberries. Wont be round tomorra cos the donkeys ate all the ripe straaaawberrrries!The greengrocer van on Saturdays, visitors included the tally man, the insurance man, the rag and bone man..the chimney sweep, the gasman who always left a nice pile of shillings from the meter (what was that about).It was like fcking Oliver down our road some days!
In London on a Saturday about 6pm. Classified 'Star', 'News' or 'Standard'. Football results and reports and late racing results in the 'stop press'.Nothing like it now. Also the 'mid-day' papers full of racing and 'runners and riders'.
- and once again the 'delivery man' is on the rise with the advent of online shopping - and better than before!
It's absolutely marvellous that you no longer have to trawl around a supermarket, or visit multiple clothes and shoe shops for what you want.
You can now visit various sites at leisure. Compare and contrast - and have all the buggers delivered - saving hours and hours and hours of nonsense!
It's absolutely marvellous that you no longer have to trawl around a supermarket, or visit multiple clothes and shoe shops for what you want.
You can now visit various sites at leisure. Compare and contrast - and have all the buggers delivered - saving hours and hours and hours of nonsense!
Bookies runner on the street corner. Sixpence each-way. They took a bet in them days.
Sending a bet off to Shermans or McLauchlan's. Postal Order. Was on if the post mark was before the race. How trusting were bookmakers in those days.
I bet the sorting office workers got up to some tricks.
I bet the sorting office workers got up to some tricks.
I understand the need for nostalgia and how it brings pleasure to some - but you really have to look at the wider picture and realise how most day-to-day living is just so much easier and pleasurable now than it has ever been - for all.
I'd rather go back 70 years. People appreciated even small things. Greed has taken over. You could leave the front door open without worrying.Dreadful world we live in now.
That's a very narrow view to take, Clacton.
Why should the backbone of this country - the working class people - have been 'grateful' for even the small things in life when the rich were taking so much advantage of them - just like Cameron and co are trying to return the UK to?
Why should the backbone of this country - the working class people - have been 'grateful' for even the small things in life when the rich were taking so much advantage of them - just like Cameron and co are trying to return the UK to?
You can still leave your doors open in many parts of Stoke, by the way - and people do.
And help each other out. And look after other people.
The thing is, they can do it now in centrally heated houses and aren't freezing to death.
And help each other out. And look after other people.
The thing is, they can do it now in centrally heated houses and aren't freezing to death.
Shop lifting is a lot harder these days. Back in the day a timely diversion and you could fill yer boots, now it's cameras everywhere.
Just a better and happier place to be. If you think today is better then good luck to you. I dont.
Fair dos Clacton, if you'd rather be living in the 1940s than now.
I most certainly wouldn't.
I most certainly wouldn't.
Life is for living in the present, not through a rosey-hued window of one or two nice things you remember from the past and think all was always 'wonderful'.
It wasn't.
It wasn't.
hake and chips used to be a treat ,,, delicious white flesh on the bone.
All of a sudden you couldn't get any. Was it overfished ?
All of a sudden you couldn't get any. Was it overfished ?
You could leave the front door open without worrying
Only cos like all the other poor people you had fawk all worth nicking
Only cos like all the other poor people you had fawk all worth nicking
Children's toys ....now like hi-tech gadgetry imported from Mars.
I think anyone using the phrase back in the day should be locked up for a very long time.
'back in the day' - has a magical ring....and no doubt will have - hopefully for a very, very long time. 
Akabula,
I used the term "back in the day" as it is a common colloquial expression. I put it in quotation marks to protect me from the ire of some of our most sensitive forumites - I feared there may be a backlash. I thought it might get the attention of some of our hip readers.
I agree with you and may start a thread entitled "modern phrases that shouldn't be used".
I used the term "back in the day" as it is a common colloquial expression. I put it in quotation marks to protect me from the ire of some of our most sensitive forumites - I feared there may be a backlash. I thought it might get the attention of some of our hip readers.
I agree with you and may start a thread entitled "modern phrases that shouldn't be used".
Everything was p1sspoor even only going back to the 80's never mind the 70s..
Fat women: used to be a novelty but the norm these days.
Inyin(that's onion)Johnny,a Frenchman on a bicycle with strings of onions hanging from the frame,complete with a Breton striped tee shirt and French cap.
Goodness knows what that was about as he couldn't have cycled 500 miles from Plymouth or Portsmouth up to central Scotland.
Also,'The Tinkers' who would sell clothes pegs and sharpen garden shears and scissors.
Goodness knows what that was about as he couldn't have cycled 500 miles from Plymouth or Portsmouth up to central Scotland.
Also,'The Tinkers' who would sell clothes pegs and sharpen garden shears and scissors.
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