I'm 21-ish, and I remember going to the corner shop down the road, aged 8/9 with a note from my Dad to the shopkeeper asking him to sell me an ounce of Old Holburn tobacco, and the shopkeeper would do just that. I also remember being able to get a big bag full of 1/2penny chews with the 30p Dad would give me for going.
I also remember having to sit next to the radio-cassette player, on a Sunday night, to tape the Top 40.....trying to cut out all the chat and adverts was almost impossible.
I am 29 ish *cough splutter * and remember them school days where £1 dinner money used to get you a bag of chips, 10 B&H and a box of matches, and change for a Texan bar on the way home. You could also go round anybodies house through their unlocked back door and meet your mates and go and play on building sights.....
I'm 21-ish, and I remember going to the corner shop down the road, aged 8/9 with a note from my Dad to the shopkeeper asking him to sell me an ounce of Old Holburn tobacco, and the shopkeeper would do just that. I also remember being able to get a big bag full of 1/2penny chews with the 30p Dad would give me for going. I also remember having to sit next to the radio-cassette player, on a Sunday night, to tape the Top 40.....trying to cut out all the chat and adverts was almost impossible. Posted by Sky_Mandy
Oh....the good old days. I am 29 ish *cough splutter * and remember them school days where £1 dinner money used to get you a bag of chips, 10 B&H and a box of matches, and change for a Texan bar on the way home. You could also go round anybodies house through their unlocked back door and meet your mates and go and play on building sights..... Posted by MAXALLY
You could buy B&H in your school canteen???? Wow, how things have changed
Oh....the good old days. I am 29 ish *cough splutter * and remember them school days where £1 dinner money used to get you a bag of chips, 10 B&H and a box of matches, and change for a Texan bar on the way home. You could also go round anybodies house through their unlocked back door and meet your mates and go and play on building sights..... Posted by MAXALLY
smoking at aged 8 surely can't be good for the health haha what did the boxes say on them back then ?
i also remember when man united won the treble in '99 making me aged 7 when seeing your dad run up an down the road was perfectly legal and didnt get you labeled a lunatic and get you a night in a police cell
I'm 21-ish, and I remember going to the corner shop down the road, aged 8/9 with a note from my Dad to the shopkeeper asking him to sell me an ounce of Old Holburn tobacco, and the shopkeeper would do just that. I also remember being able to get a big bag full of 1/2penny chews with the 30p Dad would give me for going. I also remember having to sit next to the radio-cassette player, on a Sunday night, to tape the Top 40.....trying to cut out all the chat and adverts was almost impossible. Posted by Sky_Mandy
I think we can deduce from this post that you're not actually 21ish.
I remember going to school with a bag full of marbles and a pile of football stickers ready to swap at break times. I also remember buying those massive gob stoppers for about 2p that would last you half a day. I also remember everybody wearing Parkers with the bright orange lining and furry hoods.
We also had proper bags back then, none of these girly man bags.
Head bags were the in thing, they were the same size as us, with the end compartment that would detach and the lockable zips so nobody would steal our pencil cases that had our stationary sets which would include those multi pens with the different colour inks in them, pencil, sharpener, rubber, ruler, compass, protractor and a right angle.
In Response to Re: Sunday Night Live with Rich and The Raiser ****official show thread**** : smoking at aged 8 surely can't be good for the health haha what did the boxes say on them back then ? Posted by delaney09
Saturday mornings with Casey Jones & The Cannonball Express, Batman with Adam West, Champion the Wonder Horse..... need I go on..
Now the one that I still can't fathom out, I grew up on one of the Hebridean Islands and we would get the Monday morning papers before we got the Sunday Papers!!!! No shops open on a Sunday, you see!!
Filling your car with a fiver on a saturday and that did you for most of the week.
Texan bars, cabana bars, tins of Cariba, Creamola Foam that bear that did the Cresta ads....its frothy man !!!!
Two channels on the tv, no sky plus, if you didn't see it, tough!!!
Grandstand, World of sport, The ITV Seven, Dickie davis' white stripe!!!
I remember when you used to get milk at break time at school and when teenage mutant ninja turtles were teenage mutant hero turtles! Evening to the raiser, don't wana ask what he and Tikay remember when they were younger, dont wana bring back any memories of the first world war! love the show.
Stand back Superman, Iceman, Spiderman. Batman and Robin too Don’t wanna cause a fracas, but BA Baracas, have I got a match for you. She makes them look like a bunch of fairies. She’s got more bottle than United Dairies. Hang about - Look out! For Supergran.
You can take your heroes, your Robert De Niros. Your Al Pacinos too. They say Stallone is just another phoney. He couldn’t lace his shoes. After her they’re all big girls blouses she’s got more front than a row of houses
Hang about - Look out! For Supergran
She’s a serious granny (Supergran!) A serious granny (Supergran!) She’ll do things that you never saw your granny do
Racing home from school to watch Super Gran ) Stand back Superman, Iceman, Spiderman. Batman and Robin too Don’t wanna cause a fracas, but BA Baracas, have I got a match for you. She makes them look like a bunch of fairies. She’s got more bottle than United Dairies. Hang about - Look out! For Supergran. You can take your heroes, your Robert De Niros. Your Al Pacinos too. They say Stallone is just another phoney. He couldn’t lace his shoes. After her they’re all big girls blouses she’s got more front than a row of houses Hang about - Look out! For Supergran She’s a serious granny (Supergran!) A serious granny (Supergran!) She’ll do things that you never saw your granny do Aaaah, those were the days.... Posted by Sky_Mandy
Ah, nostalgia...TV-wise it has to be the series Knightmare, which has never been bettered. Kids getting killed by giant scorpions and falling off cliffs? It would never happen now.
The old Six O'Clock News theme...Seaview (with Yvette Fielding)...Italia '90...when adverts were actually better than programs...Kiki Dee's 'Star' introducing Opportunity Knocks...post arriving before 1:30pm...little boxes of alphabetti spaghetti soup...weather maps with recognisable symbols...sorry, what was the question again?
Am I allowed to get nostalgic about Leicester City being in the Premiership? Because that feels like ages ago.
I'm 21-ish, and I remember going to the corner shop down the road, aged 8/9 with a note from my Dad to the shopkeeper asking him to sell me an ounce of Old Holburn tobacco, and the shopkeeper would do just that. I also remember being able to get a big bag full of 1/2penny chews with the 30p Dad would give me for going. I also remember having to sit next to the radio-cassette player, on a Sunday night, to tape the Top 40.....trying to cut out all the chat and adverts was almost impossible. Posted by Sky_Mandy
I was trying to think of something, but that's golden! I remember it well. But in my day (being 22) it was all Steps and Britney Spears and N-Sync, wasn't it Rolling Stones and Beegees for you? teehee
Puddle Lane...some book about a kid with a magic BMX...Going For Gold...Starlight Express...telephones that actually rang (and nothing else)...four-digit phone numbers...Intercity 125s...collecting milk bottle tops for charity...Jennifer Yellow Hat...Thundercats...the theme from Top Gear before they wrecked it...Choose Your Own Adventure books...being able to see into a bag of crisps...Chupa-Chups only being available on foreign holidays...
I'm 21-ish, and I remember going to the corner shop down the road, aged 8/9 with a note from my Dad to the shopkeeper asking him to sell me an ounce of Old Holburn tobacco, and the shopkeeper would do just that. I also remember being able to get a big bag full of 1/2penny chews with the 30p Dad would give me for going. I also remember having to sit next to the radio-cassette player, on a Sunday night, to tape the Top 40.....trying to cut out all the chat and adverts was almost impossible. Posted by Sky_Mandy
Does anyone remember doing this on a Tuesday Lunchtime when it was the top 5 with oooohhhh Gary Davis????
I'm 21-ish, and I remember going to the corner shop down the road, aged 8/9 with a note from my Dad to the shopkeeper asking him to sell me an ounce of Old Holburn tobacco, and the shopkeeper would do just that. I also remember being able to get a big bag full of 1/2penny chews with the 30p Dad would give me for going. I also remember having to sit next to the radio-cassette player, on a Sunday night, to tape the Top 40.....trying to cut out all the chat and adverts was almost impossible. Posted by Sky_Mandy
Lol- some great posts here- and they're all making me feel old The worst ones are the youngsters talking about the good old tunes like Britney Spears and N-Sync... Posted by RICHORFORD
We were once putting on a cheesefest of old hits in a show at Uni, and I suggested we do Kylie & Jason, and the other students, being 'slightly' younger than I, all said "who?"!!!
Lol- some great posts here- and they're all making me feel old The worst ones are the youngsters talking about the good old tunes like Britney Spears and N-Sync... Posted by RICHORFORD
I never said they were good! I only had a few full length posters, every album and the dolls.... not much.
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I also remember having to sit next to the radio-cassette player, on a Sunday night, to tape the Top 40.....trying to cut out all the chat and adverts was almost impossible.
Oh....the good old days.
I am 29 ish *cough splutter * and remember them school days where £1 dinner money used to get you a bag of chips, 10 B&H and a box of matches, and change for a Texan bar on the way home. You could also go round anybodies house through their unlocked back door and meet your mates and go and play on building sights.....
I remember going to school with a bag full of marbles and a pile of football stickers ready to swap at break times. I also remember buying those massive gob stoppers for about 2p that would last you half a day. I also remember everybody wearing Parkers with the bright orange lining and furry hoods.
We also had proper bags back then, none of these girly man bags.
Head bags were the in thing, they were the same size as us, with the end compartment that would detach and the lockable zips so nobody would steal our pencil cases that had our stationary sets which would include those multi pens with the different colour inks in them, pencil, sharpener, rubber, ruler, compass, protractor and a right angle.
Saturday mornings with Casey Jones & The Cannonball Express, Batman with Adam West, Champion the Wonder Horse..... need I go on..
Now the one that I still can't fathom out, I grew up on one of the Hebridean Islands and we would get the Monday morning papers before we got the Sunday Papers!!!! No shops open on a Sunday, you see!!
Filling your car with a fiver on a saturday and that did you for most of the week.
Texan bars, cabana bars, tins of Cariba, Creamola Foam that bear that did the Cresta ads....its frothy man !!!!
Two channels on the tv, no sky plus, if you didn't see it, tough!!!
Grandstand, World of sport, The ITV Seven, Dickie davis' white stripe!!!
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH memories
Keith (btw I'm 43)
Stand back Superman, Iceman, Spiderman. Batman and Robin too
Don’t wanna cause a fracas, but BA Baracas, have I got a match for you.
She makes them look like a bunch of fairies.
She’s got more bottle than United Dairies.
Hang about - Look out! For Supergran.
You can take your heroes, your Robert De Niros. Your Al Pacinos too.
They say Stallone is just another phoney. He couldn’t lace his shoes.
After her they’re all big girls blouses she’s got more front than a row of houses
Hang about - Look out! For Supergran
She’s a serious granny (Supergran!) A serious granny (Supergran!)
She’ll do things that you never saw your granny do
Aaaah, those were the days....
The old Six O'Clock News theme...Seaview (with Yvette Fielding)...Italia '90...when adverts were actually better than programs...Kiki Dee's 'Star' introducing Opportunity Knocks...post arriving before 1:30pm...little boxes of alphabetti spaghetti soup...weather maps with recognisable symbols...sorry, what was the question again?
Am I allowed to get nostalgic about Leicester City being in the Premiership? Because that feels like ages ago.
Puddle Lane...some book about a kid with a magic BMX...Going For Gold...Starlight Express...telephones that actually rang (and nothing else)...four-digit phone numbers...Intercity 125s...collecting milk bottle tops for charity...Jennifer Yellow Hat...Thundercats...the theme from Top Gear before they wrecked it...Choose Your Own Adventure books...being able to see into a bag of crisps...Chupa-Chups only being available on foreign holidays...
My head hurts
The worst ones are the youngsters talking about the good old tunes like Britney Spears and N-Sync...
I never said they were good! I only had a few full length posters, every album and the dolls.... not much.