Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, lodstewart said: just for kids in London, can't remember how much , but I think sixpence (in real money) ours was the ABC cinema in Catford and we were known as the ABC minors ha Early 80's saw many of them demolished, a real shame........multiplex whats that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted June 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2021 I was a child of the fifties, television did not exist. Listened to radio soaps instead. My mother made fruit mince tart, lemon meringue pies, pavlovas and coconut ice. Roast chicken was a Christmas luxury. Lamb was cheap, roast lamb and veggies every Sunday. Had bantam chooks, walnut, apricot, pear and apple trees in the back yard. My mother would preserve them all with a Fowlers Vacola bottling kit. We'd pick mushrooms in the nearby fields in season. I collected scrap copper, lead, aluminium and brass from the local tip, used the proceeds to buy my first pushbike. Caddied at Royal Melbourne until I was 18, compulsory retirement. There's a lot of ways of life that have been buried under government regulations now. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I was a child of the fifties, television did not exist. Listened to radio soaps instead. My mother made fruit mince tart, lemon meringue pies, pavlovas and coconut ice. Roast chicken was a Christmas luxury. Lamb was cheap, roast lamb and veggies every Sunday. Had bantam chooks, walnut, apricot, pear and apple trees in the back yard. My mother would preserve them all with a Fowlers Vacola bottling kit. We'd pick mushrooms in the nearby fields in season. I collected scrap copper, lead, aluminium and brass from the local tip, used the proceeds to buy my first pushbike. Caddied at Royal Melbourne until I was 18, compulsory retirement. There's a lot of ways of life that have been buried under government regulations now. Child of the early sixties here, I used to go out in winter with a shovel clearing peoples drives for 50p in Winter when we often got snow, couldnt wait for it to snow, initiative what we had then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 The Clitheroe Kid on the kitchen radio while Mum made cakes. Me and my brother arguing about who would get the bowl or spoon to lick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I was a child of the fifties, television did not exist. Listened to radio soaps instead. My mother made fruit mince tart, lemon meringue pies, pavlovas and coconut ice. Roast chicken was a Christmas luxury. Lamb was cheap, roast lamb and veggies every Sunday. Had bantam chooks, walnut, apricot, pear and apple trees in the back yard. My mother would preserve them all with a Fowlers Vacola bottling kit. We'd pick mushrooms in the nearby fields in season. I collected scrap copper, lead, aluminium and brass from the local tip, used the proceeds to buy my first pushbike. Caddied at Royal Melbourne until I was 18, compulsory retirement. There's a lot of ways of life that have been buried under government regulations now. I was born in 1947 so would have been a child of the fifties and sixties I suppose?? So many changes took place in those times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoshi Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 12 hours ago, adammike said: .I still remember when you could get one sweet for a farthing,4 a penny.vimto down south. Black Jacks and Mojo's 4 a 1p. Hard liquorice stick (we called them cricket bats) and a 2oz bag of rainbow crystal kali lasted forever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodstewart Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I was a child of the fifties, television did not exist. Listened to radio soaps instead. My mother made fruit mince tart, lemon meringue pies, pavlovas and coconut ice. Roast chicken was a Christmas luxury. Lamb was cheap, roast lamb and veggies every Sunday. Had bantam chooks, walnut, apricot, pear and apple trees in the back yard. My mother would preserve them all with a Fowlers Vacola bottling kit. We'd pick mushrooms in the nearby fields in season. I collected scrap copper, lead, aluminium and brass from the local tip, used the proceeds to buy my first pushbike. Caddied at Royal Melbourne until I was 18, compulsory retirement. There's a lot of ways of life that have been buried under government regulations now. yes no tv until for us until 1952 just in time for the Coronation of Liz, but my grandma wouldn't go near it ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Rampant Rabbit said: Child of the early sixties here, I used to go out in winter with a shovel clearing peoples drives for 50p in Winter when we often got snow, couldnt wait for it to snow, initiative what we had then. Not many places in Australia that have snow, although I hear what you are saying. I was taught if I wanted something, I had to earn it myself, no-one was going to give it to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Tanoshi said: Black Jacks and Mojo's 4 a 1p. Hard liquorice stick (we called them cricket bats) and a 2oz bag of rainbow crystal kali lasted forever. Lucky Bags! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Some of the old Top Of the Pops classic acts held what I now know as subliminal messages. This one is a prime example from 1976 when well into my late twenties as it clearly led me a few decades later to certain businesses in Pattaya. ???????? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXmV3BVKAYs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 minute ago, lodstewart said: yes no tv until for us until 1952 just in time for the Coronation of Liz, but my grandma wouldn't go near it ha ha Dad actually had an original real film of the coronation, dont know where it went, it was in colour I dont mean one he did but a real movie reel copy. The times when Movies were "films" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said: Lucky Bags! Are they were the real deal, after farthing chews that is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lacessit said: Not many places in Australia that have snow, although I hear what you are saying. I was taught if I wanted something, I had to earn it myself, no-one was going to give it to me. Same here, want some money...........do some work, wash Dads car, help paint the house in summer, supermarket saturday boy, milk round, paper round, Cycling 10 miles through all weather for a saturday job at 12 yrs old etc etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2021 42 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said: No bleeedin silicone either, it was the real deal! And oral sex was just something you talked about ???????? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Excel said: And oral sex was just something you talked about ???????? I remember once my Mum whilst sitting eating dinner that she cooked every night and we all sat round the table eating with KNIVES and FORKS telling me my Auntie Irene had been into hospital and had her clitoris removed!!! Deadly silence from my Dad........I handt a clue what she was on about, I wa s about 10-11 --1973 ish???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Excel said: And oral sex was just something you talked about ???????? And no such thing as Phyllosan anymore, now Viagra and/or Ciallis would bring a smile to their faces https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-phyllosan-ad-tennis-1951-online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoshi Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 What about clothes. Hipsters. Flares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Lacessit said: Not many places in Australia that have snow, although I hear what you are saying. I was taught if I wanted something, I had to earn it myself, no-one was going to give it to me. Which leads me nicely into being "careful" with everything you had as you had to work hard and save for it, now kids just smash stuff up and dont give a ffff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Tanoshi said: What about clothes. Hipsters. Flares. Those shoes briefly in about 1978 really wide soles, not platforms and everyone had "tips" on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Rampant Rabbit said: I remember once my Mum whilst sitting eating dinner that she cooked every night and we all sat round the table eating with KNIVES and FORKS telling me my Auntie Irene had been into hospital and had her clitoris removed!!! Deadly silence from my Dad........I handt a clue what she was on about, I wa s about 10-11 --1973 ish???? I guess your Auntie Irene couldn't then come herself to tell you ? ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Excel said: I guess your Auntie Irene couldn't then come herself to tell you ? ???????? Dunno she had four kids! probably exhausted, gawd knows why she'd had this op? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoshi Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Excel said: And no such thing as Phyllosan anymore, now Viagra and/or Ciallis would bring a smile to their faces https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-phyllosan-ad-tennis-1951-online I wasn't born in 1951. Mum and Dad were to busy just talking about oral sex. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Rampant Rabbit said: Which leads me nicely into being "careful" with everything you had as you had to work hard and save for it, now kids just smash stuff up and dont give a ffff My Dad always told us to look after our things and we did, still do to this day. I still have my penis from years back ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoshi Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Rampant Rabbit said: Those shoes briefly in about 1978 really wide soles, not platforms and everyone had "tips" on them? I wore 'brogues'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tanoshi said: What about clothes. Hipsters. Flares. Making tie dye T shirts at Junior school using marbles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Just now, Excel said: My Dad always told us to look after our things and we did, still do to this day. I still have my penis from years back ???? Do you keep it in a polished wooden box over the fireplace though? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tanoshi said: I wasn't born in 1951. Mum and Dad were to busy just talking about oral sex. But clearly you are proof they got it licked eventually ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoshi Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Excel said: But clearly you are proof they got it licked eventually ???? Yeah, Dad turned out to be a real p r i c k Edited June 9, 2021 by Tanoshi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said: Do you keep it in a polished wooden box over the fireplace though? Always carry it with me still but I have an imitation one with batteries to keep the wife amused when I would just rather drink a beer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoshi Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 My Dad was a TV engineer and we got our first color TV in 1955. For some reason the neighbours became very friendly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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