Maejo Man Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Health and beauty magazines every schoolboys mandatory oggling and of course Barretts sherbet fountains at a penny halfpenny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 11 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said: Supa Scuda skateboard 1974-5 the craze came in from America mid 70's, I believe it was me that invented the first 'Skate Board' I took a pair of those adjustable roller skates and separated the front from the back and attached them to a small plank of wood, we had a sloping drive, great fun. I also used a broom stick and an old sheet as a sail on my pram wheeled go cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jaggg88 Posted April 11 Popular Post Share Posted April 11 17 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said: Buying one of these at the local shop after school, having a race to see who could finish it first, gnawing at it like a beaver and occasionally getting brain freeze ! Luvvly jubbly 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Twists of salt in crisps Scraping ice off the inside of the windows on a morning Cream so thick it was difficult to drink milk from the bottle. Putting on damp pyjamas to climb into a damp bed Breaking the ice in the toilet cistern to flush it. Midget Gems and Jelly Snakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) On 4/10/2024 at 1:13 PM, Bday Prang said: Esso blue Had ours delivered, and the special square can we had with a vent in the neck I can still remember the song on their TV adds 🎵 'Blue, blue, blue, blue, Esso blue, Esso Esso blue blue blue blue . 🎵 Edited April 11 by brianthainess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 5 hours ago, brianthainess said: I believe it was me that invented the first 'Skate Board' I took a pair of those adjustable roller skates and separated the front from the back and attached them to a small plank of wood, we had a sloping drive, great fun. I also used a broom stick and an old sheet as a sail on my pram wheeled go cart. My brother and I built our skateboards the exact same way with old rollerskates and a wood plank--this was the mid-60s and we were living in Anniston, Alabama for a couple years. Army brats. There was a sloping street next to our house with little in the way of traffic and we used it to skateboard down it. I don't think we ever actually owned a store bought regular skateboard--by the time they were popular we had moved on--both to other interests and to a different location--Okinawa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Playing outside as kids, without a fear in the world, and without any of these silly electronic devices to keep us amused. How healthy that was! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Buying a dozen garlic rolls from the local Italian restaurant for 60 cents. Rode my bicycle 5 miles to get them. Such a simple delight. Buying a 25 lb. watermelon for a dollar, and sharing it with a friend. We ate the whole thing and could barely walk afterwards. The good old days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 18 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: Buying a dozen garlic rolls from the local Italian restaurant for 60 cents. Rode my bicycle 5 miles to get them. Such a simple delight. Buying a 25 lb. watermelon for a dollar, and sharing it with a friend. We ate the whole thing and could barely walk afterwards. The good old days! Even oranges were still rare in the late 50s in the UK or to expensive, tangerines at Christmas was the closest we ever got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eumenades Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/11/2024 at 9:36 AM, brianthainess said: Kingston-on-Thames? That was a huge store, I remember my dad buying my mum a fold down mangle for Christmas there The first elevator I ever went in, with a young man dressed in green livery who operated it. Their father Christmas, That big mirrored 'trough' that was around the front of the store the whole shop done out with Christmas decorations, their toy department it was a whole day out, we needed to take 2 buses just to get there the 264 that only ran once an hour and then the 131 to Kingston. Maybe we were neighbors, maybe I delivered your milk, maybe I delivered the Saturday Evening Standard Classified with the football results to your house..... LOL. Could be! I used to bunk off school on Thursday afternoons to watch Vincent Price in Hammer films at the Gaumont. (The start of a lifelong interest in cinema.) That followed by a small chocolate bar in Bentalls. Luxury days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 7 minutes ago, eumenades said: Could be! I used to bunk off school on Thursday afternoons to watch Vincent Price in Hammer films at the Gaumont. (The start of a lifelong interest in cinema.) That followed by a small chocolate bar in Bentalls. Luxury days! Oh you naughty boy, I lived out in the sticks of Walton-on Thames, as a boy I was fascinated by the huge Bus Station there. (we never had a car) That Studio 7 was turned into an Adult movie place, and in later years I was 26 my Nypho/exhibitionist GF liked to go their dressed to the nines in a long tight black dress the only female in there Sadly she ended up going back to her husband after 2 yrs 😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportRider Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) On 4/11/2024 at 7:51 AM, Bday Prang said: Was it The Arabian knights ? Talking of TV shows anybody remember Casey Jones, Belle Sabastian and the horses The singing ringing tree Pogles Wood Champion the wonder horse Vision On And one more that's not been mentioned but surely not forgotten the obviously psychedelically influenced and more than a little weird 5 minute production that delighted kids every night at around 5.45pm I am of course referring to "The Magic Roundabout" Starring as far as I can remember ,amongst others "Florence, Brian ( the snail) Dylan ( a spaced out rabbit) Mr McEnery ( a hyperactive guy on a tricycle) and of course Zebedee ( a bizarre spring thing ) I think it was a french production overdubbed into english It could have been The Flashing Blade - http://www.thechestnut.com/flashing.htm - though this was sent on the French/Spanish border and I distinctly remember heroes riding horses across deserts. However the transmission date is spot on, 1969, and also it was a Saturday morning kids TV show. So it must be this and possibly there was just one desert scene that really stuck with me. It was a transfixing show for a young Sportrider. Thanks for mentioning French dubbed, that's how it found it. UPDATE: Yes it was The Flashing Blade. Just found the theme tune and recognised it. 👍 Edited April 12 by SportRider update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Rex Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/11/2024 at 7:34 AM, Bday Prang said: There were these things advertised for sale in the Marvel comics called "sea monkeys" my parents wouldn't let me order any , I always wondered what they were, and never did find out. I'd forgotten all about them until now. Can anybody enlighten me ? “Sea Monkeys” are Brine shrimp (Artemis sp). You bought the desiccated eggs, added them to your salt water, and after 24 hours they would hatch. After 2 weeks, if aerated and fed correctly, they would become adults. They are still very popular in the fish hobby (as food). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/11/2024 at 12:31 PM, Maejo Man said: Health and beauty magazines every schoolboys mandatory oggling and of course Barretts sherbet fountains at a penny halfpenny. Health and Efficiency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maejo Man Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 5 hours ago, StreetCowboy said: Health and Efficiency I stand corrected, memory seems to be failing🥲 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korat Kiwi Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Listening to the radio on Sunday after going to church: Spike Milligans: BadJelly the Witch TV programmes: Petticoat Junction Green Acres The Dick Emery show Beverly Hillbillies UFO Bonanza Gunsmoke The Big Valley Daniel Boone The High Chapperell Iron Horse The Virginian Get Smart Hogan's Heroes Bewitched I Dream of Jeannie The Flying Nun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) Going to holiday camps in one of these with my sister and grandparents. Our parents used to drop us off every weekend at our grandparents house in Hanwell. On entering there would be two huge piles of comics for my sister and myself. Beano Dandy Hornet Hotspur Topper Valient. That kept us quiet for an hour or so. Around supper time grandad would sit in his chair watching the football results and filling in his Littlewoods pools ticket. Never forget the tone of the announcer. Chelsea 3 ( rising three ) Arsenal 0 ( faling nil tone ) Sometimes would go with him to Stamford bridge . Always took my wooden rattle and he would buy me a rosette. He would occasionaly shout ' Come on the blues ' and I would stare up at him like he had gone mad. For Christmas I finally got the toy of my dreams and set about shooting up the place I remember my nan, who had been in service giving us the food of the toffs....kedgeree Then there was her fabulous bangers and mash with onions and gravy. Hmmmmmmmm Poor England. Different world today. Best thing of all was that everywhere I went I was always surrounded by love. Happy childhood. Edited April 13 by Denim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korat Kiwi Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 6 minutes ago, Denim said: Going to holiday camps in one of these with my sister and grandparents. Our parents used to drop us off every weekend at our grandparents house in Hanwell. On entering there would be two huge piles of comics for my sister and myself. Beano Dandy Hornet Hotspur Topper Valient. That kept us quiet for an hour or so. Around supper time grandad would sit in his chair watching the football results and filling in his Littlewoods pools ticket. Never forget the tone of the announcer. Chelsea 3 ( rising three ) Arsenal 0 ( faling nil tone ) Sometimes would go with him to Stamford bridge . Always took my wooden rattle and he would buy me a rosette. He would occasionaly shout ' Come on the blues ' and I would stare up at him like he had gone mad. For Christmas I finally got the toy of my dreams and set about shooting up the place I remember my nan, who had been in service giving us the food of the toffs....kedgeree Then there was her fabulous bangers and mash with onions and gravy. Hmmmmmmmm Poor England. Different world today. Best thing of all was that everywhere I went I was always surrounded by love. Happy childhood. 100E Prefect. My 1st car! I actually wanted a Hillman Super Minx but my father said it was too big for me! I was not happy. Tried to clean the fuel pump, big mistake. Muck metal fell apart when taking off the top cap. Should have got the Minx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korat Kiwi Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Don't see many of these about now... even in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Do they still do this now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 6 years old listening to this on the car radio at Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 My 2nd car, bought in 1974/75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 My other grandads car 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korat Kiwi Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 My dream car as a lad: The closest I ever got to one was when it nearly ran me over on a 10 speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korat Kiwi Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Family car, could fit 6 kids in it for when we had to go to church on Sundays. As we got older, some were relegated to the boot. Wouldn't get away with that now. Standard Vanguard Phase 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Having one of these in the backyard and dad burning anything not living. The word sustainability not yet invented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) The odd smell of nuns robes in catholic school as they paddled me for spending my lunch quarter on baseball cards🤣 Boy Scouts & the weekend camping Schwinn Sting Rays Making a canoe out of scraps when we were 9 & using it in a giant reservoir later sinking it near shore so none could find it & retrieving it every time we ( a bunch of kids) rode our bikes there The Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show & my dad saying look at that hair! Music from that time onward Ham Radios & using Morse code to talk to folks all over the world & exchanging QSL Cards My first paper Route & the $$$ I made Mini Bikes with lawnmower engines then My first MX Race Bike a Yamaha 125 later a Honda Elsinore when they built their first two stroke MX bike & how ahead of its time that bike was. So many things thanks for a cool thread 😉 Edited April 13 by mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korat Kiwi Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Early days washing clothes in a copper and using a mangle to get rid of excess water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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