Bring back the memories!!

[DispatchDragon]

Jeeze Garry -- your parent s let you sit up and watch that as well....I think "The mans face" he was seeing was Cronkite


Ok simple Benchmark for Old Fogeyism I suppose.....How many people hid behind the couch when the very first Dalek appeared?

( I was 10 at the time)

Leif

[markw]

I remembered most of the list but at 47 I don't call myself ancient, I'm only the same age as the BAC1-11 and that's a modern jet airliner...

I had trouble convincing some younger types that up until the mid 1970's Radio 1 and Radio 2 shared programming and air-time for part of the day and on Sundays after the Chart Show, Radio 1 went over to "Sing Something Simple", the three most depressing words ever to come out of the wireless as it ment bath, bed and school in the morning. They also didn't believe me when I told them BBC1 used to close down after Watch with Mother (unless you were lucky and lived near a transmitter allowed to broadcast a Welsh Language programme, which bizarrely included Sutton Coldfield), ITV didn't start up until about 9am for schools programming and all three tv channels tended to be off air, tucked up in bed by about 10.30, or 11.00 at weekends.

I must admit, I do rather prefer today's technology and entertainment as Flight Sim was never quite as exciting on the ZX Speccy.

[markw]

We have, in recent times, witnessed the birth and death of music casettes, video tapes, 5.5 inch floppys and BASIC language......CB radios have largely faded now.....this side of the Pond at least.

Pre recorded music cassettes maybe, but the blank cassettes are still made and widely used by Talking Newspaper associations across the UK. They are easier for the Blind and partially sighted to use, particularly as most also have problems with handling smaller items, and would struggle to use CDs as you can't tell which is the recorded side if you cant read small print. We've just ordered a new batch and have been told by the manufacturer that demand is still there and they have no intention of stopping production for now.

Probably a rare case of newer technology not necessarily being better or progress, albeit for a small, niche market.

[nigelb]

Nigel

There was until the early eighties at least 5here was a flavour called Dandelion and Burdock.....not Corona here though, we never had that brand.

Yes, that's it! I forgot the Burdock part. But I do remember the brand being "Corona" and that was in the UK. Never seen anything like that this side of the pond. As usual though, my memory may be a little hazy and that is my excuse and I am sticking to it.

Do crisps still have those little blue wrapped pouches of salt over there? I bet not.

Nigel²

[nigelb]

Radio 1 and Radio 2? When I lived over there it was Home Service and Light Programme!

Nigel²

[Buggyman]

Gosh Graham - what have you started?

We moved into our first house that had electricity when I was 8 or 9. It was also the first house with an inside toilet and a bathroom although the hot water had to be carried in from the boiler house outside.

We rarely used money - dad was a farm manager - so we had a rent-free house, no rates, our own milk, eggs, home made everything from butter and cheese to bread and jam. Mum used to barter with the local village shopkeeper - she would take him a couple of baskets of eggs/jars of jam and pickle etc and she would come back with sugar and salt and herbs - and the occasional sweet or comic.

I was 12 before we had our own TV set and we never had a car. I was the first member of our family to have a car or even a driving licence. I was 22 at the time.

The one thing this thread has brought home to me is that, compared to today's standards, we were happy. I don't remember a time when us kids or even the whole family were ever in the dumps because we didn't have something - we just got on with life and we enjoyed ourselves.

Allan

[hobby]

Prize posession= Dan Dare Water Pistol.

Sticky fly papers with flies stuck to them!!!

One shilling per grey squirrel tail to be claimed at the Police station.

Catapults!

People who collected stamps, and match box labels. Green and red meccano. Juneero - you made your own holes. Most boys had hobbies. Bayko.

Using a two wheeled builder's cart to carry scout kit to a camping competition - we thought nothing of pushng and pulling it four miles to the campsite.

School caps.

Leather football boots with hammer in leather studs.

Cream buns.

Faggots and pease pudding rom the fish and chip shop.

Forces favourites.

The nine o'clock news heralded by ...- (=V)

A cut out and stick together cardboard Air Sea Rescue Launch.

Good manners were commonplace.

[Garry Russell]

The mention of the old football boots reminded me of my first par which were my Grandfathers from before the war and the nails were string to come through.

The footballs were lether with laces and seemd to weigh a fair bit when kicked wrong

Candles on Christmas trees

[DispatchDragon]

Allan (buggyman)

Your right about one thing.....I tried very hard to remember "bad" times --- I do remember warm summers and cold winters, We (four boys) made our own enjoyment , even made money selling apples and pears
from the orchard to workers coming out of Glosters at 5pm -- We had a board on two old barrels set up, a supply of brown paper bags and a spring scale for weighing the fruit. We made enough money to by most of the
Dinky Toy Military collection (including that beautiful Scammel ATAR tank carrier and the highly detailed Scammel recovery vehicle (As I remember they were top of the line at about 15 bob a shot).
Radio shows....well as someone pointed out there was Light Medium and Home service, (oh yes we did get Radio Luxenbourg and Sam Costa late at night I think that was on Long wave). I learnt to ride (horses) from a little short Yorkshireman who ran the riding school at the CrossHands roundabout in Brockworth (Paid for by mucking out the stables) Learnt to drive a Tractor about the same time (It ran on Parafin and had solid metal
tires on the back). My mother made lunches and tea's for the Gloster Aircraft Cricket team in summer and the Rugby team in Winter....one of the joys of that was the cakes that were delivered in large wooden trays
with the Bakers name on the side. Oh yes and the wonderful christmas parties thrown by Glosters for the company children. I aslo remember back then rushing home from school on Wednesdays because that was the day
the postman delivered the weekly comics from my Maternal grandmother in Wigan -- Eagle, Beano, Hotspur,etc etc.


Ok enough nostalgia


Leif

[Filonian]

One shilling per grey squirrel tail to be claimed at the Police station.

Catapults!

Junero - you made your own holes.

Using a two wheeled builder's cart to carry scout kit to a camping competition - we thought nothing of pushng and pulling it four miles to the campsite.

School caps.

Leather football boots with hammer in leather studs.

The nine o'clock news heralded by ...- (=V)

A cut out and stick together cardboard Air Sea Rescue Launch.

Good manners were commonplace.

(Air Sea Rescue Launch.) Real ones at Brid James Junero (Xmas present)

One thing that strikes me today is that if it doesn't cost 3 or 4 hundred quid and plug into the mains, kids are bored. I never had enough time in the day to get bored. Called in at 18.30, washed, jamas on, 18.45 Dick Barton on radio. 19.00 bed.

Good manners were commonplace. Aye James, how times change. These days I'm completely taken aback by, "I'll open the door for you mister."
I remember last year during the dreaded tourist season, being in a local supermarket and having the delight of listening to a couple of brats throwing themselves on the floor and screaming 'cause they couldn't have what they wanted. (The law prevented me from obliging and giving them it.)
At the check out they were behing me, and after I was sorted I turned to the mother and informed her that it was a sheer delight to be in the presence of two such polite and well behaved children......... I can tell you, I did learn several new words that day


Graham