Memories

[DarrenL]

When the PC brigade knocked up a fuss they lost the red end and continued as candy sticks or something

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/candy-sticks-p-385.html

[Garry Russell]

Hey.....still get them

[cstorey]

I AM positively ancient !! I remember every single one of those things, including the juke boxes, and hand signals, which were still required when I took my driving test. Incidentally, hand signals are still used in aviation ( or at any were when I left it in 1991) by marshallers, and by pilots e.g. on start up when a rotation of the index finger followed by e.g 2 fingers for engine no 2 was given to the pushback man

[Garry Russell]

Ah yes the two fingers...when I was young the marshallers were called Bat men

And of course talk downs

Also they used to land on the piano keys then..later it was 150foot (I think) displaced touchdown and now it's 300 feet or there abouts

[cstorey]

Ah yes the two fingers...when I was young the marshallers were called Bat men

And of course talk downs

Also they used to land on the piano keys then..later it was 150foot (I think) displaced touchdown and now it's 300 feet or there abouts

There were still the odd RAF stations which had GCA in my day , ( IIRC we did occasional ones at Northolt ) but more commonly we encountered non-precision Surveillance Radar Approaches at places such as Liverpool 09 , which only had ILS on 27 in those days . I understand from old colleagues that displaced thresholds have become more common in recent years as a result of aircraft landing weights increasing, and exceeding the design load of the threshold, which as I understand it tends to degrade as it gets pounded over the years

[robbie]

There was also a very hard to get and rare sweet that was a great favourite of mine...Spanish Gold sweet tobacco which was sugar coated strips of I think coconut.[/quote]

Oh Garry, that does bring back the memories, I loved that "sweet tobacco", It was strips of coconut, came in a little paper pouch as I remember?.

Fast food when I was young!!!...you had the choice between fish & chips or suasage and chips.

[DarrenL]

Oh and I remember going to London when I was young and walking up Downing St and having my photo taken in front of Number 10. No gates to stop people back then. You could walk all the way along Downing St and out the other side. Only a single policeman standing outside No.10.

(Sorry, I'm watching The Day of the Jackal and it's the same back then (1973) and a few years before I went of course though.)

Anyone know when the gates were installed and our freedom was taken away?

[Garry Russell]

Robbie

Yes, the Spanish Gold was in a wax paper pouch and for some reason was rare which only made it more special when it came in.

The pouch was similar to how real tobacco was packaged

Of course when eaten you were left with the dust in the bottom.........yummie

[nigelb]

Oh dear! 13 out of 14. I know what a wash tub wringer is and have seen them in films but I can't recall seeing one in person. Of course I should get at least a bonus half point for remembering 78 rpm records and still having a collection of them. Positively ancient it is for me then.

Better stop before the old ticker packs up.

Nigel²

[alemaobaiano]

Oops, 13 for me too.....the only thing that I don't remember is the juke box in the coffee shop.......mainly because I don't remember coffee shops....probably as a result of being ancient My nan had a wringer and washboard....and strangely enough SWMBO is actually after one now....apparently it's just the thing for felting

TTFN