Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[Mikebentley]

My mate and I used to go to the Off Licence on the way to the pub. We would take a bottle and buy a pint of sherry on draught from a plastic barrel on the counter. We would drink it as we walked through the park to town.

[Purosangue]

Holstein export






much nicer than the pils

[Stan the Bat]

bowder said:

Fallingup said:

Watney's Red Barrel.

Sex in a punt. fking close to water.

What we want is Watney's.

[Stan the Bat]

Bent's Brewery --Merseyside somewhere.

Did a sort of mild called Sergeant Major.

[Stick Legs]

While we are 'in the pub' so to speak,;

Brannigan's crisps.

Still the best pub crisps ever.



My wife added that she misses Vanilla Heist (a cream soda flavoured alcopop that died out in about 1999), the corner stone of her underage drinking.

My favourite beer is also a beer that was introduced when I started drinking, Exmoor Gold.

So not a blast from the past so much as a staple I have been able to carry with me.

[Huff]

Stick Legs said:

While we are 'in the pub' so to speak,;

Brannigan's crisps.

Still the best pub crisps ever.

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Bugger - you are so right!

[GappySmeg]

Stick Legs said:

While we are 'in the pub' so to speak,;

Brannigan's crisps.

Still the best pub crisps ever.

I preferred these:

[motco]

Sticks. said:

Deranged Rover said:

Sticks. said:

I remember Flowers from the early 90s.

So do I used to love the stuff. Can you still buy it?

Not as far as I know, here in Kent. I think it was part of the Whitbread empire that was. Harvey's is everywhere here now. Goachers uses the Fremlins recipe so they say.

Harvey's Sussex Bitter is beautiful! Unfortunately not available near here (Chilterns)

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Gladers01 said:

I quite enjoyed Oranjeboom at 50 pence a pint back in the day, no longer available sadly

You can still buy it. Corner shop near me has it in cans. 5.0% abv.

Not 50p though!

[CivicDuties]

It's a lager, not a tune.

[Tankrizzo]

bodhi said:

I think it's changed a couple of times, but the big one was when that mockney tosser who killed Turkey Twizzlers took aim at soft drinks, which has rendered Lucozade, Irn Bru and most recently Pepsi mostly undrinkable.

also ste for Type 1 diabetics like me who used to treat hypos with a small glass of Lucozade, now you need a bottle of the stuff

[Gladers01]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

Gladers01 said:

I quite enjoyed Oranjeboom at 50 pence a pint back in the day, no longer available sadly

You can still buy it. Corner shop near me has it in cans. 5.0% abv.

Not 50p though!

Will have to look out for that! Harp was another popular lager on draught at the time. The local brewery in Herts was Benskins and a pint of mild was 40p although there was an upsurge in real ale which increased the choice of beers available.

The ABV seems to have increased for draught lagers over the years (along with the prices) compared to what was available back then, not sure if that's a good or a bad thing - hic

[CivicDuties]

Harp. Stays sharp. To the bottom of the glass.

Harp. Stays sharp.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Harp all over Ireland on draft. Brewed by Guinness. 4.0% I think.

[Abbott]

motco said:

Don't forget Double Diamond!

My first pint...

Early 80s living in the north Cotswolds my regular tipple was Flowers IPA or Flowers Original. Both Cask

[hidetheelephants]

Big Rod said:

DickyC said:

Topping up the car's battery with distilled water.

My Daughter is currently learning to drive and franticly sitting mock tests.

One of the questions was what should you top up a car battery with.

Of course she didn't know and I'm glad she knows now but wondered how relevant it is to someone who's never likely to look under the bonnet of the car.

I am of course going to have to educate her on changing a wheel. Not sure if her gel nails will stand up to it but that's driving folks.

It's an irrelevancy, I suspect you have not been able buy a car with an OE unsealed battery for a long time, certainly buying an unsealed one means ordering it from obscure specialists rather than Halfords etc.

[98elise]

motco said:

DickyC said:

Topping up the car's battery with distilled water.

Yes, and checking the SG of the electrolyte with a hydrometer.
Spending half a day every 1,000 miles wielding a Wanner grease gun on the suspension joints.

Spending your weekends "working on the motor"

As a kid my bedroom overlooked a row of garages. There always seems to be someone working on their car. The one directly opposite seemed to be most weekends.

Cars just work these days. Nothing needs adjusting, cleaning or fettling.

[nicanary]

In the days when women dressed in a ladylike fashion they would usually wear a petticoat or slip under their dress. If the hem of the slip showed beneath the length of the dress people would say " the cat's dead". I have absolutely no idea why, except perhaps it was a discreet way to advise the lady without bringing too much attention to the matter. But why "the cat's dead" ?

[lauda]

Huff said:

Stick Legs said:

While we are 'in the pub' so to speak,;

Brannigan's crisps.

Still the best pub crisps ever.

Bugger - you are so right!

They were fantastic. You'd get the occasional packet which seemed to have additional mustard flavouring and they could bring a tear to your eye.

[EW109]

Abbott said:

Early 80s living in the north Cotswolds my regular tipple was Flowers IPA or Flowers Original. Both Cask

Those older than me said back then that it was not nearly as good once the brewery in Stratford closed and they moved production to (I think) Cheltenham in the late 1960s.