Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[Sticks.]

DodgyGeezer said:

Sticks. said:

Watching an old film, I wondered when ladies' waiting rooms disappeared from stations.



Also letter boxes at stations.

are they allowed these days?

Unlikely. So probably went out with the Sex Equality Act in 75 but I don't remember them going.

[Master Of Puppets]

How about the voice of 80s TV adverts....The legendary Tommy Vance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEyyoRXKNGk

[Jonquil]

carlo996 said:

Arrrrrghhhhhhhh Pigseey

Monkey always made me laugh. In typical oriental fashion, Monkey
was a pig spirirt.
Pigsy was a pig spirit.
The other one was a fish spirit.
So what was he called?
Sandy.

[Abbott]

[Strangely Brown]

Abbott said:

But... 4/7 (four shillings and seven pence) is not 73p. That converter is broken.

ETA: if there is a 1 missing from the shillings value then it would be correct. 14/7 would be 73p.

Edited by Strangely Brown on Thursday 29th February 20:26

[Abbott]

Strangely Brown said:

Abbott said:

But... 4/7 (four shillings and seven pence) is not 73p. That converter is broken.

ETA: if there is a 1 missing from the shillings value then it would be correct. 14/7 would be 73p.

Edited by Strangely Brown on Thursday 29th February 20:26

I think you have answered your own question. dial needs a nudge

[nismocat]

Purosangue said:

for some reason as a kid I always associated Donkey jackets with bin men especially Eddie Yates




growing up in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset , overlooking the sea with a Mancunian Gran who lived with us , and always watched " Coronation st " in the 70s

I hated this programme with a passion , the grimy back to back houses , the accents ................. char lady Hilda Ogden and bloody Mavis ... Christ it looked Grim to a 10 year old

Edit : Ironically" Mavis" played by Thelma Barlow who is 94 , now lives in the Isle Of Purbeck !!!

Edited by Purosangue on Thursday 29th February 17:11

I think Corry was banned in many southern houses. I lived in the Shires and we never watched it as kids, as soon as the music came on "Turn that rubbish off" my mum would shout. Never watched an episode.

Oddly, looking back I found Eastenders to be grey and miserable, unlike Home and Away and Neighbours, which was party why I moved to Oz!

[blueg33]

nismocat said:

Purosangue said:

for some reason as a kid I always associated Donkey jackets with bin men especially Eddie Yates




growing up in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset , overlooking the sea with a Mancunian Gran who lived with us , and always watched " Coronation st " in the 70s

I hated this programme with a passion , the grimy back to back houses , the accents ................. char lady Hilda Ogden and bloody Mavis ... Christ it looked Grim to a 10 year old

Edit : Ironically" Mavis" played by Thelma Barlow who is 94 , now lives in the Isle Of Purbeck !!!

Edited by Purosangue on Thursday 29th February 17:11

I think Corry was banned in many southern houses. I lived in the Shires and we never watched it as kids, as soon as the music came on "Turn that rubbish off" my mum would shout. Never watched an episode.

Oddly, looking back I found Eastenders to be grey and miserable, unlike Home and Away and Neighbours, which was party why I moved to Oz!

I am 58 and from Coventry. I have only ever seen about 10 seconds of the Coronation Street opening titles. I have never seen the programme. Same for Emmerdsle, Crossroads and that newer one set in a suburban close.

[Simon Bags]

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Purosangue said:

Steamer said:

always looked filthy.

Donkey Jackets - similar era

for some reason as a kid I always associated Donkey jackets with bin men especially Eddie Yates




growing up in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset , overlooking the sea with a Mancunian Gran who lived with us , and always watched " Coronation st " in the 70s

I hated this programme with a passion , the grimy back to back houses , the accents ................. char lady Hilda Ogden and bloody Mavis ... Christ it looked Grim to a 10 year old

Edit : Ironically" Mavis" played by Thelma Barlow who is 94 , now lives in the Isle Of Purbeck !!!

Edited by Purosangue on Thursday 29th February 17:11

Corrie was sometimes on in our house but I never had any interest in the telly, even as a kid.
What stands out for me is the ashtray on the dining table.
That's unimaginable to me nowadays.

[Abbott]

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Purosangue said:

Steamer said:

always looked filthy.

Donkey Jackets - similar era

for some reason as a kid I always associated Donkey jackets with bin men especially Eddie Yates




growing up in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset , overlooking the sea with a Mancunian Gran who lived with us , and always watched " Coronation st " in the 70s

I hated this programme with a passion , the grimy back to back houses , the accents ................. char lady Hilda Ogden and bloody Mavis ... Christ it looked Grim to a 10 year old

Edit : Ironically" Mavis" played by Thelma Barlow who is 94 , now lives in the Isle Of Purbeck !!!

Edited by Purosangue on Thursday 29th February 17:11

Corrie was sometimes on in our house but I never had any interest in the telly, even as a kid.
What stands out for me is the ashtray on the dining table.
That's unimaginable to me nowadays.

What is unimaginable is that it appears to be empty

[Catweazle]

Simon Bags said:

Definitely a blast from the past, it's the first of March now. Or is it a blast from the future?

[Yertis]

Purosangue said:

for some reason as a kid I always associated Donkey jackets with bin men especially Eddie Yates

As a Purbeck guy you should remember them with ‘DCC’ stencilled on the back, or ‘BOP’ if you ventured into Poole.

[Purosangue]

Yertis said:

Purosangue said:

for some reason as a kid I always associated Donkey jackets with bin men especially Eddie Yates

As a Purbeck guy you should remember them with ‘DCC’ stencilled on the back, or ‘BOP’ if you ventured into Poole.

"Poole" ............ you mean like Friday night at the ....Mariner , Fight in the Jolly Miller ..........burger at the hole in the wall ,..miss the mail train , and walk down the railway line to Wareham .

[Super Sonic]

Simon Bags said:

That is a blast from the past. The last time we had 2nd of December on a Saturday was 2023

[DocJock]

Master Of Puppets said:

How about the voice of 80s TV adverts....The legendary Tommy Vance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEyyoRXKNGk

TV on the radio!

The Friday Rock Show was great...

[shed driver]

Going to the hardware shop with your dad and getting shouted at for pressing all the door bells on the display.

Also door bells with hundreds of different "tunes".

SD.

[nordboy]

General Price said:

I see your Evil Knievel and raise you a Tin Can Alley.

I used to get jealous as hell of my best mate, he was a single child and the family quite well off so used to get ALL the new toys. Everything better than us. But then would rarely let anyone else play with them. tt!!

[Purosangue]

nordboy said:

General Price said:

I see your Evil Knievel and raise you a Tin Can Alley.

I used to get jealous as hell of my best mate, he was a single child and the family quite well off so used to get ALL the new toys. Everything better than us. But then would rarely let anyone else play with them. tt!!

brother had a friend in the 70s probably about 10 I was 2 years younger , got invited to his Birthday party , they had a room , stacked with Action man , literally hundreds of them every conceivable costume , tanks , equipment , was like an Aladdin's cave , His father worked for Palitoy . The son never played with them ....

.So they let me have the use of the room ........ best Birthday I ever went to

[Yertis]

Purosangue said:

"Poole" ............ you mean like Friday night at the ....Mariner , Fight in the Jolly Miller ..........burger at the hole in the wall ,..miss the mail train , and walk down the railway line to Wareham .

Was more of a Bunnies Takeaway kebab lad than Hole in the Wall ??

Summer 1983. That bloody train. I’d had a massive row with a a girl who was a friend, in the Miller. We both stormed off but at the end of the evening I was wracked with guilt and worried about how she’d get home. Train being the only option to Wareham I legged it from quay to station just before the train departed (23.10 IIRC) Searched packed train from end to end. No sign. Snotty phone call the next day (she had caught the train somehow) followed by a big parcel containing all my Pink Floyd albums she’d borrowed, sarcastically and excessively over-packaged in bubble wrap.

Anyway, blah-blah, we’ve been married for more than thirty years