Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[nicanary]

Sherbet Fountains could be lethal if you sucked up too much - it came out of your nose with the spluttering.

[dickymint]

Nethybridge said:

A Scottish thing, The Eric Liddell Club, in the mould of the Boys Brigade,
Scouts and Cubs, a club for young lads that instilled Eric's
christian beliefs and love of sport.

It predates the film Chariots of Fire by a few decades,
it was short lived, and it faded away as coloured TVs
came along and as far as I know it never incurred
whispers of beastliness that other boy's sports clubs
sometimes had.

Skinned knees, jumpers for goalposts and sherbet fountains.

If you're gonna show a Sherbert Fountain at least make it the real blast from the past and not those plastic copies ...........




PS. just seen it's their 100th anniversary in 2025

[cuprabob]

dickymint said:

Nethybridge said:

A Scottish thing, The Eric Liddell Club, in the mould of the Boys Brigade,
Scouts and Cubs, a club for young lads that instilled Eric's
christian beliefs and love of sport.

It predates the film Chariots of Fire by a few decades,
it was short lived, and it faded away as coloured TVs
came along and as far as I know it never incurred
whispers of beastliness that other boy's sports clubs
sometimes had.

Skinned knees, jumpers for goalposts and sherbet fountains.

If you're gonna show a Sherbert Fountain at least make it the real blast from the past and not those plastic copies ...........




PS. just seen it's their 100th anniversary in 2025

Wonder if anyone has filled one with Cocaine and snorted it through the liquorice tube?

[dudleybloke]

cuprabob said:

Wonder if anyone has filled one with Cocaine and snorted it through the liquorice tube?

I used to have a video of someone I know snorting a huge line of sherbert from one then necking some full fat Coca-Cola.
He looked like a dragon when a the froth was coming out of his mouth and nostrils at high speed.

[dickymint]

cuprabob said:

Wonder if anyone has filled one with Cocaine and snorted it through the liquorice tube?

[Johnspex]

Radio Sketchley.
You don't see cars with wire coat hangers replacing broken aerials any more.

[nismocat]

[dontlookdown]

nismocat said:

Good one. From a time so primitive, as Douglas Adams almost said, that people still thought putting a digital watch on anything automatically made it cooler.

[beagrizzly]

Johnspex said:

Radio Sketchley.
You don't see cars with wire coat hangers replacing broken aerials any more.

Or indeed traditional extending aerials. I had to explain them to my son (14) the other day, as he's never really experienced anything other than aerials integrated into windows or in stubby plastic things on the roof. I remember having to stop the car (or if the position allowed, reaching out of the window whilst driving) to put the aerial up if I'd started my journey but forgotten about the radio. Until, that is, I achieved the unbelievable luxury of having an aerial that extended itself when you turned the radio on!!!!

[Lotobear]

Johnspex said:

Radio Sketchley.
You don't see cars with wire coat hangers replacing broken aerials any more.

...or earthing straps

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Lotobear said:

...or earthing straps

The dangly straps under the back bumper?
I spotted a Jag X-type estate with two of those only yesterday.
Proper double-take!

[motco]

A classic sight was a Mk3 Cortina with a Bristol Street Motors sticker in the rear window, a white shirt clad driver aged mid-twenties, and a suit jacket on a hanger dangling from the right hand side rear passenger's grab handle.

[Sticks.]

beagrizzly said:

Until, that is, I achieved the unbelievable luxury of having an aerial that extended itself when you turned the radio on!!!!

I remember being very pleased with myself when I got one.

Don't see these so much now.

[Maxdecel]

Sticks. said:

I remember being very pleased with myself when I got one.

Don't see these so much now.

Ford hides them.

[dudleybloke]

Sticks. said:

Don't see these so much now.

These were all the rage about 35yrs ago.



Not seen any on a car since the mid 90's.

[hairy v]

Maxdecel said:

Ford hides them.

Very clever!

[nobrakes]

dontlookdown said:

nismocat said:

Good one. From a time so primitive, as Douglas Adams almost said, that people still thought putting a digital watch on anything automatically made it cooler.

I had one! I thought I was James Bond when I used it.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Accurate to a second a day.

Ooh that's really good...oh wait. No it isn't.

[Stan the Bat]

dudleybloke said:

Chemists having an ornate large blue glass bottle in the window.

Yes, and shoe shops having a xray machine .

Wiggle them toes.

[brake fader]

lucozade bottes used to come wrapped in amber headlight film from the chemist.