One for those over a certain age

[AstonZagato]

Morningside said:

Matchbox superloop.

Mamood stationery engines.

The smell of meths & spitting steam

And blistering flesh!

I had the Mamod Traction Engine. I'm not sure it was possible to get it going and not burn yourself. Great times.

[anonymous-user]

Seeing the cassette players brought back memories. trying to hook them up to an amplifier via the earphone out connection
talking of which do you recall the earbud thing you got with a radio back in the 70s




I just googled cassette players on e bay and some of them i owned - brought back some memories

Also in the 80s I had an upmarket radio alarm clock that had a cassette in it actually this one.




I sold it to someone who wanted it and duly replaced it with this "newer" version which I actually thought was pretty cool looking. In fact I thought it was a simply stunning thing on my bedside cabinet.

[BigBen]

gl20 said:

(I think the police chase with the ramp was a different make but I forget the name)

I think that was Matchbox race 'n' chase or possibly powertrack.

[motco]

Midwinter storage jars! Very 1960s.

[davhill]

Morningside said:

Matchbox superloop.

Mamood stationery engines.

The smell of meths & spitting steam

My mate frequently recommended the ideal magazine about the motor in my TR7... 'The stationary engine.'

[Blue62]

Did anyone else have a set of Parker 25 pens?

[Jimmy Recard]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Night time reading for a young BN during the 1970's.




Playboy or Razzle in the 1980's.

I have two of those I picked up from a market a few years ago. Both in immaculate condition and still surprisingly good books. Really impressive, actually.

The final chapter is £sd of running a car, although it must have barely come out before decimalisation.

[Robbo 27]

Blue62 said:

Did anyone else have a set of Parker 25 pens?

They looked like this







Worth good money today.

[Jazzy Jag]

When I was at school, more pens the better.
iirc some sets had 50 pens and the challenge was to unleash your inner OCD and put them in the "right" order

[Duhh]

Morningside said:

Mamood stationery engines.

The smell of meths & spitting steam

Still got mine in a box in the shed 40 years on. A stationery engine, two traction engines, and a steam lorry. The stationery engine came on a Meccano base so you could build stuff to run from it, I built a generator to run some lights in my bedroom and a circular saw which was pretty dangerous for a teenager to mess about with. They ran pretty well after I discovered you could give the boiler a hand by filling with boiling water and use solid fuel blocks from a camping stove rather than the recommended meths.

[glenrobbo]

Jazzy Jag said:

When I was at school, more pens the better.
iirc some sets had 50 pens and the challenge was to unleash your inner OCD* and put them in the "right" order

We never had colour when I was at school.

I think it was introduced around 1962 or thereabouts.

I do remember my first experience with the colour purple....

* Just to set the record straight, it should be "CDO".

( Alphabetical order. )

[tumble dryer]

glenrobbo said:

We never had colour when I was at school.

I think it was introduced around 1962 or thereabouts.

I do remember my first experience with the colour purple....

* Just to set the record straight, it should be "CDO".

( Alphabetical order. )

Crimson.

[lowdrag]

Inkwells, dip pens, and writing lessons. We only knew the colour blue.

[Jazzy Jag]

Blotting paper.

When was the last time you saw or used Blotting paper?

[glenrobbo]

Jazzy Jag said:

Blotting paper.

When was the last time you saw or used Blotting paper?

Plenty: Juan Sheet cleans all!

[V8 FOU]

lowdrag said:

Inkwells, dip pens, and writing lessons. We only knew the colour blue.

And if the girl sitting in front had pig tails, they got dipped too.

[lowdrag]

Blotting paper still exists, but Roneos and carbon paper? And here are some of my common entrance papers from 1958

[DoctorX]

Bloody hell! Safe to say I wouldn’t have gone to that school.....

[Halmyre]

lowdrag said:

Inkwells, dip pens, and writing lessons. We only knew the colour blue.

Teachers handing out notes on that peculiar blurry blue print on flimsy paper - was that the Roneo process? Newly printed copies had a distinctive solvent smell.

[rolando]

Halmyre said:

Teachers handing out notes on that peculiar blurry blue print on flimsy paper - was that the Roneo process? Newly printed copies had a distinctive solvent smell.

Spirit duplicator, Banda was the one at primary school if my memory serves me correctly.