Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[Yertis]

FiF said:

Just to revisit the demise of the dark chocolate Bounty and Caramac subthread.

Blue Riband, never been a fan.
Just discovered the dark chocolate version. Quite acceptable.

'Blue Riband', or 'Taxi', as I still remember them.

Taxis, Viscounts, Clubs (not the Orange ones thank you) and Penguins were staples of my school lunchbox, along with a packet of Quavers. And some sandwiches obviously.

[FiF]

Yertis said:

FiF said:

Just to revisit the demise of the dark chocolate Bounty and Caramac subthread.

Blue Riband, never been a fan.
Just discovered the dark chocolate version. Quite acceptable.

'Blue Riband', or 'Taxi', as I still remember them.

Taxis, Viscounts, Clubs (not the Orange ones thank you) and Penguins were staples of my school lunchbox, along with a packet of Quavers. And some sandwiches obviously.

Slightly confused. Did Blue Riband become Taxi and then revert, or was Taxi a copycat, or?

Blue Riband was around when I was a sprog. Old enough now to have a bus pass (largely unused btw).

[cuprabob]

wolfracesonic said:

…it’s like old Adele and new Adele.

Hello...

[Sticks.]

Was just making a couple of phone calls and remember I would've waited until after 6pm when it was cheaper. And after 1pm at work.

[ApOrbital]

cuprabob said:

wolfracesonic said:

…it’s like old Adele and new Adele.

Hello...

Hello is it me you're looking for.

[brownspeed]

Yertis said:

'Blue Riband', or 'Taxi', as I still remember them.
Taxis, Viscounts, Clubs (not the Orange ones thank you) and Penguins were staples of my school lunchbox, along with a packet of Quavers. And some sandwiches obviously.

IIRC "Taxi" had a "chocolate flavour" coating.................

[anonymous-user]

Yertis said:

'Blue Riband', or 'Taxi', as I still remember them.

Taxis, Viscounts, Clubs (not the Orange ones thank you) and Penguins were staples of my school lunchbox, along with a packet of Quavers. And some sandwiches obviously.

When I was at primary school, Sun-Maid raisin boxes were popular in the lunch boxes along withe Tracker bars.

[Deesee]

Yertis said:

Penguins were staples of my school lunchbox

Oh yes... I found penguin cake bars on the online supermarket, they are now a re order.

[Johnspex]

Lepage's glue in the glass bottle with a rubber spout you had to slit with a sharp edge..

[motco]

Johnspex said:

Lepage's glue in the glass bottle with a rubber spout you had to slit with a sharp edge..

...a millisecond before you slit your thumb with the very same knife!

[Sticks.]

Johnspex said:

Lepage's glue in the glass bottle with a rubber spout you had to slit with a sharp edge..

There was a white glue that smelled of marzipan too.

[motco]

Sticks. said:

Johnspex said:

Lepage's glue in the glass bottle with a rubber spout you had to slit with a sharp edge..

There was a white glue that smelled of marzipan too.

Croyde perhaps? Or Copydex

[boyse7en]

motco said:

Sticks. said:

Johnspex said:

Lepage's glue in the glass bottle with a rubber spout you had to slit with a sharp edge..

There was a white glue that smelled of marzipan too.

Croyde perhaps? Or Copydex

Copydex smelled of ammonia...slightly old fish smell. Used to use gallons of the stuff in the printworks

[DickyC]

Foot-operated dip switch on the floor next to the clutch.

[21st Century Man]

DickyC said:

Foot-operated dip switch on the floor next to the clutch.

I wonder why it fell out of common usage? I had an old Bentley with one and it was terrific, a real revelation, having not experienced it in period. Something that could make a comeback imo.

[DodgyGeezer]

DickyC said:

Foot-operated dip switch on the floor next to the clutch.

weren't some windscreen wipers/washers like that too?

[Golden Guinea Charlie]

DodgyGeezer said:

weren't some windscreen wipers/washers like that too?

Mk 3 Cortina had that setup

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Golden Guinea Charlie said:

DodgyGeezer said:

weren't some windscreen wipers/washers like that too?

Mk 3 Cortina had that setup

Yep. One of mine did for sure.

[21st Century Man]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Golden Guinea Charlie said:

DodgyGeezer said:

weren't some windscreen wipers/washers like that too?

Mk 3 Cortina had that setup

Yep. One of mine did for sure.

Yes, it was a pneumatic washer pump iirc, rather than a switch for the wipers.

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21st Century Man said:

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Golden Guinea Charlie said:

DodgyGeezer said:

weren't some windscreen wipers/washers like that too?

Mk 3 Cortina had that setup

Yep. One of mine did for sure.

Yes, it was a pneumatic washer pump iirc, rather than a switch for the wipers.

Actually both. Rubber squeezy bulb for pumping washer fluid and a circular shaped contraption surrounding the bulb which operated the wiper switch.
(Perhaps mine was the deluxe version lol!)