Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[cuprabob]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

My mate got nabbed and chucked out because he was the only blond haired kid in the row.

Is his name Boris by any chance?

[Kuwahara]

username_checksout said:

King-Size Cornettos and the Sorbetto; a Cornetto but made with orange sorbet and ice-cream. Must have been late 80s.

Slightly earlier, Walls St Clements ice-cream: a block of neon orange around a lemon centre. Had it once as a child and never found it for sale again.

King cones and strawberry Mivvis…

[motco]

Sung to a sea shanty tune "...a man at sea will often hanker for the flavour of an anchor, so much satisfaction" TV advert for long defunct cigarette brand.

Strand brand of cigarette with 'The Lonely Man' theme. Biggest flop of a TV ad in history.

[Super Sonic]

Attended service at petrol garages; "fill her up please" " that'll be three pound please"

[hidetheelephants]

Super Sonic said:

Attended service at petrol garages; "fill her up please" " that'll be three pound please"

Attendant service continued at our village garage until it went bust and it was knocked down for housing around the turn of the century.

[dikkobat]

We still have a petrol station at Gladsmuir just off the A1 East Lothian that is attended only, and theyre always cheaper than the other two closest. Opening hours are a bit iffy tho - 8-5 Mon-Fri and closed weekends.

[hidetheelephants]

dikkobat said:

We still have a petrol station at Gladsmuir just off the A1 East Lothian that is attended only, and theyre always cheaper than the other two closest. Opening hours are a bit iffy tho - 8-5 Mon-Fri and closed weekends.

Well reminded; the nearest petrol to me is ~15 minutes drive away at an independent garage with eccentric opening hours and that's still attended service.

[nismocat]

Yertis said:

I never found Swarfega that good at getting oil etc off and used some petrol or white spirit

I wear gloves now

Swarfega was rubbish. Not sure why it was so popular.
We had some yellow stuff with bits in, very good.

Now I use washing up liquid and soap powder.

I notice a lot of these TikTokers use gloves and use electric drill things to remove bolts which I was always told would damage the threads especially if you misthreaded.

[jet_noise]

nismocat said:

Yertis said:

I never found Swarfega that good at getting oil etc off and used some petrol or white spirit

I wear gloves now

Swarfega was rubbish. Not sure why it was so popular.
We had some yellow stuff with bits in, very good.

Now I use washing up liquid and soap powder.

I notice a lot of these TikTokers use gloves and use electric drill things to remove bolts which I was always told would damage the threads especially if you misthreaded.

Greasy hand washing unguent of my childhood was Dirty Paws.

/asyouwere

[dandarez]

nismocat said:

Yertis said:

I never found Swarfega that good at getting oil etc off and used some petrol or white spirit

I wear gloves now

Swarfega was rubbish. Not sure why it was so popular.
We had some yellow stuff with bits in, very good.

Now I use washing up liquid and soap powder.

I notice a lot of these TikTokers use gloves and use electric drill things to remove bolts which I was always told would damage the threads especially if you misthreaded.

'Old' oily hands here.
If my memory serves me well (Julie Driscoll - 'Wheels on Fire' to show 'how old I am')
Nowt wrong with Swarfega (lemon is best)

Just to prove it, the yellow stuff you mention with bits (polybeads) in is Tufanega... or was, I don't think you can get it anymore.
I used to get part empty 4.5kg cans from the local garage.

Now, you call Swarfega rubbish...
SWARFEGA was/is made by...
DEB.

Guess who makes or did make TUFANEGA?
You've surely guessed by now...
DEB!

[Sticks.]

Swarfega was brilliant at finding all those cuts and scratches you didn't realise you had, working in the cold.

[hidetheelephants]

dandarez said:

Now, you call Swarfega rubbish...
SWARFEGA was/is made by...
DEB.

Guess who makes or did make TUFANEGA?
You've surely guessed by now...
DEB!

Swarfega and a bit of sugar is just as good as tufanega and doesn't dump plastic into the sewer.

[C n C]

BigBen said:

WrekinCrew said:

Comedy / novelty records by comedians and "non singers" eg
- Charlie Drake ("My Boomerang Won't Come Back")
- Terry Scott ("My Brother")
- Peter Sellers ("Goodness Gracious Me")
- Benny Hill ("Ernie")
- Alan Sherman ("Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh")

Also "kids' records" like "The Runaway Train", "The Ugly Duckling", "Sparky's Magic Piano".

Does anything like that still happen? (Weird Al parodies don't count!)

My first record on Vinyl was called 'all aboard - hits for kids' (or somesuch) and featured all of those except Alan Sherman. Nearly all classics apart from Sparky's magic piano as sparky sounded like a whiney little b*tch.

One of my first records was "Little White Bull" by Tommy Steele.

I also seem to remember we had a couple of "Pinky and Perky" albums.

In terms of "comedy" records, there were also "The Barron Knights" - I think I had their "Live in Trouble" and "A Taste of Aggro" albums, with songs like "Anne and Joe", "Heaving on a Jet Plane", "Dentist in Birmingham". Link to an example.

Also, does anyone remember "The Grumbleweeds"? I remember taping them from the radio as a kid.

[HeadForTheHills]

Watched the Hitchcock film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' with James Stewart and Doris Day.

In the street next to the London church, there was a billboard for Polos - not the mints, but the hard boiled fruit flavoured variety.
I remember these as a kid, but have not thought of them for years.

[Doofus]

HeadForTheHills said:

Watched the Hitchcock film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' with James Stewart and Doris Day.

In the street next to the London church, there was a billboard for Polos - not the mints, but the hard boiled fruit flavoured variety.
I remember these as a kid, but have not thought of them for years.

They were odd. Once you'd opened the pack, if you didn't scoff them all within about an hour, they'd all go gooey and stick together.

[mikey_b]

hidetheelephants said:

dandarez said:

Now, you call Swarfega rubbish...
SWARFEGA was/is made by...
DEB.

Guess who makes or did make TUFANEGA?
You've surely guessed by now...
DEB!

Swarfega and a bit of sugar is just as good as tufanega and doesn't dump plastic into the sewer.

The trick with swarfega is you put it on dry hands. It doesn’t work if you wet your hands with water first. But put it on dry hands and rub them together thoroughly and it works well.

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

mikey_b said:

The trick with swarfega is you put it on dry hands. It doesn’t work if you wet your hands with water first. But put it on dry hands and rub them together thoroughly and it works well.

Agreed that it works best dry, but for me the trick with Swarfega is to leave the wretched stuff in the tin. It stinks. There are far better things now.
The one I favour now (since Ecover stopped making theirs) is Croldino. A paste soap mixed with wood flour by-product from machine woodworking. Completely biodegradable and works brilliantly.
YMMV.

[Doofus]

Orange Swarfega smells nice, and is very effective, I find.

[Cotty]

Doofus said:

Orange Swarfega smells nice, and is very effective, I find.

Is that the one with bits in it?

[Doofus]

Cotty said:

Is that the one with bits in it?

Yes