Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[Spare tyre]

Pert enthusiastic young ladies

[S2r]

Being excited when a McDonald's opened in the town and then going in and asking for chips and them responding "do you mean French fries?" Them then turning up hot and covered in salt

Going to the arcade in Longton at a weekend on my KH100 to hang around with the others on various L plated small 2 strokes, dreaming of owning an RG125, everyone in awe of the guy on the yellow RD350lc with bean can Microns (the tiny cans, stupidly loud)

Going to block buster on a Friday

Renting your landline phone from BT

[Etretat]

Roofless Toothless said:

Green Shield stamps.

S&H pink stamps

[AW111]

bigpriest said:

I'm not sure what the drink was but the bottles had a lethal ring-pull opening like this:



Also, freshen-up chewing gum with a liquid centre

An earlier version of the ring-pull can had the ring & tab detach from the can, and you could use the tab to flick the ring-pull at your mates.
Not seen for many years.

[AndySheff]

Renting a TV &/or Video recorder.
Going to the video rental shop.
Manual tilt & slide sunroofs.
Watneys Party 7.

[vikingaero]

Going into a restaurant and being asked if you wanted smoking or non-smoking. Non-smoking please. And then being given a table next to the smoking section in which smoke wafts across the imaginary divide.

[GAjon]

Glass of fresh ( made from powder) orange juice as a starter!!

[Lost Soul]

Top of the Pops LP's, usually with an image of a young lady in a swimsuit of some sort
And talking of which

Custom Car and Superbike magazine, always having a semi naked young lady in the centre pages
Crossbow calendar
BBC Computer
TV's with push button channel changing
The Golden Shot on a sunday, dad eating cold potato sandwhiches

[hammo19]

This thread cheers me up in the mornings.

Anyone remember Players Sun Valley playing cards?

[Tango13]

S2r said:

Being excited when a McDonald's opened in the town and then going in and asking for chips and them responding "do you mean French fries?" Them then turning up hot and covered in salt

Going to the arcade in Longton at a weekend on my KH100 to hang around with the others on various L plated small 2 strokes, dreaming of owning an RG125, everyone in awe of the guy on the yellow RD350lc with bean can Microns (the tiny cans, stupidly loud)

Going to block buster on a Friday

Renting your landline phone from BT

Avon RoadRunners (crap iirc)

Metzeler Laser ME33 and 99A(?)

[Gav147]

Trawling through the pages of Autotrader dreaming about your first car.

[WrekinCrew]

Pressing button B in a phone box and getting 4 (old) pennies.

The smell of those red paraffin lamps at roadworks.

Waiting for the TV to warm up rather than boot up.

[vikingaero]

Being a good boy (much like returning your shopping trolley to the trolley bay) and rewinding your VHS movie rentals before returning them to Blockbusters/local video shop.

[Roofless Toothless]

Etretat said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Green Shield stamps.

S&H pink stamps

You were posh!

[cerb4.5lee]

AndySheff said:

Going to the video rental shop.

Manual tilt & slide sunroofs.

I used to love going to the video shop as well. You always struggled to get a copy of the brand new releases from what I remember.

Me and my sister used to love going to Blackpool for the illuminations, and we'd both stand up with our heads out of the sunroof to see them better. Ahh the days before health and safety! I also remember legally not having to wear a seatbelt too.

[Muzzer79]

Smoking sections on an aircraft. I can vividly remember being sat back there next to my step-father, behind the curtain (which was of course all that was needed to seperate the smoke from the non-smoking area) and the ashtrays actually being used.

Getting a square-ial (BSB)

Going to the shops and weighing up the choice of bright orange or luminous green shell suits.

Turning the TV off at the wall (my Nan did this until her dying day)

Findus Crispy Pancakes.

[cerb4.5lee]

Muzzer79 said:

Smoking sections on an aircraft. I can vividly remember being sat back there next to my step-father, behind the curtain (which was of course all that was needed to seperate the smoke from the non-smoking area) and the ashtrays actually being used.

Not being a smoker myself, I never liked it when I got given a seat near the rear of the plane back then. There wasn't even a curtain on the planes I went on either.

This thread has been ace for bringing back loads of memories for me for definite.

[OldSkoolRS]

Gav147 said:

Trawling through the pages of Autotrader dreaming about your first car.

I found an old Thames Valley Autotrader in the loft last winter. Looking at it now I wonder how I ever managed to buy anything with such tiny adverts and a single B&W photo, but like you I'd spend hours pouring over it looking for a bargain.

[Nerfbat]

During the summer a French guy on a bicycle would come round selling strings of onions.

[p1doc]

Gav147 said:

Trawling through the pages of Autotrader dreaming about your first car.

and circling them good times