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For some reason this bubbled up randomly from the depths of my memory in the middle of the night - I remember it well but have probably not thought about it in 35 or more years, so very random.
Anyone else remember "Valley of the Dinosaurs"?
http://youtu.be/-S6rZb3UHv0
Anyone else remember "Valley of the Dinosaurs"?
http://youtu.be/-S6rZb3UHv0
Dog Star said:
For some reason this bubbled up randomly from the depths of my memory in the middle of the night - I remember it well but have probably not thought about it in 35 or more years, so very random.
Anyone else remember "Valley of the Dinosaurs"?
http://youtu.be/-S6rZb3UHv0
Yes I do. Wasn't it played during Swap Shop on Saturday mornings? Anyone else remember "Valley of the Dinosaurs"?
http://youtu.be/-S6rZb3UHv0
Blown2CV said:
Steamer said:
Blown2CV said:
Bungleaio said:
£300 was a lot of cash for my parents back then. I also lusted after one of those bikes.
my parents definitely weren't skint but £300 for a kids' bike!!We def weren't skint growing up but no way my old man would entertain spending another £20-£30 more on a bike (I really wanted the Ultra Burner). £300 would have been mental for a kids bike at the time!
EFA: Just dug out the receipt, the helmet was £12.99, not £29.99(!)
Edited by muppetman74 on Sunday 5th February 11:04
Fastchas said:
My first racer, the Raleigh Arena, probably c.1978.
Me? I got one of these that Christmas...
10 speed Falcon Black Diamond. I loved that bike!
As I got into cycling last year, every time I see this this thread it has me running off to Ebay to see if I can find an unmolested one for sale at a reasonable price.The search goes on.
Big Rod said:
Fastchas said:
My first racer, the Raleigh Arena, probably c.1978.
Me? I got one of these that Christmas...
10 speed Falcon Black Diamond. I loved that bike!
As I got into cycling last year, every time I see this this thread it has me running off to Ebay to see if I can find an unmolested one for sale at a reasonable price.The search goes on.
There was also a craze at our school (1978?) where everyone had extended forks with some tiny little front wheel. It was starting to get ridiculous where they were getting longer and longer until eventually the school banned them.
Morningside said:
Just reminded me. Cow-horn handlebars!
There was also a craze at our school (1978?) where everyone had extended forks with some tiny little front wheel. It was starting to get ridiculous where they were getting longer and longer until eventually the school banned them.
Not so much the cowhorns but there was a bit of a craze of angling drop bars vertically. Never saw the point myself.There was also a craze at our school (1978?) where everyone had extended forks with some tiny little front wheel. It was starting to get ridiculous where they were getting longer and longer until eventually the school banned them.
The other thing that was popular was 'crazy bikes' which were basically a frame, wheels, bars and a saddle sourced from the municipal tip. No tyres and no brakes. Never appealed to me either.
ambuletz said:
I'm sure I had one of these as a kid. sure we all had pogs, but the best ones were coloured like that.. AND power rangers too. I can't remember though if they were part of cereal or part of sticker packs.
http://www.milkcapmania.co.uk/World-POG-Federation...
Reading another thread and thought. Do people still do the tobacco run? I recall cars being confiscated and then sold on with missing seats so they could pack them out with as much contraband as possible.
Or did the government put a stop to all this?
About the same time? Fuel tax protests and then this group that tried to do cheaper fuel but I never got an update on this.
Or did the government put a stop to all this?
About the same time? Fuel tax protests and then this group that tried to do cheaper fuel but I never got an update on this.
ambuletz said:
That's a ridiculous price for a mega drive and for a charity shop!
(Larger) Charity shops seem to all look at eBay these days. Cannot blame them I suppose. That's why I look in the small cat/dog charity shops.Although I did pick something up and suggest they eBay it rather than leave it in some shop window.
Morningside said:
Reading another thread and thought. Do people still do the tobacco run? I recall cars being confiscated and then sold on with missing seats so they could pack them out with as much contraband as possible.
Or did the government put a stop to all this?
I think once they started branding them "UK Duty Paid" or the like it went from a slightly naughty thing to do to proper criminality - these days I here you can still buy cheap(er) tobacco on the streets, but a lot is counterfeit and very dangerous, even by the standards of smoking.Or did the government put a stop to all this?
I read recently someone got 3 years for selling unlicensed tobacco.
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