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Raggy♥Doll

I remember when there were no mobile phones.

I remember when there was no internet.

I remember when there were only 4 tv channels and the telly went off at night and just beeped.

I remember when we used to go down the phone box & ring the operator on '0', tell her to get off the line cos there's a train coming or ask what colour her knickers were.

I remember when there was a chip van come round the estate and it wasn't a health and safety issue to have a mobile inferno with kiddies queuing outside it.

I remember when summer lasted forever and there were proper snowy christmases.

What do you remember?

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MoFoMember

I remember when this was all fields.

5/21/095:07 PM

Raggy♥DollMember

Oh aye it were all fields round here, now it's a bleedin Tesco!!

5/21/095:08 PM

MoFoMember

I remember when this was all Lidls.

5/21/095:09 PM

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

When Monster Munch came in a huge packet and cost 5p!

5/21/095:11 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

quote:
Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:

I remember when there were only 4 tv channels and the telly went off at night and just beeped.

What do you remember?

I remember when there were only 3 channels.

5/21/095:13 PM

Raggy♥DollMember

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
quote:
Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:

I remember when there were only 4 tv channels and the telly went off at night and just beeped.

What do you remember?

I remember when there were only 3 channels.

Ooh! Was it black an white?

I remember when a 10p mix up was actually 10p, and a can of coke was about 45p and a mars bar was about 30p!

5/21/095:15 PM

Blizz'ardMember 10 years

I remember when...

Oh sheet, I forgot again!

5/21/095:16 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

quote:
Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:
quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:

I remember when there were only 4 tv channels and the telly went off at night and just beeped.

What do you remember?

I remember when there were only 3 channels.

Ooh! Was it black an white?

I may be old, but I ain't that old.

5/21/095:16 PM

Soozy WooMember

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
quote:
Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:

I remember when there were only 4 tv channels and the telly went off at night and just beeped.

What do you remember?

I remember when there were only 3 channels.

I remember only two .......and people got all excited over BBC2 coming!

5/21/095:17 PM

SydMember 10 years

I remember when they gave a plastic red rose with Daz....

5/21/095:17 PM

SydMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Syd:
I remember when they gave a plastic red rose with Daz....

I don't really, just neighbours gossip.

5/21/095:19 PM

The SecretaryMember

I remember when Channel 4 was only worth watching when the programmes had a little triangle in the corner.

Actually, that's probably still valid.

5/21/095:21 PM

LeccyMember

I remember when we had a pop van.
I remember when allthe girls turned up at the school xmas party in velvet pedal pushers.
I remember when Mams and Grannies were confused about Boy George.
I remember being milk monitor...and the weeny bottles, and the boxes of drinking straws.
I remember when (I think, Findus) brought out a product called "Crostinis" which were just fish fingers coated with nik naks.
I remember when Coke (or was it Pepsi?) decided we neede a clear version of cola (which was blody rank) and the result was Tab.
I remember waiting aaaaaaaages for a film to appear in the UK after its US release.
I remember when the "remote" control for the telly and the video was plugged in the front and connected by a wire.
I remember when me dad bought me a spectrum computer for the Quayside Market for 20 quid...it was brand new in the box but had no instruction manual...and they had been discontinued...because folks thought all this home computer lark was a bit daft.
I remember by school mate Lindsey lending me a load of cassette tapes so I could I could shoot electric eels or summat on a game that took hours to load.
I remember when 10 Regal King size, a box of matches and 2 jelly cola bottle sweets came to exactly £1.

I'm old

5/21/095:21 PM

CindsMember 10 yearsMemoriam

quote:
Originally posted by electric6:
I remember when we had a pop van.
I remember when allthe girls turned up at the school xmas party in velvet pedal pushers.
I remember when Mams and Grannies were confused about Boy George.
I remember being milk monitor...and the weeny bottles, and the boxes of drinking straws.
I remember when (I think, Findus) brought out a product called "Crostinis" which were just fish fingers coated with nik naks.
I remember when Coke (or was it Pepsi?) decided we neede a clear version of cola (which was blody rank) and the result was Tab.
I remember waiting aaaaaaaages for a film to appear in the UK after its US release.
I remember when the "remote" control for the telly and the video was plugged in the front and connected by a wire.
I remember when me dad bought me a spectrum computer for the Quayside Market for 20 quid...it was brand new in the box but had no instruction manual...and they had been discontinued...because folks thought all this home computer lark was a bit daft.
I remember by school mate Lindsey lending me a load of cassette tapes so I could I could shoot electric eels or summat on a game that took hours to load.
I remember when 10 Regal King size, a box of matches and 2 jelly cola bottle sweets came to exactly £1.

I'm old

I'm older cos I remember being able to by 30 regal kingsize (a 10 pack and a 20) for less than 2 quid

In fact less than £1.75, enough to buy 30 tabs and a bag of space invaders every day out my dinner money.

5/21/095:27 PM

Gabriel PennywiseMember

oh no not the geordie olden days

5/21/095:28 PM

The SecretaryMember

I remember when newsagents used to sell single ciggies to 13yr olds for 5p

5/21/095:28 PM

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

quote:
Originally posted by The Secretary:
I remember when newsagents used to sell single ciggies to 13yr olds for 5p

pmsl... we had a dodgy corner shop like that.

They were always the rankest fags as well... Dorchester or worse.

5/21/095:31 PM

*BB*Member

I remember when penny sweets cost one old penny.

I remember when a packet of crisps had salt in a blue twist of greaseproof paper so you could - in theory - sprinkle your own preferred amount of salt on the crisps. I say in theory because it was usually damp and didn't flow. The crisps were often soggy too and the packet cost fourpence in old money. They only came in one flavour too, which was plain.

I remember when a gallon of petrol was 4/6 in old money.

I remember the present Queen's Coronation.

I remember at school during Assembly our headmistress telling us part of a hearing aid had been handed in to lost property and would the deaf child please go and collect it. It was actually the earpiece belonging to a reel to reel portable tape recorder.

I remember when my train fare to school cost tuppence in old money and that was a return ticket.

5/21/095:34 PM

Raggy♥DollMember

quote:
Originally posted by Gabriel Pennywise:
oh no not the geordie olden days

Yes it were squalor!

I remember me Mam carrying shovels of coal through to the fire saying 'get out the way!' and going down the pit heap on coal bags instead of sledges and everyone had them little brass figures of miners.

5/21/095:35 PM

Raggy♥DollMember

And lifting me feet so me mam could hoover under them was a right pain in the arse

5/21/095:38 PM

Raggy♥DollMember

quote:
Originally posted by *BB*:

I remember at school during Assembly our headmistress telling us part of a hearing aid had been handed in to lost property and would the deaf child please go and collect it. It was actually the earpiece belonging to a reel to reel portable tape recorder.

PMSL surely the deaf child wouldn't have been able to hear what the headmistress was saying if it was a hearing aid?

5/21/095:40 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

quote:
Originally posted by Syd:
quote:
Originally posted by Syd:
I remember when they gave a plastic red rose with Daz....

I don't really, just neighbours gossip.

5/21/095:41 PM

XochiMember Memoriam

I only remember that I used to remember... when was that again?

5/21/095:41 PM

LeccyMember

quote:
Originally posted by Gabriel Pennywise:
oh no not the geordie olden days

I remember all those half-circle orange rugs everyone had in front of their fires and I remember YOU being enthralled by mine and Penny's memories. You did not despair or get bored nor nothing!
Honest

5/21/095:42 PM

*BB*Member

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
quote:
Originally posted by Syd:
quote:
Originally posted by Syd:
I remember when they gave a plastic red rose with Daz....

I don't really, just neighbours gossip.

5/21/095:43 PM

*BB*Member

quote:
Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:
quote:
Originally posted by *BB*:

I remember at school during Assembly our headmistress telling us part of a hearing aid had been handed in to lost property and would the deaf child please go and collect it. It was actually the earpiece belonging to a reel to reel portable tape recorder.

PMSL surely the deaf child wouldn't have been able to hear what the headmistress was saying if it was a hearing aid?

Exactly! And she was the Head of a rather posh Girls' Grammar School!

5/21/095:45 PM

XochiMember Memoriam

Ooo! I do remember Green Shield stamps! Do you remember him too? Had many issues...

5/21/095:49 PM

EssieMember

quote:
Originally posted by The Secretary:
I remember when newsagents used to sell single ciggies to 13yr olds for 5p

I remember when they sold them to 12 year olds for thrupence.

5/21/096:00 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

quote:
Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Ooo! I do remember Green Shield stamps! Do you remember him too? Had many issues...

Sticking Green Shield Stamps into the books was my 'special job' when I was little.

5/21/096:07 PM

XochiMember Memoriam

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
quote:
Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Ooo! I do remember Green Shield stamps! Do you remember him too? Had many issues...

Sticking Green Shield Stamps into the books was my 'special job' when I was little.

Mine too!

Bet they had drugs on 'em to shut us up...

5/21/096:13 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

quote:
Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
quote:
Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Ooo! I do remember Green Shield stamps! Do you remember him too? Had many issues...

Sticking Green Shield Stamps into the books was my 'special job' when I was little.

Mine too! Bet they had drugs on 'em to shut us up...

That would explain a lot actually...

5/21/096:15 PM

XochiMember Memoriam

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
quote:
Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
quote:
Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
Ooo! I do remember Green Shield stamps! Do you remember him too? Had many issues...

Sticking Green Shield Stamps into the books was my 'special job' when I was little.

Mine too! Bet they had drugs on 'em to shut us up...

That would explain a lot actually...

Seems you have a secret antidote tho...

... and while I have your attention can I applaud you on your clunge? It was one of the funniest topics I've read in a long time... couldn't post for laughing!

5/21/096:18 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

I seem to have developed a knack for starting unintentionally long running and amusing threads based on lady bits.

This is probably not a good thing...

5/21/096:27 PM

XochiMember Memoriam

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
I seem to have developed a knack for starting unintentionally long running and amusing threads based on lady bits. This is probably not a good thing...

Maybe not... but it adds to the wealth of human experience! ... and knowledge it seems!

5/21/096:34 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

Ahh well as long as it's educational...

5/21/096:40 PM

XochiMember Memoriam

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
Ahh well as long as it's educational...

My vocabulary is enlarged for it!

5/21/096:45 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

Mine too as it goes.

5/21/096:47 PM

XochiMember Memoriam

quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
Mine too as it goes.

We're all winners then... including the clunge-junkies I guess...

5/21/096:50 PM

Queen of the High TeasMember

quote:
Originally posted by Xochiquetzal:
quote:
Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:
Mine too as it goes.

We're all winners then... including the clunge-junkies I guess...

5/21/096:53 PM

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