Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[DickyC]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

DickyC said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Or, if you were posh like me

Ooh, that plate! It could have been retained and I could have dreamt of Lotus 7s again.

It was wasted on me at the time

And while it was being retained my dad wouldn't have moaned about how much space it was taking up.

He probably could, thinking about it.

[beagrizzly]

eskidavies said:

AW111 said:

If you scrape the heads off matches, the scrapings do a good gunpowder impersonation, or at least they did in the 1970s.

That’s another reminder,used to get 2 bolts and a nut ,screw nut on bolt 2 threads then scrape match heads into nut ,screw other bolt in and carefully tighten,throw bolt hard at wall ,BANG

Which in turn reminds me of the plastic, sometimes metal, rockets you could buy, that took caps. Some had a space for the paper-roll caps, others you put one of the small yellow caps on the nose. You threw it up, it came back down and.... bang!

Hours of fun!

(Or until you ran out of all the caps your meagre pocket money could afford )

[DickyC]

John Bull printing outfits.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

DickyC said:

John Bull printing outfits.

I was just thinking about getting one of these (for nefarious reasons of course).

I do have some history in this department

[markymarkthree]

[quote=bobbo89]Someone I follow on twitter posted this the other and it was a proper blast from the past. I was very young when they closed but can still picture the store up a Birstall retail park in the mid 90's



Good to see "van man" couldn't park back then.

[AW111]

eskidavies said:

AW111 said:

If you scrape the heads off matches, the scrapings do a good gunpowder impersonation, or at least they did in the 1970s.

That’s another reminder,used to get 2 bolts and a nut ,screw nut on bolt 2 threads then scrape match heads into nut ,screw other bolt in and carefully tighten,throw bolt hard at wall ,BANG

That's how we did it.

[P5BNij]

The three position channel knob on our black and white TV, rented from Rumbalows.

The sheer joy of buying our first colour TV from Rumbalows.

Panda cars slowing down to see what you're up to.

Susan Stranks on 'Magpie'

Lesley Judd on 'Blue Peter'

[bodhi]

More of a 90s one, but..

Channel 23 on cable TV - aka Live TV. From memory topless darts was on around 1:30 am.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

bodhi said:

More of a 90s one, but..

Channel 23 on cable TV - aka Live TV. From memory topless darts was on around 1:30 am.

Who'd want to see Bobby George & Eric Bristow topless?

[DickyC]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

DickyC said:

John Bull printing outfits.

I was just thinking about getting one of these (for nefarious reasons of course).

I do have some history in this department

Could you knock me up a fake pass for the school Chess Club, please? It was one of the few ways to be inside at lunchtime when it was raining.

[DickyC]

P5BNij said:

The three position channel knob on our black and white TV, rented from Rumbalows.

The sheer joy of buying our first colour TV from Rumbalows.

Panda cars slowing down to see what you're up to.

Susan Stranks on 'Magpie'

Lesley Judd on 'Blue Peter'

Lesley Judd?

Kids today! Don't know they're born.

[bodhi]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

bodhi said:

More of a 90s one, but..

Channel 23 on cable TV - aka Live TV. From memory topless darts was on around 1:30 am.

Who'd want to see Bobby George & Eric Bristow topless?

From memory the participants weren't even as attractive as that

[blueg33]

Small plastic toys floating around in breakfast cereals like frosties and coco pops.

I was blown away by a small plastic car that had 7 or 8 pieces you had to assemble, and by these

[markymarkthree]

P5BNij said:

The three position channel knob on our black and white TV, rented from Rumbalows.

The sheer joy of buying our first colour TV from Rumbalows.

Panda cars slowing down to see what you're up to.

Susan Stranks on 'Magpie'

Lesley Judd on 'Blue Peter'

Sorry, Jenny Hanley was the top bird on Magpie.
When i had a paper round i used to deliver to her place in Fetcham Surrey, i lingered a little but never spotted her.

Edited by markymarkthree on Tuesday 20th June 17:17

[beagrizzly]

blueg33 said:

Small plastic toys floating around in breakfast cereals like frosties and coco pops.

I was blown away by a small plastic car that had 7 or 8 pieces you had to assemble, and by these

I remember Cornflakes doing a series of tiny model airliners in kit form. They were very cool.

[Muzzer79]

I remember a customer of my Dad's proudly coming in with his new "mobile phone"

With a huge grin, he produced a large briefcase and opened it to show a receiver and large battery pack attached to it. With this mythical device, he could call anyone from anywhere.

Magic, I tell thee.

[Magnum 475]

bodhi said:

The noise and the smell of these things, and the constant rollockings for using them in the house

Still available on Amazon if you're feeling nostalgic

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I can remember having a revolver with caps in the plastic ring.

I always wanted a Johnny Seven, but mum & dad couldn't run to it

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I had a WW2 air raid siren that worked off my bicycle wheel. Gawd it was loud.

I also had an Acetylene lamp. (At least I think that's what it was). You dropped a solid into water & it made a highly flammable gas. Whoever thought giving that to a six year old boy was a good idea?

[bodhi]

Magnum 475 said:

bodhi said:

The noise and the smell of these things, and the constant rollockings for using them in the house

Still available on Amazon if you're feeling nostalgic

I spotted that when looking for the picture

Well in fairness I spotted two things . First was a Google link asking if caps were still legal in the UK, stating they weren't. Second was a link to buy them from Amazon