What do you miss?

[HOLDorFOLD]

When I was young we never had real coffee and we had what I think was a coffee essence it was a thin bottle with liquid coffee (I forget what it was called) but I loved it and ever since I was a child I only drink coffee and very rarely drink tea.

The worst thing that I remember was the smog, due to everyone having coal fires.  Sometimes the smog was so bad you could hardly see a foot in front of you and many people got lost on their way home.  When you got in your face was black with soot. I would hate to go back to those days.

Was it Camp?

Yes that was it

LOL, mum, I have a bottle of this in my cupboard!!  Its lovely in the summer with cold milk and crushed iced.

[trafficjam]

When I was young we never had real coffee and we had what I think was a coffee essence it was a thin bottle with liquid coffee (I forget what it was called) but I loved it and ever since I was a child I only drink coffee and very rarely drink tea.

The worst thing that I remember was the smog, due to everyone having coal fires.  Sometimes the smog was so bad you could hardly see a foot in front of you and many people got lost on their way home.  When you got in your face was black with soot. I would hate to go back to those days.

Was it Camp?

Yes that was it

LOL, mum, I have a bottle of this in my cupboard!!  Its lovely in the summer with cold milk and crushed iced.

Shows I don't nose in your cupboards then!

[Kev B]

15 a side footy at the local park with jumpers for goalposts.

Camp coffee christ that was awful wasn't it?

Tom summed it up "Youth" I met someone today I havn't seen for 32 years FML I'm getting old.

[Laxie]

cracker jacks and the wee rubbish toy that came with them.

[Matt.NFFC.]

Going to bed and not being able to sleep because you were looking forward to what you were doing the next day, that "I can't wait for tomorrow feel" you only really get when you were a kid.

I miss this, it's just not the same as an adult.

[The-Crow]

I miss the slates we used in primary school. Mine had a wooden border and was varnished lovely

The little bottles of orange we got at playtime.

The wax crayons we could eat.

The inkwells in the school desk you could make ink pellets and flick them at people,

Spangles,sherbert flying saucers, 4 blackjacks a penny( Old Penny )

and the smell of coal tar soap.

There were only 2 soap bars, the red hard soap and brillo pads, ouch they did scratch your face

Washing powder was Lux flakes, that was just grated soap, lol

I remember my mum getting excited by our first power mangle. It stood by the copper and she just squashed and rolled the water out of the washing, very modern

Much later we had a twin tub , v posh.

I remember buying 3 gallons of petrol for a pound.....Really miss that.

I had a Vespa 125 scooter, now that was great

Good thread this,  nice one Dewi

[Girgy85]

I miss all the money I've lost!

[sovietsong]

Riding my bike around with a coke can stuffed behind the back break so it sounded like a motorbike. Or just making the sound as I bez'd around without a care in the world!

[Dingdell]

Going to bed and not being able to sleep because you were looking forward to what you were doing the next day, that "I can't wait for tomorrow feel" you only really get when you were a kid.

I miss this, it's just not the same as an adult.

You need to go on more dates imo........ ;-))

[Matt.NFFC.]

Going to bed and not being able to sleep because you were looking forward to what you were doing the next day, that "I can't wait for tomorrow feel" you only really get when you were a kid.

I miss this, it's just not the same as an adult.

You need to go on more dates imo........ ;-))

Married, 2 kids.....nuff said!

[Girgy85]

Riding my bike around with a coke can stuffed behind the back break so it sounded like a motorbike. Or just making the sound as I bez'd around without a care in the world!

this!

Plus pulling skids

[trafficjam]

I miss the slates we used in primary school. Mine had a wooden border and was varnished lovely

The little bottles of orange we got at playtime.

The wax crayons we could eat.

The inkwells in the school desk you could make ink pellets and flick them at people,

Spangles,sherbert flying saucers, 4 blackjacks a penny( Old Penny )

and the smell of coal tar soap.

There were only 2 soap bars, the red hard soap and brillo pads, ouch they did scratch your face

Washing powder was Lux flakes, that was just grated soap, lol

I remember my mum getting excited by our first power mangle. It stood by the copper and she just squashed and rolled the water out of the washing, very modern

Much later we had a twin tub , v posh.

I remember buying 3 gallons of petrol for a pound.....Really miss that.

I had a Vespa 125 scooter, now that was great

Good thread this,  nice one Dewi

I loved the smell of that red soap, we used to call it carbolic soap.  It also reminds me of the very cold winters we had, much colder than this year, it was so cold I suffered with chilblains and my mum used to melt the carbolic soap and spread it on a bandage and wrap my hands and feet in it, it was so soothing.

[kinboshi]

Spangles,sherbert flying saucers, 4 blackjacks a penny( Old Penny )

I got a tub of 300 flying saucers for my birthday last week.  I'm about half-way through them...

[Digger]

The Saturday matinee when we were kids was ace - bag of crisps & a Wagon Wheel (they were defo bigger back then), we thought we were high rolling, no xbox, wii, mobile phones and Maci dees back then!! :-)

Oh and my first use of playing cards......clipped to the bike frame with a cloths peg......those were the days eh!

[bobAlike]

Spare ribs from Kentucky Fried Chicken.