I remember when .....

[Tonji]

Some random recollections

Smell of bonfires

Rhubarb & custard (the sweets & cartoon)

My dad’s moped.

Building a rope swing across The Quaggy.

Madman Herman who lived in the woods up near our school.

Running battles with the rival schools.

Playing marbles on manhole covers

Orange wallpaper

Setting off to go on holiday to the Isle of Wight at 2 in the morning!!

Arctic roll was our luxury Sunday pudding.

Chilli Con Carne was foreign & exotic food

[Colchester Kev]

I remember when we got our very first home phone ... it was red and we shared a line with someone else ..I think it was called a "party line"   i used to love picking it up and listening to the other peoples convo's

I still remember the phone number too

 33839

I also remember my dad getting a new car ... well it was new to us ..probably about third hand... A vauxhall Viva.

Running battles with other schools is a memory for me too... Wardown park in Luton was the scene for many a multi school battle... it was like the warriors with everyone meeting up and making their way there.... these were the days when a punch up was just that...  in those days you might come home with a fat lip or a black eye... these days you might just not come home at all...  scary.

[tikay]

A lovely thread, thanks Shelly.

Someone said "remember record players". My Nan had a gramaphone, then we had a "music centre", bloody great thing. Three speeds, 33, 45 & 78. I think "LP's" were played at 33.

Dad had a Motorbike & Sidecar, ex AA.

My first car was a "sit up & beg" Ford Prefect, 97E engine. Cost £45. It got stolen the first day I had it - or so I thought. In fact, I'd parked it on a hill, & forgot to put the handbrake on, & it rolled down a hill & hit another parked car. I reported it stolen to the Police, & they accepted that..... My insurance was £22, Third Party, Fire & Theft.

Happy days.

[RED-DOG]

I didn't have a car until I had been driving for years, but my first motor was an ex gas boad single wheel Transit van. one of the really early ones (1968) It had had more hits than the beatles, you couldn't find a panel without half a dozen dents, but it had a 2ltr V4 engine and it went like shit of a shovel.

My bro Tracy and I bought a Morris 1000 van (ex GPO) as a passion waggon. Who ever pulled first got to use the van. we brush painted it bright yellow. The head gasket was gone and the coolant used to leak through into the exaust ports. at top speed (about 50mph) the cylinder head used to get so hot you could see it glowing in the dark, it used to melt the plug leads. One of the sides had rotted away from the sill at the bottom and used to flap up and down as we drove along. It looked like a giant wounded canary.

[bobby1]

Bagpuss....big fat furry catpuss.

The shopkeeper from Mr Benn who must be the most unpopular cartoon character ever as everytime he appeared you knew it was the end.

Bod choosing which milkshake to have.

Floella Benjamin

Brian Cant.

A refresher on the way home from school and if you were lucky an ice pop in the summer.

Jumpers for goalposts and playing til your mum shouted'Tea'

Sitting in the beer garden with all your family and swigging dads beer.

and when flopping the nuts meant you had a a hole in your speedos.

[Claw75]

I really really REALLY wanted to be one of the Why Don't You kids.

 

ooooh - me too.  I remember when I was about six I made myself a name badge to wear when I was watching so I could pretend I was one of the gang.  that's really sad isn't it?

[M3boy]

Well here's a few :

1) Getting £1 dinner money - enough for 10 bensons, a box of matches, bag of crisps and a pack of polo's

2) Pipkins - now was tortoise called "Tortoise"?? I can not for the life of me remember!! (The rest are no problem)

3) Sitting with my mum trying to guess the 1 o clock news reader.

4) That spinning horse thing on Anglia TV

5) Being scared of adults

6) Action men

7) Playing soldiers (little plastic soldiers) in the summer, using dry grass for walls etc... and using matches as bombs - great fun!!

Bussing to the sea side with £20 and playing Track and Field all day (The ones with the joystick NOT the buttons,, OUCH the blisters!!!!)

9) Christmas as Pontins , year after year!!

10) And that picture of a doll with lots of coloured lines, and an annoying continuous "beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep" when the TV FINISHED!!! lol

[MrMoves]

Having to get up and press a heavy duty button to turn the TV channel over and there were only 3 to choose from.

Getting a remote control.

Trying to get home from school before my sister to take charge of the remote for the afternoon kids TV.

Commodore 64.  Daly Thompson's Decathon and Football Manager.

Trying to race cars down our street on foot or bike.

Going out when it was hot, because it was hot.  Drinking because we were thirsty, not because the government told us to because it was hot.

27 a side football in the park.

Rugby on gravel tennis courts.

... the one I miss most, Channel 4 racing at my Grans house on Saturday afternoon.

[M3boy]

... the one I miss most, Channel 4 racing at my Grans house on Saturday afternoon.

Now that reminds me,,, staying at my nans during the w/e and grandad coming home saturday afternoon from the pub (pissed) sitting in the "front room" and watching Wrestling - Big Daddy, Mick McManners, Giant Haystacks etc....
Then playing "NAP" in the evening for pennies - Now THATS who to blame for my poker addiction?!?! lol

[M3boy]

Also, nicking crates of bottles (coke and others) form outside the local pub, the ones with 5p return on them. Then taking them back to the pub the next day to collect the returns money

[Swordpoker]

Also, nicking crates of bottles (coke and others) form outside the local pub, the ones with 5p return on them. Then taking them back to the pub the next day to collect the returns money

Now that's gambling! Sure that's not where your addiction came from?

[charmaine]

Spin the bottle was the closest i got to sex as a young teenager , a chaste kiss and i was blushing  i wont even go into what my sons talk about !!! disgusting little herberts * blush *

[Colchester Kev]

I remember my Dad taking me, my brother and sister swimming in the middle of winter... and the heaven that was a cup of hot chocolate from the leisure center vending machine afterwards.

I also remember sliding down the stairs on a bunkbed ladder, well i have the scars to remind me LOL

[M3boy]

Spin the bottle was the closest i got to sex as a young teenager , a chaste kiss and i was blushing  i wont even go into what my sons talk about !!! disgusting little herberts * blush *

Typical,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, there is always one that talks sex, since when was this thread about sex anyways?!?!? lolol

And as for those "disgusting little herberts" - here is a convo between one of them and their new girlfriend (now bear in mind he is only 13 - I had to admire his style!!! lol

Herbert - so are you meeting me tomorrow?
Girlfriend - yes
Herbert - do you want to see my dick again?
Girlfriend - ok
Herbert - will you give me head this time?
Girlfriend - maybe
Herbert - ok, bye , see you tomorrow
Girlfriend - bye

LOLOL talk about straight to the point!!

[bolt pp]

Spin the bottle was the closest i got to sex as a young teenager , a chaste kiss and i was blushing  i wont even go into what my sons talk about !!! disgusting little herberts * blush *

Typical,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, there is always one that talks sex, since when was this thread about sex anyways?!?!? lolol

And as for those "disgusting little herberts" - here is a convo between one of them and their new girlfriend (now bear in mind he is only 13 - I had to admire his style!!! lol

Herbert - so are you meeting me tomorrow?
Girlfriend - yes
Herbert - do you want to see my dick again?
Girlfriend - ok
Herbert - will you give me head this time?
Girlfriend - maybe
Herbert - ok, bye , see you tomorrow
Girlfriend - bye

LOLOL talk about straight to the point!!