Things you never see anymore

[Samilktray]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Look at the state of the UK now vs that pic!

Who could be arsed to whack a 3 piece suit and a silly flat cap on to nip out and get some bread and milk, I most certainly couldn’t 

[davieG]

6 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Who could be arsed to whack a 3 piece suit and a silly flat cap on to nip out and get some bread and milk, I most certainly couldn’t 

They where probably on their lunch break. 

[Tommy G]

7 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Who could be arsed to whack a 3 piece suit and a silly flat cap on to nip out and get some bread and milk, I most certainly couldn’t 

I agree but it looks very Regal and it was the norm then - take a photo of granby street these days and the difference is depressing, people are actually smiling in that photo too 

[Izzy]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

 

Leicester Memories

Peter Taylor  

 

People collecting their Holiday snaps from Cecil Jacobs on Granby Street Leicester . August 1955 .

I worked for Dixons in the late 80's/early 90's and we got loads of people bringing in 35mm camera film to be developed. We'd send them off and they'd collect their snaps a few days later.

 

You always knew the dodgy one's who looked sheepish when they came in and there would be guaranteed porn shots in their photo's.

 

Spent many an hour looking through people's personal photo's and seeing all sorts of stuff before handing them back 

[davieG]

20 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I worked for Dixons in the late 80's/early 90's and we got loads of people bringing in 35mm camera film to be developed. We'd send them off and they'd collect their snaps a few days later.

 

You always knew the dodgy one's who looked sheepish when they came in and there would be guaranteed porn shots in their photo's.

 

Spent many an hour looking through people's personal photo's and seeing all sorts of stuff before handing them back 

Glad I didn’t take mine there😜

[bovril]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

 

Leicester Memories

Peter Taylor  

 

People collecting their Holiday snaps from Cecil Jacobs on Granby Street Leicester . August 1955 .

I still shoot on 35mm and the place I get them developed has seen a significant increase in customers over the last few years, so all is not lost.

 

The anticipation before seeing the photos is definitely something I like more about analogue photography. 

[Izzy]

20 minutes ago, bovril said:

I still shoot on 35mm and the place I get them developed has seen a significant increase in customers over the last few years, so all is not lost.

 

The anticipation before seeing the photos is definitely something I like more about analogue photography. 

I've been out the electrical retail/photography game for years now and assumed everything was digital now. My old man has a Canon digital SLR camera and the quality is amazing.

 

I had no idea you could still buy 35mm film - I'm very surprised. I thought if people wanted prints these days they just took their digital memory card into Boots.

[bovril]

Just now, Izzy said:

I've been out the electrical retail/photography game for years now and assumed everything was digital now. My old man has a Canon digital SLR camera and the quality is amazing.

 

I had no idea you could still buy 35mm film - I'm very surprised. I thought if people wanted prints these days they just took their digital memory card into Boots.

Still plenty of photographers, including professionals, who shoot on film. I feel like it's seen a bit of a renaissance in recent years. Most people switched to digital in the early 2000s but many, including myself, realised they prefer the aesthetics and process of analogue photography. 

 

Very easy and cheap to get a film camera on ebay and a few rolls of film online or in pretty much any photography shop in a big city. 

[davieG]

5 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I've been out the electrical retail/photography game for years now and assumed everything was digital now. My old man has a Canon digital SLR camera and the quality is amazing.

 

I had no idea you could still buy 35mm film - I'm very surprised. I thought if people wanted prints these days they just took their digital memory card into Boots.

My granddaughter is doing an arts course at school and she uses a 35mm camera 

[Daggers]

1 hour ago, Izzy said:

I worked for Dixons in the late 80's/early 90's and we got loads of people bringing in 35mm camera film to be developed. We'd send them off and they'd collect their snaps a few days later.

 

You always knew the dodgy one's who looked sheepish when they came in and there would be guaranteed porn shots in their photo's.

 

Spent many an hour looking through people's personal photo's and seeing all sorts of stuff before handing them back 

I did a couple of summers at the processing lab a lot of the mail-in developers used - my job was literally to sit at the end of a printing machine and pull out and scrap anything that was porn and summon the police for bestiality/paedo/other illegal stuff.

 

We kept all the porno for our porno wall in the canteen.

[fazzyfox]

On 04/01/2025 at 09:31, Daggers said:

A City Centre-half close to the man they're supposed to be marking, those were the days!

[Nalis]

Ticket stubs for big events or matches 

[Royston.]

8 hours ago, Daggers said:

I did a couple of summers at the processing lab a lot of the mail-in developers used - my job was literally to sit at the end of a printing machine and pull out and scrap anything that was porn and summon the police for bestiality/paedo/other illegal stuff.

 

I kept all the porno for my porno wall in my bedroom.

 

[FoyleFox]

11 hours ago, bovril said:

I still shoot on 35mm and the place I get them developed has seen a significant increase in customers over the last few years, so all is not lost.

 

The anticipation before seeing the photos is definitely something I like more about analogue photography. 

Until you discovered half your precious holiday pictures were either blurry or someone had their finger over half the lense. 

[bmt]

HMS PISS THE LEAGUE

[davieG]

 

Do these still exist.

[Free Falling Foxes]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

 

Do these still exist.

I asked the very same thing earlier this week

 

My very first attempt at doing the 'Pools' was in 1980. I studied the form tables and made my score draw predictions

I got 8 correct.

This is easy, I thought, and waited for my cheque to arrive. It was a postal order - for 65p!

Turns out there were loads of draws that week which, of course, meant no million pound payout.

Myself, along with my Dad and brother, did have one biggish win approx 5 years later. That was just over £800 betweens us. My share paid for my driving lessons.

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

I asked the very same thing earlier this week

 

My very first attempt at doing the 'Pools' was in 1980. I studied the form tables and made my score draw predictions

I got 8 correct.

This is easy, I thought, and waited for my cheque to arrive. It was a postal order - for 65p!

Turns out there were loads of draws that week which, of course, meant no million pound payout.

Myself, along with my Dad and brother, did have one biggish win approx 5 years later. That was just over £800 betweens us. My share paid for my driving lessons.

I did them for a while but never won anything 

[Trav Le Bleu]

General news topics.

[UniFox21]

On 22/01/2025 at 15:36, Nalis said:

Ticket stubs for big events or matches 

 I miss keeping them from concerts, away games etc. 

[Parafox]

On 23/01/2025 at 09:45, davieG said:

 

Do these still exist.

The first match on this pools card would now be a certain home win 

[Saxondale]

Kids hanging around on the street.

[davieG]

2 hours ago, Saxondale said:

Kids hanging around on the street.

Standin' on the corner, swingin' my chain
Along came a copper and he took my name
He put his dirty maulers on my long drape coat
And I whipped out my razor and I slit his throat

Teddy boy boogie, a-boogedy-boogedy-boo
Teddy boy boogie, a-boogedy-boogedy-boo
Ah-aah-aah-ahh, ah-ooh-ooh-ooh
Teddy boy boogie-boogie, boogedy-boogedy-boo

 

Well, I'm a teddy boy 'cause that's the life I choose
I wear a drape jacket and blue suede shoes
I smoke a big cigar and I dig the local hop
Saturday night I see my baby dancin' to the bop

Teddy boy boogie, a-boogedy-boogedy-boo
Teddy boy boogie, a-boogedy-boogedy-boo
Ah-aah-aah-ahh, ah-ooh-ooh-ooh
Teddy boy boogie-boogie, boogedy-boogedy-boo

 

One night I was out on a chicken run
Gettin' my kicks and havin' some fun
A cop car came up from behind
So I whipped out my razor and I changed his mind

Teddy boy boogie, a-boogedy-boogedy-boo
Teddy boy boogie, a-boogedy-boogedy-boo
Ah-aah-aah-ahh, ah-ooh-ooh-ooh
Teddy boy boogie-boogie, boogedy-boogedy-boo

[Dr The Singh]

Long serving, shit LCFC players being sold 

[Free Falling Foxes]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Lad on the left forgot to take the comb out his hair.