Things you never see anymore

[Free Falling Foxes]

Used to see these in the window of our newsagents and grocery shop but not any more.

[The Bear]

9 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Used to see these in the window of our newsagents and grocery shop but not any more.

 

[Bordersfox]

10 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Used to see these in the window of our newsagents and grocery shop but not any more.

Plenty of these in my local newsagents! 

[davieG]

18 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

People scavenging around scrap heaps and climbing cars stacked 3-4 high to get that part they need for their car.

 

"Have you got an indicator stalk for a Ford Escort?"

 

"Yeah, that blue one on top of the brown Volvo and under the white Toyota, but there's a few more scattered round."

That brings back some memories.

[davieG]

[Foxdiamond]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

Ah yes the family block was about half a crown when I was a kid. Olympic sprint to the ice cream van before it left my road.

[FoxesDeb]

20 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Ah yes the family block was about half a crown when I was a kid. Olympic sprint to the ice cream van before it left my road.

I can almost taste the Neopolitan just by looking at the photo

[davieG]

Colourful cars life is full of greyness.

[Trav Le Bleu]

17 minutes ago, davieG said:

Colourful cars life is full of greyness.

I was thinking that's not true, but I'm currently on a coach on the M1 and I have a handy sample group and about 90% of the traffic does indeed falling into the spectrum between black and white (inclusive of black and white).

[Filbert_Ross]

Porn

[davieG]

[Tommy G]

4 minutes ago, davieG said:

What is that ?

[SemperEadem]

Kids playing out.

[davieG]

8 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

What is that ?

To save me trying Wiki

 

A punched card[1] (also known as a punch card[2] or Hollerith card) is a stiff paper-based medium used to store and process digital or analog information through the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. Developed from earlier uses in textile looms such as the Jacquard loom (1800s), the punched card was first widely implemented in data processing by Herman Hollerith for the 1890 United States Census. His innovations led to the formation of companies that eventually became IBM.

Punched cards became essential to business, scientific, and governmental data processing during the 20th century, especially in unit record machines and early digital computers.[3][4] The most well-known format was the IBM 80-column card introduced in 1928, which became an industry standard. Cards were used for data input, storage, and software programming. Though rendered obsolete by magnetic media and terminals by the 1980s, punched cards influenced lasting conventions such as the 80-character line length in computing, and as of 2012, were still used in some voting machines to record votes.[5] Today, they are remembered as icons of early automation and computing history.

[kenny]

21 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

What is that ?

Fecking youngster

[kenny]

13 minutes ago, davieG said:

To save me trying Wiki

 

A punched card[1] (also known as a punch card[2] or Hollerith card) is a stiff paper-based medium used to store and process digital or analog information through the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. Developed from earlier uses in textile looms such as the Jacquard loom (1800s), the punched card was first widely implemented in data processing by Herman Hollerith for the 1890 United States Census. His innovations led to the formation of companies that eventually became IBM.

Punched cards became essential to business, scientific, and governmental data processing during the 20th century, especially in unit record machines and early digital computers.[3][4] The most well-known format was the IBM 80-column card introduced in 1928, which became an industry standard. Cards were used for data input, storage, and software programming. Though rendered obsolete by magnetic media and terminals by the 1980s, punched cards influenced lasting conventions such as the 80-character line length in computing, and as of 2012, were still used in some voting machines to record votes.[5] Today, they are remembered as icons of early automation and computing history.

Had them at the Bullring construction site in 2004. They didn't care if you couldn't do the job you were employed for, or even if you spent the day on the site as long as you punched in and out on time.

[davieG]

1985 ish

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

1985 ish

Everything in that pic is something you don't see anymore.

 

All that needs adding is a glass of Babycham or Snowball.

[Guest worth_the_wait]

2 hours ago, Parafox said:

Everything in that pic is something you don't see anymore.

 

All that needs adding is a glass of Babycham or Snowball.

Those anglepoise lamps were superb.     Spent a lifetime of O and A levels, and Uni studying with one of them over my shoulder.

[davieG]

24 minutes ago, worth_the_wait said:

Those anglepoise lamps were superb.     Spent a lifetime of O and A levels, and Uni studying with one of them over my shoulder.

You still see them on Bargain Hunt, well you do if you're old and retired.

[Parafox]

11 hours ago, davieG said:

You still see them on Bargain Hunt, well you do if you're old and retired.

 

They sell for quite a tidy sum.

 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 07/08/2025 at 18:37, davieG said:

1985 ish

Nope, these have made a bit of a comeback amongst young people getting into vinyl.

 

Crosley Keepsake review | What Hi-Fi? https://share.google/ZESpgGHiFfBI7eXXq

 

For example.

[Free Falling Foxes]

Send an SAE*

I was given some old record singles the other day and one of the sleeves had a note stamped on the sleeve asking for you to send a SAE to the address below, for a complete list of their stock.

* Stamped addressed envelope.

[davieG]

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