Things you never see anymore

[davieG]

[Alf Bentley]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

 

This reminds me of childhood trips up from Kent to Sheffield to stay with my grandparents c. 1967-74.

We'd travel up the A1 through a load of places that all seemed to have weird names: Chipping Ongar, Buntingford, Godmanchester, Wellow, Clowne...

We'd stop off for a packed lunch in the car park of a service area, allowing us to have a piss and the family dog to cease panting in the hatchback boot and stretch his legs, without money being spent.

Packed lunch would be something like doorstep fishpaste sandwiches, an orange Club biscuit (the highlight) and weak tea out of plastic cups.

 

We'd have lunch in the car on those trips. The calor gas stove only came out on daytrips to the Peak District or travelling around Ireland....parents forever trying to find a boulder offering shelter from the wind, so that the stove wouldn't blow out. Those trips could get tedious if it took a long time to find my Mum "a nice view" (seriously, what use is "a nice view" when you're a kid - though it was OK if you could get out of the car and scramble on the rocks). It got more fun if rain forced us into a bar in Ireland. Back then, kids generally weren't allowed in pubs in England, but were in Ireland (rural areas, at least) - so we'd get to have a Cidona and a pack of Tayto crisps in the bar, instead of sitting in the car with Coke and Golden Wonder (sorry, never heard of Walkers) while the parents went in the pub, like in England. Irish bars also always had a row of old blokes in flat caps sitting on stools at the bar supping Guinness, which I found fascinating...

[FoyleFox]

All of my childhood car day trips involved a packed lunch and the calor gas stove. No services and Costa in those days.. said days out were in the 1970's. My parents still have the stove and offered it to us for a recent trip. 

 

We also had an electric heating element which went with us, along with a Pyrex jug on holidays abroad. No tea and coffee in the room in those days. But, Mum had her trusty tupperware of coffee and coffee mate. 

[davieG]

Do they still do cooking at school

 

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Making Christmas cake at school.

#fblifestyle

[Izzy]

10 minutes ago, davieG said:

Do they still do cooking at school

 

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Making Christmas cake at school.

#fblifestyle

Yes, I think it's called Food and Nutrition or 'Food Tech' these days.

 

My Mum was a secondary school Home Economics teacher back in the day 

[Free Falling Foxes]

47 minutes ago, davieG said:

Do they still do cooking at school

 

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Making Christmas cake at school.

#fblifestyle

Reminded me of this film from 1959.

Some great but dated comments in the narration. My favourite is the girls learning all the skills to be good housewives. 

 

 

[davieG]

2 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Reminded me of this film from 1959.

Some great but dated comments in the narration. My favourite is the girls learning all the skills to be good housewives. 

 

 

Only watched the first few minutes lads on the lathes with not eye protection. Will watch the rest later.

[Fox92]

On 06/08/2025 at 14:15, SemperEadem said:

Kids playing out.

I said this other day as I thought the same. Can't remember the last time I saw kids just playing football in the street.

[Parafox]

On 18/09/2025 at 12:21, Fox92 said:

I said this other day as I thought the same. Can't remember the last time I saw kids just playing football in the street.

We have a green space visible from our upstairs windows and I often see kids having a kickabout and others coming and joining in. The main kids have their own small goal as well. Makes me think all is not lost to computer games and the internet.

[Parafox]

 

The old Giro cheque that you had to wait in line for at the "unemployment office".

 

Or dole queue as it was known back then.

Edited 19 September 2025 by Parafox

[Free Falling Foxes]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

 

The old Giro cheque that you had to wait in line for at the "unemployment office".

 

Or dole queue as it was known back then.

Try and tell kids today you only had 92p a week to live on, and they won't believe you.

[Trav Le Bleu]

4 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Try and tell kids today you only had 92p a week to live on, and they won't believe you.

Aye Jebediah.

[SkidsFox]

22 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Try and tell kids today you only had 92p a week to live on, and they won't believe you.

But you could go out with two bob, drink 6 pints of mild, eat fish and chips and still have enough pennies for the bus home. (Except the last bus was 8 o'clock in those days).

[davieG]

 

You couldn't have a day off sick without a note from the Doctors which meant the above where people were coughing and sneezing spreading germs.

[Paninistickers]

Bookies with those streamer tape things on the door...

[Dr The Singh]

Dr The Singh posting on 'General News', ffs

[Trav Le Bleu]

11 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

Dr The Singh posting on 'General News', ffs

You're not posting 

You're not posting

You're not posting anymore 

You're 

Not

Posting 

Any

Moooooooooreeeee!

[worthosoriginals]

On 09/10/2025 at 19:32, davieG said:

 

You couldn't have a day off sick without a note from the Doctors which meant the above where people were coughing and sneezing spreading germs.

All waiting for the announcement , dr the perve will see you now

[FoyleFox]

On 10/10/2025 at 08:16, Trav Le Bleu said:

You're not posting 

You're not posting

You're not posting anymore 

You're 

Not

Posting 

Any

Moooooooooreeeee!

We could also be singing this to you 

 

How is the arm now? 

[Trav Le Bleu]

23 minutes ago, FoyleFox said:

We could also be singing this to you 

 

How is the arm now? 

Sling is off, though this just makes it more painful. Limited amount of movement (can raise my arm to about 20 degrees from my body) lots of physio to come.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Codes inside CD covers for ringtones of the music on the CD.

 

Before anyone says you don't see CDs anymore, I bought 5 last week.

[Free Falling Foxes]

Video Plus numbers.

I've not been able to record a bloody thing for years now. 

[Dahnsouff]

4 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Codes inside CD covers for ringtones of the music on the CD.

 

Before anyone says you don't see CDs anymore, I bought 5 last week.

From Our Price?

 

Just read they have actually relaunched. 

Edited 15 October 2025 by Dahnsouff

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Dahnsouff said:

From Our Price?

 

Just read they have actually relaunched. 

Used to avoid Our Price like the plague. Stores like that contributed to their own downfall.

 

Local, friendly and knowledgeable music stores are still around.

 

I'd been listening to music that was streamed or downloaded and was getting blasé about it all. Then one day I put an old CD on my dusty CD player and was blown away by the detail and clarity.

 

Screw streaming.

[Thefox81]

Just finished Tell Me Lies on iplayer. 6/10. Was good in places but very slow in others.