Things you never see anymore

[Free Falling Foxes]

Shopkeeper testing a lightbulb worked before you paid for it

 

 

[davieG]

7 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Shopkeeper testing a lightbulb worked before you paid for it

 

 

I'd completely forgotten that.

 

Not seen these for a while

 

[davieG]

The original Etch a Sketch

 

[davieG]

[davieG]

 

 

Plus toilet Graffiti most often sexually related or about peeing and pooing (purposely polite) also often misleading.

 

The first I remember was in Junior School in the playground loos as in...

 

Put a penny in the slot

See what Marilyn Monroes got

Two big tits and a hairy cock

That's what Marilyn Monroes got.

[davieG]

 

This is a chip pan. Any youngsters won't know how much of a normal thing this was growing up lard and beef dripping mixed together, mum's doing home cooked chips usually with fried eggs for tea.

Probably looks disgusting to some now but to us, this was a lush treat to look forward to!

Who remembers home cooked chips in the chip pan?

[Free Falling Foxes]

3 minutes ago, davieG said:

 

This is a chip pan. Any youngsters won't know how much of a normal thing this was growing up lard and beef dripping mixed together, mum's doing home cooked chips usually with fried eggs for tea.

Probably looks disgusting to some now but to us, this was a lush treat to look forward to!

Who remembers home cooked chips in the chip pan?

We also used to have dripping sandwiches.

[Trav Le Bleu]

7 hours ago, davieG said:

 

 

Plus toilet Graffiti most often sexually related or about peeing and pooing (purposely polite) also often misleading.

 

The first I remember was in Junior School in the playground loos as in...

 

Put a penny in the slot

See what Marilyn Monroes got

Two big tits and a hairy cock

That's what Marilyn Monroes got.

That doesn't scan or rhyme well either.

 

What a rubbish school!

[boots60]

14 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

That doesn't scan or rhyme well either.

 

What a rubbish school!

Here I sit all broken hearted

Paid a penny & only farted

 

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

 

This is a chip pan. Any youngsters won't know how much of a normal thing this was growing up lard and beef dripping mixed together, mum's doing home cooked chips usually with fried eggs for tea.

Probably looks disgusting to some now but to us, this was a lush treat to look forward to!

Who remembers home cooked chips in the chip pan?

I still do chips that way and have a large chip pan in the cupboard full of fat. It's mainly just lard but also some goose fat from topping it up. I've had it for donkeys years and won't cook them any other way. 

 

I did egg and chips in it last weekend actually. 

 

 

[davieG]

5 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

That doesn't scan or rhyme well either.

 

What a rubbish school!

And very disconcerting for a 8 year old boy

 

Not up to this standard

 

When the shit house poet dies

He will find erected in the skies

As a token of his wit 

A column made of solid shit

[davieG]

5 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

We also used to have dripping sandwiches.

And sugar ones

[Trav Le Bleu]

9 hours ago, The Bear said:

I still do chips that way and have a large chip pan in the cupboard full of fat. It's mainly just lard but also some goose fat from topping it up. I've had it for donkeys years and won't cook them any other way. 

 

I did egg and chips in it last weekend actually. 

 

 

Just the pan, or pan and fat?

 

Anyway, I guess it's a nice romantic treat for when your cousin comes round.

[The Bear]

24 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Just the pan, or pan and fat?

 

Anyway, I guess it's a nice romantic treat for when your cousin comes round.

Both. 

 

Yep he loves a bit of lard. 

[Parafox]

22 hours ago, boots60 said:

Here I sit all broken hearted

Paid a penny & only farted

 

A memory for me too. I wrote it on a bog wall at Gateway Grammar School IIRC.

[Parafox]

21 hours ago, The Bear said:

I still do chips that way and have a large chip pan in the cupboard full of fat. It's mainly just lard but also some goose fat from topping it up. I've had it for donkeys years and won't cook them any other way. 

 

I did egg and chips in it last weekend actually. 

 

 

Who does eggs in a pan of fat?

[Parafox]

22 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

We also used to have dripping sandwiches.

 

16 hours ago, davieG said:

And sugar ones

Cornflakes and syrup sarnies, a staple breakfast in my childhood.

 

I was off my tits for the morning assembly.

[bovril]

4 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Who does eggs in a pan of fat?

I think we've already established that the Bear has quite niche West Midlands tastes. 

[The Bear]

12 hours ago, Parafox said:

Who does eggs in a pan of fat?

Not me. The eggs are done in a separate frying pan. 

 

Though my mum and dad used to just chuck them in the chip fat. I hated them because they were so greasy and disfigured. 

[SkidsFox]

On 23/10/2025 at 22:18, davieG said:

 

This is a chip pan. Any youngsters won't know how much of a normal thing this was growing up lard and beef dripping mixed together, mum's doing home cooked chips usually with fried eggs for tea.

Probably looks disgusting to some now but to us, this was a lush treat to look forward to!

Who remembers home cooked chips in the chip pan?

Chips at home were always far better than the chip shop version. In fact they still are, but who wants to smell the home out with the aroma of frying chips?

[foxy tiler]

On 23/10/2025 at 22:18, davieG said:

 

This is a chip pan. Any youngsters won't know how much of a normal thing this was growing up lard and beef dripping mixed together, mum's doing home cooked chips usually with fried eggs for tea.

Probably looks disgusting to some now but to us, this was a lush treat to look forward to!

Who remembers home cooked chips in the chip pan?

Ah adverts on Telly about chip pan fires. Dont get them anymore 😁

[davieG]

Memory Lane U.K

 

I knew a place called Yesterday, Where once I used to live.
Nobody there would turn away Their time, they'd always give.
Everyone looked out for you ,As you did the same for them,
In that place called Yesterday, I can still remember when.
People never had anything much What they did have, it was shared.
They always waved and gave a smile, That's how we knew they cared.
We used to call it mucking in, That's what it was all about.
It was easier to help each other When all you had was nowt.
Now I live here in the Present, In a street of those unknown,
Whose life is so much easier they keep it close to home.
Yes, I was raised in Yesterday Where we always had respect.
Here in this place called Present I find it suffering from neglect. 

[Raj]

Non halal fish and chip shops

[Samilktray]

People whipping tele’s with tea towels

[Free Falling Foxes]