Things you never see anymore

[davieG]

[davieG]

[FoyleFox]

3 hours ago, davieG said:

My Dad still has one of these, along with a cut throat razor.

[Foxdiamond]

3 hours ago, davieG said:

Badgers are happy about the demise of the brushes

[davieG]

Born and Raised in Leicester

RAG DAY 1957

Floats going through Leicester town centre by Leicester Station on London Road.

 

 

Was on one of these in the late 60s

[Royston.]

remember the classic car show that used to drive through parts of Leicester??

 

cant remember what it was called exactly

 

[DJW1]

The little numbers in matchday programmes to collect and use to get priority for Cup games.

"Silk" scarves

Leicester having a white first strip

Rattles

The home fans applauding the opposition goalkeeper when he takes his position

 

[DJW1]

On 29/01/2025 at 20:14, Free Falling Foxes said:

Anybody still have an 'Airing cupboard'?

The days of an hot water cylinder with shelves around are long gone but I guess some boilers might provide something similar?

My parents´ house, built in the 90s, has one. Their previous house and those of my grandparents had "coal houses", built onto the house to store coal

[Fox92]

14 hours ago, DJW1 said:

The little numbers in matchday programmes to collect and use to get priority for Cup games.

"Silk" scarves

Leicester having a white first strip

Rattles

The home fans applauding the opposition goalkeeper when he takes his position

 

Rattles would have the piss taken out of them nowadays. What's difference between them and having a clapper?

[boots60]

11 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Rattles would have the piss taken out of them nowadays. What's difference between them and having a clapper?

I have a wooden Leicester City rattle, looks home made, which at a guess must be over 50 years old.

I believe many fans made their own in the post war years for big games, so I'm guessing this one could be for the 1949 FA cup final.

MUCH louder than the cardboard clappers.

[ozleicester]

Ash trays on work/office desks


This is a pretty accurate representation of the newspaper office desk from the late 80s/early 90s. 

[Parafox]

On 10/02/2025 at 18:54, davieG said:

 

My mates and I used to use sticks as rifles until we got our own air rifles.

 

Carnage followed. 

 

Also, the imaginary pistol was a fist with the forefinger and second finger sticking out and the "piung, piung"  calls as we fired our weapons.

 

[davieG]

1 minute ago, Parafox said:

 

My mates and I used to use sticks as rifles until we got our own air rifles.

 

Carnage followed. 

 

Also, the imaginary pistol was a fist with the forefinger and second finger sticking out and the "piung, piung"  calls as we fired our weapons.

 

Same, Sticks were machine guns when re-enacting war plus imaginary hand grenades, occasionally a potato.

[NAKC20]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Same, Sticks were machine guns when re-enacting war plus imaginary hand grenades, occasionally a potato.

Wasnt there a toy gun that you could stab into a potato and fire it at someone? 

[davieG]

1 hour ago, NAKC20 said:

Wasnt there a toy gun that you could stab into a potato and fire it at someone? 

Yeah spud gun you can still buy them this is £8

 

[Stadt]

Don’t see enough awnings on shopfronts these days 

[Free Falling Foxes]

 

From the days when a bloody big hole in the road might have just the one barrier covering part of it and only one or two of these, dimly warning you to be careful.

A time when you were more responsible for your own safety and to watch where you are going.

[The Bear]

3 hours ago, davieG said:

Same, Sticks were machine guns when re-enacting war plus imaginary hand grenades, occasionally a potato.

 

[Daggers]

[Foxdiamond]

16 hours ago, davieG said:

Same, Sticks were machine guns when re-enacting war plus imaginary hand grenades, occasionally a potato.

All knew the historical period we were playing in. No mixing up. I can remember after we had all seen Zulu how this was in vogue for reenactment before going back to ww2 or back to cowboys etc. If you had a toy gun adding caps elevated the whole game. I suppose these war games would be frowned upon now but none of us grew to be violent nutters. In fact knowing about the world wars etc gave me appreciation for a peaceful life that my parents didn't have

[South Shire Fox]

Ipods. All about the Nano back in the day

[PAULCFC]

 

19 hours ago, davieG said:

Same, Sticks were machine guns when re-enacting war plus imaginary hand grenades, occasionally a potato.

My mate and me used to wander the streets with this sort of thing in the late 70's......i'm fairly sure we'd be taken in by the anti terrorism squad these days!

 

Edited 13 February by PAULCFC
made a right mess of posting!

[Foxdiamond]

36 minutes ago, PAULCFC said:

 

My mate and me used to wander the streets with this sort of thing in the late 70's......i'm fairly sure we'd be taken in by the anti terrorism squad these days!

 

I had a Secret Sam. More discreet as gun and ammo was carried in a briefcase James Bond style

[Houdini Logic]

People using hand sanitiser.

 

I think I'm the only sad, obsessive weirdo who still uses it...

[Free Falling Foxes]

4 hours ago, PAULCFC said:

 

My mate and me used to wander the streets with this sort of thing in the late 70's......i'm fairly sure we'd be taken in by the anti terrorism squad these days!

 

We all used to carry penknives as kids. Would that be even allowed today?