Whatever happened to...........?

As DH is ill at the moment and needs bed baths I got talcum powder from the baby aisle in Sainsburys.
Also remember woody type liquorish sticks, they weren't very tasty.

confectionery cigarettes.
saturday morning pictures, for the kids.
triangular cartons of frozen orange squash.
men carrying folded raincoat over their arm.
women with silk scarves tied under chin, a la mrs queen.
wrap around aprons worn by housewives at work.
2-way family/forces favourites.

never heard of fizzy drink van; where when was that.

Bowler hats and men carrying umbrellas and swinging them forwards in a sort of military way. Mostly seen in London.
Also pince nez - my aunt had them and used to lift them up and peer at you. Kept us in order!

never heard of fizzy drink van; where when was that.

In our area, NW England, it was the Corona drinks truck. Probably just as well they're not trading at the moment!
And the frozen triangular lollies were Jubblies.

I've thought of something else you don't see around much these days; tiny little tins of liquorice pellets called Imps. And Zubes, famous for "Zubes clears the tubes".

The Corona man in Sussex came round in an open back lorry piled up with crates. We always had one cherryade and one ice cream soda that we had with our Sunday roast.

2 of my favourite flavours Sussex; the other being Dandelion and Burdock.

We still by Babycham at Christmas. We also have some of the Babycham glasses with the little Bambi on the glass.

The little blue papered twist of salt in a packet of Walkers crisps, great aunts who wore military grade corsets, television sets that needed the valve to warm up before flickering into action (great aunts again)
I still have a chimney sweep.

The Daily Sketch, The Evening News, Weekly wages in cash, Fountain Pens, ink wells and teachers giving you a clip round the ear!

Oh, also, you don't see Cream Soda much anymore, which is sad.......

Did not realise you can still buy Babycham Kate1949 I will look out for it. I do have a plastic Babycham Bambi.

Angel Delight
Lemonade Crystals
Royal Scot biscuits

Luncheon vouchers. Great thread this!

'Old Moores Almanac' that my nan used to buy every year. Horoscopes in magazines/newspapers along with money off coupons. Suspender belts and Woolworths!

NotTooOld

Phonotas - those ladies in brown overalls who came round offices every now and again to clean the phones. Was only talking about them this morning. DH doesn't remember them but I do. The phone smelled lovely after they'd gone.

The Phonotas lady! I had completely forgotten. Unfortunately, the lady that came to our office in the 70s had dreadful BO. So the phones smelled lovely but the office stunk until we opened the windows.

Dachshunds

Still get angel delight Grandkids used to love it
Sweet cigarettes with red tip and sugar mice
Corona van used to come round our estate and we lived there when kids were 10,8 and 4 so about 43 years ago
Milk flavour machines where you could put your money in and buy a Flavoured milk drink I think there was plain chocolate and strawberry
Having to buy a ticket to get onto the platform at the train station
Clarke’s brown summer sandals with an open pattern on the front
Egg cup of whiskey to dip your finger in and put on toothache
Warm salt in a handkerchief to put on earache
No swimming or bath if you had a period
Don’t sit on radiators you ll get piles
Bottle of milk and straw at break time

when i heard of americans eating hotdogs in films, i thought that was rather brutal.
well they were called hot dogs.
and then there were these long low dogs, which were called sausage dogs, so i assumed they used the torso of young ones.
i never did eat them.

What is a Dolly Tub Please ? A couple of posters have mentioned these

How about ....packets of VIOTA cup cake mix.
Hair shampoo that came as a powder which you had to mix with water.
Round tins of Gibbs solid toothpaste.
Stiff petticoats that we had to “stiffen” with sugar water.
Back-combing the hair for “beehive”hair-dos.
White stiletto “Winkler-picker”shoes.
Suspender belts.
Mending runs in our nylons with a blob of clear nail varnish.
Roll-on rubbery girdles with detachable suspenders.
Padded bras and bras with “chicken piece”inserts.
Bristle-y hair rollers.
Chocolate machines at railway stations.
Penny (Beech nut)Chewing gum machines.On some, for every fourth penny put in,you had an extra packet.
Sweets for a penny (1d)....Blackjacks,chews, shrimps,dib-dab sherbert fountains, liquorice laces, gob-stoppers etc
Packets of lemonade powder.
Tupperware and stainless steel-ware parties.
Fondue sets.
Decorative fire screens.
Mangles.
Treadle sewing machines.
Gas& electric meters...to put the shillings in.
Knitted fair-isle pullovers.
Candle wick bedspreads.

Instant Whip

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What is a Dolly Tub Please ? A couple of posters have men
Jenpax a dolly tub was a large round galvanised metal tub that was filled with boiling water. The soap and dirty laundry was put it and was then agitated and mashed with a poster until they were thoroughly washed. A poster was a long wooden pole that had a copper dome on the end, and it had small holes in it to allow the soapy water to gish through. I've attached photos.

Posser not poster!

Junket

Wow Nannatwiglet that's quite a list - well done!!