Things you don’t see/hear anymore

For BlueBelle, who regrets not having a "decent Govt" anymore? WHEN was THAT?!! I've been voting since the late 60s, rarely missed, but I've long given up on seeing any politicos, any badge, who show anything but incompetence and corruption.

I suggested back in about the 90s that we should sub-contract our Govt out to somewhere sensible like Holland or Denmark, both well-run and great places to live? They could do a better job on about 2 days a week.

At elections for many years I have had to consider which option is the least worst, or choose a protest vote of some kind.

Ashcombe

policemen on bicycles
men wearing bowlers
platform tickets at railway stations

Him indoors was told he wasn't allowed on the platform without a ticket the other week, so they might be coming back!

Bluebelle
Soda streams, gosh, have you seen the price of them now?
Not much change out of £100!!
BigBertha1
When I first took my then BF up north (my DD had suddenly died, & this was BFs first meeting of my family, poor lad) he was quite amazed, and a bit disappointed, to not see women in curlers standing at their doors & having chats with the women next door over the shared hedges!
We laughed our heads off. Les Dawson had a lot to answer for!!

Antimacassars

Aqua Manda perfume
Linc o Beer shampoo
Elastic garters for socks or those thick stockings
Hairdryers you used to sit under at the hairdressers
Record shops with booths where you could listen to a record before you bought it
Park keepers

Putting the baby outside in the pram - to harden him off!!

Angiers Junior Aspirin.

I know you don’t give children aspirin nowadays, but they were orange flavoured and I loved taking them.

Seem to have survived.

Huia

White dog poo was collected and used to make soft leather gloves or so DH tells me! Wonder what is used now.

Not just white poo, Huia, and it was used in the manufacture of lots of leather goods.

We all used to like the taste of Angiers Junior Aspirin Calendargirl unfortunately my cousin liked them too much, he climbed up and took the bottle out of the cupboard & ate the lot (no child proof bottles then) he ended up in the children’s hospital but was ok.

ruthie2

To Jaxjacky: I used to play jacks. On the ground, in the school playground. There was also pick up sticks (with a magnet.) If you moved more than one stick at a time you were "out". There was also a fad for weaving sets (from a toyshop), and a scaled -down version using wool and a cotton reel with 4 pins bashed into the top.

Used to love that game, you may also remember KANACKERS?
( probably spelt wrong) it was two small hard balls tied onto the end of a shoelace type string, you moved quickly moved your wrist up and down to Mack them clack together, we all had badly bruised wrist because of this game but it didn’t stop us

Hula hoops, I was a expert!! dress guards on lady's bicycles, relief nib pens, desks with ink for same. wolf whistle,disappointed not to get one! nappysan for terrytowel nappies. Pets, kittens, puppies being sold in pet shops, glad that's been stopped. My grandparents bought their first puppy from Oxford Covered Market. Lucky Billy went to a good home, others maybe not!

Oh,and I played Jack's too and Five Stones.

Lots … don’t like wearing my hearing aids and eyesight not what it used to be 😂

Rainmates
Those really thin metal rollers that were like hairclips
Jumble sales
Televisions that were tuned so you could only get ITV - no need for a licence

Yo Yo's, Cuckoo's.

NanKate

Antimacassars

I have friends who are in their early sixties and come into the category of elderly but not old. They both had older parents and have not had children. They have antimacassers on their chairs and settee and marching arm protectors. They prefer blankets and bedspreads to duvets and have a candlewick bedspread in the spare room. They are having their house redecorated and have chosen anaglypta wallpaper. Nearly everything in their house is old fashioned but it is a welcoming home, which is all that matters.

That did make me laugh Musicgirl. I think my DH would love that type of house and fittings. 😂

A man with a beret and strings of onions on his bike for sale who rode up and down our council estate. This was in the 1960's.

I have friends who are in their early sixties and come into the category of elderly but not old.

elderly in their early sixties??
I hope you are joking!

NanKate

That did make me laugh Musicgirl. I think my DH would love that type of house and fittings. 😂

Yes, only people with a certain joie de vivre would live with in retro house like that 🙂

Quaintirene

‘Televisions that were tuned so you could only get ITV - no need for a licence’

Was that really a thing? I’ve never heard of it.

@Callistemon21, what l meant was that they behave as if they are at least twenty years older than they really are but have not yet reached old age.

Daddima yes, we had one. I don't know how it was done.

Musicgirl

@Callistemon21, what l meant was that they behave as if they are at least twenty years older than they really are but have not yet reached old age.

Oh, ok.

Mind you, I know plenty of people who are 20 years older than them and aren't a bit old-fashioned.

Although some of our furniture is "mid-century"!

Perhaps they just like retro 😃

The mention of television sets that could be tuned to only broadcast itv? Was that really allowed with no license payable! I remember coin- fed tv sets at peoples houses.

Which put me in mind of Party Line. (not as exciting as it sounds) -where you shared a phone landline with a neighbour. What an absolutely bonkers idea🙃