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Welcome to the *Gransnet Café. This is a non-judgemental space for you to pop in for a cuppa with some virtual friends, seek out advice for a particular problem, or share an update on your life - important or trivial. Feel free to have your say and chat about your day, but please leave any arguments at the door. If you're struggling to find someone to talk to in real life, or are simply looking for a bit of a chat, this is the place for you.

Things you wish would return/come back?

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Curling Tue 24-Oct-23 15:28:12

Hand written letters.
A breakfast cereal called Bran Buds.

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spottysocks Thu 26-Oct-23 17:22:31

Ajax
Vim
Potato puffs

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Skydancer Thu 26-Oct-23 17:27:11

An age of elegance like the 40s (I have seen photos). So many people dress appallingly now and don't seem to care.
Police stations.
Royal Scot biscuits.
Ladies Only train carriages.

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Philippa111 Thu 26-Oct-23 17:32:07

leeds22

Philippa111

Grantanow

A UK that is not going down the tubes!

Yes!....and renewing our membership of the European Union!

The EU probably wouldn't have us back.

And I wouldn't blame them!!

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Germanshepherdsmum Thu 26-Oct-23 17:42:18

Does that mean not wearing jeans and trainers Skydancer? Oh dear …

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nadateturbe Thu 26-Oct-23 18:01:36

Doodledog thanks for recipe.

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FindingNemo15 Thu 26-Oct-23 18:02:51

Plain Bounty in the red packet. Been discontinued.

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Kim19 Thu 26-Oct-23 18:03:21

Cafe Noir biscuits are available online.

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specki4eyes Thu 26-Oct-23 18:14:04

Great Britain as part of the EU.

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Smiley4 Thu 26-Oct-23 18:24:31

My youth!

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JPB123 Thu 26-Oct-23 20:25:36

Windowlene,indoor markets,Owbridges cough medicine,
Sunday closing, C&A.

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Granmarderby10 Thu 26-Oct-23 21:21:07

I now want my eye-level grill back….
….And a lime barrel chocolate
…..A banana ice-cream lolly with a toffee centre

TwiceAsNice you can buy lemon puffs BUT they’re not nice and sticky like I remember 😕

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Dempie55 Thu 26-Oct-23 22:48:26

Lust

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LittleGran51 Thu 26-Oct-23 23:21:16

Anne French Cleansing Milk...still searching for a substitute. My mum used it from the 1940s and I since the 1960s.

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BlueBelle Thu 26-Oct-23 23:34:32

The little blue bag in crisps
A roaring fire
Letters plopping on the doormat
A soda stream
Policemen on the beat
Bus conductors

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Brigidsdaughter Thu 26-Oct-23 23:42:47

Ah yes, Lincoln biscuits.
EU membership
Politeness
Adult Ed Colleges
Affordable housing for all

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flixukay Fri 27-Oct-23 06:48:57

EU membership. We were certainly better off in than we are out.

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MRGUDER Fri 27-Oct-23 07:06:11

Indian Brandy -medicine for upset stomachs. Worked every time. Sadly it got banned by the EU as some people got addicted to it, I believe.

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yellowfox Fri 27-Oct-23 07:54:43

M & S , sadly gone now from my High Street.

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NotSpaghetti Fri 27-Oct-23 09:53:42

silvercollie

Junket.

Junket hasn't gone.
Rennet is still available.

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vegansrock Fri 27-Oct-23 12:51:17

You can still get crisps with the little blue bags and I’ve got a soda stream. I’d like decent funding for schools and EU citizenship back

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NotSpaghetti Fri 27-Oct-23 12:52:02

Jane43 - I bought liquorice root sticks about six months from one of the companies that I buy beans/lentils/dried fruit from.

You will find them easily online.

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mabon1 Fri 27-Oct-23 13:27:15

good mnners

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M0nica Fri 27-Oct-23 18:05:02

We have never had affordable housing for all.

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Lexisgranny Fri 27-Oct-23 18:19:12

Batger’s Chinese Figs
Lardy Cakes and Honey Buns from local baker (now closed)
Anything that was made by my Grandmother
Old Jamaica chocolate by Cadburys
Terry’s Spartan chocolate (both the two above were dark chocolate)

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Wenmore Fri 27-Oct-23 19:37:58

Kunzle cakes

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