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Things you wish would return/come back?

(182 Posts)
Curling Tue 24-Oct-23 15:28:12

Hand written letters.
A breakfast cereal called Bran Buds.

Doodledog Wed 01-Nov-23 22:47:59

I miss Woolworths too. We didn't even get interim relief with a Wilko - ours was turned into an Iceland.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Wed 01-Nov-23 16:47:13

Woolworths

Skye17 Sat 28-Oct-23 02:30:18

Policemen on the beat, definitely.
Debenhams.
Thriving city centres without half the shops gone.
Fruit that has been allowed to ripen on the tree.

NotSpaghetti Sat 28-Oct-23 02:12:06

winterwhite

Branch lines (railway)
Various varieties of English apples
Pontefract cakes
Juke Box Jury

oldestsweetshop.co.uk/products/pontefract-cakes-407#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%20that%20the,sweet%20just%20as%20you%20remember.

NotSpaghetti Sat 28-Oct-23 02:09:18

Mars say dark Bounty bars are only temporarily gone.
They are definitely still online.
Also, Asda has them:
groceries.asda.com/product/multipack-chocolate/bounty-coconut-dark-chocolate-bars-multipack/1000343583726

Lilypops Fri 27-Oct-23 19:46:17

I think Grape Nuts are very similar to Bran Buds, Mrs Ken

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

Kunzle cakes

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)

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

We have never had affordable housing for all.

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

good mnners

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.

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

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

silvercollie

Junket.

Junket hasn't gone.
Rennet is still available.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Lust

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 😕

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

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

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

My youth!

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

Great Britain as part of the EU.

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

Cafe Noir biscuits are available online.