Things you wish would return/come back?

PinkCosmos

Mint Cracknel - I think that was what it was called. It was like eating fibreglass covered in chocolate

Dundee biscuits. You got two in a pack. They were round and kind of like shortbread but not quite. They had chocolate on one side. We used to have them after we had been to the swimming baths.

Spanish gold - it was sweet tobacco. Actually coconut strands covered in brown sugar of something similar. The packaging was like a tobacco pouch !!! Whilst on holiday, we found an old fashioned sweet shop. It sold Spanish Gold. I have to say my memory of it was much better than the taste of it now. It was extremely sweet.

I've been trying to remember the name of that sweet tobacco for years!

The music from late 60s to mid 70s

Somebody said up thread about chocolates with proper different fillings. I agree, they all seem to be truffles or salted caramel these days. What happened to fruity fillings?

I also used to love Potato Puffs. Does anyone remember those? They were popular around the early to mid sixties.

Everything that's been mentioned here. Lovely memories of a wonderful time past. I would add: vicarage fetes, Sunday school charabanc outings, lemonade crystals, jam tarts, real fires, traffic-free streets, local post offices, pubs without children, fewer dogs everywhere ....

Clement Attlee

Being less aware of war.
Horse & cart-man delivering the milk.
Manners.
A more simple life.
Less traffic on the roads.
Oh dear, I sound like the old person I am.

Yes. BBC used to do quality drama, once upon a time, especially a series of stand-alone dramas under the banner "Play For Today".

Long since replaced by 'Reality' tv. Nasty and cheap IMHO.

Foxes glacier dark..
I loved them up until a couple of years ago, when they seemed to disappear.

DianaLouise

Debenhams, Hammels, Richard shops and somewhere to shop in person. Am I the only one just hating internet shopping

Dandelion & Burdock leomonade.
Sunday closure- wholeheartedly agree.
And yes , Diana Louise, somewhere to shop in person. Oxford St in the 1970s. Bourne and Hollingsworth - their changing rooms were bigger than the little rooms I lived in at the time. !!
The country being run by the Government and not by big business( that's how it feels sometimes).

People walking around instead of getting into a car. During Covid it happened a little here and we got to know quite a few near neighbours we had never seen before. We were locked down for years here( stupid Labor government ) so we all got a bit desperate and would talk to absolutely everyone .

Good high streets full of independent shops, no retail parks. Shops closed every Sunday.
Families living close to each other.
A more relaxing and peaceful Christmas.
Regular bus services.
Manufacturing.

Milk delivered to the doorstep in a glass bottle. I don't think it tastes the same now

A fully functioning NHS with GPS who do home visits and same day appointments and trains and utilities that are nationalised.

Topic bars. I absolutely loved them!

mae13

Yes. BBC used to do quality drama, once upon a time, especially a series of stand-alone dramas under the banner "Play For Today".

Long since replaced by 'Reality' tv. Nasty and cheap IMHO.

Play for Today was such a good idea, remember watching this, and there was a series of spooky dramas where ghostly things happened, a bit corny by todays standards probably but I liked watching them, I think they were also on at the weekend.

Babs03

A fully functioning NHS with GPS who do home visits and same day appointments and trains and utilities that are nationalised.

Hear, hear! And a fully funded National Care Service free at the point of delivery.

lovebeigecardigans1955

Airing cupboards and eye-level grills.

My first ever cooker 59 years ago was a Creda Horizon 4 with an eye level grill . How I loved tht grill and still would like one .

Here is my first cookerhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266819221397

Yes I remember Barmouth biscuits and I really miss dark bounty bars too. I wish we could return to the days before we ever even joined the Eu, now they were the best :-)

Hemgranot

Dark chocolate Bounty bars.

I hand write letters, both personal and at work 🖋️

I couldn't agree more about the Dark Bounties. I bought them very regulalrly, I couln't believe when they took them off the shelves

Babs03

A fully functioning NHS with GPS who do home visits and same day appointments and trains and utilities that are nationalised.

We can only dream !

lovebeigecardigans1955

Airing cupboards and eye-level grills.

I still have an airing cupboard.. as well as holding all the linens and towels it's a boon when I wash trainers, they go onto the shelf in the airing cupboard to dry out nicely..

I really miss the old sitcoms that used to make millions of people laugh. There are hardly any now and none of them are funny.

manners especially when driving

Grantanow

Babs03

A fully functioning NHS with GPS who do home visits and same day appointments and trains and utilities that are nationalised.

Hear, hear! And a fully funded National Care Service free at the point of delivery.

Great though that would be Grantanow it doesn’t qualify for this thread because care has never been free at point of use, it was charged for even after the NHS was first formed.

I’d like to see the demise of cheap disposable furniture, and a return to solid wood furniture that would be used and cherished for lifetimes.