Things you wish would return/come back?

- Rotary telephones

- Sunday's, when everything was closed, a true day of rest.
- Manners
- Affordability
- Respect

JennyCee

Apples eg: Cox’s which have NOT been stored and are still really crispy. In fact apples and pears, but doubt they will ever come back

Once they’re in season (so obviously not now) I can usually find really nice Cox apples.
I find M&S best for fresh U.K. grown produce.

Tide and Omo
free gifts with household goods; mum told me with Daz she had some wonderful gifts from plastic flowers to sets of caddy tins; table mats to trays wonderful
common sense
manners
Bar six
so many wonderful items mentioned on here!

loopyloo

Police Stations.

... yes, the 'cop-shops', situated in many towns.

And the police, present on the street - not just in London.

Is there a correlation between the apparent escalating number of house burglaries and shop theft and the cuts that were made (was it under Theresa May?) to the force?

Politeness.
Sunday closing.

Oh, Labradora - Bourne and Hollingsworth. How I loved that store in the 70s. I could get a lovely sarnie and hot chocolate in the cafe up the top for only 10p.
bought some gorgeous material in there and made a luxurious full length maternity dress, with a big frill round the hem - and gorgeous tailored Jeff Banks shirts (seconds) at brilliant prices.

spottysocks

Ajax
Vim
Potato puffs

Vim is still around, isn't it? Mind you, the tub in my bathroom is a few years old, so maybe not. I will add Vim in the old fashioned tube, with the end bit you could take out and make a twirly toy for the kids.

Landline phones instead of mobile phones.

I am trying to get the what's left of my life back by NOT being so tally available ALL the time!!!!!

Oh, Silvercollie, I so miss junket! Killed off by Angel Delight. n Also Rock Salmon (a.k.a. coley), real bread and milk with the cream on top.

Metal toothpaste tubes.

Woolworth!

Olivetti Manual Typewriters!

Proper Walnut Whips with the actual walnut on the top!

Crackerjack!

Cremola foam was delicious!

Still pondering the perceived difference between return and come back

I just mentioned to DH this morning how stores used to be closed on Sundays and how it was more peaceful.

Trains on Sundays

Fleurpepper

Common sense, honesty, and empathy.

And integrity.

Common sense, honesty, and empathy.

Hardly any traffic

My youth and health!!!!! I'd treasure my body if it did.😊

Cumbrianmale56

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.

YesI miss those as well.Reminds me of when my children were young, we would watch them together with my now late husband,Happy days
These sit coms will be considered non PC now, and in danger of causing offence.
Everyone had a good laugh in those days.We used to talk about them at work the next day as well.

~One man & his dog on TV ( One person & their dog, it would have to be)

keepingquiet

Bank branches on High Streets for sure.
Regular local cheap bus services.
Ticket offices at local railway stations.
Accessible GP's surgeries.
Shops where you can try on clothes and shoes.
Department stores where you can wander round looking at stuff you can't afford to keep out of the rain.
I could go on...

A good list😃

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.

Now so would I, but when we needed furniture the solid wood furniture (apart from pine) was well beyond our means. The stuff we have now counts as antiques so is doubly valuable.

mae13

The original BBC Radio 4 agenda. Since it was re-organized some time back it's been hopeless. Example: Friday Night Is Music Night shunted off to Radio 3?

If you mean Radio 2, where Friday Night Is Music Night was broadcast for decades., I totally agree. Johnnie Walker is due to retire, so this is the last of the greats to leave, and probably time for me to abandon Radio 2 altogether. It's rubbish now and the presenters are boring and only talk about things they like.