 | Back to forum list |
| Back to The Lounge |
| Jump to newest |  |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"The National Anthem was played on the BBC before closedown and we were wished a goodnight " Only having 3 channels and they were only on for a short part of the day. Bliss. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Tomorrow's World TV program with exciting new technology: Electronic Mail, Portable Phones, Compact Laser Disks. "Portable phones? No, they’re like bricks. They’ll never catch on. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Man From Atlantis" Ooh yes! a young Patrick Duffy, but wet. Who else tried to swim liked the man from atlantis?. Terrified mothers as you tried to do a full lap of the pool on a single breath. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Man From Atlantis Ooh yes! a young Patrick Duffy, but wet. Who else tried to swim liked the man from atlantis?. Terrified mothers as you tried to do a full lap of the pool on a single breath. "😆 Some idiot from my school swimming lessons superglued his fingers together trying to be mutant Patrick with his webbed fingers, had to go to hospital!🤣🤣 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Man From Atlantis Ooh yes! a young Patrick Duffy, but wet. Who else tried to swim liked the man from atlantis?. Terrified mothers as you tried to do a full lap of the pool on a single breath.
😆
Some idiot from my school swimming lessons superglued his fingers together trying to be mutant Patrick with his webbed fingers, had to go to hospital!🤣🤣"That's class. Surprised Esther Rantzen didn't pick up the story to try to get it banned, like all the cool stuff that would injure stupid kids. - | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Police women wearing stockings & suspenders as standard issue uniform." What as opposed to now where its Policemen? | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Police women wearing stockings & suspenders as standard issue uniform. What as opposed to now where its Policemen? " Best post of the day, ‘Evening All’ | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Police women wearing stockings & suspenders as standard issue uniform. What as opposed to now where its Policemen? Best post of the day, ‘Evening All’" Seconded 👍 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Buying sweets that had to be weighed out in a paper bag." A quarter of sherbet lemons? 😄 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"… when a fresh-faced 22 year old lad headed off to the Middle East to wank off pedigree race-horses for the filthy lucre of the sheikhs..? " 😂 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Thunderbirds, UFO, Space 1999" Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90. Non Gerry Anderson - Space Patrol. Hammy Hamster’s tails of the Riverbank, Bill and Ben, Andy Pandy - sure there are more that I have forgotten about. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Bag of 'scraps' from the chippy cos you only had 5p... Xx" The youth of today won't know what a bag of scraps was. lol | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"A Raleigh Chopper bike was the only thing a respectable young man would select as his chosen mode of transport knowing full well girls would be impressed and he was more than likely to be snogged repeatedly by more than 1 girl.." Mines was purple 3 speed | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Those of a certain age on here, as a child, spoke with people who were born in the 19th century, who personally experienced the reign of Queen Victoria. That’s now 3 different centuries! 😳 " ...as a child..I spoke to someone who was in the boar war..  | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Those of a certain age on here, as a child, spoke with people who were born in the 19th century, who personally experienced the reign of Queen Victoria. That’s now 3 different centuries! 😳 ...as a child..I spoke to someone who was in the boar war.. "Yes, it’s incredible. I had a very elderly aunt in the early 1970’s who used to dress mainly in black that were similar to clothes as a young lady in the late 1800’s from her photos! It’s amazing. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Going to the red telephone box outside the shops, with a bag of 2 pence pieces, queuing in the rain to speak to your girlfriend/boyfriend... Xx" Those boxes stank of fags and piss. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Going to the red telephone box outside the shops, with a bag of 2 pence pieces, queuing in the rain to speak to your girlfriend/boyfriend... Xx Those boxes stank of fags and piss. " Ah that takes me back lol Xx | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"When the; The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, was not considered crude, but everyone tuned in for fun and a laugh . . Comedy turns and sing-along songs from a fictional working men's club, where ladies are welcome but smoking is mandatory, in the Northern city of Manchester" with Bernard Manning as the Compere and Colin Crompton as the Chairman | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Going to the red telephone box outside the shops, with a bag of 2 pence pieces, queuing in the rain to speak to your girlfriend/boyfriend... Xx Those boxes stank of fags and piss. " Yes, the little coin reject tray doubled up as an ashtray. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
and Adidas sportswear was the brand of choice! | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Street markets…double denim was fashionable and Adidas sportswear was the brand of choice! "Double denim ! Mine was grey marbled...what an dick lol Xxx | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Street markets…double denim was fashionable and Adidas sportswear was the brand of choice! "Adidas Trim Tram, Mamba, Bamba, and Samba trainers. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"When homosexuality was illegal and I could get arrested for purporting to be a woman by means of dress. " It still should be. Filthy practice. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"When homosexuality was illegal and I could get arrested for purporting to be a woman by means of dress. It still should be. Filthy practice. " Thoroughly agree... Xx | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
" ...as a child..I spoke to someone who was in the boar war… "Kill the pigs! | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Woolworths x" they reckon Woolworths would have been still in business today if everyone stopped nicking the pick and mix. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Woolworths xthey reckon Woolworths would have been still in business today if everyone stopped nicking the pick and mix." Do “they”? | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Having to get up to swap channels on the tv" Pfft, this king plugged the remote control into the Betamax VCR - two metres of wired, channel-changing decadence! | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Your mum had a catalogue and you used to borrow it to wank over the lingerie section " That’s just made me smile… I used to that .. I’d always scan the pics and if lucky sometimes you’d be able to see the models nipples | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Dave Prowse - Green Cross Code man and Darth Vader" Before that there was The Tufty Club. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Dave Prowse - Green Cross Code man and Darth Vader Before that there was The Tufty Club." We had to bring our bicycles to primary school for the tufty club, learning how to cross road and how to cycle at roads | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"As a young boy, I wrote 4 times to Jim'll fix it, and I've never yet got to sit on his knee, how I wished to sit on his knee and get his medal round my neck.." Now then Now then | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Saturday afternoons and a crowd of guys stood in front of Radio Rentals watching the football scores. When local radio truly was local radio. It was packed full of local news, eye in the sky travel news and local DJ’s presenting from a local studio. These syndicated stations we have these days are awful." You have WCR in Wolverhampton. That’s a local station. Give it an hour, then you will see why so many syndicated stations these days 😂 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Saturday afternoons and a crowd of guys stood in front of Radio Rentals watching the football scores. When local radio truly was local radio. It was packed full of local news, eye in the sky travel news and local DJ’s presenting from a local studio. These syndicated stations we have these days are awful. You have WCR in Wolverhampton. That’s a local station. Give it an hour, then you will see why so many syndicated stations these days 😂 " I wouldn’t last 5 minutes before turning it off! | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Sanitaria and strapped down 23 hrs a day in a straitjacket - not care in the community and access to FabGuys. " You could be my Nurse Ratched.  | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Sanitaria and strapped down 23 hrs a day in a straitjacket - not care in the community and access to FabGuys. You could be my Nurse Ratched. "Ahhh.. I loved that. The makeup, the outfits, the wanking scene. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Put a tiger in your tank...esso petrol....1966 world cup coins also with petrol " Boom boom boom Esso Blue - Paraffin for the heater and oil lamp during power cuts - Pink Paraffin also was available 😆 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"The Beano and my sister's jackie being delivered by the paperboy on a Tuesday morning. " Used to have the Dandy. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Proper hunky men like Demis Roussos, Telly Savalas, Barry White & Peter Wyngarde." 70's men, oooh yeaaaah.... | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Proper hunky men like Demis Roussos, Telly Savalas, Barry White & Peter Wyngarde. 70's men, oooh yeaaaah...." I can't think of Demis Roussos without thinking of Alison Steadman in Abagail's party. I can hear her voice/ accent now. 😄 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Bag of 'scraps' from the chippy cos you only had 5p... Xx" That sounds like Harry Ramsdens pensioners special!!! | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"When the; The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, was not considered crude, but everyone tuned in for fun and a laugh . . Comedy turns and sing-along songs from a fictional working men's club, where ladies are welcome but smoking is mandatory, in the Northern city of Manchesterwith Bernard Manning as the Compere and Colin Crompton as the Chairman " Give Order! | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"TV programmes for schools with the counting down incremental clock before it started." I remember that. It would always be on a really dodgy tape and the teacher could never find it as whoever had previously shown it hadn't rewound to the right place. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Making a go cart from old pram wheels, wood, carpet and rope to steer it" Done this. One person down my street built a catapult on his go kart. A couple of upright bits of wood and an old inner tube. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Proper hunky men like Demis Roussos, Telly Savalas, Barry White & Peter Wyngarde. 70's men, oooh yeaaaah.... I can't think of Demis Roussos without thinking of Alison Steadman in Abagail's party. I can hear her voice/ accent now. 😄" Wasn't he Greek or Cypriot? | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"1963. I'd just moved to a new grammar school. Went into the third form into the language class where we were to learn German as well as French. The German teacher Mrs Asher, was early twenties, and she was also our form teacher. In lessons she had a habit of sitting on the desk, facing the class with her feet on a chair. Short skirts were just becoming fashionable, tights had not yet made any inroads, they were just too expensive. Our class was 11 girls and 7 boys. We could see right up, mrs Asher's skirt, past her stocking tops and the white thigh above. You can imagine what that did to a class of young, teen boys. Only problem, may have had something to do with my failing German 'O' Level. Excelled at French. " Interesting. In 1963 you were no more than 10 years old so, by my reckoning, you went to grammar school at least one year earlier than usual. But you also say you went into the third form that year - which I assume means third year - and you describe being one of seven teenaged (13+) boys in your German class. 🤔 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Police women wearing stockings & suspenders as standard issue uniform. What as opposed to now where its Policemen? Best post of the day, ‘Evening All’" "Ello Ello Ello".  | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"[Removed by poster at 31/03/26 18:14:51]" Jam Rolly Polly (made with suet in school dinners)!  | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Dixon of Dock Green on telly. " evening all | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"[Removed by poster at 31/03/26 18:14:51] Jam Rolly Polly (made with suet in school dinners)! "Oh God yes. Yum yum yum | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Tomorrow's World TV program with exciting new technology: Electronic Mail, Portable Phones, Compact Laser Disks. "Judith Hann smearing jam on a CD and telling us this wouldn’t affect the disc in any way… | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Tomorrow's World TV program with exciting new technology: Electronic Mail, Portable Phones, Compact Laser Disks.
Judith Hann smearing jam on a CD and telling us this wouldn’t affect the disc in any way… "The 'car of the future', which turned put to be an Austin Countryman with electric windows. There are loads of old episodes on YouTube. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
 | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Soapbox carts or simply 'carties' - DIY masterpieces built from scrap materials, found, donated or otherwise 'acquired' and typically featuring a rough wooden chassis, salvaged pram and pushchair wheels, 6" nails bent over to secure the axles, rope steering and a road contact handraulic lever braking system, these conveyances were all about the sheer hellish thrill of downhill racing, living by the seat of your pants with a seasoning of hair'em! scare'em! with their makeshift construction and lack of safety features, they were a recipe for adventure - and often, a few scrapes, bruises and breaks that kept the local hospital busy and made us who we are today!" 100% Ironically, we used to use ours down a steep road called cemetery hill. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"Soapbox carts or simply 'carties' - DIY masterpieces built from scrap materials, found, donated or otherwise 'acquired' and typically featuring a rough wooden chassis, salvaged pram and pushchair wheels, 6" nails bent over to secure the axles, rope steering and a road contact handraulic lever braking system, these conveyances were all about the sheer hellish thrill of downhill racing, living by the seat of your pants with a seasoning of hair'em! scare'em! with their makeshift construction and lack of safety features, they were a recipe for adventure - and often, a few scrapes, bruises and breaks that kept the local hospital busy and made us who we are today! 100% Ironically, we used to use ours down a steep road called cemetery hill. " Marvellous! | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"School desks with ink wells.. "And the old “scratch” pens you had to dip in them. Pass the blotting paper please. | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
"School desks with ink wells..
And the old “scratch” pens you had to dip in them. Pass the blotting paper please."Are u sure it wasn’t a wax tablet and a wooden stylus back on your schooldays | |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| |||
(closed, thread got too big) | |||
| Reply privately |
| back to top |  |
