[NSC] Things your kids would NEVER understand...

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I last used a log table to prop up a wonky real table....A pint of brown and mild for 20p and 21p for a packet of Carlton premium! Just remembered them. About the same time as the great ladybird summer of '76. God that was a hot one

I was painting council houses in Lancing. Just after my A levels and before I was rescued from a lifetime of Das Reichery by clearing (and never looked back).

We painted thousands of them into the walls. The buggers were everywhere

 

[Baker lite]

The joy of finding a Jazz mag in the bushes..
The disappointment of finding the centre fold of said jazz mag has been spaffed on.
Punctuality.


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[Paulie Gualtieri]

Paging @%1;


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[1066familyman]

I last used a log table to prop up a wonky real table....A pint of brown and mild for 20p and 21p for a packet of Carlton premium! Just remembered them. About the same time as the great ladybird summer of '76. God that was a hot one

But bizarrely, the ladybirds only went for the yellow cars.

When cars only came in proper colours that is. None of this 'metallic' shite you see nowadays.

 

[Poojah]

Waiting 5-6 minutes for a game to load off a cassette, while your TV screeches at you.

Then getting 'R: Tape loading error' right at the end.

Some great shouts on here already but this was the absolute bain of my early years. Endless last-second loading errors when literally all I wanted to do was help Fred Flintsone paint his face. Oh, the jeapordy. Trying to explain to my kids that this passed as cutting-edge entertainment is going to be tricky...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PBrMIJCB38

As an aside, I'm thinking of doing a trip do Dubai once this pandemic malarky is all over. Anyone know if they have The Flintstones over there?

 

[Beach Hut]

Scouring the neighbourhood for R Whites bottles, 5p back when returned

 

[METALMICKY]

The joy of finding a Jazz mag in the bushes..
The disappointment of finding the centre fold of said jazz mag has been spaffed on.
Punctuality.


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Discussed at length on a previous NSC thread. Hedgerow porn one of the strangest facets of growing up in the 70's

 

[MTSeagulls]

10p mix up please.

 

[GT49er]

Oh, and when was the last time you saw kids with playing cards in their rear bike wheel spokes, attached via a clothes peg on the seat stays, to make it sound like a motorbike?

Sod that - I did that on my scooter!

 

[1066familyman]

My grandson will be fully versed in this process, once he is old enough. "Grumps" (as I am known) will make sure of it. Its a dying art.

Good to hear

Trouble is, Grumps will be doing it for him. Back in the day we did everything ourselves. Only really saw your Mum and Dad during the Summer holidays when it was time to be called in for tea, if they were lucky!

And the playing cards would only be spotted missing next time Dad had his mates round for an evening of 3 card brag

 

[MTSeagulls]

The Corona lorry didn't deliver vaccinations!

As well as ice cream vans we also had the parafin van, Knowles The Baker vans and later a video rental van. I can't remember anything else.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Being refused service in the pub because you're 15 and look it, but it's ok cos you just pop round the offy next door who'll serve anyone too old for a pram. Yea I'll have a litre of cider and 10 b&h ........ for my Mum.

 

[MTSeagulls]

Being at school and being told to strip down to your underpants while some guy holds your balls and asks you to cough. Or was that just me?

 

[KZNSeagull]

Oh, and when was the last time you saw kids with playing cards in their rear bike wheel spokes, attached via a clothes peg on the seat stays, to make it sound like a motorbike?

Yesterday in the park whilst walking the dog!! Incredible but true.

 

[1066familyman]

As well as ice cream vans we also had the parafin van, Knowles The Baker vans and later a video rental van. I can't remember anything else.

Milk floats... Eerily silent except for the milk bottles rattling.

We also had a chippy van park up on the estate on Friday evenings.

 

[1066familyman]

Yesterday in the park whilst walking the dog!! Incredible but true.

Marvellous scenes!

 

[Baker lite]

Discussed at length on a previous NSC thread. Hedgerow porn one of the strangest facets of growing up in the 70's

That’s right..


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[GT49er]

Being invited round to friends' or neighbours' houses to watch the cup final on tele.

Savings stamps.

Platform tickets for trainspotters.

 

[lawros left foot]

Only about 3 or 4 live football matches on the telly every season, FA Cup final, and replay, if you were lucky, England v Scotland every year and maybe one of the other home internationals, and I seem to remember an English club in the European Cup final , every year.

 

[Whitechapel]

Going down the offy for some snacks and tinnies, then spending the night sitting side-by-side with your mate on the end of a bed getting pissed playing Kick Off or Sensible Soccer.

FIFA online has absolutely NOTHING on that.

Any teenage lad who hasn’t gone round his mates to play FIFA with some beers probably just doesn’t have many mates or doesn’t drink. It’s still incredibly common, seems a bit out of place in this thread.