When i was a kid-a bygone era.

[GoldWithFalmer]

things you remember from childhood,that are rare or no longer exist.

Under 25's need not apply as you would think we were on another planet..
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Here are a few to start with.

1)The newspaper stand outside London Rd Sainsbury's-Brighton

2)Coal fires.

3)5p or was it 1p? if you returned a bottle to a shop.

Good times

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

things you remember from childhood,that are rare or no longer exist.

Under 25's need not apply as you would think we were on another planet..
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Here are a few to start with.

1)The newspaper stand outside London Rd Sainsbury's-Brighton

2)Coal fires.

3)5p or was it 1p? if you returned a bottle to a shop.

Good times

I'm 24 and we still have coal fires at home. Keep up, granddad!

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

I'm 24 and we still have coal fires at home. Keep up, granddad!

Rare or no longer exist.....it quite clearly states

No4....the youth of today do not pay attention luv Grandad-pipe slippers and all

 

[WildWood]

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/derek+hammond/gary+silke/got2c+not+got/8443036/

Got this for Xmas which should be right up your (cobbled) street! Well worth a read.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

No4....the youth of today do not pay attention

Banged to rights. I read the thread title and jumped straight to the bullet-points. I apologise on behalf of a generation.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Banged to rights. I read the thread title and jumped straight to the bullet-points. I apologise on behalf of a generation.

Hey,the old senile one here,did just the same earlier on another thread-go on then,what's yours? 24? ok just tonight...

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Wooden matchboxes.

A few years ago, when I mentioned these to the heir to the Bracknell title, he was genuinely ignorant of the FACT that matches used to be sold in wooden matchboxes.

 

[Fungus]

Just been watching the Brian Cox thing, and they were talking about the light pollution that blocks our view of the stars...

I remember waiting at a bus stop in Southwick (late Sixties), looking up at the brilliant night-sky in all its majesty, and casually counting the shooting stars whizzing across. Not these days!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

things you remember from childhood,that are rare or no longer exist.

Under 25's need not apply as you would think we were on another planet..
_______________________________________________
Here are a few to start with.

1)The newspaper stand outside London Rd Sainsbury's-Brighton

2)Coal fires.

3)5p or was it 1p? if you returned a bottle to a shop.

Good times

2) ... we've got one blazing downstairs at this very minute.

3) ... it was 3d.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Wooden matchboxes.

A few years ago, when I mentioned these to the heir to the Bracknell title, he was genuinely ignorant of the FACT that matches used to be sold in wooden matchboxes.

Ah yes,call me sad but i used to pretend they were burning WW2 american aircraft carriers when i set light to them..

 

[Race]

'why dont you?' in the school hols

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

2) ... we've got one blazing downstairs at this very minute.

3) ... it was 3d.

Hope you not cheating and using wood

3d? what's that....Old G....

 

[el_ciddy]

Willo the Wisp, best cartoon ever.

 

[severnside gull]

Oh dear. Where to begin

1. Telephone Party Lines

2. Black and white television in a cabinet with a 9" screen

3. the three farthing trolley bus fare from Brighton Station to Lewes Road

4. Tamplins' Brewery in Paston Place, Kemp Town

5. Sugar and tea measured out and sold in waxed paper bags

6. the miniature Southdown coaches at Peter Pans' Playground

7. Four blackjacks or fruit salad for an old penny

8. The Victor and The Hotspur

9. Saturday Morning Pictures

10. The annual Milk Fair on Hove Lawns by the King Alfred

 

[Race]

having to get up to change the channel on the telly. I was the remote control in our house!

 

[Race]

pacers. the green and white sweets. and spangles - kids of today have never experienced cutting the roof of their mouths to shreds with these

 

[LadySeagull]

The Waxworks on the seafront with the dummy lying down with a swinging pendulum blade above him.

The Sea Life Centre used to be the Dolphinarium.

Ice skating rink near the Clock Tower.

On TV, things like Randall & Hopkirk, Benny Hill, Monty Python.

Sandwiches with unhealthy rubbish in them - I had salad cream sarnies sometimes as a child and a friend had condensed milk in hers...yuk!

 

[Race]

monkey boots

 

[Cian]

I'm 24 and we still have coal fires at home. Keep up, granddad!

Outside of Croydon people can generally afford gas/oil central heating

 

[Race]

finding a proper dirty mag in someones camp over the woods/park