What do you miss from the 'Olden Days'?

Muggle71

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I miss the seemingly endless days of summer spent playing at Cresswell beach in the childhood days, before i discovered self consciousness, depression, my ex husband and diabetes!! Oh and Galaxy Counters, white packet with a giraffe on.
 
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I had my skates for christmas once , never could balance on them though ...
But they were trendy ..loved them
 
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I miss the seemingly endless days of summer spent playing at Cresswell beach in the childhood days, before i discovered self consciousness, depression, my ex husband and diabetes!! Oh and Galaxy Counters, white packet with a giraffe on.
Summer holidays always felt that they lasted forever
 
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Muggle71

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And so much warmer back then too. Dad would come in from night shift, mam would have prepared a picnic the night before and we'd be off before 8am and hes sleep on the dunes while our mam kept an eye on us. Life seemed so simple then :)
 
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Loved Woolworths, still miss it :(

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I remember when we had a Timothy Whites in our then Market town, does anyone else remember this ?

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I miss stacking a load of 45s to listen to wall to wall and reading smash hits for the lyrics then putting the posters on the wall with hubba bubba.

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I had my skates for christmas once , never could balance on them though ...
But they were trendy ..loved them

Skates, lucky you. I was the youngest of 6 kids, lots of hand me downs, but no skates. ;-)
 

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A drink made from crystals (and sugar!) called Eiffel Tower. It was amazing, the most refreshing drink ever. :)
 
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Chelsea Girl in the 1970's, I yearned for clothes from there but my Mum always used to say she'd make me something on the sewing machine :arghh:.

Toffee Treets in a blue packet with white writing, nearly pulled my teeth out but they were good.
 
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Mini skirts.

My sister and I made our own summer dresses, 3 yards of material bought at Sherries from the high street. If it was a dress for a special occasion we would line the dress.
 
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