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What do you miss from the 'Olden Days'?

Lesleywo said:
Anyone remember the Jamboree bags? A bag of rubbish sweets with a rubbish toy thrown in! Can see them now, next to the Pink Shrimps and Flying Saucers, in front of @jackthelad60's Black Jacks and Fruit Salads which was next to the Parma Violets. They were the days, I used to get my "Saturday sixpence" and rush over to the corner shop. Sometimes bought sweets or sometimes a new drawing book. Amazing how far sixpence went in those days!
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:D Sitting here with my mouth watering remembering flying saucers, they were my favourites.
What about buying a quarter of sherbet with a liquorice dip. Yum.
 
Janiept said:
:D Sitting here with my mouth watering remembering flying saucers, they were my favourites.
What about buying a quarter of sherbet with a liquorice dip. Yum.
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lol no wonder were all diabtics it was the shuuurbeeerrrrt and liquorice dips that dun it. Must find that what causes diabetes thread.
 
This isn't really a 'miss' but definitely a very strong memory. How many remember helping their Mums or Nans do the washing in an old boiler, scrubbing it on the wash board and then putting it through the mangle. Washing was put out all weathers and goodness knows how it stayed so sparkly white with all the fog and smog. Oh and the smell of that boiled washing was divine. Never seen whites as clean since. Lovely :)
Having said all that, thank God for automatic washing machines Lol.:hilarious:
 
Spencer67 said:
i know you wuz reet posh you had the posh 70s phone, i wuz down pits on strike with my pastie and canary desert and minstrel show make up.
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Now, that's just being silly, fancy a big tough make up wearing,on strike pit miner eating a.............. little pasty, well, I'll go to the foot of our posh carpeted stairs lol
 
Janiept said:
This isn't really a 'miss' but definitely a very strong memory. How many remember helping their Mums or Nans do the washing in an old boiler, scrubbing it on the wash board and then putting it through the mangle. Washing was put out all weathers and goodness knows how it stayed so sparkly white with all the fog and smog. Oh and the smell of that boiled washing was divine. Never seen whites as clean since. Lovely :)
Having said all that, thank God for automatic washing machines Lol.:hilarious:
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i used to love the smell of the 'older' Persil washing powder, such a lovely clean washing smell.
 
@Robinredbreast you had carpet??? you wuz practically royalty, i bet you had an inside toilet too with a wooden seat. all we had was hay on the floor and an outside shed with a hole and we shared that shed with the whole street and newspaper for toilet roll if we wuz lucky. those were the days.
 
Spencer67 said:
@Robinredbreast you had carpet??? you wuz practically royalty, i bet you had an inside toilet too with a wooden seat. all we had was hay on the floor and an outside shed with a hole and we shared that shed with the whole street and newspaper for toilet roll if we wuz lucky. those were the days.
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Defintley carpets, my mum had a busy paisley patterned one in the hall and dining room, no carpets in loo or bathroom, though, I mean there was a man in the house, my dad lol
Next time, you may bow before posting a reply, or a curtsey will be quite acceptable :D :p :hilarious:
 
Janiept said:
This isn't really a 'miss' but definitely a very strong memory. How many remember helping their Mums or Nans do the washing in an old boiler, scrubbing it on the wash board and then putting it through the mangle. Washing was put out all weathers and goodness knows how it stayed so sparkly white with all the fog and smog. Oh and the smell of that boiled washing was divine. Never seen whites as clean since. Lovely :)
Having said all that, thank God for automatic washing machines Lol.:hilarious:
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And in the winter it was brought back in stiff as a board! lol!
 
Spencer67 said:
@Robinredbreast you had carpet??? you wuz practically royalty, i bet you had an inside toilet too with a wooden seat. all we had was hay on the floor and an outside shed with a hole and we shared that shed with the whole street and newspaper for toilet roll if we wuz lucky. those were the days.
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You had newspaper? You was lucky, we had to use stinging nettles from the yard!
 
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