Off Topic I Remember When

I remember the feeling during school days, of that Sunday night of a bank holiday Monday.

 

the smell of the brewery was really strong going to High Street Baths with your mates, then seeing the dray horses with the barrels on when you came out

 

I remember trying to record a film on BBC1 and as you pressed play and record together, the tape came out because that little blocker square had been popped out.

 

and the choice of VHS or Betamax battle

 

Sunday night was bath night....I was 3rd in the queue. Didn't matter how manky you got Monday till Saturday, bath was Sunday.
Oven in the kitchen was a coal fired Rayburn....a cross between a fire, a hob and an oven.
3 channels on the tele, but bbc2 was only on certain times of the day. I remember us getting a new tele and it had 4 push in channel select buttons....the 4th one was "futureproofing".
Dad use to put tatties wrapped in foil in the fire.
Having about 10 blankets on the bed in the winter....getting crushed to death was more likely than hyperthermia.

 

Going to a phone box and dial 16 and then pay 2p to listen to Dial-a-Disc...

 

I remember borrowing a film of a mate only to discover he was posh and had a long play video.... and I didn't.

 

Kneeling on a subuteo player and snapping him then using a match to melt his legs to join them back to his torso. . Always seemed to go to grandma or grandads on a Sunday for tea or some other aunty. Putting my best cloths and shoes on for church on a Sunday and then being told to get them back off again as soon as I got back in. Always getting wrong for scuffing the toes of my new shoes.

 

love this

 

Getting on the bus for 10p buying a day ticket at crow tree for a £3:50 going swimming, getting a burger fries and a drink, hitting the soft play, going ice skating, having a game of pool or snooker, bus home for 10p

 

I always thought it was, any bags of lumbago but didn’t have a clue really.

 

I remember lifting the flap up on the back of the bus and hanging on for a lift from Pennywell to Ford Estate.

 

Saturday matinee at Silksworth cinema cheering the hero's, booing the villans. Helping the Vaux delivery men with drey and horses. Standing outside the comrades club waiting until someone would come out to pass a message to your Dad. The bar windows being frosted so no-one could see people drinking.
Then when you were 18 and had the sanctuary of a male only bar and a scenty end lounge for the ladies.

 

I remember when lucozade was what your man forced you to have a small cup of if you had a tummy upset - now the same stuff is gulped by the gallon because it will apparently make you an Olympic athlete

 

It's not the same stuff is it? The fizzy stuff original flavour was what you are talking about. I'm sure I've seen in pharmasicts in the hospital so they must still give it to people in there.

 

I remember when our telephone number only had 3 digits.

 

I remember when Shep was a pup...

 

Redifusion tele with the little control box on the wall for the 3 channels plus the radio, all in black and white. Listening to major sporting events on the radio cos only finals were on the telebox.

 

This for me but in the Odeon in the town, when there was a chase scene everyone would be seated but bouncing their legs as if they were running....surreal

 

It’s a long time since I had any of the new stuff so can’t really remember. But it’s pretty much the same in the sense that’s it pretty much just sugar.