I was having a chat with some old mates of mine in the pub earlier this evening. We were talking about the old day's and Christmas as a kid. ( For me this was the 70's ) We came up with a few things that existed then but don't now and what our parents drank ... Watney's party seven ... please log in to view this image Mackeson Stout ... please log in to view this image please log in to view this image and Babycham ... please log in to view this image Do these things still exist? How about the 'Pool's Man' 'White dog ****' and 'tape cassettes?' Any other offers of memories that we've forgotten about?
The funny thing is a few of us were talking about this the other day at work. You can still get the stouts is all I know! What about Shipman's fish paste like Crab, or Sardine and Tomato. And Sandwich spread?
Sorry, two more from me to get the thread rolling I hope! Not seen one of these for a while now... please log in to view this image And you don't see many of these anymore... please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Fair play, give me five and I will post a brand new thread about Adel... Only messing Oslo, hope you have a nice Christmas mate
5. Happy Christmas to you, and all. Mistletoe, holly, snogging, gramophones, records called 78's, 45's and 33's, and Stones Ginger Wine. From the 50's and early 60''s.
For the smokers all the popular brands have gone. In the 60s my mum used to send me to the local shop to buy 10 Weights which were the cheapo brand at 1s 3d (6p). Other popular ones were Woodbines, Players No.6 and for the dedicated, Capstan Full Strength. My dad also smoked John Player Cigarillos. It's a miracle I never ended up smoking with everyone in our house puffing away like chimneys. The sweetshop next to my secondary school used to do a roaring trade at lunchtime selling ***s individually at 2d (1p) each! Lunch consisted of half a freshly baked loaf from the baker, with the dough in the middle all pulled out and a packet of Golden Wonder Cheese and Onion Crisps poured into the middle to make a huge sandwich washed down with a tin of Pepsi and followed by a jam doughnut, we were a healthy bunch...
DDT. My dad sprayed anything that moved in our garden with that lethal white powder. In fact I wonder whether my dad was human at all. In the village he lived in as child in Cyprus there was an asbestos mine about a mile away and he said all the local children used to play in the woods close to it. When he was 16, he and a mate were caught nicking asbestos and he was given the option of a £2 fine or two weeks in jail, being the tightwad he was, he chose two weeks in jail! I remember as a kid we had an asbestos plate on my mum's ironing board at home and panels in the garden shed that he'd put in. Amazingly,he survived 18 months in a sanatorium with TB in the 40s and he was 98 years old when he finally passed away, I hope I've inherited his constitution...
Corona drinks lorry (not the lager). Used to come round the White City estate (I lived in Blaxland House) with all sorts of flavours.
I still buy Pecks fish paste over here in Oz. In 1970, we'd pay 2 cents for hot chips wrapping in newspaper ( and couldn't eat them all, too many ) used to go halves with a mate. 5 pack of Escort ciggies were all the rage. So we're Kool ciggies. At school, we'd get milk left out in the morning sun, for morning tea, in a glass bottle with a silver foil lid. Summer time here in Oz was real tasty, not.
a fairly modern one but why the **** did cadburys get rid of spiras, probably too busy acting immorally in Africa trying to get new mothers to give their children formula $$$ bastards!!!
Cold winters, snow, ice you can glide on on the pavements. I really don't like this weather. Caramac which tastes like caramac. Hoops. Can you still get Vesta curries in a cardboard box? The Kilburn 50s family Christmas.
While I carry no flame for Cadburys, now part of Kraft, I think that particular outrage was committed by Nestle, the Swiss ****ers.
I stand corrected, you are absolutely right. Bunch of bastards, it doesn't get much lower than what they did, although cadburys dropping Spira's comes a close 2nd!
You can! Like you I enjoyed these all those years ago http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vesta-Chow-Mein-161g/dp/B004G90VPU please log in to view this image
