THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 9:45 pm

Milkmen pulling those small electric milk floats by a handle at the front.Ringtons Tea man delivering with a horse drawn van and someone shoveling up fresh manure for the garden.Street corner groceries whose delivery boys had special bikes with a small front wheel and a whicker basket above it.Butter patting,cheese cutting,Sausages hung up in the butchers,fish'n'chips in newspaper,keg beer,Double Diamond,Worthington'E',Courage Tavern,2 TV channels,then 3,later 4,now 100's.TV 'Closing down'at the end of the night and the little white dot.Broadsheet newspapers,The Daily Sketch,Today,This is a brilliant thread.I keep getting flash-backs!!!

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 9:59 pm

leeds united playing premiership football!

Loiner in Cyprus · Post by **Loiner in Cyprus** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 10:11 pm

Fried gammon and bacon that had clear fat in the pan rather than white gunge

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 10:25 pm

oldleedsman wrote: Danny Freeman collecting money for charity outside Marks & Spencers An amazing chap who seemed to live for others. Sadly missed.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 10:33 pm

Brandy wrote: leeds united playing premiership football! or even winning a game

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 11:01 pm

Simple respect for society and authority.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 11:04 pm

inspectors getting on the bus.

oldleedsman · Post by **oldleedsman** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 11:37 pm

wiggy wrote: inspectors getting on the bus. Different coloured bus-tickets for each denomination.Green double-decker buses with no doors that you could jump on/off whilst they were moving.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 11:45 pm

Being able to drive a car round City Square(legally!).Finding a parking space in town.Seeing a double feature at the cinema.Finding a cinema in town.Telegraph dispatch riders,RAC and AA men riding motorcycles/sidecar and saluting members.Bubble cars,Chopper bikes,rollerskates(with 4 wheels),stilts,pogo sticks,scooters with large sensible wheels,and-Nobody jogging,

oldleedsman · Post by **oldleedsman** » Tue 11 Mar, 2008 11:57 pm

Local shops. Shops that closed on a Wednesday afternoon. Shops that didn't open on a Sunday.Fibre-Glass cars for disabled people that you operated with a lever.Electric Milk-floats with a huge 'handle' that they pulled behind them.The milkman delivering orange as well as milk. And small bottles of cream with blue tops. Milkmen.