THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

Si · Post by Si » Fri 21 Mar, 2008 8:56 pm

Yamaha FS1-Es and other 1970s sixteener special mopeds. And no, they would not do 70mph! Even with bodged tuning, downhill and with a following wind!

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 9:22 am

long haired lads walking around with prog rock albums(generally king crimson) under their arms, with the front of the album always facing outwards so that people could se what great music they liked.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 9:30 am

electricaldave wrote: Days when you can't buy anything because everywhere is closed.Today, Good Friday, I though I'd find out when the laundrette would open for the Easter break, everywhere was heaving.It was a struggle to cross the roads, I don't think I saw a single shop closed.It used to be that everything shut after around 1 o'clock in Saturday unless you went into the town centre, now you can't get a minutes peace.......and another thing, Sundays used to be quiet, hardly any traffic and a good day to go cycling, nowadays you take you life in your hands just crossing the road whilst weekend only drivers speed from retail outlet to factory shop - their vision obscured by plants and [edited for content] flatpack furniture that won't fit in their cars properly.You don't see many laundrettes around, and you don't see signs offering 'slipper baths' - not really surprising now that we mostly have washing machines and our own facilities.You rarely see folk wearing hats.Pipe smokers - don't see those any more, are there any of those specialist smoker shops about ? used to be one just near the Corn Exchange.Those rickety wood pole fences that were held together with double wrap wire seem to have dissappeared.Those things you used to put in your car to work out how much petrol you had used, they had movable dials with numbers on them.Does anyone still use Redex?Punches for putting in holes into brickwork so that you can get rawlplugs in and hold your shelves in place. Bash, twist, bash twist - unless you have used one you won't know what I mean.Schools that only allowed you to use a fountain pen, biros were forbidden.Books of log tables, slide rules, long division, fractions. There used to be half day closing too. Wednesdays in Leeds, Tuesdays in Morley.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:18 am

Exended pub opening hours in market towns on market day.We used to head for Otley on Monday or Friday,now everyone's the same.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 11:10 am

'There used to be half day closing too. Wednesdays in Leeds, Tuesdays in Morley. 'Kirkgate Market still does.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 11:20 am

chameleon wrote: 'There used to be half day closing too. Wednesdays in Leeds, Tuesdays in Morley. 'Kirkgate Market still does. Even Lewis's was closed on a Wednesday afternoon in the fifties. I knew someone who worked in Schofield's offices and she had Wednesday afternoons off - she had to work all day Saturday though.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 12:15 pm

chameleon wrote: 'There used to be half day closing too. Wednesdays in Leeds, Tuesdays in Morley. 'Kirkgate Market still does. I remember tha chap who owned the shop where I had a Saturday job !!! years ago, was just closing one Wednesday and helped a blokey desperately wanting something. Then he identified himself as Trading Standards and did him! Nice sort wasn't he.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 5:56 pm

Day off yesterday!I gorra million! Well, alot!School inkwells (Ta Stevief!) Each desk had two inkpots(wells)and we used prehistoric penholders with removeable NIBS.(No!Nothing to do with slates and pencils!).Each week teacher appointed an 'Ink' and a 'Milk' monitor.Each Friday aft in the 'free hour' before hometime (at 4PM!).The class ink monitor would take out all the inkwells(carefully!)and carry them in a special container to the cartaker's 'office'in the boilerhouse. Caretaker had a can full of ink with a long spout and he filled each inkwell from it. The monitor carried the tray of40 plus filled inkwells and replaced them in the appropriate desks.This ink 'filling' always lasted the whole week! Posh pupils wouldbring their own bottles of 'Stephen's' violet or blue ink! Milk monitor had to bring in the crates and each pupil would file past and takehis 1/3pt bottle Monitor would collect empty bottles in crate and leave them outside the door,daily!Back pedal brakes on bikes.Flit guns for fly-zapping.Dolly blue in little bags to get white things whiter.Acdo tablets, same purpose? and water softening.Sylvan soap (NOT soapflakes) and Lava soap,one of whichfloated in the bath!(Which?)Vim and Ajax scouring powder(better than Cif!)Powdered 'bathbrick' for sink taps, (Wore the chrome off a bit!)Zebo black lead liquid for cast iron firegrates and ranges.Taking a 'Mashing' of loose tea and sweetened Ideal condensedmilkIn a small paper bag,to brew up at 'snap' time. (If the firm provided boiling water!)Collar studs to fix your 'detachable' collars to your shirtDetachable 'Dickie' fronts fixed on the front of a dress shirt,to change if you spilt your soup down it!'Passion killers',' 'Wrist breakers','Harvest Festivals'(ALL is safelygathered in!),names for large knickers with elastic legs!Ciggies;Ogdens 'Robins',ParkDrive,BDV (10 fo 4d!)Player's weights(still around?). Will's Goldflake,Capstan Fullstrength.Pasha's(Turkish cigs)Passing Clouds(oval shaped fags).State express 333 and 555.Hignet's 'Birdseye' fag rolling tobacco.Enough for now?More later! Groan! Sorry, Wiggy,You started it!!!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 6:17 pm

arry awk wrote: Day off yesterday!Taking a 'Mashing' of loose tea and sweetened Ideal condensedmilkIn a small paper bag,to brew up at 'snap' time. (If the firm provided boiling water!)Ciggies;Ogdens 'Robins',ParkDrive,BDV (10 fo 4d!)Player's weights(still around?). Will's Goldflake,Capstan Fullstrength.Pasha's(Turkish cigs)Passing Clouds(oval shaped fags).State express 333 and 555.Hignet's 'Birdseye' fag rolling tobacco.Enough for now?More later! Groan! Sorry, Wiggy,You started it!!! Even today if someone wants the complete works they'll say "full bag o' mashin's"Cigarettes "Craven A will not affect your throat" LOL.Turf cigarettes - tasted like turf too!You're never alone with a Strand!

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 1:51 pm

Nice ones trojan!Turf tasted more like 'Ossmuck than turf!How about 'DeReske minors' with four extrafor your friends!?Newbould's bread?