THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

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Bruno
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Post by Bruno »

Blimey Ravey, your post must have arrived while I was composing mine (above). Talk about being on the same wavelength!
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Uno Hoo
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drapesy wrote: There's a black motorbike and sidecar 'Hearse' you sometimes see around It belongs to a biking clergyman whose mates may thus be "seen off" in it.
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Caron
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Post by Caron »

Uno Hoo wrote: Cars with insect deflectors attached to bonnets. Sorry to be ignorant but what were "insect deflectors" ?Anyone got a pic of them?
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Post by Phill_dvsn »

Caron wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Cars with insect deflectors attached to bonnets. Sorry to be ignorant but what were "insect deflectors" ?Anyone got a pic of them? Here you go. http://www.carid.com/articles/the-age-o ... -work.html
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Post by Caron »

Thanks Phill. Once again you have educated me (I think this Thread should be under General Chat, not Family History).
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Jogon
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Post by Jogon »

caron - ta for asking... (I'd no idea)Don't see these any more
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Post by Si »

Blimey!Retro Health&Safety!
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Bruno wrote: Blimey Ravey, your post must have arrived while I was composing mine (above). Talk about being on the same wavelength! Mind you, I'd be struggling to name the site of any other AA boxes! Here's something else you don't see any more: Beech Nut Gum machines. They used to be a regular sight in the 70's, bolted to walls all over the place. And the ill-feted "VisaCash" machines that were part of a city wide trial that would apparently see us never use cash again....    
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Post by Cardiarms »

Them 'Rabbit' signs that meant you could use some sort of cheap mobile near them, but still cost more than the payphone you were standing next to.
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raveydavey wrote: Bruno wrote: Blimey Ravey, your post must have arrived while I was composing mine (above). Talk about being on the same wavelength! Here's something else you don't see any more: Beech Nut Gum machines. They used to be a regular sight in the 70's, bolted to walls all over the place. Not forgetting the jingle "And with the fourth you get one more an extra packet free" (was that Wrigleys and/or Beech Nut chewing gum?). As a lad in the early 1950s you used to know when the fourth was due as there was a mark on the turning handle. I wonder if that continued or when it was stopped?
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