THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

oldleedsman · Post by **oldleedsman** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:33 pm

Getting whacked across the back of the legs by your mother.John Lennon-type National Health glasses.Hearing aids that had a wire that plugged into a receiver that sat in the top pocket of a shirt/jacket.People looking old at 60.Teenage girls who dressed like their mothers.Loon pants.Stack-heeled boots.Jeans with leather patches on the knees and [edited for content].Shrink-to-fit Levis (if you could afford them - 76 shillings for my first pair).Girls wearing cheese-cloth blouses, wearing patchouli scent.(Am I beginning to give my age away here?)

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:48 pm

oldleedsman wrote: Getting whacked across the back of the legs by your mother.John Lennon-type National Health glasses.Hearing aids that had a wire that plugged into a receiver that sat in the top pocket of a shirt/jacket.People looking old at 60.Teenage girls who dressed like their mothers.Loon pants.Stack-heeled boots.Jeans with leather patches on the knees and [edited for content].Shrink-to-fit Levis (if you could afford them - 76 shillings for my first pair).Girls wearing cheese-cloth blouses, wearing patchouli scent.(Am I beginning to give my age away here?) cheese cloth shirts always remind me of people who liked genesis.the problem with them was that rthe first time you washed them they shrank to the size of a floorclothI wa a Simon shirt kinda guy mesen.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 6:34 pm

fevlad wrote: cnosni wrote: fevlad wrote: Trojan wrote: fevlad wrote: chameleon wrote: Simple respect for society and authority. there is still plenty of this'presenmt day' society is much maligned, particularly yoiung people-something which I feel is unfair.I'm enjoying this thread, but it is developing a tinge of 'the hovis advert as history'. AS in"I'll nivver forget that fust day at t'pitMe 'n mi father worked a seventy two hour shift and then walked 'ome 43 mile through t' snow in us bare feet" 72 hour shifts? you were luckythere's a lot about life in 'the past' that was absolute [edited for content]and there's lots about lfe in the present day that is excellentthe 'young people' who take so much unfair stick are fighting in afghanistan, working in hospitals, fighting fires etcpeope tend to think that their generation is somehow superior. I blieve this to be untrue Fev lad you are absolutely right on what you say,the young uns in Afghanistan are as good as any we have produced in this country.The old days were not all that they are cracked up to be,and society today presents ordinary folk with the best opportunities for self improvement,a higher standard of life and general all round level of welfare unsurpassed by any other generation.But just as the past is not all its viewed as being then neither is the present.There is much to be derided about the past generations,but also much to be admired.I dont fel that this thread is saying that the old days were better all round,just that there were some things that were better,of which i have no doubt they were. great postthe only thing I would disagree with is that it isn't just 'lads', it's lasses as well.last week a woman merlin pilot was awarded theDFC, women are watch keeping officers(as well as ratings) on warships, and there are women fighter pilots flying combat missions. not in the raf

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 6:41 pm

wiggy wrote: fevlad wrote: cnosni wrote: fevlad wrote: Trojan wrote: fevlad wrote: chameleon wrote: Simple respect for society and authority. there is still plenty of this'presenmt day' society is much maligned, particularly yoiung people-something which I feel is unfair.I'm enjoying this thread, but it is developing a tinge of 'the hovis advert as history'. AS in"I'll nivver forget that fust day at t'pitMe 'n mi father worked a seventy two hour shift and then walked 'ome 43 mile through t' snow in us bare feet" 72 hour shifts? you were luckythere's a lot about life in 'the past' that was absolute [edited for content]and there's lots about lfe in the present day that is excellentthe 'young people' who take so much unfair stick are fighting in afghanistan, working in hospitals, fighting fires etcpeope tend to think that their generation is somehow superior. I blieve this to be untrue Fev lad you are absolutely right on what you say,the young uns in Afghanistan are as good as any we have produced in this country.The old days were not all that they are cracked up to be,and society today presents ordinary folk with the best opportunities for self improvement,a higher standard of life and general all round level of welfare unsurpassed by any other generation.But just as the past is not all its viewed as being then neither is the present.There is much to be derided about the past generations,but also much to be admired.I dont fel that this thread is saying that the old days were better all round,just that there were some things that were better,of which i have no doubt they were. great postthe only thing I would disagree with is that it isn't just 'lads', it's lasses as well.last week a woman merlin pilot was awarded theDFC, women are watch keeping officers(as well as ratings) on warships, and there are women fighter pilots flying combat missions. not in the raf absolutely in the RAF

Dalehelms · Post by **Dalehelms** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 8:13 pm

Old leeds man, you truely are!! What's wrong with patchouli, anyway? I've been wearing it for decades; to compliment my purple loons and platforms.

Post by **cnosni** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 8:27 pm

The ITV seven and the Green Final,all part of the saturday routine.

Barwicker · Post by **Barwicker** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 9:01 pm

miggyexile wrote: Co-op stampsWright's Coal Tar Soap (a name just brimming with hygiene)Egg shampoo (c'mon!!)Amazin Raisin, Bar Six and Mint Cracknel chocolate (although my diabetes is a permanent reminder)Cigarette coupons (smoke more and buy stuff!)Tetley Bittermen ("you can't beat them - so join them!)Watneys Red Barrel (always remember my dad complaining that he'd had 10 pints of the stuff and could still walk home) Just to let you know that you can still buy Wrights Coal Tar Soap at Sainsburys. And it still smells the same.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 9:59 pm

Watching the teleprinter on Grandstand (presented by David Coleman) showing all the latest fotty results.Eddie Waring,Frank Bough(with hair!).On'tother side Dickie Davis,Kent Walton,Brian Moore.Kids making their own way to school.Blackboards and chalk,over-head projectors,chemistry experiments WITHOUT all the safety gear.Boys doing wood/metal work,girls doing home economics,needlework.Playing conkers,sliding on ice,throwing snowballs, climbing trees etc.All deemed too dangerous now!A'Bobby'outside a polling station.Firemen using a 'pole'(!)

oldleedsman · Post by **oldleedsman** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 10:06 pm

Dalehelms wrote: Old leeds man, you truely are!! What's wrong with patchouli, anyway? I've been wearing it for decades; to compliment my purple loons and platforms. I didn't say there was anything wrong with patchouli - I find the smell extremely evocative. Reminds me of an old girlfriend......As for the accusation of being a Genesis fan: well, I do quite like Selling England by the Pound actually! (but not the post-Gabriel stuff).Playground games: conkers; British Bulldogs; kiss-catch; marbles; skipping; chinese skipping with elastic bands; wandering round the playground in a big line singing 'all join in for cowboys and indians'; whip and top......

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Thu 13 Mar, 2008 10:28 pm

26" baggies, Budgie jackets, parkas, greatcoats, platforms, jaytex shirts, invalid toffee, galaxy chocolate, opal mints / fruits, imps, chittelins, potato cakes, savoury duck.that'll do for now, it's making me hungry.