Things we don't see anymore

We wore velour school hats in winter and panamas in summer and were in mega trouble if a teacher saw you not wearing it. (State school, not private)....and the boys all wore caps!

Dogs used to be fed scraps and bones. Now they get tinned food. I think that is why the colour changed in their poo. hugs

Bus conductors

Older ladies out with hairnets on. Girls with skipping ropes or boys playing football in the road.Housewives redding their doorsteps and polishing the door knobs / letter boxes with Brasso. Bob a job week. When you get going there are lots of things.

Nice to have a trip down memory lane...........

PAC A MAC Mine was transparent with coloured thistledown.

@ Numberplease The knitted swimsuits were heavy when wet too.Do you remember the rushed nylon ones ? I loved mine.

@Hulahoop Whitefire was really lovely ,I can almost smell it !!

Yes,why was dog poo white ????

Re birds on electricity wires.We were told the buzz of the telegraph poles was fairies cooking their dinner.

Oh, Kunzle cakes!! Wouldn't it be wonderful if they came back.

Michelleblane...We used to fold the velours as soon as we were away from school and stuff them in satchels.Often the Panama went the same way !

Cherry B
Camp Coffee,

Old fashioned Sweet Shops

Lillyflower....maybe that is why we are nostalgic.
There were no credit cards,but I remember the Hoover man coming to the house to demonstrate a twin tub washer.I was in trouble the next day as I wrote in my school news book that my parents had a washing machine,but also let out that it was to be paid weekly !!!

Showboat Kunzle cakes

Some fabulous memories here

What about Caramac? I hated it but my cousin loved it.

The thing I miss most of all is seeing children playing out - properly like we used to in the street, in fields and woods totally unsupervised - and safe

Oh, and chicken (scampi, sausage) in the basket disappeared because the baskets were wicker and so couldn't be cleaned properly - health and safety....

They still sell Angel Delight in my local Sainsburys.

There is a lovely old fashioned sweet shop near my sister's house in the Yorkshire Dales. A must-visit for her grandchildren!

I still have milk bottles on the doorstep, SW London, all organised online now - can order (or cancel) all sorts of other things too before 9 pm the night before. The milk is more expensive than the supermarket but I don't mind since its one less thing to have to think about buying and lugging back from the shops. Esp. now I'm retired when I shop a lot more often, walk there and get the bus back, rather than drive.

I remember (just) the little brass tubes in shops which whizzed off with the money and came back with the change.

Also can just remember the milkman coming with a horse. My dds used to find this hilarious - never mind the olden days, to them it was more like the Dark Ages.

Bronco hard loo paper! Horrible.

Cutting up Mars Bars with a knife, since it was far too extravagant to eat the whole thing at once!

Little blue twists of salt in packets of crisps.

Hartnells In Love perfume

Hartnells In Love perfume

Watermelon we still get milk delivered in bottles (can have plastic if you want) plus Milkman delivers lots of things.

Postmen - still in uniform but more likely to be shorts & shirts now - I'm sure they're glad they no longer have to wear the heavy uniform & cap - not practical in our climate.

Cherry B, Babycham, Pony

Good to see Home Delivery returning (large Supermarket chains).

My local Post Office/General Store delivers (useful if you can't get to shops or for heavy shopping - they do lovely fruit & veg but I have to choose how much I can carry!!!

Or you could add chickens running around the house, also hay barns.

I went to a state grammar school where, up until the third year, the girls had to wear berets and the boys caps with the winter uniform. I lived too close to the Senior Mistress so I could not take my beret off until I was nearly home for fear of being seen and receiving an order mark - a bit mean seeing as I was no longer on school premises!

Maryeve - I can remember larger stores using metal tube to send money to cashier & change coming back down - no it's not your imagination!!

Pig Bins on the corner of the street - anyone remember those?

Our school hats (felt, bowler hat style in the winter - panamas with very sharp edges, lethal if thrown frisbee-style - in the summer) had elastic sewn in to them, which went under the chin to keep them on our heads in windy weather.

A favourite sweet that my mother served us was a 2" piece of swiss roll, cut side up, with a swirl of condensed milk on the top. I think she said it was something they used to get in Lyons cafes in the war.

Living in East Anglia, which the BBC didn't seem to have heard of, we often had disturbance on the TV. Especially in the summer - Wimbledon was often interrupted by sudden spurts of Dutch television, or just fuzzy wiggly lines. Radio reception was no better. No wonder we listened to the Pirates.

"normal service will be resumed as soon as possible" on TV with a picture of a little girl.

Walnut Bliss chocolate bars.
Mint cracknle.
Lucky numbers chocolates.