I remember when..................

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In the event of an LBW appeal in a game of wasteland cricket, the bowler got a free bowl at the undefended stumps.

Crappy rental TVs that had a box on the back to stick 50p pieces in, the next 50p was ready to go halfway in the slot - cue the sprint to the tv when the timer ran down.

My haircut at age 11 that resembled a German Stormtrooper's helmet - and wasn't unique.
 
In the event of an LBW appeal in a game of wasteland cricket, the bowler got a free bowl at the undefended stumps.

Crappy rental TVs that had a box on the back to stick 50p pieces in, the next 50p was ready to go halfway in the slot - cue the sprint to the tv when the timer ran down.

My haircut at age 11 that resembled a German Stormtrooper's helmet - and wasn't unique.


How i remember those haircuts still have nightmares
 
....during school holidays you went out to play in the morning and returned when you were hungry. Did not see your house or mum for hours on end. Did not even have a house phone let alone a mobile one and parents did not panic if little Johnny was not seen from 10am to 10pm...!
 
Greenkeepers wore jackets and ties and cycled to work.

We ate rabbit at least twice a week.

Dairy products were healthy.

Asbestos sheets were great to play with.

Edinburgh's trams.
 
Cider was 37p a pint down the pub. They put the price up to 40p, so it was boycotted until they put the price back down. It only took a week.

A pack of ciggies was less than 50p too.
 
Getting a colour tv
Getting a tv that could pick up BBC2
Free milk at school
Dunlop 65s
Walking to school in the snow
Recording music from the wireless onto cassette
Building a bogey
Climbing trees
Playing hide and seek
Joyce Parker :o
 
Getting a colour tv
Getting a tv that could pick up BBC2
Free milk at school
Dunlop 65s
Walking to school in the snow
Recording music from the wireless onto cassette
Building a bogey
Climbing trees
Playing hide and seek
Joyce Parker :o

Don't know anything about Joyce Parker but firmly remember the rest.

I remember also where it showed for weeks in the winter without the meltdown of the country and the summer had weeks of sunshine during the cool holidays.
 
Getting a colour tv
Getting a tv that could pick up BBC2
Free milk at school
Dunlop 65s
Walking to school in the snow
Recording music from the wireless onto cassette
Building a bogey
Climbing trees
Playing hide and seek
Joyce Parker :o
Building a Bogey??? Sorry Bob you've lost me
 
Buying petrol by the gallon.

Commando was also a golf ball.

Scrapings for free from the chippy.

Walking to school with my sister age 5&7 parent's were working.

You could buy a couple of fags from The Shop.

Jumpers for goal posts (sorry had to say it)
 
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We didn't have the Internet
TVs weighed about 3 tons, there were only 4 channels and it took about 30 minutes to tune those 4 channels in
Michaela Strachan on Wacaday
The Grifter bike (which weighed as much as the TV)
 
Bits of wood, old pram wheels and rope nailed together
Ah good memories. I've still got a scar on me knee and over me eye from the time i rolled mine on the lane, trying to avoid a head on with a "NUN". :eek:
Within a week though i was back on the road, thanks to help off the owd fella.
Somehow i can't see that happening to-day. Shame really. :(
 
You could buy Pickled Eggs from a great big jar on the bar of the Thistle Inn, Crossmichael.
The best bike you could buy was a Grifter.
Blancmange was a healthy option at School.
In Football, cheats were vilified, not celebrated.
Road surfaces were tar and gravel, which ripped the skin from your body when you fell off your silver Grifter.
The best way to spend the day at your mates house was watching the Evil Dead and Monty Python's Life of Brian, then listening to the Jam and smoking B&H.
Every kid had a Swiss Army Knife, and used it to cut branches from trees.
 
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