The middle aged thread

12 pages in less than 24 hours, you old fogeys really have a lot of nostalgia to offload doncha.

Here's my contribution, I remember those olden times when all you could get was dial up internet! Ha! I know! It was like the dark ages!

......leaves thread forever

bye.

So LFGSS is an oldies' paradise, huh - and btw I can remember when a Milky Way went up from 2p to 2 1/2p, so I'm one of them.

Concord.

when i was on bob a job week i went to stelmo's* where my dad was a welder and on a trip to the drawing office i gawped at a technical drawing of concorde, i was fascinated by it.

*steel fabrication factory that closed in the 80's and is now a 'technology park'

i also had a big battery powered model of concorde that had flashing lights and powered wheels that replicated the journey from hangar to runway at heathrow.

Does anyone remember the Johnny Seven (One Man Army) and Secret Sam?

Twizzle? Andy Pandy? Captain Pugwash?

12 pages in less than 24 hours, you old fogeys really have a lot of nostalgia to offload doncha.

Here's my contribution, I remember those olden times when all you could get was dial up internet! Ha! I know! It was like the dark ages!

......leaves thread forever
bold shit stirring young lady. glad it wasn't me that said this :)

motorways being built, the M20 was started then they ran out of money, it literally stopped not far from where i lived. the maps just had dotted lines and 'M20 missing link'

Noggin the Nog

Noggin the Nog 1959 - YouTube

Opening drinks cans by punching two holes in it with a with a can opener.

Paper straws

Rag and bone men with horses and carts.

Police boxes like Tardises

olive oil was what you got from the chemist to put in your ears.

Telephone numbers like Whitehall 1212

motorways being built, the M20 was started then they ran out of money, it literally stopped not far from where i lived. the maps just had dotted lines and 'M20 missing link'

My Dad leaving his work in Camberwell with me at 6pm and being at my Grandparents in Whitstable 50 minutes later ;)

Making calls through the operator

balaclavas.

you would get shot if you wore one now.

Razor blades

Soggy wet and heavy leather footballs

saying your telephone number when picking up the receiver
"appledore 598"

Starting handles and then chokes

Trusting policemen

Respecting one's elders

Expecting war

£50 maximum cash allowance when leaving the country