What has Disappeared?

[Guest]

Opal Fruits (now starburst)
Marathon (now snickers)
Dime bars (now Daim)
Pop Man delivering pop (Cream Soda, Dandelion and Burdock, Cherryaide every week)
all TV channels going off at midnight
Cresta "it's frothy man!"
Encyclopedias - taking 40 mins to look up a simple fact to end an arguement
Gerry Anderson tv series (UFO, Thunderbirds, Capt Scarlet)
Taping the latest songs off the radio
Laughing at the latest "Ronco gadgets" they try to sell each christmas
Being super excited about the space race/space exploration/Neil and Buzz on the Moon.
Having to use a bottle opener to open a can of pop (addition to that, using ring pulls as 'flyers' when they first came out)
Having a TV with the first remote control and your mum constantly tripping up over the cable and pulling it out
Typewriters
Good music

and walking down the street and saying hello to everyone you pass, these days they are glued to their phones and ignore you.

[Tim Marlow]

Having to use a bottle opener to open a can of pop (addition to that, using ring pulls as 'flyers' when they first came out)

I remember party sevens that needed a special can opener to get in them. Everyone took them to family gatherings and parties, and nobody had the tool to open them properly :crying: Usually opened by piercing them with a screwdriver and spraying the stuff everywhere. And it wasn’t even good beer……

[Tim Marlow]

Just for you Tony…..sleep well…..Donald Pleasense apparently voiced this.

[Tim Marlow]

Oh, and the Green Cross man should spook you as well…..after all, he went over to the dark side…..

[wotan]

Elastic garters for cubs socks with little green tabs on them.
Philips cassette recorder and microphone.
Church fetes
Coconut shies
point to point races
Murray Walker
John Peel and The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Crystal set radios
The Beano

John

[yak face]

Just for you Tony…..sleep well…..Donald Pleasense apparently voiced this.

I’ll be back , back , back

[Jim R]

Rural bus services……

A real issue in Shropshire. The cuts in bus services have isolated those who can't drive, usually the elderly. I know a taxi driver who gives up every Tuesday to collect elderly people from rural villagers. He tries to keep the fares as low a possible but it is still impacting those who could use their free bus passes. The council plead poverty but they have money for other projects.

[Jim R]

School sports days with winners and losers.

[Geoffers]

Pop man - used to be Alpine pop where I lived.

Co-op bread deliveries, I can still smell of the back of the van when my mom was choosing what to buy.

Cheque books.

Black and white televisions

Rag and bone men with a horse and cart.

My hair :cold-sweat:

Geoff.

[Tim Marlow]

A real issue in Shropshire. The cuts in bus services have isolated those who can't drive, usually the elderly. I know a taxi driver who gives up every Tuesday to collect elderly people from rural villagers. He tries to keep the fares as low a possible but it is still impacting those who could use their free bus passes. The council plead poverty but they have money for other projects.

Almost going back to the days of rural communities having their own independent bus and council owned and run corporation bus services isn’t it. Not sure why it should really be a council responsibility really though Jim. Bus companies used to have to provide these services as part of their charter, much like railways had to transport any freight load offered to them. These days they rent buses to the councils so get the money with none of the risks. Park and ride buses I get, because they are servicing one council run site, but not rural services.

[Tim Marlow]

Elastic garters for cubs socks with little green tabs on them.
Philips cassette recorder and microphone.
Church fetes
Coconut shies
point to point races
Murray Walker
John Peel and The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Crystal set radios
The Beano

John

You’ll be after remembering sock suspenders next John LOL.
Yep, still miss JP and the whistle test myself. To that you can add The Tube and Rock goes to college. No decent contemporary (or even popular) music programs on terrestrial TV these days. On demand music programs are pretty much just narrow focused sales pitches really so hold no interest to me at all.

[peterairfix]

People talking face to face
And writing proper letters to each other

[boatman]

AN i miss ed stewpot with junior chiose on a sat morn an goin to the fleapit pictures an havin the film break as then choas rainded as all the kids then use to chuck water bags at the picture screen untill the film was restored what a load of tearaways we were but oh what fun whatchin the lone rangher an the cico kid way before any good space pics then AN CHEUQE BOOK I STILL USE

[Miko]

.Donald Pleasense apparently voiced this.

I only recently discovered that Charlie the cat in 'Charlie says. . . ' public information films was voiced by Kenny Everett!

Obvious once you know!

Miko (I miss the 70's, I don't want to live there but a holiday for a week or two might be nice)

[Guest]

Elastic garters for cubs socks with little green tabs on them.
Philips cassette recorder and microphone.
Church fetes
Coconut shies
point to point races
Murray Walker
John Peel and The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Crystal set radios
The Beano

John

Still got my little round Philips cd player with the clam shell top, and it works every day when I am on the bench...