What has Disappeared?

[Waspie]

Apparently the 10 bob note was withdrawn from circulation back in 1969. I was about 16 then and although I'd seen plenty from working in a petrol station - anybody remember the days when the assistant came out and served you? - I never got to actually own one. I reckon if I had I would have considered that Sultan to be a pauper!

I still had a ten Bob note in 71. I got 7 Singapore dollars for it - or a few bottles of Tiger beer depending on yer exchange rate back then!!!!

[Tim Marlow]

All this talk about snow confuses me. I don’t recall snow from about 1968 to 1976. All the years I could have been sledding or building snowmen there was nothing to sled on or build with…..then in 1976 we had a humungous blizzard starting on New Year’s Eve that resulted in ten foot drifts. Would have been better to spread it out a bit, but hey Ho!.

[David Lovell]

What happened to Victory V lozenges used to love those.

Thats the one's victory V's they were im sure laced with a small amount of morphine looking back did I love em or was there a slight addiction

[Dave Ward]

I got 7 Singapore dollars

aaah Singapore - Clifford Quay, People's Park, Change Alley, Bougis Street - many memorable runs ashore ( I think ) ending with no money, bad hangovers, cuts and contusions and also oddly enough a new watch!
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Thats the one's victory V's they were im sure laced with a small amount of morphine looking back did I love em or was there a slight addiction

Ether, liquorice and Chloroform I think Dave. I looked it up LOL. I think the modern ones (you can still get ‘em) don’t have the ether and chloroform. Haven’t had one for many years so don’t know if they still make your throat go numb.

[Waspie]

aaah Singapore - Clifford Quay, People's Park, Change Alley, Bougis Street - many memorable runs ashore ( I think ) ending with no money, bad hangovers, cuts and contusions and also oddly enough a new watch!
Dave

I have that T-Shirt!!! The toilets in Bugis Strasse should have been made a world heritage site!!!! oop::rolling::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy: It is a much changed city these days!!!

[Tim Marlow]

Just thought of another….Juke boxes with real records. I used to be fascinated by the record carosel choosing the record.

[Waspie]

Not forgetting bands that could play live in front of real people!!!!

[Dave Ward]

It is a much changed city these days!!!

I first went there in the mid 70's - every time I went back, more land had been reclaimed, more skyscrapers shot up - the Merlions, at the mouth of the Singapore River got further & further away from the sea. We often had to anchor, before our berth was available & the taxi boat landed at Clifford Quay. There was a bar - 'Red Lantern' close by - they used to serve Tiger in 2.5l jugs - an aperitif for the evening! The watch thing was odd to me - a few drinks & I couldn't resist the goodies on offer in the shopping plazas.....................
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Not forgetting bands that could play live in front of real people!!!!

They are still there, probably more so now than ever before to be honest. The standard of modern musicianship is far higher now on average than in previous eras, helped by the superior quality of the electronics they play through. I think the hard bit is finding an audience with an attention span.

[Gern]

I still had a ten Bob note in 71. I got 7 Singapore dollars for it - or a few bottles of Tiger beer depending on yer exchange rate back then!!!!

That exchange rate was 7 1/2 pints to the £ when I started drinking!

[Dave Ward]

They are still there, probably more so

The two pubs in my 'village' have live music, usually on alternate Fridays. OK some are rubbish, but others are pretty slick. One pub has occasional 'open mic' nights, which attracts quite a few people, but in my experience is to be avoided! In summer the other pub runs a 'battle of the bands' weekend - in a large marquee, that covers the beer garden. The local pub, as a community centre, is still surviving in South Gloucestershire - darts teams & tournaments, quiz nights, away days ( last one I went on was Weymouth ), or even a quiet pint in the beer garden - they're still there
Dave

[Ian M]

All this talk about snow confuses me. I don’t recall snow from about 1968 to 1976.

That's because you live in the English tropics Tim. You have palm trees along the sea front (do you still have them). There has been snow there in that time, I can remember my mum moaning about not getting out to shop. She lived at the top of North Hill in Minehead, right next to the moor. And the way she drove I think it a good thing she stayed home.
I am one of those who recall WALKING the two - tree miles to school in two foot of snow. like 95% of kids at the time. The only 4x4 that time was a series one and was normally either a service van or police.

Another fun thing the AA (automobil Association) had them as well which is the sole reason my dad picked them over the RAC (Royal Automobil Club) that had, at that time ordinary vans!

[Tim Marlow]

That's because you live in the English tropics Tim. You have palm trees along the sea front (do you still have them). There has been snow there in that time, I can remember my mum moaning about not getting out to shop. She lived at the top of North Hill in Minehead, right next to the moor. And the way she drove I think it a good thing she stayed home.
I am one of those who recall WALKING the two - tree miles to school in two foot of snow. like 95% of kids at the time. The only 4x4 that time was a series one and was normally either a service van or police.

Another fun thing the AA (automobil Association) had them as well which is the sole reason my dad picked them over the RAC (Royal Automobil Club) that had, at that time ordinary vans!

Nearly right Ian, but at that time I was living in Salisbury, not much coast about LOL I only moved out in here 2019. I do remember no traffic being able to get through on the main roads to Salisbury for three days and the railways also stopping. I walked the three miles to school on those days until the bus service was restored because school stayed open.

[stona]

I’m probably one of the few non-British people who knows that a “bob” is a shilling, and there were twenty shillings to a pound, so that note would have been equivalent to 50 new pence. The Bank of England has an inflation calculator, and though that doesn’t do fractional pounds, it’s just a matter of typing in 5 and dividing the outcome by 10:

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So that means ten shillings in 1969 would be about £6.96 today. Had you been given the note in 1965, BTW, it would be about £8.10.

I don't think that is a true reflection of purchasing power.

For example, ten bob would have bought me four 1/72 scale Airfix Spitfires in 1969. Today those four kits would cost at least forty quid.