Another thing you don't see anymore...

katcha · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:50 pm

white dog poo

katcha · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:51 pm

used glue bags

Cowboy · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:00 pm

Old fashioned Tramps

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

Houses with the front doors open all day.

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

Copper bins...'Owton Manor bins' i call them,me nana had one in every room of the house :roll:

Cowboy · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:06 pm

Kids getting up on a bus to let old ladies sit down

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

Ford Anglias and Sheffield Wednesday in the top flight.

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

Binmen actually doing a bit.

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

Wash-houses.

Cowboy · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:16 pm

Women wearing headscarves

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

'proper nana's!!'

You know...with Grey curly hair,little gold rimmed glasses,a pinny on and baking shit loads of bread and cakes :sweet:

Cowboy · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:18 pm

3Quid wrote:

'proper nana's!!'

You know...with Grey curly hair,little gold rimmed glasses,a pinny on and baking shiit loads of bread and cakes :sweet:

Having walked up the corner shop in their slippers?

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:22 pm

Kids playing with Matchbox/Corgi Cars in the street!!!! :sweet:

Lucky Bags!!!! :sweet:

Kids playing soldiers!!!! :sweet:

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:40 am

Teachers chucking heavy stuff at kids.

Polio victims.

Diptheria.

Atom bombs.

Rickets.

Soup kitchens.

Wages snatches.

Co-Op Dividend.

Alf Garnett.

:roll:

poolpower · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:58 am

fellas with six bags of roundy on a bike

kids with no shoes

lads you went to school with that only had sand shoes

hand me down clothes

big over coats with a belt

those turbaned gentlemen that went round the doors selling stuff from suit cases on tally

good strong shoes or boots that would last a life time

wage packets

queues for the flicks
double features

a white newsagent
[although mine is nearly white ... for a yakker ]

a teachers cane

a pub that is open all week

the fruit & veg hawker with his horse and cart

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:00 am

Kids wearing wellies in hot weather!!!! :grin:

Kids with socks flopping out the front of their shoes/boots!!!! :uhoh:

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:01 am

The Labour Party with a socialist manifesto... :roll:

poolpower · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:03 am

a tory party with any policies :shock:

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:59 am

poolpower wrote:

good strong shoes or boots that would last a life time

When I came out of the RAF in '77, I left with among other things my 'uniform' shoes, which I continued to wear on 'appropriate' occasions, and they still looked good 20 years on.

Now what did i do with them?

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:36 am

Men minding their language in front of women
Women drinking half pints

ChunkyMonkey · **Joined:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:59 pm **Posts:** 569

Rag and Bone men

nick · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:49 am

if you go to the right places in the town you can see rag and bone men, and houses that have the front door open all day.

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:16 am

National Health gegs.

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:23 am

But you do, isn't Dibbles missus a nitty nurse??

Nitty Norah the Head Explorer!! :laugh:

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:24 am

Can I take it from the lack of mention that women still have no shame in going out in the street in quilted dressing gowns, curlers and hairnets, furry slippers, and a fag hanging from their lips?

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:28 am

The Kiddy Catcher!!!! :grin:

Mr.Botham I think his name was!!!! :grin:

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:38 am

richard head wrote:

Can I take it from the lack of mention that women still have no shame in going out in the street in quilted dressing gowns, curlers and hairnets, furry slippers, and a fag hanging from their lips?

You met the mother in law then?? Idle bitch only used to get dressed to go to the Bingo in an evening. Fat slob. rage

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:45 am

3 Legged Dogs!!!! :grin:

I'm sure in the 70's every estate had a 3 legged dog!!!! :laugh:

norgepoolie · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:59 am

Real coppers on the beat, not those plastic ones.

Shop at Binns on the back of buses.

Kids on homemade bogeys.

kids on the pitch at the final whistle.

3 Star jumpers :uhoh:

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22566

6 button high waisters with LP pockets.

Mampi Swift · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:13 pm

Kids eating ice pops

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:20 pm

Elvis knows a bloke who eats ice pops...... stupid stupid

poolpower · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:29 pm

norgepoolie wrote:

Real coppers on the beat, not those plastic ones.

Shop at Binns on the back of buses.

Kids on homemade bogeys. :laugh:

clap clap
kids on the pitch at the final whistle.

3 Star jumpers :uhoh:

i take my bogey out every day sometimes i put the go faster wheels on too

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

Farah's.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36354

Pools applying for re-election....!

parmopooly · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:45 am

United buses

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:27 am

Wispas! Wispa Gold. Wispa Mint. Those bastards.

Oh, and root beer, Tab, open alleys, Hizbollah on TV...

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:15 am

Young Mums pushing a 'Silvercross' pram about!!!! :sweet: :sweet:

Now it's 3 wheel this and 3 wheel that!!!! :roll:

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22566

Sawdust on butchers floors.

Strikes; along with the power cuts and candles that caused lots of house fire, the hidden deaths of yet another miners strike.

Access cards

Kids rushing home from school to watch Apollo whatever taking off.

Cup final day being a real event

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:58 am

Kids getting changed after school into their 'Playing Out Clothes'!!!! :grin:

poolpower · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:34 am

kids dont play itchy bay anymore

Karl Marx · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:51 am

parmopooly wrote:

United buses

TMS!

mr plow · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:21 pm

TheGingerPoolie wrote:

Wispas! Wispa Gold. Wispa Mint. Those bastards.

Oh, and root beer, Tab, open alleys, Hizbollah on TV...

I've seen root beer on sale in Asda in Peterlee.
Six pack of cans, though, not bottled.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:35 pm

Gas lamps
Handsome cabs
Knockers-up
Child mineworkers
Overhead lineshafts in wool mills
Schooners breaking seagoing speed records
Two handed swords
Breastplates
Viceroys
Church sponsored classical composers
Long marches
Bustles
Cobbled highways
Dodos
Sabre tooth tigers
Groats
Moats
Frock coats
Shuggy boats
Ten bob notes

Salty · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:42 pm

MutleyRules wrote:

Kids getting changed after school into their 'Playing Out Clothes'!!!! :grin:

our kids do muttley!!
mind, its more us giving em grief for putting holes in their school clothes like....

still counts tho! :wink:

parmopooly · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:59 pm

pirates with parrots on their shoulders
and one wooden leg

and an eyepatch

katcha · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:17 pm

MutleyRules wrote:

Young Mums pushing a 'Silvercross' pram about!!!! :sweet: :sweet:

Now it's 3 wheel this and 3 wheel that!!!! :roll:

with suspension - still some of the mams have cute arses

Another thing you don't see anymore...

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