Can you name things that youngsters of today won't know?

[Joey Shabadoo]

I always found it preferable to detention.
I was thinking, they had purpose made ones in our school, so they must have been in the 'teaching supplies' catalogue.

http://www.johndick-leathergoods.co...of-the-lochgelly-tawse-times-are-changing.htm

Interesting page -

As the decade went on it became harder and harder to source thick enough leather to make the heavy and extra heavy tawse, the preference for leaner and leaner meat, intensive farming and artificial insemination meant cattle were being slaughtered younger and there weren't so many bulls about to provide a regular supply of leather this thick, Dad experimented with bonded belts but they weren't very successful and sometimes split, you couldn't machine stitch them as the stitching might cause hand damage in use and hand stitching was prohibitively expensive, eventually he managed to find a supplier of buffalo necks and supply was resumed and if the look of the belt had changed to a darker colour and a grainy finish the teachers weren't complaining and it made no odds to the children.

 

[screenman]

Knotted handkerchief.

 

[Dirk]

Petrol pump attendants.

 

[screenman]

Petrol pump attendants.

Still got them up here in quite a few places.

 

[Dirk]

Still got them up here in quite a few places.

Haven't seen one for years.

 

[screenman]

Haven't seen one for years.

I can think of two within 10 miles, which is also the distance to any nearest petrol station.

 

[Illaveago]

Having to wait for Billy Cotton and his Band to finish before any decent programmes started on TV.

What was that other program , Life begins at 80 ?

 

[Proto]

[QUOTE 5017407, member: 43827"]Starting handles on cars.

[/QUOTE]

You haven’t got a 2CV, have you!

 

[Proto]

Log Tables

Slide Rule

 

[Illaveago]

People living just as long as they do now.

 

[youngoldbloke]

You haven’t got a 2CV, have you!

Has anyone - haven't they all rusted away? I used to have a Dyanne, so I know where you're coming from

 

[raleighnut]

Not even Clarkson understands what that is for.

It's for hanging your handbag on,


View: https://youtu.be/E7YuAKWcAwY

 

[Proto]

Has anyone - haven't they all rusted away? I used to have a Dyanne, so I know where you're coming from

Yes, red one in my garage, fully restored. Btw, it’s for sale ........

 

[Dirk]

Driving with no seat belts.
Riding a motorcycle with no helmet.

 

[wheresthetorch]

Playing with cap guns in the street without the ARV turning up.