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

[Levo-Lon]

Kids in my wife's school still play this. I couldn't believe it when I heard it.

I bet its not like the version we played

 

[Dirk]

RAC patrolmen saluting you.

 

[Freds Dad]

 

[Levo-Lon]

My school had a set of 20th century encyclopedias (Britannica) which had Dragons in it, and didn't have cars or aeroplanes. Try telling that to the youngsters of today.

Why haven't we had the 4 Yorkshiremen sketch yet?

I sold all my Britannicas when i married my wife...

 

[Alan Frame]

Tom & Jerry cartoons
Playing conkers
Being able to retire from work

 

[Dirk]

Scammell Scarab three wheelers on railway platforms.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Still got them up here in quite a few places.

Its a great place to fill up ..


https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/hitchhiker-vintage-gas-station-9499727.jpg

 

[Welsh wheels]

I will start with: Super8 cine films, tape recorders, single records, manual windows in cars, push buttons tv, Access credit cards.

Well I probably class as a youngster and I know what all of those are, and have used most of them as well

 

[Dave 123]

Ducking stools

 

[Dirk]

Fry's 'Five Boys'.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Trying to work out which peg in square formation was equivalent to which coloured peg in the line while playing Mastermind.

 

[Dave 123]

James is a 22 year old lad who works with me. I was explaining the televisual delight of the black and white minstrels to him the other day.
He couldn't get his head around it, and neither can I !

 

[Drago]

Rover V8's. A whole modern generation is all the sadder for not appreciating how awesome these were at transforming fuel into noise and little else.

 

[Profpointy]

Youth Hostels where the warden would sell you individual rashers of bacon and eggs...

More to the point Youth Hostels which actually allowed youths to stay.

 

[screenman]

Its a great place to fill up ..


https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/hitchhiker-vintage-gas-station-9499727.jpg

Blimey, you go there as well, I would have though Horncastle a long way to go for fuel.