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

[Dirk]

Yes.

I don't know the collection boxes. What were they for?

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Why the ?
It was perfectly normal at the time.
A lot of good work was done by the Spastic Society.

 

[Dave 123]

This horrified me at the time. A lot of British content appeared on Australian TV and I'd often sit and watch with my parents. I wouldn't stay in the room when this was on.

Was it really acceptable, even in the 70s?

(I'm not saying Australian TV is perfect. )

Dunno. I found it weird.
I’d have been about 8/9 when they finished, I’m not really sure I knew what race and racism was.

 

[petek]

Some kids who'd had polio did wear callipers and any kid wearing a caliper could be called a 'spastic'.
Kids can be cruel.
Apropos polio. It was quite prevalent back in the 50s. Very few classes in our primary school without a kid who'd been in an iron lung and come out with a calliper.

 

[Andrew_P]

Price stickers - I will admit to one of my misdemeanours of switching the sticker from the plastic ball to the Wembley ball from Woolworths. With hindsight apart from it being wrong I have no clue why it felt better switching from one ball to another, and again in hindsight the person at the till must have known!

 

[Andrew_P]

Rubs chin wonder if I could print out some barcode stickers for my next shopping trip to Sainsbury.

 

[petek]

[QUOTE 5019789, member: 259"]Spot the Ball.[/QUOTE]
Also 'Spot the Ball' rubber stamps to increase your chances of winning.

 

[Dirk]

I should have quoted @Dirk. I have never seen polio conflated with cerebral palsy before, and it wasn't you who did it.

And it wasn't me that did it.
I was talking about the Spastic Society.
https://www.healthline.com/symptom/muscle-spasticity
Causal reason No. 3

 

[Nigel182]

[QUOTE 5019735, member: 259"]You can still get "Spanish Gold" online. A certain (allegedly) tax avoiding megashop named after a big river in South America sells it.[/QUOTE]

a lot of the old sweets still available on www.aquarterof.co.uk other websites are available
we get a big order from them just before Christmas......

 

[MichaelW2]

Dymo tape labels. Does anyone still use a Dymo embossed printer? It was a cutting edge of 1970s drawer administration.

 

[screenman]

Dymo tape labels. Does anyone still use a Dymo embossed printer? It was a cutting edge of 1970s drawer administration.

Me.

 

[Profpointy]

Some kids who'd had polio did wear callipers and any kid wearing a caliper could be called a 'spastic'.
Kids can be cruel.
Apropos polio. It was quite prevalent back in the 50s. Very few classes in our primary school without a kid who'd been in an iron lung and come out with a calliper.

Wasn't, and isn't spasticity a legitimate label for a class of symptoms. I also understand "spastic" was a more sensitive label than "cripple". It only later became a not-to-be-used label

 

[Dirk]

Personal pagers.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Army and Navy stores for your outdoor gear

 

[Drago]

Proper war, where you look 'em in the eyes.

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 5019969, member: 259"]Dubbin for your Doc Martens boots and segs for your shoes (best not to get the two mixed up).[/QUOTE]
Dubbin.

Red 'renovating polish' round our way,