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

[Dirk]

Proper, yellow, bicycle capes. Can't remember the last time I saw a cyclist wearing one in the rain.

 

[palinurus]

Proper, yellow, bicycle capes. Can't remember the last time I saw a cyclist wearing one in the rain.

I got one, but it ain't yellow. Good for really heavy rain, feet and hands stay dry.

 

[palinurus]

But yeah, can't say I've seen anyone else using one recently.

 

[alicat]

But yeah, can't say I've seen anyone else using one recently.

Well, I'm not going to make a trip to Watford specially. It will probably have stopped raining by the time I get there...

 

[tyred]

Also don't forget we used to fix bikes up instead of buying a new un,


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1967 Carlton 'Clubman' completely rebuilt in about 89 (after it was run over) and my only transport for 10yrs after that, still fantastic today.

I still do. Just about all my bikes are skip rescue and I've covered about 3,000 miles now on a 70s Kalkhoff that the owner was dumping because a so called bike shop said it couldn't be fixed.

 

[arranandy]

Proper, yellow, bicycle capes. Can't remember the last time I saw a cyclist wearing one in the rain.

Still see them over here in the Netherlands

 

[Profpointy]

We didn't have "smart ass" back then either.

But we did, and still do, have smart-arse

 

[Ming the Merciless]

An adult on a high end road bike will beat you on your BMX in a road race and then post that fact on CC.

 

[Tim Hall]

But we did, and still do, have smart-arse

Quite. It was a small dig at creeping Americanisms invading our cussing. (Language is constantly evolving you say? Harumph.)

 

[roadrash]

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[roadrash]

Saturday night tv..
the two ronnies
the comedians
Morecambe and wise
the goodies
the onedin line

did anyone else go the chippy on Friday tea time and take your own plates or is/was that just a wigan thing

 

[Gary E]

I would like to add that a lot of things on he lists in this post are still the norm in Lincolnshire.

From what I’ve seen some of the things on this list haven’t been invented yet in Lincolnshire

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Take away being a once a week treat not an everyday occurence.

 

[petek]

Saturday night tv..
the two ronnies
the comedians
Morecambe and wise
the goodies
the onedin line

did anyone else go the chippy on Friday tea time and take your own plates or is/was that just a wigan thing

Yep plus a bowl for peas with a towel to wrap round and cover it on the walk home.

 

[petek]

Does anyone still play board games?