Things one does not see anymore...

[Fnaar]

Tramps. With overcoats tied up with string. Who weren't pervs, just wandering souls, and sometimes very friendly and interesting to talk to.
"Mum, the tramp's back!" was a summer holiday refrain when he returned for his annual wander through our neighbourhood, and we'd bring him tea and biscuits and he'd chat for 20 mins, and NOT try to touch us up or anything, just tell us about far off exotic places like Scotland and Bristol that he'd also wandered through.

 

[gary r]

Kids with bubblegum cards (or ciggy cards) attached to their bicycles (with pegs, I seem to recall, but can't remember the precise method if attachment) so that they stick in between the spokes and make a noise 'just like' a motorbike.

yes it was clothes pegs,we used to use the cards from boxes of Tea

 

[Ciar]

Local pub on a sunday with my grandad and the family, the welks and cockle lady would wander round with her basket of delights, yes i still eat shellfish if i see a stall outside a pub, jellied eels my fave delicacy with white pepper and chili vinegar...

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Rag and bone men.

Street cleaners who used to pull an electric dust cart.

Donkey jackets.

Butchers with whole carcasses hanging in the shop.

Wee lassies clopping about the street wearing their mum's high heels.



GC

 

[perplexed]

Polyveldt shoes.

Metal dustbins.

Cor Blimey trousers.

Braces.

Men wearing hats. (Baseball caps don't count.)

 

[Beebo]

kids with gloves tied to string down their sleeves.

My daughter kept losing her gloves over the winter, so I suggested the old string trick across the back of the coat but this ws veto'd by the wife, it seems to have gone out of fashion,

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Blue smoke fog in the pub
Blue smoke fog in the cinema
Blue smoke fog in the train or bus

YaY!!

 

[Alex H]

Kids with bubblegum cards (or ciggy cards) attached to their bicycles (with pegs, I seem to recall, but can't remember the precise method if attachment) so that they stick in between the spokes and make a noise 'just like' a motorbike.

lolly sticks lasted longer - and made more noise

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Small children in harnesses.


GC

 

[Ciar]

[QUOTE 2462605, member: 45"]Starlings. They used to roost on the window ledges in Brum city centre at dusk. The sound was deafening.[/quote]

Yes i had a feeling my bird watching skills might be a bit pony, cheers

 

[pplpilot]

Plastic clips to hold the poly bag shut on a loaf of bread... great fun collecting them to put on the spokes of my Grifter

 

[GetAGrip]

Smiths crisps with the little blue bag of salt
10/- note
Reliant robins - Del style
small packs of dogs roaming the streets

 

[EltonFrog]

Reliant robins - Del style

I think you will find that was a Reliant Regal Van. Incidentally my first car was a Reliant Regal.

 

[pauldavid]

kids with gloves tied to string down their sleeves.

My daughter kept losing her gloves over the winter, so I suggested the old string trick across the back of the coat but this ws veto'd by the wife, it seems to have gone out of fashion,

The technical term for these is idiot mittens

 

[coffeejo]

Old men complaining about life was better when they were lads...

Oh, wait, hang on

IGMC