Things one does not see anymore...

[GetAGrip]

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

Dunno, but my brother and brother in law each had the robin vans. One floated away on a spring tide and we swept the other one up off the road and popped it in the back of our ford transit pick-up after it got rolled, over and over and over and over

 

[kipster]

Kids on their dads old racing bike (or one that was just dumped), which is several sizes to too big. Go karts made from old prams wheels and bits of wood with plenty of splinter potential.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Kids flying down a hill on a Beano annual on a roller skate.

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[Brains]

People walking around with a transistor radio the size of a large paperback held to one ear

 

[Brains]

shop assistants in tan coloured coats who had been in the same job for decades and knew everything about everything in the shop, and actually wanted to help the customers !

 

[goo_mason]

Doc Marten boots. The must have accessory when I was at school. Haven't seen a pair in years.

Too expensive and the quality has plummeted as they're now made on the cheap in Asia. You can still get them made in the UK, but they call them their 'Vintage' and charge around £200 for the privilege!!

 

[hopless500]

Milkmen.

? We have a milkman

 

[goo_mason]

Polyveldt shoes.

Metal dustbins.

Cor Blimey trousers.

Braces.

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

Oh dear - I'd forgotten about Polyveldt shoes! They were very popular amongst the kids in my class during the 70s. I did get a pair but never really liked them!

 

[Davidc]

Small children in harnesses.


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Still around down here - must be a Scottish thing

 

[thegravestoneman]

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

Technically speaking they were Reliant Supervan IIIs if anyone is still awake

 

[DiddlyDodds]

CHIP and PIN is so boring, remember the fun of paying by credit card using one of those sliding thingeys that took a faint, almost illegible imprint of your card on carbon copy paper. I miss them, it made paying with your credit card seem like some sort of special event.

So your the one I used to stand behind at petrol stations paying on a card at on those old slow payment slips whilst I stood for 5 mins with my fiver in hand, I remember watching the slow painful process as if it was yesterday,,,,

Yesterday I stood behind a women in the local paper shop paying for the papers (all £2.60) with a cheque book, I had to restrain myself from doing a personal injury to her.

 

[hopless500]

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

you can still get the crisps

 

[goo_mason]

Getting a 10p mixture from the ice cream van. You used to get a decent selection of teeth-rotting goodies for that money!

Making 'bangers' from two bolts and a nut. Attach a nut to the end of a bolt and half-screw it on. Pack the thing with a length of a roll of toy gun 'caps', and screw the other bolt in reasonably tight. Chuck the thing end-down onto a hard surface to compress and set the caps off... BANG!!!

'Gutties' - aka Webley catapults. You could make an impressively large hole in the side of a corrugated-plastic greenhouse with a small stone. Not that I ever did that, mind. My rebellious neighbour did though, and I'd watch & be seriously impressed/amused!!

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Small children in harnesses.


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We used them on our little girl when we were away on holiday , as we walked through a tourist spot I heard a German women say to her husband , look they are taking there child for a walk, which I suppose was true in some respects.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Usherette walking backwards in the cinema.


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