Things one does not see anymore...

[s7ephanie]

children playing outside and going off for adventures x

 

[glasgowcyclist]

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!!!

We used to do that but it was always outdone by someone who had a half-brick and a pocketful of detonators. Somehow we avoided injury...


GC

 

[goo_mason]

We used to do that but it was always outdone by someone who had a half-brick and a pocketful of detonators. Somehow we avoided injury...


GC

Superb!

 

[Archie_tect]

Picking blackberries and making spears out of rose bay willow herb stems, playing on the ash sides of railway embankments.

 

[tyred]

People replacing a broken car aerial with a coat hanger.

 

[Arch]

the national anthem at midnight!

You should listen to Radio4. They still play the anthem at the end of programmes - about 1am, just after the shipping forecast.

 

[Arch]

Rag and bone men.
GC

There are some scrap metal buyers who drive round where I work, usually in a Transit pickup with a tannoy playing something that might be "Rag bone old iron!" but it's so distorted you can't make out the words. Very occasionally, they do use a horse and cart!

 

[EltonFrog]

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

Correct I was going to edit my post, but I could not be arsed.

 

[Fnaar]

Disabled cars, as seen in the corner of footy matches on Match Of The Day

 

[Davidc]

[QUOTE 2462805, member: 259"]Lance Armstrong jerseys. [/quote]
Thought they were the new staff uniforms at Superdrug.

 

[slowmotion]

Tiger tails from Esso garages.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Disabled cars, as seen in the corner of footy matches on Match Of The Day

My neighbour had one of those until about four years ago. He wouldn't let it go until they took it from him and gave him an Astra.

GC

 

[EltonFrog]

Tiger tails from Esso garages.

ooh ooh and the bullet hole stickers you put on cars windows..

 

[Moon bunny]

Hard toilet paper, such as Izal, Bronco, or Boots own brand.

 

[byegad]

Coalmen looking like refugees from The Black and White Minstrel Show(don't see that anymore either; can't think why).

I see one three or four times a year, when he delivers, err...., my coal.