Things we used to do

[Dirk]

...... I think you had to send a postal order to Bristol or something. Was in Keynsham?

That's spelt - 'K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M'.

 

[slowmotion]

That's spelt - 'K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M'.

Do you remember what his "System" was called? Radio Luxembourg was on AM, I think, and it was always fading in and out in a fog of heterodyne whistle.

 

[blackgoff]

Not have any problems on the road - when everyone was OK with everyone else in society.

 

[Dirk]

Do you remember what his "System" was called? Radio Luxembourg was on AM, I think, and it was always fading in and out in a fog of heterodyne whistle.

It was the 'Infradraw' system, if I recall correctly.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Batchelor

 

[slowmotion]

It was the 'Infradraw' system, if I recall correctly.

Horace was a complete bounder!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Batchelor

 

[Padraig]

Talking about gunpowder has just reminded me of Lott's chemistry sets. These came in different sizes, and contained something called logwood chips in a little jar. I have absolutely no idea what they were for. A friend who lived a few doors away had a chemistry set he'd owned for a couple of years. The instruction book contained the formula for gunpowder. When I got my set, I noticed that this particular formula had been redacted, as we would say nowadays. The start of health and safety nonsense, no doubt. Later, I discovered that it was possible to make an explosive with weed killer and sugar, although I believe they eventually put something in the weedkiller to retard the reaction.

Does anybody remember John Bull printing sets? Absolutely useless, if memory serves me right.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Does anybody remember John Bull printing sets? Absolutely useless, if memory serves me right.

Took about an hour to set it up just to print your name and address.

 

[Crackle]

Cycling related: Using a ruler and an OS map to see how far I'd ridden and later upgrading to a wheeled thing that you rolled along the route.

 

[Hyslop]

Wake up in the morning and collect the milk bottles off the door step

Still do that.

 

[TissoT]

Still do that.

Its good to hear ... As I said earlier there will be a few still having milk delivered
Having your papers delivered was also a dying trade Though I suspect a few still do this .

 

[MichaelW2]

Knock on the door of a complete stranger and offer to do anything for some small change.
AKA bob-a-job week

Also, related, being told by a responsible adult to carry a knife at all times.

 

[MichaelW2]

Hedgeporn.

 

[Tim Hall]

Make cotton reel tanks and race them with your mates.

I made one of them a few years ago, but it was a bit bigger. If I could remember my Flickr login, I'd attach a picture, but you'll have to make do with following this link.

 

[swansonj]

I made one of them a few years ago, but it was a bit bigger. If I could remember my Flickr login, I'd attach a picture, but you'll have to make do with following this link.

No sawn off bit from the end of one of the candles your mum kept in case of power cuts (in your case, an altar candle perhaps...)? Nah, doesn't count...

 

[Profpointy]

Talking about gunpowder has just reminded me of Lott's chemistry sets. These came in different sizes, and contained something called logwood chips in a little jar. I have absolutely no idea what they were for. A friend who lived a few doors away had a chemistry set he'd owned for a couple of years. The instruction book contained the formula for gunpowder. When I got my set, I noticed that this particular formula had been redacted, as we would say nowadays. The start of health and safety nonsense, no doubt. Later, I discovered that it was possible to make an explosive with weed killer and sugar, although I believe they eventually put something in the weedkiller to retard the reaction.

Does anybody remember John Bull printing sets? Absolutely useless, if memory serves me right.

I was warned off the weekiller and sugar thing -i'm reliably informed it worked very well indeed, but a good few schoolboys (didn't girls ever do chemistry? - Mrs T apart) blew fingers off with it ( I met one) . Gunpowder's a much safer proposition - disapointingly so when I tried it