Two names from your childhood that make you sad

[Headgardener]

Queen Elizabeth II. Watched her being launched when I was eight on the headmasters (does anybody remember those) telly in his front room because his house was attached to the school, then watched her sail on her last voyage forty years later live.

 

[classic33]

Ray Moore

 

[longers]

George Easton. I think of him often, he's missed by a lot of folk.

 

[Keith Oates]

There are many names that make me a little sad and Eric Morecombe is one of them!!

 

[subaqua]

Those ones in the gold foil in packs of five. Layered wafer with caramel in between.

mmm, tunnocks, keeping britain fat since the dawn of time
. love the ones that bwere chocolate covered and bits of coconut in. proper cycling food from when i was a lad

 

[Herbie]

[QUOTE 1736974, member: 45"]You know -those memories, smells, sights that take your right back and grieve for your childhood.

What name does that?

Me? First thoughts.

Johnny Morris.[/quote]

1976 Summer....very warm no rain...never been a summer like it since

 

[col]

1976 Summer....very warm no rain...never been a summer like it since

When pinstriped suits were in. And we were all just getting into the mopeds.

 

[Archie_tect]

Yamaha FS1-E ...purple obviously.
Pinstripes? Uh-oh.

 

[col]

The FS1E , blue I think? was the first, one of the lads got an AP 50 the new suzuki, cherry red, when it first came out, and boy that was a good un too.

 

[Archie_tect]

P1010112.

 

[col]

P1010112.

One that colour too, wow nice example.

 

[swee'pea99]

God, the F'zee! Haven't seen one of those in years. They were like the Raleigh Chopper of every 17 year old...

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

The Hitman And Her. I was around 17 at the time.

 

[Rafferty]

Spangles and pomegranites.
Raff.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Spangles.
Raff.

Yes they were bad. Caramac was also confectionery that I used to hate seeing in a selection box.