Stuff kids of today will probably miss out on

[J242]

pogs

[eccleshill]

10 B and H and a box of matches and change from a pound.

Portion of chips for 25p.

Caution - age detector...

20 B&H and a box of matches for 30 pence (Players No6 18p for 20)

Listening to my dad telling me how he could buy 5 Woodbines and 3 matches for 2d

portion of chips for sixpence - ie 6d or 2.5 pence (1 shilling for fish)

Listening to my dad complaining about the cost of fish and chips cos for 2 bob (=2 shiilings or 10 pence) he could have a night out, get fish and chips and still have enough for the tram home.

3 GALLONS of 4 star (probably called "Super" then) and change from a pound

pint of bitter for 10p

trip down the M1 to visit the Woodall motorway services as a special treat

2d half bus fare to school - if I walked the 1.5 miles I could keep the tuppence and buy 8 sports mixtures or 8 blackjacks

green and red Meccano

Lego bricks that were all rectangular - no stick 3 pieces together and you have a spaceship!

Watching Neil Armstrong step out onto the moon

Black and White TV with just 2 channels

Getting home from school and lighting the coal fire

Thick smogs in November where you couldn't see the other side of the street and you got black sooty tar out of your nose when you blew it.

Over the moon when my salary went over £1,000 - per YEAR!

Aahhhh Nostalgia..... ain't what it used to be

Edited 29 November, 2012 by eccleshill

[KenONeill]

eccleshill #52 - At least sort of remember most of those: variations:-

1. Dad gave up smoking within 12 months of my birth.
   
2. M8 to Harthill rather than M1
   
3. Never got bus to school.
   
4. Even with rectangular bricks, I still made Lego spacecraft!
   
5. 3 channels, but that was partly because we were one of about 10 houses in town with a direct sightline to Blackhill rather than having to rely on Kames.
   
6. My paternal grandparents were the only folk I knew who habitually used a coal fire.
   

[Lazy Daisy]

Visiting a private shop instead of ordering online.

10 Slik Cut £1:80 or 20p for a single

[vRS19TD]

Like these? http://www.amazon.co...r/dp/B0012IPXOC

You can still try to win these in some amusement arcades as well after spending about £5 to win 3 tickets and having to get about 200 for a pencil.

[Jockdooshbag]

You can still try to win these in some amusement arcades as well after spending about £5 to win 3 tickets and having to get about 200 for a pencil.

We have something like this in Aberdeen. My neice and nephew absolutely love it. Between me, the missus, my sister and the brother in law we must spend about £30 on tokens which we feed into various arcade type machines whereby the kids win tickets that they redeem for prizes. We basically end up paying £30 for a fivers worth of plastic guff.

Its still great fun though.

[KenONeill]

Visiting a private shop instead of ordering online.

Er, "private shops" still supply services that on-line can't, such as properly made to measure wrist and ankle cuffs, cat masks and stocks.

[Coops]

Those polystyrene aircraft you got on school trips and built & wrecked on the bus home

Kids went to birthday party the other week and got these in the "goodie bag" - we had great fun with them, trying to get them to fly straight for the longest distance!

Happy days.

[Jabozuma]

A friend recently copied me every single episode of Battle of the planets

and Ulysses 31... Good times

Seeing it here was like a revelation! Where can you buy it?!?! Where? WHERE??

What I remember as the best times was leaving house after breakfast (summer hols), being up to no good all morning, coming back for lunch, quickly gobbling it all up and flying off again to come back after dark at the age of 10 - indeed how the h311 did we survive this?!?

Now I am glued to Battlefield 3, Supernatural re-runs, Fringe, complaining about my 10 year old spending as much time as he can get away with on his Vita and watching him through the window while he crosses our cul-de-sac to go to his friend on the other side of the road...

At least he swims and plays tennis at county level and we play football weekends in the park or in the garden.

Scalextric I bought for him (yeah, right) when he was 3 years old lol.

[Jabozuma]

Er, "private shops" still supply services that on-line can't, such as properly made to measure wrist and ankle cuffs, cat masks and stocks.

I do not really want to know the details of your intimate knowledge in this field

[gadgetman]

Crisps, chocolate bars and cans of coke were 25p.

10 b&h was £1 when I was at college

[RainbowFire]

Rum and Raison Cornettos! When they were "expensive" at 30p!

Something the kids definitely will miss out on......

[Evil Miyagi]

^^ you can still order online

[ScoobyChris]

Crisps, chocolate bars and cans of coke were 25p.

Panda Pop was 16p in the local "Happy Shopper". Always worth the extra 9p for real Coke though

Chris

[eccleshill]

The penny tray in the sweet shop

threepenny lucky bags

Frozen Orange Jublees

Comics - Victor, Hotspur, TV21, Beezer, Topper, Hornet, Eagle, Dandy, Beano

Open back buses and the feeling of pride in the short time between finally plucking up the courage to jump off before the bus had stopped and the ringing in the ears from your mam's hand for being a "silly bu66er! what do you think you're doing - trying to kill yerself!?"

Chumping for bonfire night

Sneaking round the back of the newsagent's, over the wall and nicking a couple of empty pop bottles then taking them to another shop to get the 3d back!

Gang warfare with the kids from the next street where nobody got stabbed and we were all best mates afterwards.

[Jockdooshbag]

Half pence coins. You can never have too much smush in your wallet.

[gadgetman]

Half pence coins. You can never have too much smush in your wallet.

I've got 24p of them kicking around.

[grr666]

Got to say that I really still miss pound notes.

I was gutted when they got rid of them.

Nothing like a thick stack of ones to make junior me feel

like a mack daddy lol.

[GentleGiant]

I've just thought of another one - DICTIONARIES !!

Modern kids wouldn't know correct spelling if it came up and bit them on the arse!!!!

[Jockdooshbag]

Libraries. Remember them?

Encyclopedia Brittanica collection. Who needs the internet.

[flatcat]

but ends up mowing lawns for a living

This is extremely offencive to all of us who have undergone the years of training and qualifications to carry out such jobs

[Macdemon]

Soweee flatcat

[AGENT 47]

A SMACKED BOTTOM never did me any harm actually learnt me to respect my elders and do as i was told

[flatcat]

Soweee flatcat

Accepted hehe

10p Freddos!!

[Macdemon]

Jamboree bags, watching Saturday morning TV when you could see program's like The Whirlybirds, The Banana Splits, the Lone Ranger, Champion The Wonder Horse, The Arabian Knights etc....