officerdibble777 Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I remember way back before skate boards,we used to put a book on top of a roller skate and race down the hilly roads the number of clips on the lug I got for comming home with the heels worn off my shoes. I once made a bow using a plumbers rod with the brass ens sawn off,and an arrow from an old cane fishing rod my mam made me cut it up,far too dangerous john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 eeeeee by eck we used to nick the aeriels off the army tanks and make fishing rods out of them......milbro catapults 3 shillings each....mikmen that delivered on sundays and xmas day....they were the days who would of thought you now have to go on line and set up a credit account for the milky to deliver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Talking of bangers can anyone remember the threepenny Wilders Thunderflash's - now those were bangers - put one in a milk bottle and float it down canal - like a depthcharge. We (brothers) used to make bombs out of weed killer and sugar - pack it into one of those aluminium pill containers you used to get - pack a short length of drinking straw with the mixture as a fuse - stick it in lid then wrap it all in insulation tape - by heck the went bang - To be honest we were very lucky looking back on it. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baikal boy Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Talking of bangers can anyone remember the threepenny Wilders Thunderflash's - now those were bangers - put one in a milk bottle and float it down canal - like a depthcharge. We (brothers) used to make bombs out of weed killer and sugar - pack it into one of those aluminium pill containers you used to get - pack a short length of drinking straw with the mixture as a fuse - stick it in lid then wrap it all in insulation tape - by heck the went bang - To be honest we were very lucky looking back on it. Dave my granda showed me how to make pipe bombs the same way as this with weed killer fertilizer and sugar but i had not better explain how paddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted January 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 STOP! Don't get this locked as well ! The 'posh kids' who went to Grammer School were the worst, my mate made explosives, tried to dry the mix and blew his bedroom radiator off the wall His chemistry teacher showed them how to make them balls that bang when you throw them on the floor, matey helped himself to the ingredients.... Makes my pea gun look very juvenile :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 The aluminium running relay batons we borrowed and filled with home made explosive, as above, used to make quite a good bang on our playing fields, do they have them any more - playing fields I mean. Jetex fuses spring to mind with big bangs too, perhaps that's how we got the batons to explode. We nicked some phosphorus from the chemistry lab, it was keep in liquid (paraffin?) if I recall correctly to stop it igniting when it came in contact with air, I can't remember what we did with it but it earned us a few stripes across both hands with the cane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Where we lived when I was 12 was relatively flat, so my younger brother and I made a wind-powered cart, using a broom-stick mast and one of Mum's best sheets. It went at a fair old lick, but the pram-wheels were too narrow to give it stability, so after a few grazed knees, and an inexplicably ripped and dirty sheet, we went on to safer pursuits, like air-guns. I remember my elder brother nicking a few blank starting pistol cartridges from the school sports-day, and the terrifying effect of hitting one with a hammer. - we only did it the once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Talking of bangers can anyone remember the threepenny Wilders Thunderflash's - now those were bangers - put one in a milk bottle and float it down canal - like a depthcharge. Were they the little pink/red cardboard tubes that were sealed at one end with some kind of paste and that had a small domed "fuze" at the other? If so, yes, they were ferocious! EDIT: I tried to be helpful and have a look for myself to see if they are the same. Note to self, putting "Bangers" into google images returns more than you may have bargained for :o :o :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 EDIT: I tried to be helpful and have a look for myself to see if they are the same. Note to self, putting "Bangers" into google images returns more than you may have bargained for :o :o :o I can't think what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 managed to find these also lot more links here http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.johnson/steve/oldie.htm Did bring back some old memories - I like the instructions - place on ground -light and retire - "Do not hold" --too right there was nothing left of them unlike in future years when all that happened was fuse blew out. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) Edit -- ooops double posted Edited February 1, 2011 by DSPUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb403 Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 A few things on here reminds me of what me and my mates used to get up to when we were kids. Wars with BB guns in the street, no safety glasses, just turn your head if you see someone shooting at you! Hitting as many paper caps with a hammer as you dared, home made bows etc. I got a chemistry set when I was about 8 (still got it somewhere) and the sort of things in it wouldn't be allowed these days, meths burner, cobalt salts (very toxic!) etc the best you get in them these days is a bit of baking powder. You couldn't buy bangers in this country when I was a kid (I'm 26) so it was always really exciting when a friend went on holiday to France and came back with a box of them, stuffing them into a plastic bottle and then (quickly!) screwing then cap on before throwing it always gave the best results As we got older things got more interesting, like making smoke bombs with sugar and the other ingredient (you all know what it is but I'm not going to post it here just incase it gets the thread pulled!) in a coke can was always good for a laugh, tried making bottle rockets with it as well but never managed to get the balance right so they always toppled forwards and propelled themselved down the garden instead of going up! Or making coil guns from the capacitors and charging circuits of disposable cameras (used to get bin bags full of used one for free from the photo development place!), got it working well enough to launch a 1/8" X 1 1/2" nail straight through a coke can. I only electricuted myself once.... accidentally short circuiting a 330 V 160 uF capacitor onto your hand hurts, after that I learnt to repect electricity! Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) Them bangers bring back memories Like during lunch at school when a lit one landed in my mates mash...when I held one for a second too long, daren't show mum & dad my black scorched hand or they would have hurt me a lot more I do remember them fuseless ones, cannot picture them though, but before them, what about RipRaps ? :blink: Just looked at DSPUK's link, I remember 321 Zero's Edited February 1, 2011 by jacksdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baikal boy Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Them bangers bring back memories Like during lunch at school when a lit one landed in my mates mash...when I held one for a second too long, daren't show mum & dad my black scorched hand or they would have hurt me a lot more I do remember them fuseless ones, cannot picture them though, but before them, what about RipRaps ? :blink: Just looked at DSPUK's link, I remember 321 Zero's lmao thats like the beginning of grangehill gone wrong thats tickled me that has paddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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