Salopian Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Who remembers "ratting" on the old canal till way after dark and going home to a house unlocked,lighting bangers, waiting till they fizzed and dropping them down drains? We blew a manhole cover off 100 yards (metres to you young 'uns) down the road once,probably caused by us igniting methane gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Who remembers kids programmes like "Supercar", "Fireball XL5", and "Stingray"? I can't find anyone else who used to watch "Torchie the battery boy", surely it's not a figleaf of my imagination I remember Torchie... What about Champion the Wonder Horse and Gigantor ? Happy Days, I lived on a small estate and did the Village paper round... I knew every family and every child... doors were always open and if your mum was ill you just popped round the neighbours for some scoff. Now when I go back to the village everybody is from Middlsex, Kent or Surrey and they wouldnt P**s on you if you were on fire... Times have changed but not all for the better. FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 That would have been later than " Muffin The Mule " wouldn't it? Isn't that a sex offence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Remember the outcry when Smiths Crisps went from 3d to 4d? Only 3 bags for a shilling(5p), instead of 4! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 That would have been later than " Muffin The Mule " wouldn't it? Isn't that a sex offence? It might well be now but it wasn't such a politically correct world we lived in then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feather Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 How about, "Childrens Hour", with uncle Mac and the "Fortynine Steps","Lost in space" all on the radio, no TV in those days. Best regards, Feather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coney hunter Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 To say that a bag of crisps was a shilling then but now 30p means that its gone up 25p in 40 years doesn’t seem bad to me. Only a young one my self at seventeen but am I right in saying that people are much more well off now than they were 40-50 years ago. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 If you look at the post again, rjimmer was bemoaning the fact that the price rise meant that we only got 3 packets for a shilling instead of 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coney hunter Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Sorry mate….. but can you see where Im coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinker Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 who had a black widow catapault? essential bit of kit, i never left home with out it except when my old man confiscated it. plinker btw golden wonder two and a half new pence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feather Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 who had a black widow catapault?essential bit of kit, i never left home with out Mine IS a Bungay, yes still have it in my treasure box. also have a mould for making shot about 9/16" dia:. Could knock a roosting pheasant out of a tree on a moon light night and not sound was made, always told Dad I found the bird on the road side (road kill), thought that best, as he was the local policeman. Best regards, Feather, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 always told Dad I found the bird on the road side (road kill), thought that best, as he was the local policeman. That must be a lie Feather surely they didnt have cars on the roads in the 1800,s Cheers... FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEREGRINE Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 What about the Chopper bike, and going down the hill on a book and skate before some wise **** made them into skateboards, pathfinder shoes with the compass in the heel and the duffel coat your mother made you wear. Being sent to the headmaster for the slipper was a real punishment and your parents didn't sue him, wonder how teenagers of today would have copped with life back then. They are missing a lot , great days wandering the fields with your catapult looking for small birds to feed your Kestrel on, "sigh" happy days. Peregrine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feather Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 That must be a lie Feather surely they didnt have cars on the roads in the 1800,s Cheers... FM. Thats a good one my Friend, you are quite right. My pheasants were killed by pony and trap on their way to market in Kings Lynn, . Best regards, Feather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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