shears 0 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Pkt calculator all you tap in was + × ÷ - PKT transistor radio Watch you press a button to see the time what's your favorite items that you brought Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Black Jacks and Fruit Salads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 We bought a Polaroid Camera,and thought it was great to have almost instant photo's, the photo's were a bit small though, we still have them. A washing machine without a mangle, a twin tub with a spin drier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Honda 50 moped & dansette viva record player.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Pkt calculator all you tap in was + × ÷ - I think they were 1970s, rather than 1960s - the first pocket calculator in the whole world wasn't introduced until 1970. There were electric calculators before then, but only large cumbersome ones for office use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 45's and E.P's, mini dresses/skirts, tons of wool to knit my own clothes, an all-inclusive package holiday to Lloret, 2 weeks for 18 guineas, then late 60's a twin tub washer and everything to set up a home [all cash of course, if you couldn't afford it, you went without till you'd saved up] 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 We bought our first house, a little two bedroom terrace house, £50.00 deposit total cost for house , £2,500. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 1. Melody Maker & New Musical Express 2. Saturday Morning at the Metropole 3. All those Bubble Gum packets with free cards like: Batman, American Civil war and The Beatles. Oh to be young! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mohair suits (Burtons 2 for £30??) bottle green & blue, c/w Flapped pockets inc' fag butt pocket,15" centre vent,12 buttons up the arms & parallel trousers, Wranglers (Jeffs), Reefer Jacket (Wakefields), Desert Boots, target motif tops, Chelsea boots, Levi Sta-pressed trousers, Ben Shermans..................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Luminous watches, that was a great invention. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Luminous watches were pre ww2! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Diamond mesh stockings, tights not available till late 1960s, old fashioned name of pantyhose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Loon pants, afghan coat, and cheese cloth shirts, some of the things I brought ,or was given in the late 60s, the coat came from a shop down Derby road opposite the old BBC building. I must have looked a right prat, but there again lots of others were similarly dressed.............. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 + pantygirdle for ladies who needed to look slimmer....................not suggesting you were one of those Carni............... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Loon pants, afghan coat, and cheese cloth shirts, some of the things I brought ,or was given in the late 60s, the coat came from a shop down Derby road opposite the old BBC building. I must have looked a right prat, but there again lots of others were similarly dressed.............. Meltonstilton.........................we looked the dogs bollocks mate................................fashions changed so quickly it was hard to keep up 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 I'd forgotten about stockings and suspender belts, it was quite a while before tights came into fashion, and even then, they were quite thick, not sheer like the stockings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Perhaps not then! #14 Paulus Chisel toe shoes Vesta Curries Lots of hairgrips for the Beehives Brilliantine and Brylecream. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Meltonstilton.........................we looked the dogs bollocks mate................................fashions changed so quickly it was hard to keep up And the coat stank like them when it was wet... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 And to keep those behives in place, a bottle of lacquer that you'd bought a refill for, for about a bob. Cut the end off the refill and put in your bottle that you then squeezed. No aerosols in the olden days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 One brand i remember was Pompadour lacquer, and Ponds, Astral and Nivea face creams, there were others but not in my price range.String bags that got bigger with the amount of shopping. For the men....String Vests, Cuban Heels, Old Spice, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Four star at five & a tanner a gallon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 1965 Vespa Sportiqe,complete with all the carriers,crash bars,fly screen,et'all,119 quid,17 quid deposit and 17/6d a fortnight repayment.9 quid to have the 'bubbles'and front mudguard chromed,at Lenton Electro Platers. A gallon of 2 stroke,3/1d. Wages as an apprentice,just over a fiver a week. That was really 'living on a budget'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Doctor Who, we had a plastic cape shaped like a dalek , in red Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,088 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 3. All those Bubble Gum packets with free cards like: Batman, American Civil war and The Beatles. Oh to be young! Blimey, that takes me back to Westdale junior school, when we spent a relative fortune on those Civil War cards to try to get the ones with the most blood and guts on show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 1962, my first motorbike - a Norton Jubilee 250cc twin. Blue and white fairings. I got her up to 100mph on the road to Radcliffe-on-Trent/Newton. Mind you that was downhill with the wind behind me. Note: That's Summers Street in the Medders in the background. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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