DaveN 1,118 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 You listened to a wireless not a radioBald people wore a wig not a toupee or hairpieceYou went to the seaside not the coastYou went on holiday not a vacationYou got tablets from a chemist not a pharmacyYou ate a biscuit not a cookieIt was birds not people who used to tweetMacDonald had a farm not beef burgersAs a child you had sweets not candyYou had coke on a fire not a drink in a bottle or, drugsYou went to the pictures to see a film not a cinema to watch a movieRemote was something far away not a device for operating a t.v.People wore glasses not spectaclesSoap was something you used to wash not a type of programme on t.v.A recorder was a musical instrument not for copying programmes off the t.v.You took a picture with your camera not a photographA mouse was a rodent not a computer accessoryMobile meant being active not a portable phoneA hard drive was a hard and long trip not part of a computerIf you had the flu, you’d caught a virus not something on a computerMemory was something you lost with agePop was a fizzy drink not a type of musicYou wore pumps, baseball shoes or plimsolls not trainersNotts County and Nottingham Forest played football not soccerYou were paid a wage not a salaryYour mother fried chips not French FriesSTD was a type of telephone call not a diseaseA monitor was probably a person who handed out milk at school not a computer screenA tunnel went under a road not a subwayYou put petrol in your car from a garage or petrol station not a filling stationYou went for a drink a the pub not in a barPeople lived in a flat not an apartmentWag was what a dog did with its tail not wives and girlfriendsPeople played housey housey or lotto not bingoYou went to a show not a gigA shower was rain not a device for washing yourselfIf you had a joint it was meat not drugsYou went to a Beer Off not an Off LicenceA spider span a web not surfed itSurf was a soap powderKindle was to light a fireA keyboard was a musical instrument such as a pianoWomen used to dye their hair not colour it 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Always went to gigs, not shows !!!LOL 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Remember every one of 'em, Dave. I must be getting REALLY old! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 My Grandad wore spectacles, not glasses, he was born in the late 1800's. So I think you have it the wrong way around. I know a few people in their late 60's on FB in the UK who use the term "Specs". I've worn glasses for the last 46 years, never spectacles....LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Heard both used in the UK, John. My old grandma would sometimes mention her glasses. Other times she'd be saying, "I can't find me specs." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 It's like being back at my grandma's in the mid 60s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 And I remember when a band was a lot of people playing musical instruments not a few people just singing. But regarding the word soccer, it seems something of an urban myth that it's a modern Americanism. I used to read the magazine 'Soccer Star' regularly in the 1960s: http://www.soccerbilia.co.uk/acatalog/Raich_Carter_s_Soccer_Star.html And as a word for football it's been in British use since the last century. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 I remember when interfacing was used to stiffen collars, before the days when we connected devices to computers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 yer went to the flicks not the pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Very clever Dave- like it!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 You ate a fairy cake, not a muffin. Muffin was a mule, not a cake You put fairy lights, not Christmas lights on your tree. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 When our mum's would send us to school with crisps during snack time. I remember the monster munch that turned peoples mouth blue! Now I'm not allowed to send my daughter to school with a snack, and if I must send a drink, it HAS to be water! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Here's a tip for you, Pixie. The teachers can't tell the difference between water and vodka when it's in a water bottle. Oh, just to clarify, I don't mean a hot water bottle. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 #13 Michael, this reminds me of what my husband said about his teacher at primary school. He attended a primary school with one teacher and 22 pupils in a small village in East Anglia. The children used to wonder why the teacher had a froth on top of her "tea"! Later they understood! Sometimes they were left to play in the yard until about 10.00 am. Too much "tea" perhaps. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I wish she'd been my teacher, BilboroughShirley...lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I think something might go wrong, sending a 3 year old into school with vodka! Haha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 #11 - As far as I know I'm still a member: Although whether I never signed my membership card invalidates it I don't know: Annette Mills, of course, was the sister of John Mills. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Perhaps you were waiting until you could do joined-up writing, Merthyr. lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 The Muffin Club......... Well he is in Wales...LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 I also remember when folk wore their glasses on their faces, not on the tops of their heads. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Sunglasses only when sunny and definitely not indoors. Hats too should be worn only outside. It pees me off when 'singers and actors ' are interviewed in the tv studio and wear a hat. Ignorant in the extreme !!!!!! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 The Muffin Club......... Well he is in Wales...LOL I was in Lincolnshire when I became a member. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 That says it all !!!!! LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Anyone here a member of the Tinga and Tucker club? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Woomerang boomerang Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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