Things you don't see anymore

[Compo 10,328]

Jill: They sell Farley's Rusks in Tesco.

[Compo 10,328]

[Compo 10,328]

Merthyr Imp: Ostermilk No1 was half cream and No2 full cream.

[Merthyr Imp 729]

7 hours ago, Compo said:

Merthyr Imp: Ostermilk No1 was half cream and No2 full cream.

 

Nothing but the best required by the people in Sherwood, then!

[crankypig 457]

Not sure if I posted this before,In the 70s you could buy an eyeliner that you applied with a brush,it looked a bit shiny like patent leather.When you wanted to remove it you could just peel it off.Me and my friends thought it was great.

[mercurydancer 1,104]

I adored malt and cod liver oil. For decades I could not find any, but its available from Holland and Barrett. Part of my breakfast. 

[Oztalgian 3,296]

Compo #4134

Keiller's thick cut orange marmalade, yummo.

Is that item on the right on of those collapsible reflectors for flash bulbs?

[loppylugs 8,429]

4134  That is the Ostermilk can I remember.  Thanks Compo.  I guess I was raised on the #2.  Still running well.  It must have been good stuff.

[Oztalgian 3,296]

Ostermilk, luxury! we had to make do with Cow and Gate

[crankypig 457]

Derbac soap,was it for nits? I remember being told it was soap for tramps.

[mary1947 2,082]

Fireworks! can you still get Jumping Jacks or Catherin wheels? 

Tops! Can you still get  Carrot Tops, Window Breaker, and Turnip Tops?

 

You don't see girls with skipping ropes anymore.

[loppylugs 8,429]

4141.  We were pretty flush dahn in ohd Nettherfield, Oz.. 

[Oztalgian 3,296]

Can you still get Persil? Saw this advert on YouTube supposedly from Priory Road Nottingham?

 

 

 

[MargieH 7,600]

Mary, the children at our local primary school are crazy about skipping - boys and girls are skipping in PE , the playground and at home.  They have competitions to see how many skips each person can do without stopping.  The school has encouraged it.  I asked my grandchildren if they did 'salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper' with 'pepper' being what we called a double-o.  She said no.  Wished I was a bit younger so I could have done it to show her!

[plantfit 7,597]

Margie,how do you know you can't do it,have a go when you are on your own then really impress the youngsters when you've mastered it,(you never know until you try)

 

Rog

[NewBasfordlad 3,599]

#4143 Jumping jacks were banned sometime ago as being to dangerous because they errr......... jumped about, bit silly really when you consider whats available now.

[MargieH 7,600]

Rog, I did try and can just about do the ordinary skipping, but the doubles are too difficult ....  I could blame the modern skipping ropes I suppose... lol

[plantfit 7,597]

Margie,buy some of that proper rope washing line,thats supple enough and reminds me of the ropes we had at junior school,keep trying meduck,you'll have a laugh,keep fit and you never know

 

Rog

[Compo 10,328]

On 18/05/2017 at 11:44 PM, Oztalgian said:

Compo #4134

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Is that item on the right on of those collapsible reflectors for flash bulbs?

It is indeed a flash bulb holder.  The segments fold together like a fan when not in use.

[Compo 10,328]

Oztalgian: Here's a pack of flashbulbs to go with the picture of the flash gun:

 

 

Thermionic valves.  Remember when the telly repair man used to come around to your house and swap a few valves around until it worked again?

 

 

Sadly, the numbers are faded on this little game.  I am contemplating redoing them but it will spoil its originality:

 

[Oztalgian 3,296]

Compo,

I remember listening to Radio Luxembourg on an old Bush valve radio, you could "smell" it working when it had "warmed up"

 

I also recall flash cubes and 110 format cartridge film for cameras

[MargieH 7,600]

Compo, I recently bought a little sliding puzzle but it isn't as good as the ones I remember - the squares don't slide smoothly and you have to sometimes wiggle them to move them!

[Compo 10,328]

Unfortunately, these do not slide very easily either, Margie.  It had lain buried in a roadside ditch for I don't know how long.  One day they came along with a JCB and dug out the ditch to allow for better drainage by the roadside and hey presto! out came this little gem.

[crankypig 457]

Things you don't see any more.

 

Rosehip syrup ( was it for coughs?) 

Gripe water

Babies glass feeding bottles with a teat at both ends( why)

 A babies dummy with a little cup thingy on the end to put juice in

People using reins on kids

 

[katyjay 5,091]

Rosehip syrup was to give us some vitamin C I think. I do remember it was very sweet, what with that and the tablespoon of malt every day, no wonder I've had teeth problems all my life.