Charlie 11 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 At our school, they wore the gingham cloth and ate the cakes before we could snaffle 'em! But that does remind me - it must have been carnival day or something, but there used to be the most amazing floats, decked out in floweres and streamers; dozens of troups of boys and girls, all dressed up and marching to the park. I remember the girls used to slap their thighs (no really) and they'd raise bright red marks on their legs - there was also a bunch who did 'twirly stick' stuff. I was maybe 11 or 12 then and it was the most magic day in the year! Now, round here, because of 'elf and safety and union rules, we don't have any of that stuff - even the few floats that there are are just so sad! (no one will decorate them for free any more and apparently the insurance is so high it just aint worth it). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Never see anyone go scrumping any more That's because the kids don't want to be healthy by eating apples , they would rather mug an old lady for the contents of her purse so they can buy a bag of smack!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Where is it you live again! Mind you, it's probably true here as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Kids wunt know what to do with an apple one they'de captured it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Sure they would - they'd download loads of tunes onto it. !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 !laughing! Then stick it in their ear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Till the pips squeak !jumping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Two Apples and you have that well-known band - Apples in Stereo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Kids playing Hop-Scotch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Kids PLAYING....FULL STOP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Don't remember it - how did that go? Do they still have Recs? With witches hats and stuff? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 go back to bed charlie...set yer alarm....start again eh I meant KIDS PLAYING ( period ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 ...methinks we have glimmers of flat capism? Anyway,here are things you don`t see anymore: You've heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves. My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs. Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans. And then the thieves struck again. My butt was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear-end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier. But my new butt was attached at least three inches lower than my original !! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favour of long skirts. Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arm swing to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really getting scary - my body was being replaced one section at a time. What could they do to me next? When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkey neck, I decided to tell my story. Women of the world, wake up and smell the coffee! Those 'plastic' surgeons are using REAL replacement body parts - stolen from you and me! The next time someone you know has something 'lifted', look again - was it lifted from you? THIS IS NOT A HOAX. This is happening to women everywhere every night. WARN YOUR FRIENDS! P.S. Last year I thought some one had stolen my Boobs. I was lying in bed and they were gone! But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep them hidden in my waistband .. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Pipe smokers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Frozen jubblies AND those little penny balckcurrant lollipops........................I think Mivvis have disappeared as well AND Lyons Maid lollies and ice cream. And Spangles - they've gone too! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 10p mix when there was actually something in the bag. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Farthings... I remember as a very small kid in the early fifties getting a small bottle of orange off the milkman for a farthing...about the only thing left that you could spend one on. One farthing...4 to the penny...240 pennies to the pound...So thats 960 bottles of orange for a quid....Not bad eh??? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Well, how about being able to buy a single woody at the corner shop - you definitely don't see that any more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 The small white spot in the centre of the TV screen when to switched it off after the Epilogue? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hah! OK, OK, what about when TV used to shut down in the evening after children's TV ended and before grown up TV began! There'd be revolution if they did that nowadays! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Dont forget you could watch 'The interlude' Or even Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 11 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Now that brings back memories! Don't recall the windmill, but I so remember that train journey - I thought it was magic then and watching it again it's still magic! Good find Mick! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Milk Floats in Long Eaton. What they should have taken instead: The milk float clocked up nearly 75mph Move over Ernie - a team of engineers has delivered the title of the fastest milk float to south Wales. The £50,000 float rattled up an impressive 73.39mph as it sped past the competition and into the record books. Designed by VXL Automotive in Rogerstone, near Newport, the Electron E150 took the land speed record for an electrically-powered vehicle. "It wasn't the speed we hoped to achieve - we hoped to achieve well in excess of 100mph, but we did well to get what we did on the day," he said. Could be looking for a `gettaway' car? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Ineterludes.....wheres the potters wheel ???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 And the Angel fish..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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