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A bit of nostalgia - who remembers turning decimal?

Posted Aug-19-07 06:31:49 PDT

It's time to show your age! LOL    C'mon - hands up if you remember ....

- the black and blue Imperial/Decimal conversion charts on the back wall of every shop

- The WoodenTops and Andy Pandy (Watch with Mother)

- Cresta (soft drink in a can) - tasted AWFUL and left a yukky feeling on the roof of your mouth - advertised by a polar bear.

- Foxes Glacier Mints - advertised by a different, cooler polar bear who wore sunglasses!

- Spangles

- The Bay City Rollers; and asking your mum to stitch a strip of tartan down each leg of your trousers!

- Feather Cut hairstyles

- space hoppers

-  huge loops of elastic bands stretched between the ankles of two girls whilst a 3rd jumped in the middle (2, 4, 6, 8, Mary's at the garden gate)

- buying 2oz of sweets from the corner shop

- "Flyer" red rollerskates which strapped onto your Clarkes shoes. They were adjustable via a wingnut underneath and ALWAYS fell off!

- Charlie the cat telling you to never talk to strangers

 

 

 

 

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frodobagginskennedy
I remember the Bay City Rollers........ but not the rest..
Aug-19-07 06:34:26 PDT Report this comment
imarachne
Wonder what ever happened to Charlie the Cat ? Mmmmmm-I remember all that stuff. Am I old?------
Aug-19-07 06:34:57 PDT Report this comment
rooster613
I remember Charlie the Cat. Nice pic, BTW. I'm a rooster talking to an emu! Do yuo actually have emus?
Aug-19-07 06:38:29 PDT Report this comment
cheshire-badges
Not much call for emus in Cheshire, really. They'd cause a bit of bother running up and down the pavements ...

LOL
Aug-19-07 06:43:48 PDT Report this comment
dodie159
Hum..Afraid you'll need to go back further for me...What about 5 cent sodas, the Lone Ranger and the Shadow knows on radio, Mister Green Jeans, penny bubble gum, 25 cent a gallon gas...
Aug-19-07 06:49:43 PDT Report this comment
cheshire-badges
*wonders if she should get her dad to reminisce* - he'd talk about playing Rallio (kick the can), top+whip, air-raids, gasmasks and rationing!
Aug-19-07 06:52:18 PDT Report this comment
wysecw
the rubber band between the legs was called chinese jumprope
Aug-19-07 06:58:15 PDT Report this comment
cheshire-badges
Do you remember hoiking the rubber band up to behind the knees and STILL trying to play the game?
Aug-19-07 07:10:09 PDT Report this comment
tru_gritt02
wayyy before my time sweety. lol
Aug-19-07 07:14:57 PDT Report this comment
manickats
I loved chinese jump rope, double dutch, and hula hoops.
Aug-19-07 07:15:41 PDT Report this comment
cheshire-badges
*throws cushion at tru_gritt* - you young whippersnapper! I remember taking all year learning to write 1969 in my schoolbooks. It was really difficult to get the sixes and nines the right way around. I finally got the hang of it - then teachers said it was 1970. Life's so unfair. LOL
Aug-19-07 08:16:24 PDT Report this comment

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