Reminisce

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  1. jjordie

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    Cars that had a starting handle! - wind up at the front. Remember my father saying naughty things when the engine wouldn't turn over.

    :eek:

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  2. SteveW

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    frys chocolate, lucky numbers chocolates, jubilees... blocks of orange ice shaped like a pyramid that froze your mouth...fab and sky rocket lolly's...tiger nuts! so dry when you swallowed them you nearly choked!.....bags of revels....salted peanuts in a little round tin

    does anyone admit to liking the coffee chocolates in boxes?
     
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    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    yuk!!

    Petrol @ 3s and 4d a gallon.
    And how many old pennies could you get in your jean pockets?
     
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    :rolleyes: Yeh, yeh, bad habits I know but, what about the,
    Packet of 5 Woodbines :rolleyes:
     
  5. SteveW

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    you could get 5 park drive from our paper shop too, in fact he would break a packet and sell people one in a sweet bag
     
  6. jjordie

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    Bet you weren't old enought to smoke either Steve!

    Remember cigarettes called 'De Ritz' in a purple packet. They were absolutely disgusting but at thirteen we couldn't afford anything but the very cheapest. [​IMG]
     
  7. SteveW

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    cheapest I can remember were sovereign and players No10, I can also remember some called cocktail that were all different colours

    and solent and consulate were the menthal ciggies
     
  8. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    white tipped escort that were often lit at the wrong end by mistake :rolleyes:
     
  9. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I used to collect the tokens out of embassy cant remember now, how many you got in a packet of twenty. Still got some tools that I "bought" that way.
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Does anyone remember, I think it was in the seventies, they brought out a tobacco substitute, or am I dreaming, cant find anyone that remembers it.
    It was lousy. :eek:
     
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    A friend of a friend used to smoke herbal cigarettes (no not those) they used to smell like a bonfire.
     
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    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    Yes. They were made from rose petals but tasted and stank more like the horse muck they grew in :eek:
     
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    [​IMG] What about going down the Milk Bar on a Saturday/Sunday afternoon, & the Ronnettes? ;)
     
  14. SteveW

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    Phil Spectors Ronettes..be my baby [​IMG]
     
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    Anybody been watching Bob Dylan on TV this week?
    Now there's nostalgia! :cool:
     

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