Things you remember from back in the day? (4 Viewers)

Nick · Oct 28, 2008

I was talking to a mate in the pub about random things that we had when we were younger.

A couple of good random ones were:

Lucky Charms Cereal
Barcode Battler
Pogs
Those Roller Skates that went over your shoes
A couple of YoYo Phases
Those little furry snake things with wire that you ran between your fingers to pretend they were real

Can anybody think of some other decent ones?

im-confused · Oct 28, 2008

Pokemon
Dragonball Z
Yu gi oh Cards and Pokemon Cards.

Nick · Oct 28, 2008

You can tell you are younger than me, that is well after my time! ha!

flammablepiss · Oct 28, 2008

I remember Pogz and later Tazzo's I thinks lol I used to have tonnes.

Other things that come to mind:
- Sega !
- A Roland Rat teddy
- Slap Bracelets
- The Brick Gameboy !
- And Transformer Toys

kg82 · Oct 28, 2008

The Commodore 64
Atari Lynx

There's loads of stuff I can't think of at the moment!

Bunnykins · Oct 28, 2008

Bon Bons, Ra Ra Skirts, Bay City Roller Jeans/Socks/Scarfs

Vixen · Feb 22, 2009

OMG!

Alex the Kid game, Sonic, Bros, New Kids on the Block, Thundercats, He-Man, Moon boots, 10p mix and the Roundabout in town

Happy Days

tehspecialone · Feb 22, 2009

Sonic, Pacman, pogs, yoyo's, sega megadrive, gameboy, pokemon and pokemon cards.

pagey89 · Mar 5, 2009

i notice alot of sega stuff mentioned

has anyone seen the new sega game out on the 360?

pagey89 · Mar 5, 2009

Cinamon Grahams
Atari

more to follow

flammablepiss · Mar 5, 2009

They have remade Golden Axe on PS3 and 360 = )
Maaan I used to love that game on Sega.

Oooh and Cinamon Grahams.... Yummm

Oooh I got another one..... The Crystal Maze on TV

Gazolba · Jan 27, 2017

Time to revive a post from 10 years ago. Not many of those posters still around ...

Things I remember that I don't think exist any more:
Sweet shops with the loose sweets in big glass jars.
Homebrew shops that sold supplies to make your own wine.
Photo shops that sold film and developer.
Joke shops that sold stink bombs and fake poo.
Woolworths.
That yellow powder they sold in Woolies that you dissolved in water to make lemonade.
Owen Owen.
Zubes - they were cough drops that came in a metal tin.
Liquorice pipes - haven't seen them in ages.
Caludon Castle school being just boys.
The 'Pink'
45's (records)

robbieray · Jan 27, 2017

KP peanuts 2p a pack, imps, potato puffs,Aztec bars

robbieray · Jan 27, 2017

Do they still sell those packs of crackers and cheese in pubs

robbieray · Jan 27, 2017

Spangles, party severns

robbieray · Jan 27, 2017

I could write a book lol

Ranjit Bhurpa · Jan 27, 2017

robbieray said:
KP peanuts 2p a pack, imps, potato puffs,Aztec bars

Walters Potato Puffs, something like 3d a bag sold during primary school morning break......along with the free school milk in the glass bottles from Midland Dairies.

Terry Gibson's perm · Jan 27, 2017

1p sweets
Raleigh Chopper
The Pink
Snow in the winter
Driving a car with a choke, no power steering or air con
The polystyrene type planes that came in a pack
Asteroids on Atari

dutchman · Jan 27, 2017

Try explaining this game to someone whose never seen it before! There's nothing actually pulling the horses, it's the vibration of the mat which is propelling them forwards.

Sky_Blue_Daz · Jan 27, 2017

Joe bloggs jeans

Naf naf jackets

Global hypercolour t shirts

Caffreys
Loom bands from a year or 2 ago

Terry Gibson's perm · Jan 27, 2017

Ceefax and waiting the page to turn to see the score

Ranjit Bhurpa · Jan 27, 2017

Fruit Salad and Blackjacks - 8 for a penny
Saving old sixpences in a Dimple whisky bottle
Sliding front windows on a Mini
Grandad's flake pipe tobacco and the ritual involved
Letting off stink bombs in the subway by Owen Owens
The Sky Blue Pool
Paper pools coupons
Football rattles
Buying 20 Consulate as a 13 year old for 27 pence thinking the menthol would fool my parents
Players No 10 cigarettes - 3 drags and they were gone
Corona pop van
Electric milk floats
Sterilised milk (ugh!)
Double Diamond
Subbuteo

Otis · Jan 27, 2017

The Talkies.

skybluejelly · Jan 27, 2017

Being able to see my dick without looking in a mirror

Wyken Sky Blue · Jan 27, 2017

Lunchables
Dairylea dunkers
Tazos
Pokemon cards
Ball-bearing Yo-yos
Saying 'wicked'
Garage music

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wingy · Jan 27, 2017

Tracker shoes were the must haves of the late 60's early 70's.

Johnnythespider · Jan 27, 2017

wingy said:
Tracker shoes were the must haves of the late 60's early 70's.

Were they the ones with a compass in the heel

wingy · Jan 27, 2017

Ranjit Bhurpa said:
Fruit Salad and Blackjacks - 8 for a penny
Saving old sixpences in a Dimple whisky bottle
Sliding front windows on a Mini
Grandad's flake pipe tobacco and the ritual involved
Letting off stink bombs in the subway by Owen Owens
The Sky Blue Pool
Paper pools coupons
Football rattles
Buying 20 Consulate as a 13 year old for 27 pence thinking the menthol would fool my parents
Players No 10 cigarettes - 3 drags and they were gone
Corona pop van
Electric milk floats
Sterilised milk (ugh!)
Double Diamond
Subbuteo

That's a very comprehensive list and nice Observations Ranjit.
Was your Grandads tobacco St Ogdens by any chance?
Your memories tie into my era.
As abominable as smoking is /was, the residual smell of dad's pipe smoking in his old Ford Zephyr was comforting in some way for the year my brother owned it after he passed.

wingy · Jan 27, 2017

Johnnythespider said:
Were they the ones with a compass in the heel

Yep and had little animal footprints embossed into the sole.
Amusing to leave a trail through the snow when we got it.

wingy · Jan 27, 2017

Clackers, Deeleyboppers, Spacehoppers Pogo poles.

Sky_Blue_Daz · Jan 27, 2017

Mark keen on Mercia

Otis · Jan 27, 2017

Johnnythespider said:
Were they the ones with a compass in the heel

Yes. Bloody things never worked properly.

I went down the shops just to buy my mum a pint of milk one day and ended up in Water Orton.

Sky_Blue_Daz · Jan 27, 2017

Pubs with off licenses attached to them

I remember my mum sending me up to the whitmore to buy her fags when I was about 5 when we lived in Chesterton road

Kingokings204 · Jan 28, 2017

Keenan and Kel and Sabrina the teenage witch were my favourites with saved by the bell. All on nicklelodeon. Class.

I'm 28 btw so that's was my generation. I grew up with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilara in 1999 their first hits in believe.

Ranjit Bhurpa · Jan 28, 2017

wingy said:
That's a very comprehensive list and nice Observations Ranjit.
Was your Grandads tobacco St Ogdens by any chance?
Your memories tie into my era.
As abominable as smoking is /was, the residual smell of dad's pipe smoking in his old Ford Zephyr was comforting in some way for the year my brother owned it after he passed.

Cheers Wingy, sorry can't remember the brand but it might have been Players. It was in a small rectangular shaped packet with the flake tobacco compressed inside and each flake was then rubbed between the palms in a circular motion before packing it into the pipe.
He didn't smoke it in the car but from the Sky Blue stand, Dad and I could just about see the cloud of smoke from his seat in the Main Stand, a bit like new Pope time at the Vatican.
I'm now an old goat of 56 so possibly similar era to you? Certainly remember the Zephyr 4 and 6 models and also the Zodiac.

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