If they were hated, despised or figures of fun then I'd agree they were racist. But they were loved, children were avid collectors and it was sheer excitement when it arrived.
Sorry wrong decade, but when I was just learning to read there was a billboard advertising campaign that said, "Don't be vague, ask for Haig." Only I had never heard of the word 'vague', and assumed that it sounded as it was spelt. So I went round muttering to myself, "Don't be vag-you, ask for Haig."
The mystery flavour spangle. I was very young when this came out and, in the spirit of this thread, googled it. I'm convinced it was revealed as passionfruit but the only thing that came up in three pages, which is as far as I'll go before I decide the information can't be worth it, was aniseed. Passionfruit stuck in my mind as I'd never heard of them and thought it was a cheat. Anyone know?
Elastic bands to hold up your socks and cardboard cutout soles for your shoes and for the ladies - sanitary towels the size of nappies with loops at either end to safety-pin to your knickers :eek:
Elastic bands to hold up your socks and cardboard cutout soles for your shoes and for the ladies - sanitary towels the size of nappies with loops at either end to safety-pin to your knickers :eek:
I come from a working class family but never experienced this lol
I used to wear monkey boots and they never had cardboars soles
Elastic bands to hold up your socks and cardboard cutout soles for your shoes and for the ladies - sanitary towels the size of nappies with loops at either end to safety-pin to your knickers :eek:
You weren't supposed to safety pin them to your knickers - you were supposed to hook them onto your sanitary belt!!!
.... and I bought some of those into hospital with me when I had my baby in 1987
... mind you (and I don't know if this is true) but my Mum says that one of her friend's kids had toothache so his Mum looped on around his ears and over his mouth to stop the cold hurting his sore tooth! Poor sod!!
Elastic bands to hold up your socks and cardboard cutout soles for your shoes and for the ladies - sanitary towels the size of nappies with loops at either end to safety-pin to your knickers :eek:
Yes I remember my Mam getting me them in 1980....thankfuly they were on the way out then...:o
I used elastic sewn into a loop on my over the knee socks for school in the 80's.
for the ladies - sanitary towels the size of nappies with loops at either end to safety-pin to your knickers :eek:
Oh God - this thread is bringing back some memories
I remember my mum giving me these with a horrible pink elastic belt to wear round my waist that they looped on to but never felt comfortable. I was told to wrap the used ones in newspaper and burn them discreetly in the boiler in the kitchen and NEVER, NEVER let my dad or brother catch a glimpse of them!
Other memories (probably covered already but I'm not reading 27 pages tonight!!!!) - I was a teacher in the 70's & it was perfectly acceptable to smack unruly children - something I admit that I resorted to once or twice :eek:
In my defence - I was 21 and fresh out of a useless teacher training college full of new-fangled ideas such as the 'Initial teaching Alphabet'. I started teaching in a primary school in Handsworth Birmingham - 35 children in my class with no classroom assistant to help me. - If one wet/poohed their pants there was only me to clean & change them while trying to keep control of the other 34!!!!! Loads of stuff I could say - but won't right now
When I met my OH - (still together 37 years later ) - we spent my six weeks school holiday travelling all over Europe in an ambulance that we'd converted into a camper van. - I must have travelled thousands of miles sitting backwards on the engine cover in the middle of the cab (no seatbelt) so that I could read to him while he was driving and be heard over the sound of the diesel engine - I particularly remember reading 'Catch 22' and listening to 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Tubular Bells'
We moved into a house with the aforementioned brown & orange swirly carpet with an inherited green vinyl settee with mustard coloured cushions and when I got home from work I had to cook the evening meal with my coat on as we had no heating in the kitchen - just a gas fire in the living room for the whole house (pretty much what we have here now come to think of it :rolleyes:)
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And they were proper enamel.
Same here.
In an attempt to change the subject.....Spangles anyone?
*slurps*
Oh yes please.
Let me just go wash my hands in the avacado bathroom first though.
Was it next to a flying ant nest?
Yeah coz people fed their dogs bones more often back then. And people weren't so big on clearing up after their four-legged friends either.
Not sure if that is a good or bad thing.
No, but it was next to a 'Z' Smartie' top.
Ahhh... the elusive z smartie top.
Who cleared up dinosaur shit?
Swapsies at school. I could have demanded sex for a swap, if we had known what it was at 19.
I still have an avocado bathroom and try to pretend it's retro chic.
A Clip round the ear for failing to spot the dog muck and stepping in it was also acceptable.
Q: Whats the best thing at cleaning dog muck off a pair of shoes?
A: Living room carpet.
With gold bath taps in the 'outre' places.
Double DIamonds Works Wonders.
??
Double Diamond works wonders, works wonders, works wonders.
Double Diamond works wonders, works wonders, works wonders.
Ahah.
Wasnt there a huge cleavage shot in the advertisement? They couldn't do that these days.
Either Double Diamond or Hai Karate.
I know which one I remember. Lets just say I smelt like a tart rather than a brewery.
I come from a working class family but never experienced this lol
I used to wear monkey boots and they never had cardboars soles
You weren't supposed to safety pin them to your knickers - you were supposed to hook them onto your sanitary belt!!!
.... and I bought some of those into hospital with me when I had my baby in 1987
... mind you (and I don't know if this is true) but my Mum says that one of her friend's kids had toothache so his Mum looped on around his ears and over his mouth to stop the cold hurting his sore tooth! Poor sod!!
Yes I remember my Mam getting me them in 1980....thankfuly they were on the way out then...:o
I used elastic sewn into a loop on my over the knee socks for school in the 80's.
Oh God - this thread is bringing back some memories
I remember my mum giving me these with a horrible pink elastic belt to wear round my waist that they looped on to but never felt comfortable. I was told to wrap the used ones in newspaper and burn them discreetly in the boiler in the kitchen and NEVER, NEVER let my dad or brother catch a glimpse of them!
Other memories (probably covered already but I'm not reading 27 pages tonight!!!!) - I was a teacher in the 70's & it was perfectly acceptable to smack unruly children - something I admit that I resorted to once or twice :eek:
In my defence - I was 21 and fresh out of a useless teacher training college full of new-fangled ideas such as the 'Initial teaching Alphabet'. I started teaching in a primary school in Handsworth Birmingham - 35 children in my class with no classroom assistant to help me. - If one wet/poohed their pants there was only me to clean & change them while trying to keep control of the other 34!!!!! Loads of stuff I could say - but won't right now
When I met my OH - (still together 37 years later
We moved into a house with the aforementioned brown & orange swirly carpet with an inherited green vinyl settee with mustard coloured cushions and when I got home from work I had to cook the evening meal with my coat on as we had no heating in the kitchen - just a gas fire in the living room for the whole house (pretty much what we have here now come to think of it :rolleyes:)
Oh - happy days!