The Oldies Thread

[Eggs]

 

[Littlesue]

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Day!, more like months, instant camera for the summer holidays

 

[Joey66]

This was back when you actually leased the phones from the phone company. This is from the late '70s to early '80s. Worth a fortune to purchase them today as a collectable - - To think landlines in the UK will be virtually extinct in 18mths -2 years -

 

[Joey66]

Extinct now ?

 

[Joey66]

A big Favourite drink for kids - 1d = 1/p extra if you purchased it frozen 3d in all = 1 & 1/2 p - more popular frozen on a hot day - most homes never owned a fridge ....

 

[Joey66]

Legal Citizens Band radio? The "Daily Mirror", 8/5/1980. - they ultimately got banned by the police as people were listening to police messages?

 

[tonyhorne]

Legal Citizens Band radio? The "Daily Mirror", 8/5/1980. - they ultimately got banned by the police as people were listening to police messages?

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I think there were FM frequencies eventually given over to CB radio. Most people stayed on the illegal AM range though.

Was it was Jasper Carrot who pointed out that it was the illegal aspect of it that interested most people? After all Mickey Mouse asking Zorro for an eyeball is intrinsically naff and, once actually legal, just plain embarrassing ...

 

[Littlesue]

Extinct now ?

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Look at the price!!! DVD players were expensive too when they first came out, can pick up a new one now for 20 quid

 

[Cels]

Look at the price!!! DVD players were expensive too when they first came out, can pick up a new one now for 20 quid

We had a Video Recorder with a remote control on the end of a long cable. It was like a bloody skipping rope

 

[LEONARD]

None of today's kids will ever know the joys of getting this in their Xmas stocking.

 

[Blue Piper]

This was back when you actually leased the phones from the phone company. This is from the late '70s to early '80s. Worth a fortune to purchase them today as a collectable - - To think landlines in the UK will be virtually extinct in 18mths -2 years -

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I bought my house in 1986 and one of the big selling points was that it had a phone line. It could take over two years to get a phone line installed.

 

[Littlesue]

None of today's kids will ever know the joys of getting this in their Xmas stocking.

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Oh yes and the chocolate tool set

 

[degsy]

Familiar face.

Arthur Worsley

 

[LEONARD]

Got chatting to a nice young couple today.

They had a lovely Greyhound on a lead.

'Mick The Miller' , I inquired?

They had no idea what I was talking about.

 

[Kurt.]

Extinct now ?

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I’ve still got 2 video recorders in my attic