Things you don't see anymore.

[tybrad]

 

[sKiZo]

http://www.clayloomis.com/Sounds/acafe/acafe1b.wav

 

[1970's Fan]

Ha ha,I had a gun like that in the picture with the caps!

 

[1970's Fan]

Lol "Duck and cover....and roast!"

 

[mfrench]

These are the good news (though this one has been flattened out):

You break off the curved portion that closed the can hole, and, then hook the narrower end into the slots on either side of the rings rivet. You then pulled the ring back, using the curved tab as a spring, and then let go. The ring would fly like a small Frisbee, accurately, for 25' or 30'

 

[sKiZo]

Lol "Duck and cover....and roast!"

" I wouldn't worry nearly as much about the atom bomb if it were to kill you right out ... what scares me is that horrible gas that deforms ya! "

Nice collection of sound bites from some of the old PSA's ...

http://www.clayloomis.com/acafe.html

 

[Pio1980]

Tellyphones with A and B buttons on them
Velocette
B.S.A
Triton
Tribsa
Good old motor bikes bombing round the town
Ford Anglia
Triumph Herald and Vitesse
Ford capri
Austin A40
Mini van
Morris Oxford and Cambridge
Ford zephyr
Pin ball machines in cafes
Smoking room in pubs
Pickled eggs in fish and chip shops
chopper bicycles
People I know in the town I was born and still live in
Good old picture houses
Women with a goiter
Stray dogs
The list is endless

There's a documentary vid on youtube on the ton-up boys you may find of interest.

Of course there are others.

And this:

 

[Pio1980]

Adams

Delicious stuff in a jar called Virol that we loved. Cremola foam, fry pan lollies, fireman's hose red licorice. Bazooka Joe chewing gum. Old Jamaica chocolate bar. I used to think I was big eating something tasting of rum lol

Adams Black Jack and Adams Clove gum.

 

[w1jim]

Nudie mags at the drug store.

You can tell the quality of the local internet by the volume of nudie magazines at the local convenience store.

 

[Denten]

 

[MaxxVolume]

There's a documentary vid on youtube on the ton-up boys you may find of interest.

Of course there are others.

And this:

What I don`t miss is all the weird **** that came along with Britbikes....leaky cases, Whitworth threads, Lucas electrics, etc.

 

[dcmfan]

"Gallons" dial moving faster than the "Dollars" dial:



Oil Cans & Spouts:



Drugs from Druggists:

 

[tybrad]

The fading bright dot on a TV just turned off,

and

(not a nixie)

 

[Pio1980]

What I don`t miss is all the weird **** that came along with Britbikes....leaky cases, Whitworth threads, Lucas electrics, etc.

Said to the guy that lived with a '57 Triumph 650 for a while. I'd take it back in an instant, but not as reliable transport.

 

[Smitty43]

I was trying to remember the Clacker ball and Thanks for posting that picture!

 

[Pio1980]

The fading bright dot on a TV just turned off,

and

(not a nixie)

I have some large nixie calculators, one all transistor, no ICs. Wang 360 outfit with IBM punch card reader and mag core memory.

 

[1970's Fan]

I used to like the music that was played along with the test card.It seemed to be vibrafone music often.
Illustrated newspaper ads. As opposed to photographed ads. Coupons to be cut out,filled in and sent away.
Bakelite switches and plugs. Braided phone wires.

 

[lini]

- our good, old D-Mark in general and especially the pre-1975 5 DM coin, which still was 62.5 % silver
- the Wendy's we used to have in Munich - loved the salad bar
- milk in bags/tubes
- non-chain bakeries
- old style cafés
- private party cellars with light organs
- joke article shops
- pizza services actually run by Italians

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[1970's Fan]

Toast being made over a coal fire with a toasting fork.
Ice patterns on single glazed sash windows.
Very thin Christmas wrapping paper.
Christmas decorations hung across the ceiling to the light in the centre.

 

[dcmfan]