I remember the foot measuring machine, I think there was one at Smith & Caughey. Those were the days when shoes came in Wide, Medium and Narrow as well as lengths.
Atari Computers
3 in 1 stereo player
Cassettes
Floppy hard drives
fax machine, carbon paper
Vitamiser, which was a thing similar in shape to a milk bar milkshake maker, & could be used for that as well as being useful for 'mashing' vegetables, fruit etc. it was the forerunner of today's food processer really.
And eggs preserved in ovoline I think it was, horrible slimy stuff.
Party line phones, each household had its own special ring - two short & one long or whatever it was. They caused a few problems with nosey people listening into other people's conversations.
Fountain pens - what a fucking nightmare for a lefthander !
Bell-bottoms , yes I used to wear them.
Lava lamps , had one in the lounge.
Miniskirts , good to look at.
When I worked for the post office, back in the 1970s, there were still manual telephone exchanges - in fact, when we moved north in the early 1980s the house we rented in a small town had a phone on a 12 party line - you cranked the handle to call up the exchange to make a call. There was a fisherman on the line who would get calls at 4am...
(21-03-2022, 05:38 PM)Praktica Wrote: [ -> ]When I worked for the post office, back in the 1970s, there were still manual telephone exchanges - in fact, when we moved north in the early 1980s the house we rented in a small town had a phone on a 12 party line - you cranked the handle to call up the exchange to make a call. There was a fisherman on the line who would get calls at 4am...
We lived in a small village which had a party line. There was one woman who everyone else was sure listened in to everyone's conversations, but there was no way to prove it.
Until one day someone having a phone call heard the distinctive sound of a chiming clock in the background. There was only one person in the village who had a chiming clock so she proceeded to tear strips off this woman for being so damn nosey.
(21-03-2022, 05:22 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: [ -> ]Bell-bottoms , yes I used to wear them.
Lava lamps , had one in the lounge.
Miniskirts , good to look at.
I used to wear mini skirts (not so very mini then) & bell bottoms (never again, bloody things got in the way) but never had a lava lamp. Had a corduroy suit though at one point & boots.
Stinky Kerosene Heater.
Wooden Toilet Seats that cracked!
School toilet paper that was lethal on the nether regions.
Kerosene heaters - I'd forgotten them, & the horrific school toilet paper!
I remember playing knucklebones at school, & bar the door. Tomato sandwiches which had gone all squishy, horrible hot cocoa in winter -served in a 'shelter shed' in the freezing cold.
I'm not sure schools even have shelter sheds now.
(21-03-2022, 06:09 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: [ -> ] (21-03-2022, 05:38 PM)Praktica Wrote: [ -> ]When I worked for the post office, back in the 1970s, there were still manual telephone exchanges - in fact, when we moved north in the early 1980s the house we rented in a small town had a phone on a 12 party line - you cranked the handle to call up the exchange to make a call. There was a fisherman on the line who would get calls at 4am...
We lived in a small village which had a party line. There was one woman who everyone else was sure listened in to everyone's conversations, but there was no way to prove it.
Until one day someone having a phone call heard the distinctive sound of a chiming clock in the background. There was only one person in the village who had a chiming clock so she proceeded to tear strips off this woman for being so damn nosey.
(21-03-2022, 05:22 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: [ -> ]Bell-bottoms , yes I used to wear them.
Lava lamps , had one in the lounge.
Miniskirts , good to look at.
I used to wear mini skirts (not so very mini then) & bell bottoms (never again, bloody things got in the way) but never had a lava lamp. Had a corduroy suit though at one point & boots.
Lilith, I have to ask what did bell bottoms get in the way of
Remember bicycle clips? I used them when I was a teenager.
(22-03-2022, 10:41 AM)Oldfellah Wrote: [ -> ] (21-03-2022, 06:09 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: [ -> ]We lived in a small village which had a party line. There was one woman who everyone else was sure listened in to everyone's conversations, but there was no way to prove it.
Until one day someone having a phone call heard the distinctive sound of a chiming clock in the background. There was only one person in the village who had a chiming clock so she proceeded to tear strips off this woman for being so damn nosey.
I used to wear mini skirts (not so very mini then) & bell bottoms (never again, bloody things got in the way) but never had a lava lamp. Had a corduroy suit though at one point & boots.
Lilith, I have to ask what did bell bottoms get in the way of
Well - have you ever tried running in them? They flap about getting in the way, & as for riding a bike - no chance!
Hula hoops, plastic sandals, Davy Crockett hats - most kids had one or more of those then, not to mention a pocket knife; I think mine had a pink pearl finish handle.
(22-03-2022, 12:38 PM)Praktica Wrote: [ -> ]Remember bicycle clips? I used them when I was a teenager.
My grandad had those, & also those armband thingys, used to hold shirtsleeves back off the wrist. They used to fascinate me - metal, thin wire sort of things which stretched.
Hair rollers - very uncomfortable to sleep in.
Hop scotch, skipping, swapping stickers at school, and yes, hula hoops and knuckle bones. Brings back many memories, and how things have changed.
(21-03-2022, 02:13 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: [ -> ]How many can you remember? I can remember almost all, & would add the old rotary dial phones, shower caps & the old 78 records with the wind up gramophones.
Hadn't realised I was so very ancient!
https://quizzclub.com/stories/history/do...-identify/
Yes, remember all those but I go back much further. We had one of the old copper washing machines and a mangle - I was in charge of the mangle from about the age of 10 and I loved doing it. It was so satisfying to get all the water out of sheets and clothes.
Also a Bakelite radio - wish I'd kept it - would probably have been worth a fortune by now.
(22-03-2022, 04:41 PM)Outsider Wrote: [ -> ] (21-03-2022, 02:13 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: [ -> ]How many can you remember? I can remember almost all, & would add the old rotary dial phones, shower caps & the old 78 records with the wind up gramophones.
Hadn't realised I was so very ancient!
https://quizzclub.com/stories/history/do...-identify/
Yes, remember all those but I go back much further. We had one of the old copper washing machines and a mangle - I was in charge of the mangle from about the age of 10 and I loved doing it. It was so satisfying to get all the water out of sheets and clothes.
Also a Bakelite radio - wish I'd kept it - would probably have been worth a fortune by now.
We also had a copper, & a wringer which was attached to the tubs (for rinsing things) & there was a product called I think, Bluo - widely known as blue bags, which were put in the rinsing water to get whites whiter. They were also used on bee stings.
When it was time to wash blankets - always heavy wool back then - it was my job to stand in the tub, walking on them to get the soap out after they'd been washed.
Bluebags! I remember them for bee stings. I wonder what was in them, something alkaline, perhaps baking soda. Am I right to think that washing soda was a thing? What was it?
(22-03-2022, 06:47 PM)Olive Wrote: [ -> ]Bluebags! I remember them for bee stings. I wonder what was in them, something alkaline, perhaps baking soda. Am I right to think that washing soda was a thing? What was it?
Yes, my mother always had washing soda available (they were in crystal form in a box), but not sure how she used it. I do remember that if she burnt something in the saucepans, she would put washing soda in with some water, boil it up and the burnt-on stuff came off easily. But it must have had other uses.