bickster Posted January 24, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, mottaloo said: Subbuteo did an astro turf pitch !?! ....and there was me, back in the day, smoothing out my subby baize pitch on the front room carpet, desperately trying to make the sidelines non wavy or bendy, but failing every time. The only way to play... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I remember playing Subbuteo about 100 years ago.Two friends and myself had 2 teams each,my teams were Aston Villa and Palermo.I remember Palermo finished first and Villa second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2021 3 hours ago, blandy said: I occasionally get that, too. I wonder if it's a comfort thing (for me at least)? - a kind of "I was happy then" thought that turns into vivid recollections of a time and place. It happens for 3 or 4 locations I've lived in the past. And it always gets to the thing you mention - the insufficient detail bits. And that's where it usually stops, sort of half consciously. Once or twice, the next day, I've even gone to the google thing where you drop the little yellow man on the map and can see the streets and clear up the missing data. Yeah, I'll probably do that, but there have obviously been loads of changes since the period I'm remembering (1960s). In fact the flats I grew up in have been demolished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted January 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 hours ago, mottaloo said: Subbuteo did an astro turf pitch !?! ....and there was me, back in the day, smoothing out my subby baize pitch on the front room carpet, desperately trying to make the sidelines non wavy or bendy, but failing every time. I never had the astro pitch but my original 70s pitch was expertly affixed to a bit of chipboard by my old man. He also put walls around it too so the ball wouldn’t go fizzing under the sideboard whenever it went out of play. Trouble was the walls were too close to the touch line so we just adapted the rules and decided it only went out of play if the ball managed to leap the wall. It was great for rebounding the ball or the player off to outmanoeuvre your opponents player. I won every home game in my youth as none of my friends were able to cope with the walls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 24, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, choffer said: I never had the astro pitch but my original 70s pitch was expertly affixed to a bit of chipboard by my old man. He also put walls around it too so the ball wouldn’t go fizzing under the sideboard whenever it went out of play. Trouble was the walls were too close to the touch line so we just adapted the rules and decided it only went out of play if the ball managed to leap the wall. It was great for rebounding the ball or the player off to outmanoeuvre your opponents player. I won every home game in my youth as none of my friends were able to cope with the walls. Did you know there was Subbuteo 5-a-side? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 24, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2021 I used to have this too And this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Possibly one for the boring thread but i have finally solved a question that's been bugging me for the past few years: It's 1979, xmas school holidays and I'm "revising" for my mock O level exams. In a desperate attempt to distract me from my studies, i start channel surfing....well, three of them...and i come across a teen soap drama set in California where all the cool and beautiful CA teenagers went through their angst ridden youth. I get back to school and find out it's the hit tv show of most of us 5th formers and we've all been watching it. Can i remember the programme name now ? Of course i bleedin' can't apart from it had a bar in it where all the teens hung out, called Rick's Place. I look up Rick's Place on t'internet and can only find references to the movie Casablanca. Then......THEN.... i remember the guy who played Rick (Lorenzo Lamas) and within 5 mins of searching i find my holy grail - California Fever !! So i load up a dodgy YouTube episode and settle back to relive that part of my youth...and then after 2 minutes of watching, i now realise what an absolutely sh*te programme it was Another tv prog of that era was an itv/central effort called "Going out".....more teen angst but UK this time. Starred Andrew Paul (he of The Bill fame) and i remember one episode where he got to feel a girl's jubblies as a bet, or something like that. Happy days..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Was having a clear out in the loft today , found an Apple training manual from sometime in the late 80’s ... the course would help make me knowledgeable to talk to customers about Data communications 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Subbuteo also did: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Subbuteo now do ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, John said: I bet Wayne Hennessey has this set. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted March 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, John said: Subbuteo now do ! The game of the game's gone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 My dad glued the subbuteo pitch to a large board of mdf. Was brilliant. Although me and my little brother were weird, we collected the teams but kept them on the shelf on display all neatly and played with the 90’s big head Corinthians things instead flicking the ball around with the green base stand. Was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I woke up one night when I was younger and wondered to myself 'being alive is the closest I'll get to knowing what it feels like to be a ghost', so I declared myself a ghost then. I also remember I looked out the window into the night as if that was the first time I'd ever seen the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 22, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 22, 2021 I forgot about this thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 51 minutes ago, BOF said: I forgot about this thread. Too much Wilf Mc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I remember as a child we went on holiday in someone's static caravan and I got in trouble for not respecting the property because I didn't clean the sandwicher after I used it, I was confused because I thought the owner would want us to enjoy ourselves rather than cleaning, I didn't even know how to clean a sandwicher, surely you can't put it in the washing up because it's an electrical appliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, useless said: I remember as a child we went on holiday in someone's static caravan and I got in trouble for not respecting the property because I didn't clean the sandwicher after I used it, I was confused because I thought the owner would want us to enjoy ourselves rather than cleaning, I didn't even know how to clean a sandwicher, surely you can't put it in the washing up because it's an electrical appliance. What the hell is a sandwicher? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I don't know if 'sandwicher' is the right term, but it's a thing that presses two slices of bread together and toasts them to make a 'toasted sandwhich'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted November 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2021 A toastie maker you mean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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