mjmooney Posted July 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2023 Berni Inn menu, early 1970s: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2023 4 hours ago, mjmooney said: Berni Inn menu, early 1970s: Spanish Burgandy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 28, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2023 And WTAF is Plinico? This is in my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 23 hours ago, mjmooney said: Berni Inn menu, early 1970s: Bread roll and butter. I was saying to my wife yesterday, when going to any restaurant as a kid in the 90s, I have memories of everyone on the table always being given a warm bread roll from a basket. I used to enjoy that more than the meal. We might be running out of things to talk about. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 13/04/2023 at 21:26, Chindie said: St. Margaret's in Great Barr is another mental institution that became a housing development. Yes used to live off Chapel Lane as a kid. My mom and dad are buried at the cemetery next to the entrance and I used to take short cuts through it. Great Barr house, not sure if that is still there. It was the last time I looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 20 hours ago, sidcow said: And WTAF is Plinico? This is in my lifetime. I think its "Plaice" but the font has distorted when copied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 28/07/2023 at 20:20, mjmooney said: Berni Inn menu, early 1970s: Yugoslavia - renowned for its fine wines. Wasn't there a scandal in the 70s when Yugoslvia wine was exposed as grape juice mixed with industrial alcohol??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Yugoslavia - renowned for its fine wines. Wasn't there a scandal in the 70s when Yugoslvia wine was exposed as grape juice mixed with industrial alcohol??? Slovenian reisling. Which is quite nice but probably not from 70's Yugoslavian Slovenia. Because I'm a sucker for interesting facts about 70's shopping, Sainsbury's sold it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 13/04/2023 at 21:39, sidcow said: And Monyhull in Kings Norton/Heath. I know it's very inappropriate now but my boss way back when said Monyhull was a big nuthouse. Didn't matter how mad you were but you had to be over six foot to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2023 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 44 minutes ago, mjmooney said: That's awesome. I'm now trying to work out where it all is now. I think 0:15 is from the top of Pinfold St, looking towards New Street station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 my sister came over last night with a load of my old match magazines, dug them out of the loft at my folks house. About 10 in amazing condition all from about 89-90. Such a trip down memory lane, brilliant nostalgia. What got me was the open ness of the interviews, not the sort of thing you see today. People talk about moves or ambitions, rather than just giving nicely rehearsed soundbites. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2023 Sometimes I find it’s the less obvious things from yesteryear that evoke a strong sense of nostalgia or just “ah that takes me back”. One such thing is when I occasionally spot this neighbourhood watch sign. In particular, the male character’s mutton chops. Not really sure what it is about it that evokes this nostalgia, I viewed it as a bit of an old thing from before my time when I was a kid, bit like the test card (for whatever reason my gran had a picture of Terry Wogan with the test card background hung up on her pantry cupboard door). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Love this. What a fascinating character our KW was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) I remember playing snakes and ladders on the dining room table by the patio windows through which I could see the frosty garden Edited December 4, 2023 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, useless said: I remember playing snakes and ladders on the dining room table by the patio windows through which I could see the frosty garden When, last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xela Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 16 hours ago, TheAuthority said: We used to go to Savacentre in Oldbury every Saturday. Distant memories of grim Saturdays in November, sitting in the back of the car, parents bickering in the front while the rain pelted down on the way to Savacentre. Hoping that I'd hear the WM siren and it would be the Villa scoring. Simpler times. Moved into this thread... A treat for me as a kid was a trip to Oldbury Toys R Us! From memory it was bigger than the Dale End city centre one. Other memories were sitting in the car (gold Ford Granada 2.3L) with my Dad at Kwik Save in New Oscott, while Mom was inside doing the shopping, and listening to the DLT Radio One quiz. Loved that WM noise as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 27 minutes ago, Xela said: Moved into this thread... A treat for me as a kid was a trip to Oldbury Toys R Us! From memory it was bigger than the Dale End city centre one. I drove along the M5 today. I commented to Mrs Lifeboats that we still refer to J2 as the "Toys R Us" junction. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 10 VT Supporter Share Posted January 10 On 22/09/2023 at 14:58, Xela said: Love this. What a fascinating character our KW was. A fascinating journey through Kenneth Williams favourite erections and ones he felt were completely inappropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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