sidcow Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, bickster said: Green? what kind of weirdness was that? Snorkel Parka's were usually blue round our way My mate at school had a silver snorkel Parker. It seemed to be like something from outer space, everyone was so jealous. Edited March 3, 2018 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: I wasn't happy when that switch happened. Flares covered all but the toes of your shoes, but the first time I put on a pair of drainies, I thought they made my feet look ENORMOUS. Took some getting used to. Do you remember when Spurz brought out the first long shorts after everyone had been wearing short shorts. Everyone thought is was laughable and they looked ridiculous. So old fashioned like the 50's footballers. Now you look at the 80's shorts and they look terrible. I was relieved that I missed the whole flares thing. I had wide bottom trousers as a kid that my parents bought, but that was because it was all you could get really, but not proper flares. By the time I got to choose my own clothes it was straight into the Cosmic Stretch. I did have 1 pair of those totally awful pinstripe blue jeans which were trendy for a while, but I never owned any of those ludicrous blue jeans with the light blue or yellow piping down the sides, I thought they were ridiculous at the time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 2 hours ago, chrisp65 said: artex artex everywhere My parents still have artex on the ceiling of the house they bought in 1984. Only thing is that it's a very long living room which consists of the original room plus extension. The original room had, and I use the term loosely "good" artex but whoever did the extension obviously couldn't do it properly so it all goes to pot halfway down the room. I've no idea why they haven't had the whole sorry lot plastered over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 01/03/2018 at 13:27, VILLAMARV said: I was able to see past my love of genesis to the point you were making. Nursery Crimes ftw I thought the music died in '76? was I wrong? No that was 1977. I was on holiday in Cornwall and heard it on TV and ran upstairs to break the news to my parents that Elvis was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: No that was 1977. I was on holiday in Cornwall and heard it on TV and ran upstairs to break the news to my parents that Elvis was dead. No, it was 1980. I didn't give a shit about Elvis, but John Lennon's murder hit me hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: No, it was 1980. I didn't give a shit about Elvis, but John Lennon's murder hit me hard. Not as hard as it hit Paul McCartney. The Ernie Wise of that partnership. Imagine v The Frog Chorus, it's a hard choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) On 01/03/2018 at 13:19, Risso said: Our first house on the IOM still had cast iron gutters and drainpipes. I had to take a cast iron downpipe off my old house a couple of years ago. It was staggering to me just how heavy the thing was. Almost lost control of it. The fixings were a thing to behold as well. No rawl plug and screws back in those days. Interestingly when I sold it I had a read through the original 1920's deeds and realised I had failed to comply with some conditions of the original leasehold by failing to paint the woodwork every 2 years with led paint. Edited March 3, 2018 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 We've still got cast iron drainpipes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) Might have been covered previously but I’ll ask anyway... Seniors, what things at the time did you think were rubbish, but now you look back on with fondness and think “yeah, that was alright”? Edited March 3, 2018 by Shropshire Lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2018 Just now, Shropshire Lad said: Might have been covered previously but I’ll ask anyway... Seniors, what things at the time did you think were rubbish, but now you look back at with fondness and think “yeah, that was alright”? special hugs with Mr Patterson the P.E. teacher 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2018 I did actually lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisagg75 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Shropshire Lad said: Might have been covered previously but I’ll ask anyway... Seniors, what things at the time did you think were rubbish, but now you look back on with fondness and think “yeah, that was alright”? fosters(clothes shop not the aussie lager) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The_Rev Posted March 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Might have been covered previously but I’ll ask anyway... Seniors, what things at the time did you think were rubbish, but now you look back on with fondness and think “yeah, that was alright”? Being a mid table Premier League team who won the League Cup from time to time. 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Pyjamas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) 23 hours ago, chrisp65 said: artex artex everywhere I see your artex and raise you Tulip Glass Edited March 4, 2018 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I remembered these being a thing as I was out for a walk today. Shiny football stickers and coins from petrol stations 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Yeah I had the World Cup 1970 thing, no idea where it went. I also remember Bazooka Joe bubblegum with a cartoon in it that you needed a microscope to read. Villa players in shirts with no names or sponsors. Just numbers 1 to 11. And Pat McMahon looked cool. White dog shit, must have been the Winalot. The never ending heat of 1976 (made the white dogshit like rock). Anaglypta wallpaper. Tony Blackburn on Radio One with that bloody barking dog. Platform soles and trousers with six buttons on the waistband. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 4, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2018 43 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: I remembered these being a thing as I was out for a walk today. Shiny football stickers and coins from petrol stations I've got a set of petrol station stuff, though mine is a collection of tailfin insignia of the world leading airlines at the time. I'll try and dig it out. Might even have a few books of PG Tips cards somewhere too (or was it Brooke Bond) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 My folks used to know a lorry driver. There was a time I think all our glasses were from esso, or was it shell? More the 80's by then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2018 20 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Might have been covered previously but I’ll ask anyway... Seniors, what things at the time did you think were rubbish, but now you look back on with fondness and think “yeah, that was alright”? School is the only thing I can think off. If you thought something was naff back in the day, it will probably be naff now. I do like red LED things now which I thought were cool then, like a watch screen. I suppose a great many people thought Deloreans were naff cars, which they were, but are now highly prized because of a certain film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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