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Don't really remember any radiograms like the one above, but my dad did own one of these "beauties":
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so who remembers black n' blue or even broken hands from these
but i did'nt see them making a come back, all be it in a wussy no pain safe version |
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^ Yes, I had a pair of these
They were called Clackers, Knockers or Click Clacks. Mine were bright orange, and I think I've still got them tucked away somewhere, although now looking a little worst for wear. They were made of acrylic and if swung too hard the acrylic would shatter sending shrapnel flying everywhere. I'm sure some kids almost lost their eyeballs this way. Not to mention the bruised wrists as the balls clacked together. But oh what fun I read that Clackers were banned in about 1985. Once Health and Safety intervened all the fun seemed to stop |
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Did anyone have a Poncho?
As a child I wore a hand knitted poncho in red, white, and blue stripes, very snazzy, and my grandmother knitted an identical poncho for my best friend, so we could look like twins although I was about 5 inches taller than her. They made a bit of a comeback recently but I read somewhere that if you were old enough to wear a fashion the first time round then don't wear it when it comes round again, unless you want to look stooped, so I didn't |
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No i had the grandma hand knitted tank top a little like this
tho i had one in brown/fawn/white which led to limited bullying at school but for some reason my nan (bless her) though a second one in baby pink/salmon/white would also look good, needless to say the bullying ratio for that was a little higher |
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Hi Riccip,
How long ago are you talking about with the buying & selling of this, it looks pretty much mint. p.s. the boss has a good eye for a bargin |
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Don't forget Last Ninja 2.
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^ What the hell is it
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^ And you walked down the street with it?
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^ I can imagine
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^ Okay, I'll let you off
But imagine an adult with one |
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^ *applies for Dragon's Den*
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^ yee gods! i'd forgotten all about those things. Now i know why one generation of kids grew up with one leg stronger than the other
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Digital media is also clutter free |
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Howd' u know ppl aren't speaking to there friends through social media on their phones? |
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Hey Riccup she deffo has the eye am quite taken to the old smith corona typewritter myself
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Ok a bit borring but could not have this thread without a mention to our old car industry and the maker that have now gone
And thats just the major players could also have AC, ALVIS, WOLSELEY, RILEY,TVR, MARCOS, RELIANT, JOWETT, PANTHER. |
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My first bicycle - the Sting Ray with banana seat and high handle bars.
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And my first calculator, the HP-25, with LED display. It still works!
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Hot Wheels - with superchargers. The little houses have rotating sponges that propel the cars as they pass through
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The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition
Now i did'nt see that one comming and will be glad when it's going |
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That smoking would become as socially unacceptable as it is, with laws being passed against it.
Back in the 90's all the pop stars, some footballers and cricketers, and loads of politicians could regularly be seen chuffing away. (I think even Tony Blair was caught having a crafty fag but I may have dreamt that). It would be unthinkable that within 15 years it would be banned in all public buildings, on trains and in cars with children. How times change. If a member of One Direction were caught smoking these days, there'd be a furore , whereas I saw loads of pictures of Take That and East 17 in the tabloids with a fag on. I think East 17's official pictures had them with cigarettes as they were meant to be more 'hard' than Take That. I remember the smoking carriage on trains in the 80's! I feel quite sorry for smokers sometimes, being made into such pariahs and having to huddle outside the front steps of buildings whereas 10 years ago you could sit and have a fag with your pint. |
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That the whole gay culture would become as accepted and as mainstream as it is now.
The other week, Marcus and Todd got it on in Corrie, with their shirts off, at 8.00 in the evening. There is no way that would have been shown even 10 years ago, let alone 20 years ago, and 30 years ago in the culture of Section 28, forget it! It was not so long ago that we hounded poor Alan Turing to death for being gay. I remember 15 or so years ago, The Sun ran a story in which they outed the lead singer of Ocean Colour Scene. OCS had the image of being a blokey band, with cigarettes and pints etc and I don't think they were expecting the reaction of the fans and the public at large to be a massive : 'SO?'. That was the sea change for me. That is one way in which we have changed for the better since I was young. |
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Not sure if this has gone, i think it has made a comeback like CLACKERS as a cheap kids toy.
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^ Haha, I had a Slinky. I think they still make them but they're made of crappy plastic instead of metal.
My dad was a primary school caretaker and the school had the metal ones in some of the classrooms. |
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