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Saying to me ma "Mam what's for tea?"

 

Mam "Shit wi sugar on, jam round't edges"

 

 

I still say that to my kids when they ask, or if i'm bored and they ask I just say "food"

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I remember selling petrol (4*) at 35.5 pence per GALLON!!! You could not get £2 worth in a Mini unless it was running on fumes.

Also, still on motoring memories, does anyone (except this old git) remember the two-stroke engined cars? They were all different, but fuelled the same way. (A pint of sae 30 in the tank followed by four gallons of 2*. Most common was the Saab, then Wartberg, then DKW, now part of Audi.

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I remember selling petrol (4*) at 35.5 pence per GALLON!!! You could not get £2 worth in a Mini unless it was running on fumes.

Also, still on motoring memories, does anyone (except this old git) remember the two-stroke engined cars? They were all different, but fuelled the same way. (A pint of sae 30 in the tank followed by four gallons of 2*. Most common was the Saab, then Wartberg, then DKW, now part of Audi.

 

and NSU if i remember rightly????....didn't they have a touch clutch on top of the gear stick aswell?

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Anyone remember watching Champion the Wonder Horse on a Saturday morning in the very long hot summers, and if you were lucky enough to get some old pram wheels to make a go cart it was like christmas, Dutch arrows, and making rafts out out of scaffolding planks, just a few.

 

 

SINDASOX ;)

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I remember selling petrol (4*) at 35.5 pence per GALLON!!! You could not get £2 worth in a Mini unless it was running on fumes.

Also, still on motoring memories, does anyone (except this old git) remember the two-stroke engined cars? They were all different, but fuelled the same way. (A pint of sae 30 in the tank followed by four gallons of 2*. Most common was the Saab, then Wartberg, then DKW, now part of Audi.

Ah, 2* petrol! Christ I'd forgotten about that until you mentioned it!

 

What about the little stickers you used to get from the Texaco garage? used to get something like one for every £5, collect 1000 of them & get a mug! :laugh:

 

And I can remember my nan used to put a fiver petrol in, and it used to last about a fortnight!

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Anyone remember watching Champion the Wonder Horse on a Saturday morning in the very long hot summers, and if you were lucky enough to get some old pram wheels to make a go cart it was like christmas, Dutch arrows, and making rafts out out of scaffolding planks, just a few.

 

 

SINDASOX ;)

 

Loved that programme and batman and robin! anyone remember the old invalid cars? walnut whips and poppets!

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I remember selling petrol (4*) at 35.5 pence per GALLON!!! You could not get £2 worth in a Mini unless it was running on fumes.

Also, still on motoring memories, does anyone (except this old git) remember the two-stroke engined cars? They were all different, but fuelled the same way. (A pint of sae 30 in the tank followed by four gallons of 2*. Most common was the Saab, then Wartberg, then DKW, now part of Audi.

Ah, 2* petrol! Christ I'd forgotten about that until you mentioned it!

 

What about the little stickers you used to get from the Texaco garage? used to get something like one for every £5, collect 1000 of them & get a mug! :laugh:

 

And I can remember my nan used to put a fiver petrol in, and it used to last about a fortnight!

 

yes i forgot about 2* petrol, wasn't there 3* as well and 4 * .

 

we used to go big bike rides as kids all round , and go knock on a door of any random house for a drink of water. and get it .

 

ans snow in winer , we would miss many days scool in winter, due to the buss not coming

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Clackers - f*****g lethal

 

Lion Stores - biscuits to weigh out, who cared how mucky yer hands were

 

Australian Army Boots - with brass studs

 

Dundee biscuits big as a dinner plate

 

Liquorice root

 

Woobinda

 

Adidas Bumpers

 

Lofas

 

DAF variomatics, could go as fast backwards as they could forwards, what a laugh

 

Moskovitz vans - what a pile of shite

 

Bogeys made from Silvercross prams

 

The only "Best before date" had to pass two tests, what did it look like and what did it smell like, if it passed those it got eaten.

 

Levi staypress

 

My Harrington was beige, not the crappy black ones and you can still get them from Orvis.

 

Collecting birds eggs

 

Wondering how the f**k the local Bobby always got to your house before you did

 

Doing the milk before school and collecting the money on Friday after school, when everyone just left it on the doorstep

 

Playing tig on the pylons - f*****g stupid I know, that's why I don't do it anymore, plus it's boring on your own

 

Bangers on mischief night

 

You could just go on and on couldn't you.

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