things that you dont see anymore

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There was a great phone in today on radio city 96.7fm, it was about things that you dont see any more, one bloke rang in and said that you dont see rag and bone men anymore, then a woman rang in and said that you dont see white dog poo anymore...what is that all about?..but I cant remember the last time I saw white dog poo..is there anything else that we dont see anymore?
 
scraggs said:
Police walking the streets in villages :exit:
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use to in the village I use to live in. They just seem to drive through this village I am in.

erm....as for other things....Mars Bar adverts, not seen one of them for AGES.
 
I see police walking around here sometimes, and PCSO's. And neighbourhood wardens. And I live on the outskirts of Manchester :D

As for white dog poo. It's largely down to two things.
A : Their diet. They used to be fed on things like bones, and scraps from the table / butchers etc. Now a dogs meal is largely tinned / processed food.
also, B : It isn't left on the streets long enough to turn white.
 
Well around here ... you never see kids walking to school, all cars & buses.

I havent seen a woman pushing a pram in years ... fandangled buggies but no prams!

Cant remember the last time I saw one of those fullsize RSPA dog/cat charity boxes outside a shop door.
I suspect there are some around still ... I just havent seen them.

Setting lotion ... I remember my mother used to get her hair done once a week and it would stink like wee for days :lol:
 
paulc said:
then a woman rang in and said that you dont see white dog poo anymore...what is that all about?..but I cant remember the last time I saw white dog poo..
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Changes in the content of dog food is the reason why. White poo was due to food high in bone meal.
 
Don't know about Texan Bars, but Marathons and Opal Fruits have changed their names.
I miss ten bob notes :D
 
Conkers
Bus conductors
Knife sharpeners
Punch and Judy shows
Sally Army Bands
 
Public floggings.

Pity really, I think they would do this country a world of good.
 
1) tab clear
2) blue sky :p
3) pound notes
4) half pennies
5) mullets (well mostly)
6) 80's shoulder pads
 
Horse manure down the middle of the road!

Me dad used to give me a bucket and shovel and send me out to collect it for the rhubarb. How far would I have to walk now before I filled the bucket? :thinking:
 
chewyuk said:
Pritt Stick, Astro Wars and kids using the excuse, Sorry my watch stopped, when back from the park late by 5 minutes :)
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Now I know us up north are behind the times but :
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Wile E. coyote said:
1) tab clear
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Oh, I used to love that stuff!

Good thread btw, making me feel all nostalgic :lol:

Pacers (like opal fruits but minty..mmm)
bands playing in the park every Sunday
children playing in the park... on their own
Pound notes :D
Steam rollers (I remember them being used when the roads got re-surfaced)
The 'pit' bus taking all the miners to work
The local boatyard (it's a housing estate now)
Markets like they used to have (I know you still have them, but imo they are declining)
Children out playing in the street with skipping ropes, elastics, etc
 
Marcel said:
I'm a secret lemonade drinkerrrrrrrrr!!
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My dad was genuinely R White [Ray] and if he had got a penny for everytime some one sung it at him

spencer said:
The alpine lemonade lorry, that sold all different flavours of lemonade.
Bubble gum machines outside of shops!
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If you were REALLY good, mum let you keep the 5p you got back for each bottle too...oh, and after Alpine, we had Barr for a while before it stopped altogether :D



The road safety adverts with the stuffed dressed animal puppets...see, its old age, I can't remember their names :help: oh and the 'cartoon' safety ones for kids too, 'charlie says' :eek: :lol:

EDIT: Tufty Fluffytail was the main character in the road safety ones, and while we are on the subject, what happened to the green cross code man? [YES< I know, He became darth vader or somesuch]
 
:lol: you can get space dust again, but I think they renamed that too, but my kids have had it, real blast form the past!

Another thing, women in headscarfs [apart from the queen when relaxing at Balmoral], and better, women on headscarfs with their rollers in their hair underneath :lol:
 
Davenports home-delivered beer.
Glees (renamed Tutti-Frutti then disappeared..)
Zoom ice-lollies.
Sherbet dips in the yellow cardboard tubes (with the odd-tasting red lolly, not the liquorice one)
Flying Saucers (the sherbet ones)
Side-streets with no cars parked in them (went back to my old childhood haunts last year and the biggest shock was the number of cars parked bumper-to-bumper in what were totally empty streets when I was a kid).
Letters written by friends for fun (now all email).
 
Arkady said:
Glees (renamed Tutti-Frutti then disappeared..)
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I used to love them, they're now called Skittles as I discovered a few months back when one of my kids had some.

What else...

Spangles
Thruppenny bits
Half a crown (reminds me of my Grandfather)
Cross ply tyres
Returning the empty lemonade bottles to the shop to get the deposit back, usually 1d
 
Arkady said:
Davenports home-delivered beer.
Glees (renamed Tutti-Frutti then disappeared..)
Zoom ice-lollies.
Sherbet dips in the yellow cardboard tubes (with the odd-tasting red lolly, not the liquorice one)
Flying Saucers (the sherbet ones)
Side-streets with no cars parked in them (went back to my old childhood haunts last year and the biggest shock was the number of cars parked bumper-to-bumper in what were totally empty streets when I was a kid).
Letters written by friends for fun (now all email).
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I remember Tutti-Frutti. Weren't they like skittles but square?

We had some zoom lollies from Asda the other week (Im sure of it, I didnt see any though, kids beat me)
Sherbert dips in the tube..Oh I remember those :D (Although I only remember the licquorice version).

Flying Saucers - FACE SCREWERS!
 
Frenchmen selling onions off the back of a bicycle.

Ness Cafe ice cream :(
 
pxl8 said:
Changes in the content of dog food is the reason why. White poo was due to food high in bone meal.
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You're right there! We get some of that on a Monday after the sunday leg of lamb bone goes out for the dog!!! :gag:

Moving swiftly on!............Everlasting Strips.........(those thin flat strips of toffee that s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d when you ate them!!!

Olde English Spangles

Processed cheese in a block from the cheese counter

Little boys shoes.. Clarks Wayfarers with the animal tracks on the sole!

Broken biscuits to buy by the lb. (we buy them in packs now and they arent supposed to be broken!!)
 
Steep said:
Ness Cafe ice cream :(
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Was that the one at the bottom of Church Street opposite the sports shop (Coutts?)? If so I remember going there from a very young age and having the best milkshakes ever! Thanks for the memory. :thumbs:
 
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