I’m so old I remember…

[snexxer]

Do you remember roller blackboards?

I do, spinning em around.
Board rubbers being thrown at kids.

and I will raise you a 5 1/2 floppy disc!

We had the 8" at school, 5.25 at home then the 3.5 when I got an Atari st.

was always the deputy for some reason.

Yeah. Ours was a Mr Connor. When he was hitting you with the cane or meter ruler, he would get redder and redder in the face.

 

[PS2005]

Jerkiing off to National Geographic

 

[1DarkNightOwl]

....the phone number to my house and a few friends houses.

Oh, and this...

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I still have this

 

[angelofthenorth]

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loved that game, there was also major morgan and merlin

 

[Zephreck]

Saturday morning cartoons... our first phone was shared with 3 other houses (party line) ... you never heard cursing on TV... and you had to.learn cursive writing...

 

[angelofthenorth]

do kids know how to play conkers these days?

 

[1DarkNightOwl]

Jerkiing off to National Geographic

The underware section of a womens catalogue.

 

[hugh_jarce69]

The underware section of a womens catalogue.

Kay’s?

 

[angelofthenorth]

The underware section of a womens catalogue.

hahaha I remember catching my brother with mum's catalouge

 

[1DarkNightOwl]

Kay’s?

You know what..it may have been.

 

[angelofthenorth]

Kay’s?

it was Marshall Wards in our house, and remember green shield stamps?

 

[hugh_jarce69]

it was Marshall Wards in our house, and remember green shield stamps?

Oh god yeah

 

[hugh_jarce69]

Luncheon Vouchers - whatever they were

 

[Zephreck]

do kids know how to play conkers these days?

Believe that is Brittish... Americans call them buckeyes... if you are talking about the game where you have like a round nut on a string and trying to break other kids...

 

[PS2005]

Oh yes

The underware section of a womens catalogue.

 

[sunset_dreaming]

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My friend had one and I was soooo freaking jealous!

 

[snexxer]

do kids know how to play conkers these days?

It's banned in schools now as its a violent dangerous game.

The underware section of a womens catalogue.

Oh I defo remember that. Squinting to see if you could see anything.

hahaha I remember catching my brother with mum's catalouge

You didn't catch me... oh right.

 

[hugh_jarce69]

Shops closing early on a Wednesday

 

[angelofthenorth]

Believe that is Brittish... Americans call them buckeyes... if you are talking about the game where you have like a round nut on a string and trying to break other kids...

Aye, that's it. Postal orders to be used as a way of payment, and Ktel.

 

[hugh_jarce69]

Aye, that's it. Postal orders to be used as a way of payment, and Ktel.

Ktel!!!!!

 

[sunset_dreaming]

It's banned in schools now as its a violent dangerous game.

wtf...? Are they playing with grenades or something..??!!

 

[hugh_jarce69]

wtf...? Are they playing with grenades or something..??!!

Can’t play British Bulldogs either

 

[angelofthenorth]

Ktel!!!!!

I know, we used to have to watch TV for the adverts with a pen and paper to get the phone number

 

[hugh_jarce69]

I know, we used to have to watch TV for the adverts with a pen and paper to get the phone number

That reminds of the days when you trawled through teletext for holiday deals. Desperately trying to press ‘hold’ to stop it going onto next page

 

[snexxer]

I know, we used to have to watch TV for the adverts with a pen and paper to get the phone number

Ceefax and teletext
Playing Bamboozle on channel 4s teletext