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by **PhiLFC** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:58 am

A few of the topics have seen us reminiscing about things from our childhood or the good ole days.

Blankets... my bed use to be freezing at night. We never had central heating but I don't remember complaining about the cold, we never had duvets just layers of blankets - big thick grey ones with red carpet stitching along the edges. I yearn for the cold corners of my bed now... its just so damned hot all the time even with the heating off and windows open.

Watch with Mother... say no more

by **dawson99** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:15 am

one word.

weebles

by **Judge** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:37 am

..................wobble but they dont fall down

by **bigmick** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:38 am

dawson99 wrote:one word.

weebles

As I remember daws' they wobbled but they didn't fall down. Phils right about the blankets, I remember doing my homework in my bedroom and you could see your breath in front of your face, absolutely fecking freezing it was.

Since it's a football forum my contribution would be Subbuteo. I always considered myself pretty handy at it, although in our ultra competitive circle we didn't so much "flick to kick' as kind of nudge, in kind of the same way you'd try and dislodge a cat turd from the back doorstep if you didn't have any socks on.

We had this thing where if you put your head flat on the carpet behind the goal it kind of made the whole thing look realistic (if you forgot the fact that each player was on a pedastal of course). It really was a great little game, the one annoying part of it being that the ball had an infuriating habit if you really smashed it into the net of rebounding out of the goal over the whole length of the pitch. This along with players whose legs were like see through tree trunks where you'd had to glue em back together when someone had kneeled on them, did nothing for the overall realism.

I do remember getting the "World Cup" edition in Christmas 1974. So full was the box of pointless little add-ons, (corner flags, a referee, some camera men, surround fence etc etc) that it had two tiers. Still had a wrinkly pitch though as I remember, they never did sort that one out.

by **dawson99** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:40 am

white poo and plastercasts, where are they now?

by **Judge** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:44 am

dawson99 wrote:white poo and plastercasts, where are they now?

by **andy_g** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:50 am

bigmick wrote:the same way you'd try and dislodge a cat turd from the back doorstep if you didn't have any socks on.

one of the funniest things i've ever read on this forum...

back in the day, one of my most exciting days of my life was the day we got our first ever color tv. then some of the least exciting were the regular visits of the man from rediffusion coming round to fix the thing.

by **112-1077774096** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:54 am

commentators at the away european games sounding like they are commentating over the telephone

by **bigmick** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:58 am

peewee wrote:commentators at the away european games sounding like they are commentating over the telephone

Yeah dead right

Or the way david Coleman used to always just say the score the minute the minute ball hit the back of the net, ie Toshack....Keegan....one nil.

by **Judge** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:00 am

andy_g wrote:
bigmick wrote:the same way you'd try and dislodge a cat turd from the back doorstep if you didn't have any socks on.

one of the funniest things i've ever read on this forum...

back in the day, one of my most exciting days of my life was the day we got our first ever color tv. then some of the least exciting were the regular visits of the man from rediffusion coming round to fix the thing.

rediffusion, now theres a blast from the past

by **Big Niall** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:08 am

patches on elbows and knees of all my clothes (which were hand downs from my brother who is 7 years older)

by **PhiLFC** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:08 am

The gas or leccy man counting out all the silver on the kitchen table when he came to empty the meter.... that was dazzling. I couldn't believe anyone could count that fast.

by **woof woof !** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:35 am

PhiLFC wrote:The gas or leccy man counting out all the silver on the kitchen table when he came to empty the meter.... that was dazzling. I couldn't believe anyone could count that fast.

, Used to dread when the leccy man came round . Whenever me mum sent me out with a couple of tanners to get a shilling for the meter i used to nip into the shed and file down a ha'penny and then stick it in the meter . Can still hear me Mum screaming "I'll swing for that little get !" as the leccy man emptied a pile of filed down dross onto the kitchen table .

by **Judge** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:48 am

nice one

by **PhiLFC** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:50 am

ah tanners and thre'pny bits... big brown ten bob notes, half a crowns... jeeez was that in my lifetime?

Remember penny trays where you could get fruit salad chews, blackjacks, mojo's and gobstoppers

I know we've done this before but it doesn't hurt does it?

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