Blasts From The Past We Thought Were Good

[Bobbisox1]

The Tuppaware Yorkshire pudding shaker

Pippadee clothes parties

Anne Summer parties , never bought any but the games were hilarious

Karaoke, when we all thought we could sing

Any more?

[Ken4155]

Always thought Penny-round was the brand-name? Who knows? More to the point, who cares? I wouldn't wear one now if you sponsored my gambling for a month:-)))

[Bobbisox1]

Yes I think they do Sandy also there’s keep fit classes who use them

[1ozzy]

Hope so, so many things could be done with a hula hoop.
What a great toy,,

[Bobbisox1]

Roller Rinks

[Ken4155]

"So many things could be done with a hula hoop."

True, we used to see how many fat kids we could squeeze into a hula hoop, before they had to be cut free :-)))

[1ozzy]

Guessing you were skinny Ken,,

[RATTER15]

German Shepherds/Alsations dogs with flat backs before the breeders destroyed the breed!! Thankfully the flat backs are returning, slowly!

[Ken4155]

More meat on a butcher's pencil, 1ozzy. Get about 10 of me in a normal sized hula hoop back then. I was so thin, when it rained, i had to run around to get wet.

[barry1010]

I loved my two tone suits and Crombie

[Ken4155]

barry, two of my army friends wore two-tone suits and Crombies. I couldn't understand their mentality wanting to look the same all day long! Uniform during the day, then same civvies?

[Bobbisox1]

Loved my Crombie and baseball boots

[barry1010]

Ken, a lot of young people wear a form of uniform without realising it and it was the same when I was a young adult. One hippy looked much like another, rockers dressed the same and now the trend seems to behyper inflated lips and beetle eyebrows for the young ladies. At least I could take my suit off :)

[mallyh]

op art fashion with big bulls eye earrings and rings
cheesecloth shirts

[Bobbisox1]

Cheesecloths shirts were very figure hugging worn with a very short suede skirt with press studs fasteners down the front and a scalloped hemline , loved mine

[New Judge]

//As an aside - NJ, for your 'tube challenge' did you have to step on the platform of each station for it to count?//

No. But the train must stop there. There are two stretches where one line serves all stops whilst another sails through. Between Acton Town and Hammersmith the District Line serves all stops and the Piccadilly Line runs non-stop. Between Finchley Road and Wembley Park the Jubilee Line serves all stations whilst the Metropolitan Line runs non-stop. At that time (though not now) the Metropolitan Line service pattern also included a non-stop service from Finchley Road to Moor Park (with some stopping at Harrow-on-the-Hill). That would not have done for the Tube Challenge either.

When I did the challenge there was no Piccadilly Line beyond Hounslow West (no extension to Heathrow), the Jubilee Line didn't exist (though the Bakerloo Line had two branches - one of which extended to Watford Junction), and the Victoria Line was still under construction. But Aldwych station was still open (rush hours only, which made the timing tricky), the Central Line extended to Ongar, the East London Line (New Cross to Shoreditch) was still part of the Underground - with Shoreditch also opening rush-hours only, the Northern City Line (Moorgate to Finsbury Park) was also still part of the Underground. There were 272 stations when I did the challenge - the same number as now.

[Hazlinny]

21.01 Tues/Bobbi. Thanks! I had one which I wore with a skirt featuring Whisky labels - loved the look!

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

String vests
Parka coats with orange insides and fur round the top
Bars of Highland Toffee
Tartan everything, including flasks, seat covers, coasters...
Collections of old miniature whisky bottles...
Mac hats which were waterproof headscarves for old women who'd just had their hair permed and it was raining...
Smell of TCP everywhere
Cubes of cheddar and a cherry tomato on a cocktail stick meant we were having a party...

[Bobbisox1]

Hey Hazi, I love those