Things kids will never believe

[* ORM *]

1, Film had to be put in an envelope and posted. Then you sat back and waited for an eternity for the photos to come back followed by elation at the results or disappointment of wasted photos

 

[Uncle Leo]

2. No telly in the mornings.

 

[fatshrimp]

3. Most shops shut on Wednesday afternoons and Sundays.

 

[RobM]

No, not 100 in a £, 240. Honestly!

 

[Swiss Tony]

ZAL toilet paper.:omg:

 

[MK Shrimper]

No, not 100 in a £, 240. Honestly!

That's just not kids. :hilarious:

A few computer ones...

Having to fiddle with the volume control on your dad's tape player to get your games to load (which took forever).
Games crashing if you moved the computer (ZX81) even a millimetre (ram pack wobble).

Non computer...

Only 3 channels on the telly.
Being able to buy sweets for 1/2p.
Getting really excited in buying the Christmas Radio Times to see which "big" films were going to be shown.

 

[kaymac]

Taking your rattle to the match

Southend once had a flourishing high-street.....

 

[Amwell Blue]

Going to the phone box to phone your girlfriend
Watching Disney Time on Bank Holiday Monday
Tanktops were cool

 

[Mad Cyril]

Going to the phone box to phone your girlfriend
Watching Disney Time on Bank Holiday Monday
Tanktops were cool

The women on the cards in phone boxes aren't your girlfriend.

 

[Ricky Otto]

1, Film had to be put in an envelope and posted. Then you sat back and waited for an eternity for the photos to come back followed by elation at the results or disappointment of wasted photos

I remember the excitement of getting together with all the lads after the yearly lads holiday and going to the indian guy down moulsham street with our disposable cameras (he would process all the pictures whereas boots chucked out the risqué ones). Getting a one hour service then going to the pub for an hour, picking up our photo's then back to the pub to look through them and relive the good times. Youngsters will never know that pleasure with their instant gratification.

 

[Ricky Otto]

No internet or easily accessible porn, so you got your jollies watching eurotrash knowing you were guaranteed a few tits. With headphones on obviously you didn't want your mum hearing what you were watching.

 

[Seasick Steve]

No need to lie about your age... you could buy your fags from a vending machine on the wall OUTSIDE the newsagents.

 

[londonblue]

One that has literally just happened.

My son didn't believe me when I told him my first tennis racket was made of wood.

 

[londonblue]

Oh, another one. My brother in law was having an argument with his (then) 10 year old daughter about getting a mobile phone. She asked him how old he was when he first got one. She was gobsmacked to find out they didn't exist when he was a kid!

 

[RobM]

When I was a lad, people didn't start sentences with "Well, basically,..."

 

[Benfleet A1]

Getting two films for the price of one at the cinema.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Your mum used to spend all Sunday in the kitchen with the twin tub washing machine and hoses connected to the taps and overflow into the sink, all going bonkers and steaming up the house while the oven was on for the roast and Family Favorites and desert island discs was on the radio.
If you were lucky you had bread, butter and jam sandwiches for supper!

 

[Mad Cyril]

Your mum used to spend all Sunday in the kitchen with the twin tub washing machine and hoses connected to the taps and overflow into the sink, all going bonkers and steaming up the house while the oven was on for the roast and Family Favorites and desert island discs was on the radio.
If you were lucky you had bread, butter and jam sandwiches for supper!

Egg and salad cream sandwiches are the taste of Sunday teatime.

 

[Mad Cyril]

The town didn't stink of skunk because the only draw in town was resin

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

That Fatboy Slim was in the Housemartins.
That pre-video the only place to witness Star Wars other than the cinema was to listen to it on a cassette.
That you had to sign a football player by fax.............