The Mandela effect

Could it possibly have been Avebury you visited rather than Stonehenge? Avebury was always open to wander round the stones - haven't been there for about 20 years so don't know if it still is but it certainly was in the late 20th century/early 21st century.

Seems about right, or maybe a bit before 1977?

DM had photos of her DM standing with the stones, but always said she couldn't take us because you couldn't do that anymore.

Walkers were always the other way around from Golden Wonder as far back as I remember.

When I was little Golden Wonder were the most common crisp brand round our way, then Walkers suddenly popped up everywhere instead and I remember at school we all moaned about their Salt and Vinegar and Cheese and Onion colours being wrong way round.

People are just remembering Golden Wonder.

My DMum insisted Derek Jacobi was dead for over a decade - so everything new he was in couldn't be was new - she did finally conceed she might be wrong.

I think he had a series of heart attacks when filming something and either there was mis- reporting or she mis connected the dots but over 20 years later he's still around.

I was born in 1971. We didn't live that far from Stonehenge and regularly used to park up and walk up right up to the stones, touch them etc. as kids.

I remember seeing on the local news one day that Portsmouth FC fans had spray painted 'PFC' onto one of the stones. I can still see it now, blue spray paint. In my memory, it was after this event that they were roped off and a visitor centre put in.

I don't think you could walk up to them as last as the last 1980's, no. 1977 sounds right.

I wonder if some of the people who remember playing between the stones actually went to Avebury before / after Stonehenge? You could definitely go between the stones there at least as late as 2000, don’t know if you still can.

I listened to a podcast about this recently and my OH told me about the James Bond one.

https://www.cbr.com/james-bond-moonraker-jaws-dolly-braces-legend-mandela-effect/

OH is a huge Bond fan and he said he was always convinced that the young lady was indeed wearing braces. Apparently the producer said that she was never wearing braces but that he wished he had thought of that as it would have worked well!

Oooh what year was this?

Unzipping her own body bag? 😕

I played between stones - but it wasn't famous stone henge was a smaller regional.

One of the teacher knew farmer who had one in his field and he let us eat lunch there getting of coach on a day trip somewhere else and play in the henge.

Someone changed their crips colour - but not sure if I remember who it was - I know they were big so might assume walkers but if other posters are right and another brand was bigger then - explains the confusion.

Never understood the Mandela one - as it was a big thing him getting out and waving and then being the SA president.

In the James Bond film Moonraker there’s a scene where Jaws (giant man with metal teeth) found a girlfriend, who grinned at him with full on metal braces on her teeth. I can remember this clearly, but apparently she doesn’t have braces.

I'd have probably said she did as well though could have been thick glasses instead.

Have you been saving that packet just in case this conversation came up 😁

Of course not.

Re Jaw’s girlfriend - I remember her as having braces on her teeth too - does she not??

Does this mean I have to stop telling people I played between the stones?

I rather doubt that. It was roped off for good reason and a group of school kids would be the last people you’d want to allow in. I’d put money on it being a false memory.

FOTL did have a cornucopia. Well it had a bunch of fruit, whether it was in a horn or not, a bit unsure. That was it's whole thing?! I have a school photo of me wearing a green FOTL jumper with the fruit. I'll try and find it!

All the others I've heard do sound like false memories. Even the actual Mandela one, I am baffled by it but I guess if it originated in America, their history and geography of other nations could easily be somewhat lacking.

Maybe they let us snot nosed kids in for some reason?!

It wouldn’t have been possible when you visited though surely, as it had been roped off long before then?

I remember Walkers green and blue swapping flavours and a cornucopia on Fruits of the Loom.

Thanks, good to know it was possible!

I never got to go to Downing Street, it's a shame it all had to stop!

Walkers definitely didn’t switch colours. As others have said it was because Golden Wonder were the reverse.

I noticed my reaction to things with holes before I’d ever heard of it on the internet. My first experience of it was a wart my mum had frozen on her hand. As it started to break down it became pick holes and the sight (and memory) of it gave me a physical reaction. That must be over 20 years ago.

Similarly I experienced submechanophobia before I eventually looked it up to see if other people had the same feeling and reaction. Turns out they do, and it has a name 😂

We did too. I've got pictures of me in the 70s next to the stones before they were roped off. I'm guessing they allowed organised trips in. We also went into Downing Street and stood outside number 10 as brownies in the early 80s until we had to leave so Margaret Thatcher 🤮 could exit.

Walkers Cheese & Onion crisp packet from 1983. They have always been blue.