Things that disappeared, without you realising?

[jennymanara]

What things have disappeared in society, and you did not notice until much later?
So when I was young in every shopping street you would see old women wearing coloured polyester macs and headscarves. And then one day I suddenly realised that I had not seen a woman wearing this kind of clothing for a long time.
The same with plastic rainhoods. You used to see these for sale in newsagents, and elderly women would wear them when caught unaware by the rain. Again disappeared.

Wicked Willy toys. Why anyone ever thought they were a good idea is beyond me!

Policewomen in skirts, tights and carrying handbags.
I used to be police staff until about five years ago and the odd one - usually desk bound - would still opt for a skirt rather than trousers, but the bags had long gone.
Can you imagine running after a suspect while carrying a bag?!

Record shops though I know vinyl's having a comeback of sorts.

@WinkyisbackontheButterBeer those frozen mousses just as you describe- tesco!! We buy them

Umbongo😭😭😭

Porcelain dolls and those porcelain dogs which sit on the hearth...

cosmicdoughnut Yeah why have pubs just disappeared? There used to be one on practical every street when I was a kid but now they've either been turned into luxury flats or Tesco Metro

Pleated skirts (although they tried and failed to make a comeback a few years ago lol)

Frozen yoghurt

There are still tonnes of pubs where I live, but it's a bit more rural?

Swap cards
4711

Jackie Magazine. In a fit of nostalgia I went to buy one (probably about 15 years ago) and it was no longer published.

Cachet Perfume

Cheese Moment crisps, these are made by Smith's (of Scampi Fries and Bacon Fries fame) and no one else I know likes them (they are THE. BEST. THING. EVER) Very occasionally I spot them in a random corner shop and buy them all but I haven't found a stash so far this year 😔

Nobody I know wears a slip under a dress or a skirt. When did that happen?

Of course when I was a child, I wore a liberty bodice that had rubber buttons and my granny, who was born in 1881, always wore a corset.

Common sense

Pogs, especially shiny ones.

The girl writing on a chalkboard with a TERRIFYING clown doll when there were gaps in TV shows

Heinz coronation chicken

Men wearing those knotted hankies on their head in summer

Oh and a number of my exes

Cote e dor chocolate elephants,
Cans with strings on you used to walk on like stilts.
Imitation glass small animals, actually made of plastic, usually swans or poodles
Red plastic fortune telling fish you got in crackers at Xmas.
Bars of chocolate which were like milk tray but in a bar instead.
White roller boots with red or pink wheels and stopper.
Playing kerb ball or even twosie ball or sevens against the wall.
Bejams.
Spin dryers and twin tub washing machines.
Building dens in the woods with anything you could lay your hands on.
Tiny bottles of milk given at school which had been left out of the fridge to get nicely warm.
Blue Nun and Black Tower wine.
I am sure I’ll think of more later.......

Shrinky dinks. I loved them so much.

The pop man- -10p for every glass bottle returned when they came once a week.
School hats.
Whipping cream - there has been a shortage since pre Christmas. Will it ever come back?

In reply to various PP's, I used reigns on my daughter, she has a skateboard and roller skates which she uses with no special protective gear as she just won't wear it. She also plays with dolls and has several dolls prams and a traditional dolls house (which I think was actually a present for me but don't tell anyone!) She is nine.

*reins ffs

Eiderdowns - can you still buy them anywhere?

Happy Shopper. I used to live on anything Happy Shopper when I was a student.

I can't remember when it disappeared.

I actually put elastic on nieces mittens to place in their coats last year. Never used string for safety issue.

Manners.

Oh and bins.

Pubic hair. If you don’t shave it or groom it everyday, you’re apparently disgusting and a tramp and clearly don’t wash. I’m a tramp who doesn’t care, of course!

Bus conductors.

Walkabout bars.

Virgins when they get married (I was a virgin. Just not when I got married. Unless I don’t count the 100 men before I married him...). My 92yr old Nan actually broke up with the love of her life and fiancé 2 weeks before they were due to get married when they were 18, because he told her he wasn’t a virgin! Wonder what my poor, mute, paralysed Nan thought when I had my son, unmarried, no boyfriend, completely alone!!! I should’ve named him Jesus and told her I truly was still a virgin! Looking back, I could’ve started my own religion (if that story hadn’t already been taken 🤔).

Ex prisoners selling door to door. My mum always bought from them they seemed to always be really young.