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.

cms1972 - I know the cuticle cream you mean - I think it was called Cuti----something? Not sure though. Similar item now is Dior Apricot Cuticle Cream - it's quite expensive but lasts for ages. I am now going to rack my brains to remember what that was called - my mother and all her friends used it.

Bundlers for babies (instead of babygrows/sleepsuits). A friend wanted them for her baby and it was very slim pickings.

I love this thread... so many memories from my 60s childhood. traffic lights on striped poles... I'd forgotten that! And Germoline. I hated the smell of it.

Cutex cream?

I think it was called cuticura, but not certain.
Used to love germolene. The new fangled version just isn't the same

Gwenhwyfar I think those cross over apron things were called house coats. Google images of Hilda Ogden.

cuticura is talc.

www.boots.com/cuticura-mildly-medicated-talcum-powder-150-g-10098698

Where are those pink shrimp sweets you used to get are they still about?

Shrimps :) I think so

Sainsbury's sells the pink shrimp sweets. I have to restrain myself from buying all a couple of packs of them when I do the online shop

Dear MilkTrayLimeBarrel Thank you for telling me about Dior apricot cream. I just looked it up & it looks like a similar thing. But the Dior one seems to be a nail strengthening cream that you massage in. The one I am remembering is more of a buffing cream. It's the consistency of greasy pink butter (but smells nicer). You put a tiny bit on your nail, rub it in and then buff them to a shine. Really I can't find anything like it today! And as for Germolene, this picture is making me reminisce about acne from years gone by... oh that smell !!

... this is a funny thing to miss, but I miss power cuts! Yes really. There'd be a small 'ping' and completely out of the blue you'd be plunged into pitch darkness. It was scary and thrilling (for a child; probably a massive pain in the arse for adults). Then someone would fumble about while you were sat there stock still in the darkness. They'd eventually strike a match and find the thick cheap white candles that were kept in the cupboard under the sink. I seem to remember the candles were manufactured in a cardboard box with long pink and white stripes on. Then when the candles were lit it was all quite exciting, like Hallowe'en come early. Almost disappointing when the lights came back on!

I remember the pink cuticle cream that you used with a buffer! It was Nailoid!

There was an old nail buffing ointment, which was slightly grainy, pale pink stuff, it wasn't a soft cream consistency. I can't remember the name, it came in a small plastic pot. It had a soft rosewater smell.

I remember power cuts, we lived in the countryside and would have one or two each winter. As they were always winter it was too dark to do much (even with torches/ paraffin lamps/ candles) so early to bed.

My grandad had that toilet paper that was very thin very hard and not very absorbent- think it was called izal
And my mum’s handcream - Cremolia.

I’ve also got a vague memory of bubblegum sweets in blue or grey shaped like mushrooms - called magic mushrooms!
They were in the 10 penny mix up. Sweets just out in a plastic tray ( not covered up) and you picked 10 of your choice and the shop man/ woman put them in a tiny white paper bag

I realise exactly when Izal toilet paper disappeared, because I helped redevelop the factory !

@cms1972. You should come to my parents house. They have power cuts there every time it’s windy. Every room has candles and matches.
Because they are right out in the sticks it takes ages for the power to come back on. Back in the 80s I remember them carrying on for days. Fortunately we had a gas powered aga with its own gas tank so we could still cook.

My Grandma had a blue and white checked overall it was like a full very thin coat (in fact I think my dinner ladies at my late seventies,early eighties primary school used to wear something very similar) I think my Grandma must have had them because she used to own a dress shop and she must of worn them in the shop,she used them for doing housework and baking in them when she retired .

Grasshopper pie, death by chocolate and Mississippi mud pie being on the dessert menu in every pub.

Sterlilised cream in tins. Thick but not sweetened. Bloody gorgeous with tinned peaches.

Isn't that evaporated milk? Still available, but pretty revolting compared to cream.

No. Nothing like it.
Evaporated milk is runny and thin and pourable.
Condensed milk is thicker but pours slower.
Sterilised cream could be scooped out in a heaped spoonful and wouldn't fall off your spoon even if you tipped it upside down. Like the extra thick cream you can now buy fresh.

Used to be nestles in a tin with a blue and silver label.

Further looking suggests it's still out there but under a new brand and is in asda!

Germolene in a tin was the best, and cured everything.

Shopper bikes.

Didn't you have to shake the sterilised creamin the tin to make it thick?

I'm sure I remember us all wanting to do that.