Cultural references the ‘young uns’ don’t get

[Peculiar23]

Called someone at work ‘Victor Meldruw’ and got looked at blankly. God, I’m old
Anyone else ??!!!

Armadillos!

I’ve always loved the name Angharad but could never bring myself to use it for DD due to Eric Morecombe’s voice muttering “Handgrenade” and “Handglider” ringing in my ears 🤣🤣

DH is the same age as me but he's Canadian; he's lived in the UK 6 years now and there are so many references in this thread that I've had to explain to him in that time 😄

Four candles

‘To me, to you’
‘Lovely jubbly’
’Bootiful’

My stepbrothers' favourite insult for weeks at that time was "Dime bar!"

‘Let’s have a look at what you could have won…’

So many blank looks.

Usually a speedboat or a caravan

I'll tell you a story about a man named Ged,
Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed,
When out one day he was hunting for some food
When up from the ground came a bubbling crude......or something like that 😊

Talking of CW has reminded me of the 999 series. Used to love that. The reconstructions were wild. I remember there was some segment where a stunt man used to demonstrate dangers like how not to put out chip pan fires etc

"it's in the saaaaaand"

"I-I'm not helping much am I Dad?"

Kid had chucked dad's one and only car key on a beach. I think this was an AA advert.

Our window cleaner was running up his ladder (all dressed in black) and I said "all because the lady loves"
Blank faces all round.

I showed my 16yo DD the Cadburys Flake advert from the 80s the other week. She was shocked at how sexual it was...the one in the bath.

"Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before"

A funny thing happened to me on the way to the Forum

How on earth did she keep her face straight??

Sherrrridaaaan!

I teach 13 year olds and they all know Rick Rolling.

I teach 13 year olds and they all know Rick Rolling.

I've no idea, but she was a brilliant at it. How many outtakes there were is anyone's guess 🤣

"That's handy, Harry. Stick it in the oven".

What's that quote from? It sounds familiar but i can't place it and now it's driving me mad.

I'd forgotten about 999, used to love that programme.

Don't call Will on your father! Now that takes me back to my childhood in Cardiff, the great Ryan and Ronnie (with Myfanwy Talog too, later married to David Jason) Loved them, remember seeing them live way back when. Thank you for the memory Oldandcobwebby!

One of our customers referred to one of my clerks, about age 25, as "Hotlips Houlihan" which went right over her head. Which is probably not a bad thing.

Can anyone remember a TV programme in which an old man often said "I heard that - pardon"? I would guess it was probably on in the 70s or 80s.