Things you'd forgotten about

[CharliesAngles]

String art.

Remember those pictures that hung on walls in the 70s/80s (? I'm guessing)
They usually had a black background and coloured string making geometric type patterns.
I had totally forgotten (most probably for the best 😂) that they had ever existed until I looked through some photo albums at my auntie's house.

Anything else of that ilk you can recall?

We have 2 of these! They are great as they have a handle and are just the perfect size for a full tin.

In the 70s my mum had an orange plastic three tiered fountain that you put water in and plugged in. It lit up, and the water cascaded over the tiers. There were plastic lilies floating in the bottom tier. I suppose it was sold as a sort of room humidifier.
I just remember her setting it up, and my dad rolling his eyes. 🙄

My grandad had a stand ashtray. Also an outside toilet.

Eternal B.O. 🤣

That stuff was everywhere!

It was a thing to give these as presents when I was in junior school; getting those little boxes was so exciting.

When going on the Internet used your landline, so you couldn't make a call while online and vice versa.
When you used to get 2 films for your money at the cinema, the main one and some random other short film that no one really cared about.
Black and white telly.

Those soup bowls are genius!
They remind me of those ceramic dishes that had recipes printed onto them

Right.
Brace yourself for this next one...

Wolf fleeces.

Does anyone want to admit to ever owning one 😂

I've always wondered why wolves in particular?
Can anyone enlighten me?

Oh yes! My grandma had one!

When TV would just finish for the night and you'd get the picture of the little girl with toys in front of a small blackboard!

The test card! That ragdoll thing freaked me out. Evil looking little shit. 😱

In 30 years' time there will be a similar thread somewhere:

Remember when people used to 'stream' music?

Remember Sky TV?

Remember supermarkets when you had to drive to the actual shop and go round with a trolley?

Remember schools where you had to drop your kids off in the morning and collect them in the afternoon?

@YelramBob And

Remember there was this thing called Mumsnet… 😉

It was used in The Exorcist.

About ten years ago I went to a market in a large park and a lot of the stalls had jackets and tops and fleeces with wolves on them, mostly in grey or navy.

What a bunch of losers and weirdos they were 👀😉

🤦‍♀️I knew it was some horror film.

I worked at a job 2 years ago that had card clock in/out

For you, just to freak you out

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Those pictures night shore scene with a birds wings and half naked woman standing on the cusp of the wing..70s.

Spirit of the wolf still exists.

Linkie fail, I love that music anyway! Same as I love horror films so long as they're not too gory - chills rather than (blood) spills.

There used to be a long running thread (or series of threads) on MN called the ‘wolef’ threads where people shared photos of wolf jacket sightings. It was fun but I think MNHQ put a stop to it because of privacy or some such.

That Eternal Beau crockery, my friend had the full set when she got a new flat in the 90's. I thought it was a bit boring but I was still envious she could splash out like that, my crockery was mix & match cast offs from my mum & gran!

I would love a full set of blue Willow pattern crockery, but I'd only break it, so stick to cheapie stuff that's easily replaced.