To want to know something you've experienced that current/future generations won't.

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I'm throwing in the disgusting smell of telephone boxes.
Smoking and/or drinking at work

Being the only house in the street with a telephone. Cheeky neighbours knocking to make a call (routine stuff, not emergencies) or getting random calls from strangers "can you go and get Audrey from no.27 please"

We had a Triumph Herald! (so a 2 door) with a leaky soft top roof, NOT the ideal car for a family of 4 to drive anywhere in

Dancing to Ceefax.

😂

Getting the football results from the Pink 'Un on the way home from the match on Saturday.

'Watching' the match on Ceefax.

My Dad had a Triumph Acclaim which he also drove to the South of France (and Italy). I lost count of how many times it broke down.

I was a Buttercup Syrup lass myself

Being sent to the newsagents at the age of 8 with a £5 note and a letter from my stepdad asking for cigarettes

@Anskl before remote controls waiting forever for the ceefax page you wanted to come around again.

And the newsagent sold them to me no problem!

Twinkle and Misty ....

Oh my goodness. I had totally forgotten about that! I used to play it after school every day.

Having to go out to rent a movie...I remember always seeing someone I knew in blockbusters on a Friday/Saturday night and those off-licences that had a random rack of films at the back of the store.

Sending a stamped addressed envelope.
Having to 'allow 28 days for delivery'
Taboo and Mirage (and also Thunderbird 🤢)

Our insane playground thing was the Witches Hat, which spun and swung around at the same time until everybody sitting on the seats around the outside had either been knocked or flung off onto the concrete 😀

@BluebellBlueballs you could get anything with a note, it was such a weird concept as these shopkeepers weren't friends with my parents.

Taking the distributor cap off and wiping it out in the hope you can get rid of the damp and the car will actually start.

Pulling out the choke and keeping it in place with a clothes peg.

Sliding car windows, and little quarter lights that swivelled out.

I remember sleeping in rags to curl my hair before special occasions like weddings - agony

My 1970's hair was basically a Purdy cut - aka a pudding bowl my aunty Margy used to do while we sat one a stool in the back yard!

As a kid, being the remote control for the TV. Also, just the 4 channels.
Playing 'Bamboozle' on Teletext. I had some pen pals for a few years from ads on teletext/ceefax too
The bliss of not being available 24/7 for everyone. No internet or social media!
As a small child, playing out until it was dark. Also, walking to/from primary school alone.

Sanitary towels with a belt! you looped the towel through the belt to hold it in place - not very common by the time I needed them but the only thing our corner shop sold!

A corner shop run by two elderly 'sisters' who kept many cats that slept on the bread and sweets on the counter

Taking a photo and having to wait until it came back from the photo shop to discover whether I'd had my thumb over the lens.
Singing hymns in school assembly every morning
Recording songs off the radio and playing roulette to whether you can pause the recording before the DJ started speaking
Going out with your mates on the bikes with a pack up and not being contactable coming home when the street lights came on
Going to the shop with a hand note from Mum asking the shopkeeper to provide her cigs and a bottle of brandy
Paying for the weekly newspapers and getting the little coloured scraps of paper as a receipt
Putting red star in the car and having a manual choke that you had to pull out and push back in when engine got warm
Tripe
Copying VHS tapes using two VCRs attached by a wire that you'd rented from blockbusters

Disagreeing about something in the pub, but not being able to settle the argument by googling the answer.

Known as 'tweh-e tweh-e' by the kids where I grew up

Having thin lips.

Getting feet measured in Clark’s as a child in this huge contraption that you’d put each foot in - scared it wouldn’t actually stop closing in on your toes.

Teletext. I used to like the games.