ok what do you want bringing back.

[Blue Hills]

Deposits on pop bottles.
Though such is the course of things in our screwed up world I think there is talk of bringing them back.
Edit - thanks for liking dave but working back i see that drago has already mentioned it - thinking cap back on.

 

[Blue Hills]

I always come up with a list like that whenever anybody starts harking back to the 'good old days'!

The only good thing I can think of from 50+ years ago is that as a boy I was free to roam about on my bike on semi- empty roads without my parents banning it because of the perceived risks from cars or child molesters.

I have a friend who thinks that the 1970s were great, but that is because he was a young man having fun at the time. No mention of the National Front, IRA bombings, prudish judgemental attitudes, etc.

Plenty of intolerance and terrorist attacks these days colin. And as for prudish judgemental attititudes, I can only think that you stay away from twitter, FB (very wise) and certain places on here. The course of human history and folks ability to screw things up with new labels for their ego drivers is a thing to behold. Pretty sure we have touched on this on a friendly natter on one of our rides.

 

[Blue Hills]

Mary Whitehouse and gas lighting, everything else has either returned or never went away.

Mary whitehouse lives on drago, you can't escape her. She is reborn in every age. Just in a different guise. And of course she was in her time just the latest manifestation of a type that has existed as long as humans. She lives I tell you - she will walk the earth for ever. You will wake up with her tomorrow drago.

 

[tyred]

The lovely patterns you used to get forming on ice on the inside of single-glazed windows.

 

[Blue Hills]

Full student grants, or near full for those who needed them.
Genuine social mobility.
A less london centric country.
Proper council housing.
Lots of the rail lines they hacked away.(branch lines mentioned upthread I think.)

 

[AndyRM]

 

[Dave7]

The regular ferry across the Mersey, Wallasey to Liverpool. When I were nowt burra lad they ran every 10 minutes at peak hours (0600-0900 and again in the late afternoon.
Now (I think I have this right) they ONLY run at all at peak times.

 

[Drago]

Cars with carburettors and auto chockes. Bring them back. First frosty morning half of them wont start and then roads will be much quieter for us cyclists.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Cars with carburettors and auto chockes. Bring them back. First frosty morning half of them wont start and then roads will be much quieter for us cyclists.

How about manual chokes, they'd flood them & there would be even less

 

[Turdus philomelos]

Bassett Sherbet Fountains not in plastic

 

[Drago]

Space Dust. Killjoys took it off the market just because a few kids choked to death.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Compulsory British bulldog for adults to get them off their sofas

 

[classic33]

Space Dust. Killjoys took it off the market just because a few kids choked to death.

Space Dust

 

[Drago]

Yard long Curly Wurlys.

Wagon Wheels the size of dustbin lids.

Mars Bars in the folded wrapper.

Filter less fags.

Atmospheric A bomb testing.

BSA Rocket III.

Bluebird.

The space race.

Bakelite.

Crew cuts.

Teddy Boys.

Hells Angel's providing security at concerts.

Gardens without leylandii.

Having to leave parking lights on if your car was parked in the road at night.

English Electric Lightning.

HMS Eagle.

Windscale pile.

Beat coppers with the moral authority to keep neighbourhoods safe.

Villains in Jags.

Sheepskin coats.

The Light Programme.

Black and white television.

Smoking in pubs.

Salt n Shake crisps, the original ones not the crappy modern version.

Z Cars.

Jack Hawkins.

Lancaster bombers.

Fighter and bomber command air bases all over the place.

 

[Dave7]

Yard long Curly Wurlys.

Wagon Wheels the size of dustbin lids.

Mars Bars in the folded wrapper.

Filter less fags.

Atmospheric A bomb testing.

BSA Rocket III.

Bluebird.

The space race.

Bakelite.

Crew cuts.

Teddy Boys.

Hells Angel's providing security at concerts.

Gardens without leylandii.

Having to leave parking lights on if your car was parked in the road at night.

English Electric Lightning.

HMS Eagle.

Windscale pile.

Beat coppers with the moral authority to keep neighbourhoods safe.

Villains in Jags.

Sheepskin coats.

The Light Programme.

Black and white television.

Smoking in pubs.

Salt n Shake crisps, the original ones not the crappy modern version.

Z Cars.

Jack Hawkins.

Lancaster bombers.

Fighter and bomber command air bases all over the place.

You are too young to remember teddy boys.
And if you bring them back you have to include.......
Brothel creepers
Drain pipe trousers
Stitch creasing
Boot lace ties
D A's
Quiffs