Do You Remember When...?

[TTDegs]

Originally Posted by l-noel

The first computer I've bought (in co-property with friends) was this one !

Sinclair ZX-81 computer

I had one for Christmas, and spent the next 3 days inputting and re-inputting my program as the power went off each time you pressed the 'keys' too hard


I found my old Spectrum +128 in my Dad's loft the other week though

[rallakias]

Originally Posted by St Thomas

Should I be worried?
Still got some Meccano from the 40's onwards!!!!

Wow! I had some of these at early 80's!

And I remember Legos! (well, these still exist)

[Charles_Harding]

......oh and them penny Vanta's, made up while you waited in the sweet shop..

Way before Coke I reckon.

"A jury consists of 12 persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer!"

[Unknownsoldier]

Coke was first made under the brand name "Coca-Cola" from 1886, however it origins date a decade or so before that. Never heard of Vanta though.

Tom

[allan40alt]

What about frozen Jubbly's. Orange juice drink in a funny off-set triangular (tetrahedron shape) carton that were great in the summer when frozen.

Laurie Prior recalls...
Lots of people remember the drink, but few can remember the packaging, so here is the photo of a 'Jubbly Orange Drink' in the familiar Tetrahedron carton.

The orange drink was often sold frozen making a large ice lolly with no stick! The carton was a very clever design. It being so stable made it difficult to spill. The orange juice was manufactured by a firm called Tip Top.

Photo by kind permission of Tetra Pak International who produced the original carton.

Have a look here:

Faded Memories

[Charles_Harding]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

Coke was first made under the brand name "Coca-Cola" from 1886, however it origins date a decade or so before that. Never heard of Vanta though.

Tom

Vanta.

As far as I can remember, the sweet shop lady, it nearly always was a lady, would put a flavoured solution into a bottle then put it under a large glass globe that held the water, then pressed a button or something and CO2 would be put into the bottle with the water.

You had to drink it in the shop or a 1 penny return deposit was put on it.

......if you were rich (like alt) then you would probably have the 2 penny version which was twice the size.

You could burp for England after one of those!

"Everything went right for me until the day I was born!"

[Jack The Lad.]

Cream Soda, Tizer and frozen Jublys in a pyramid shaped carton.

[Charles_Harding]

......and the iconic penny banger!

"Dawn is a term for the early morning.
Used by poets and other people
Who don't have to get up!"

[sallytraffic]

Originally Posted by Charles_Harding

......and the iconic penny banger!

I remember her well.

[TTDegs]

Originally Posted by allan40alt

What about frozen Jubbly's. Orange juice drink in a funny off-set triangular (tetrahedron shape) carton that were great in the summer when frozen.

Laurie Prior recalls...
Lots of people remember the drink, but few can remember the packaging, so here is the photo of a 'Jubbly Orange Drink' in the familiar Tetrahedron carton.

The orange drink was often sold frozen making a large ice lolly with no stick! The carton was a very clever design. It being so stable made it difficult to spill. The orange juice was manufactured by a firm called Tip Top.

Photo by kind permission of Tetra Pak International who produced the original carton.

Have a look here:

Faded Memories

and still available today

[Charles_Harding]

Originally Posted by harleyfatboy

.. el pico valve radio had to wait for it to warm up cost 20 shillings... i suppose about 50 pence now but had it on hp over a year....ahh..

Oh and that Crystal Set and Radio Luxemborg!

"My uncle was a gteat circus clown.
When he died all the family went to the funeral in the one car!"

[Jack The Lad.]

When you could mend the T.V. set yourself.
Whip down to the T.V. spares shop on the corner, buy a couple of valves about the size of a light bulb (Mallard I think) and job done.
Then spend the evening walking round the room with the set top aerial, trying to get a picture.
And the BBC announcers wore evening dress at the weekend.

[Charles_Harding]

Originally Posted by Jack The Lad.

When you could mend the T.V. set yourself.
Whip down to the T.V. spares shop on the corner, buy a couple of valves about the size of a light bulb (Mallard I think) and job done.
Then spend the evening walking round the room with the set top aerial, trying to get a picture.
And the BBC announcers wore evening dress at the weekend.

......and waiting for that white spot when you turned the set off!

"When buying a used Civic,
Always try the buttons on the radio.
If all the stations are tuned to 'Rock' music.
You'll probably find the transmission's nacker'd

[rallakias]

This commercial reminds me old tvs with push buttons, NO REMOTE CONTROLS!

YouTube - Philips Colour Television (Australian ad) 1976

[rallakias]

Well I remember my Acropolis Rally at early 80s, with Michelle Mouton, Walter Rohrl, Ari Vatanen, Stig Blomqvist, Timo Salonen, driving those monsterous Group B rally cars! Pure drifting days without electronics, but much courage....

[alanwalne]

Whatching Ashes to Ashes (apart from the minor fact that he is driving an 83 onwards Quattro in 1981, so it wasn't just Keeley Hawes that travelled back in time!!)

All the tellys with wood surrounds and only 3 channels!!!

Marinas with vinyl roofs, and we complain that Civics have basic rear suspension, the Marina's came off a Morris Minor!!

[Unknownsoldier]

Originally Posted by rallakias

Well I remember my Acropolis Rally at early 80s, with Michelle Mouton, Walter Rohrl, Ari Vatanen, Stig Blomqvist, Timo Salonen, driving those monsterous Group B rally cars! Pure drifting days without electronics, but much courage....

I've always wanted to have a go at rallying , can't be that hard (famous last words).

Tom

[TTDegs]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

I've always wanted to have a go at rallying , can't be that hard (famous last words).

Tom

[rallakias]

Is this an arch or a boomerang?

[TTDegs]

it'll buff out...