Nostalgia Corner
Aug 20th 2016, 4:03 am
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Re: Nostalgia Corner
I remember a couple of pubs with it, but I really don't recall where. I have an idea one was London.
Since you mentioned Guinness, what about Barley Wine topped up to a pint with cider?
Got smashed on that at the Bridgwater Carnival in 79 or 80 on an office do. I blame my (more than) friend Sue. Mass sickness absenteeism the next day, but I made it in.
Since you mentioned Guinness, what about Barley Wine topped up to a pint with cider?
Got smashed on that at the Bridgwater Carnival in 79 or 80 on an office do. I blame my (more than) friend Sue. Mass sickness absenteeism the next day, but I made it in.
Poor man's Black Velvet - Guinness and Cider isn't bad, can't imagine what it's like with Barley Wine!
Stones Ginger Wine - Whisky Mac - now that was lovely on a cold winter day!
Aug 20th 2016, 11:16 am
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Aug 20th 2016, 2:08 pm
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Re: Nostalgia Corner
Aug 20th 2016, 2:55 pm
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Re: Nostalgia Corner
You pedal like mad then leap off the bike to get around the corner and feel the breeze just as the fan stops turning.
Aug 20th 2016, 4:13 pm
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Aug 20th 2016, 4:52 pm
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Re: Nostalgia Corner
Oh wow! We used to have a shove ha'penny board - you had to get the ha'pennies in between the lines.
We also used to have a table skittles game (with a pole with a ball on it and pins in places on the board).
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...32d5a14730.jpg
You talking of horse racing game reminds me that we used to have Totopoly as well!
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...81715921_1.jpg
Bar billiards anyone?
http://www.mercuryleisure.co.uk/images/barbil1.jpg
We also used to have a table skittles game (with a pole with a ball on it and pins in places on the board).
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...32d5a14730.jpg
You talking of horse racing game reminds me that we used to have Totopoly as well!
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...81715921_1.jpg
Bar billiards anyone?
http://www.mercuryleisure.co.uk/images/barbil1.jpg
Aug 20th 2016, 4:57 pm
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Re: Nostalgia Corner
My sister and I were given a toy, that was a plastic orange ball on two long bits of string with blue plastic handles either side, you would have a person on each end and open your arms to make the ball zip from one end of to the other, have no idea of what it was called and we used to play for about ten minutes wondering if it was supposed to be fun!
Aug 20th 2016, 5:04 pm
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My sister and I were given a toy, that was a plastic orange ball on two long bits of string with blue plastic handles either side, you would have a person on each end and open your arms to make the ball zip from one end of to the other, have no idea of what it was called and we used to play for about ten minutes wondering if it was supposed to be fun!
I can just imagine you on a hopper - bet it was fun!
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Aug 20th 2016, 5:07 pm
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My nostalgia becomes charged up by the sight - regrettably rare, these days - of a VW Beetle (the real one, I mean, not the modern version). When I bought my first one, in Queensland in 1960, there were very few of them around, and we used to beep each other when we passed on the road. Then in 1963 I bought one in Germany and drove it the length and breadth of Europe - and down as far as Ankara, where I parked it in the Customs shed while my companion and I went hitching eastward. Three months later I re-connected the battery and it started at the second attempt.
What a gem of a car. In Mexico in about 2000, just about every taxi was a Beetle, which was nice to see. I don't think they're manufactured any more.
I remember a billboard in Ontario in the later 1960s that had the words "DON'T FORGET YOUR ANTIFREEZE THIS WINTER!" and down in the right-hand corner a small photo of a Beetle, accompanied by the words in small print: 'unless of course you're air-cooled'.
What a gem of a car. In Mexico in about 2000, just about every taxi was a Beetle, which was nice to see. I don't think they're manufactured any more.
I remember a billboard in Ontario in the later 1960s that had the words "DON'T FORGET YOUR ANTIFREEZE THIS WINTER!" and down in the right-hand corner a small photo of a Beetle, accompanied by the words in small print: 'unless of course you're air-cooled'.
Aug 20th 2016, 5:08 pm
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I didn't notice the lack of cord...lol I was just looking for a vintage looking fan photo of the older type my grandmother had and overall look is close but they all had cords.
Aug 21st 2016, 4:44 am
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Something like this? There was also one called 'Zip ball'
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...7c4ad9c076.jpg
I can just imagine you on a hopper - bet it was fun!
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...7c4ad9c076.jpg
I can just imagine you on a hopper - bet it was fun!
space hoppers were hilarious, I think we may be hoppering later this year
