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A drawing pin fixed to a cotton reel, holding a rubber band in place. The band goes through the hole and a pencil holds it in place.
Twist the pencil around, place the device on a flat surface and it's propelled along.

No jokes about a propelling pencil allowed.

Damn, i had one lined up and ready to go

By the way, i love this thread so much....

It's certainly had a lot of posts in a short time.

Their first wage?

£10.49 less 57p NI = £9.92 in 1973

You can remember your NI contributions, i'm impressed

It was a fixed amount in those days. Working in the DSS might have helped me remember it too.

And there's me thinking your a fountain of knowledge...

Pacers (like starburst but with green and white stripes)
Pin-Hi lemonade (with a golf ball on the can) or Quatro (which was just Lilt under a different name I think)
White dog poo
Summertime Special on Saturday evening TV while we ate Lamb Dalesteaks and crinkle cut chips at my Nan's house.

That thing shaped like a letter W. A pencil in one part and you traced a point over a drawing and reproduced it, perhaps bigger or smaller.

What was it called?

Dinner Tickets - not to be confused with Cynthia Payne's Luncheon Vouchers.