I was listening radio Sheff this morning on the way to work and the topic was something like 'what do you miss from when you were young'. Got me thinking!

I think mine would be Monster Munch when each crisp was the size of your hand!, Wagon Wheels, and the McDonalds on the moor before it got taken over by chavs!

Oh, and Uncle Arthurs!

Just for fun, thought it might be interesting on this bleak Tuesday morn!
:hihi:

Redgates !!

The hole in the road

Those massive chocolate Dundee biscuits and Millhouses Lido! :)

Not having to shave myself from head to foot every morning.

Decent summers (1975, 1976, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1995)
Decent snowy winters (especially Christmas/New Year 1977)
Three TV channels but usually something worth watching
Waggon Wheels and chocolate sauce at school
Cresta 'It's Frothy Man' fizzy drinks
Original Recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken with spare ribs that left you looking like you'd just machetted your granny and left the blood and gore on your hands (and lips!!)
The Moor when it was a decent parade of shops - and traffic
Blue and White buses with cheap fayres and pleasant conductors (and inspectors!)
Open air swimming pool next to the Rising Sun on the Hathersage/Castleton Road
Tenant's Extra/Newquay Steam Beer/Lowenbrau beer on tap (getting on a bit now)
Those little greasy pizza bite crisp things you could get in pubs
Innocence and the freedom to roam until it went dark and you always knew it was time to go home
Dairy Milk - but as a little chocolate bar with all the separate flavours joined together

Dont know if you can still get this.... Moon dust! as a kid i lved this stuff... sherbet that crackled in your mouth:hihi:

and id lv to have a nice cold winter.... 3ft of snow with all the trimmings.

I just missed out on Redgates which im gutted about! Seems like it was a true institution! I got Uncle Arthurs though so its all good!

Oh, and Woolworths been good!

Panda Pops (especialy the blue one, which turned your tongue blue)
POGS (anyone remember them?)
When Cadbury's Cream eggs were the size of your head!
Trap Door

POGS! they were awesome! And yes, Trap Door, very good choice! Button Moon was good too

The old Co-Op on the site where Waitrose is now :)

I miss going to spend the school holidays with my grandparents who lived in Sandy Cove, on the coast 1 mile from Rhyl. They lived 20 yards from the beach and the main Holyhead railway line was at the end of the road. I could hunt for crabs on the beach, leave a baited line out to catch fish when the tide came in overnight and go train spotting when I felt like it. I also adored the amusement arcades and Rhyl is full of them. The last holiday was August 1959. I was young and had no worries. A lot has happened since then, some of the things have changed our way of life for the worse.

nibbets
playing two balls against the wall
french skipping

Redgates
The Hole in the Road
Millhouses Lido
ABC Cinema
Sheaf Valley Baths
Silver Blades
The proper old Wimpey Bar where the Burgers were really gorgeous and yummy
Curley Wurleys that went on for ever.

Spanish Gold n cabana bars
redgates, hole in road n steel works that used to sh@~ me up as a kid when you walked past. Gas lamps n smog.

'Millhouses Lido'. I might be a bit naiive here, but whats this? I live on woodseats and cant remember this!

'Millhouses Lido'. I might be a bit naiive here, but whats this? I live on woodseats and cant remember this!

It was a Swedish supermarket on Archer Road.

It was a Swedish supermarket on Archer Road.

Hmm..didn't think it was a 'supermarket'! :lol: :lol: :lol:

'Millhouses Lido'. I might be a bit naiive here, but whats this? I live on woodseats and cant remember this!

It was bloody freezing, that's what it was :D

POGS (anyone remember them?)


POGS???

Do you means PODS!!:huh:

Alpine pop
aztec bars
platform shoes
my hair, thats been gone about 5 years now
decent pubs
Millhouses and Longley Lido
Cheap bus fares

I miss being able to play out from morning until night without my Mum & Dad worrying whether I'd been murdered or abused by some paedophile.

Kids just can't do that these days and its sad!

I miss being able to play out from morning until night without my Mum & Dad worrying whether I'd been murdered or abused by some paedophile.

Kids just can't do that these days and its sad!

Surely you're old enough to be able to do that now?

Shall I go and find my Spacehopper?:hihi:

Surely you're old enough to be able to do that now?

Shall I go and find my Spacehopper?:hihi:

I knew some sharp individual would post that response, well done you.

Seriously though, it is a sad place we live in these days.

Totally agree Leg-end.

However, a couple of weeks ago Panorama showed how easy it was for paedos to get in touch with youngsters on-line. Maybe they're all sat at home on their computers and not roaming the streets?

But like I said, I agree. I've two daughters aged 8 and 5 and I daren't let them out of my sight when they're playing outside. When we were that age (seven, eight etc) we'd be all over the place having fun. We didn't worry and my parents didn't seem to.

It's sad.

POGS???

Do you means PODS!!:huh:

No POGS :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs

'Millhouses Lido'. I might be a bit naiive here, but whats this? I live on woodseats and cant remember this!

It was an open air swimming pool in millhouses park, had great summers in there, apart from the dead wasps and bees floating around :D

It was an open air swimming pool in millhouses park, had great summers in there, apart from the dead wasps and bees floating around :D

Ha Ha

There were always quite a lot I can remember it being a bit off putting when you nearly swallowed one while swimming.

But I had great times in there its a pity todays kids dont have these facilities.

Walnut whips
Coca-cola yoyos
The flumps on telly
The proper Grange Hill theme tune
:thumbsup:

Walking through the hole in the road, savouring a Thorntons Orange Fondant Bar, and smelling the roasting hops from the brewery.

I miss Sheff Wed being a good team!

Well I have to say I miss all of that, but as an ex-pat I miss fish and chips the most, my god if I could lay my hands on fish and chips right now, you can get rather fed up of steak every day.

Duz anyone remember Walkers Snaps, they were 2p when crisps were 5p and much better.

No POGS :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs

Ah got you now,

Pods were also great back in the day.

Corona Fasions used to the sell them in the market.

Cheapskates (like me) used to get mine from the early morning shoe market (remember that!!)

Fishtank in the hole in the road!

I miss Sheff Wed being a good team!

But it can only get better - can't it?

Does anyone remember Davenports bring beer to your home on a lorry

tomato flavour jaws

2p bus fare, and the only proper winter I can remember (Late70`s) when there was snow everywhere and it lasted more than 24 hours.

I remember the lido. and falling under pne summer when I was with my sister eeeeeek... how about the boating lake frozen over..remember the massive slide with the open top thingy?? used to feel like I was on top of the workld, and terrified.. at the same time..

Videmat ticket machines on buses.

Videmat ticket machines on buses.

And sticking a load of half-pence pieces in, so the ticket was a mile long!:)

And sticking a load a half-pence pieces in, so the ticket was a mile long!:)

Oh yes, and half a packet of 'Love Hearts'! :)

Totally agree about the hole in the road , the fishtank was a great focal meeting point.I once agreed to meet my boyfriend there but forgot to inform him I had undergone a makeover ( had been watching grease again ), he expected someone with curly shoulder length auburn hair that wore flat shoes and dark colours. The girl that met him had short straight blonde hair high heeled red winklepickers and a white boiler suite on. He walked straight past me