If you could bring anything back from the past, your childhood etc...what would you bring back?

Some suggestions at my work

-Shell suits (arghhhhhh...)
-The Spice Girls
-Gladiators (Ulrika Johnson and Fash!)
-The days before chocolate bars shrunk in size.

Ha!

My grandparents.

hole in road, that was great. lol

Originally posted by nick2
My grandparents.

That's nice! I would too!

I'd also bring back Prisoner Cell Block H on ITV! ;)

K x

What is Hole in the Road!

mint cracknell
and
my innocence

Ahhh Prisoner Cell Bock H!!! What was her name, the scarey one, Bee or something. And Vinegar Tits. I was young then, and was a bit scared of the whole programme. Lol! I now watch Bad Girls...

Originally posted by Kristian
That's nice! I would too!

I'd also bring back Prisoner Cell Block H on ITV! ;)

K x

My grandad used to buy me beer, when I was about 10 or 11, bless him.

I have to say NO! to the badly acted lesbian soap opera though, sorry.

Originally posted by Clare85
What is Hole in the Road!


How sad that nobody has told you of the great land mark of Sheffield.I am sure kristian will explain in great detail

Originally posted by Clare85
If you could bring anything back from the past, your childhood etc...what would you bring back?

The Water Margin (TV series).

Anyone else remember it?

:)

Oh damn, sorry, I thought 'hole in the road' was some tv programme. So what is Mint cracknell??

Originally posted by nick2
My grandad used to buy me beer, when I was about 10 or 11, bless him.

I have to say NO! to the badly acted lesbian soap opera though, sorry.

Everyone always thought it was a lesbian soap, but there were only three lesbian inmates in all 692 episodes! I read this (http://www.beas-knees.co.uk/featlesbian.html) here some time ago.

I really do have too much time on my hands! :blush:

K x

Originally posted by Clare85
So what is Mint cracknell??

Cocaine cut with Kendal Mint cake.

Wild flowers growing in lush meadows, and sky-larks. Sadly missed.

Originally posted by Clare85
So what is Mint cracknell??

Still available for the desperate from here! (http://www.thewelshsweetshop.co.uk/acatalog/Wholesale_Trade.html)

Originally posted by Kristian
I'd also bring back Prisoner Cell Block H on ITV! ;)
Bring back Lexi & Roach, the rest of the cast minged with a vengeance!

There's a thread about the Hole in the Road here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2524&highlight=hole+road)

I think it might be a good time to mention the Bring Back Prisoner Campaign! (http://www.prisoner-cellblockh.co.uk/pcbhcampaign.html) Sign the petition! :thumbsup: :clap:

K x

Originally posted by nick2
Cocaine cut with Kendal Mint cake.


Ha Ha
I wish

Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister, bull baiting and diptheria as an amusing ailment for the lower classes.

Originally posted by Carmine
Bring back Lexi & Roach, the rest of the cast minged with a vengeance!

Honestly Carmine! It was drama, not erotica! ;)

K x

World of Sport with Dicky Davis at 4:00pm every Saturday...this is how the WWE would look in a British climate with the help of ample ciggies and drink...and don't forget the pies!

The politics forum :sad: I loved it.
And Jesus..we could do with his help right now.

Originally posted by Kristian
Honestly Carmine! It was drama, not erotica! ;)

K x Not for me it wasn't!

Those photos of the characters on that link bring back a few memories. God I must have only been about nine or ten...can someone remind me who that old bird is right at the bottom of the page second left. Is it Lizzy or something?

Scary ladies.

Originally posted by AJ sheffield
The politics forum :sad: I loved it.
Me too.

It will be sadly missed.

Politics forum. RIP. :cry:

wwwwwwwwonder wwwwwwwwoman

Bring a lot of memories back that cant believe tram as being here since 1994 over decade.

Originally posted by LoopyLou
wwwwwwwwonder wwwwwwwwoman

and the Bionic Woman, the Six-million Dollar Man, the Muppet Show, Space 1999, Dr Who (with Tom Baker) to name a few.

Looking at it thought the roof like curves out so when it rained did it make like a pool over water on it.

Originally posted by LoopyLou
wwwwwwwwonder wwwwwwwwoman

I briefly went out with someone who used to think he was Wonder Woman. He used to try to do bionic jumps on the way home from the pub, and I seem to remember his best friend wearing bits of baked bean tins around his wrists.

Can't think why that relationship ended :rolleyes:

K x

Good point Nick, I certainly regret not getting to know elder members of my family when I had the chance and now feel that I've wasted a golden opportunity to find out where I came from and what they were like as people.

That aside, I'd bring back:

Tiswas
Tommy Cooper
The Grumbleweeds
Rude dog and the dweebs
Lazy summers holidays with no worries
The ability to eat what I want without putting on weight
My optimism

Originally posted by Kristian

Can't think why that relationship ended :rolleyes:



Obviously because you had no super powers.

Getting nostalgic now!

I miss the days when my biggest worry was returning my books back to the library late. Also when if you had a pound, you could do just about anything that day. Sniff.

K x

Originally posted by nick2
Obviously because you had no super powers.

Unless you count the special power of being able to make a large vodka and coke disappear in under three seconds! :D

Forgot about
Black Beauty ( I have the theme music on a single(its all mine))

Tales of the unexpected
Saturday mornings at the pictures for kids
champion the wonder horse

Originally posted by Kristian
Also when if you had a pound, you could do just about anything that day. Sniff.


I miss the days when if you had a fiver you could do almost anyone in the Cossack.

I just stood up from my desk, did a wonder woman spin and sang the theme tune!!!!!!


Feel a bit dizzy now, so better sit down.

The reaction from the office ranged from applause, to bewilderment !!!!!

new resolution - do something silly every day - life is too short!

I'd like to bring back

Friends
Land of the Giants
The Champions
My Boobs!!! (4 kids have took their toll)

I realise most of you won't remember some of the above programmes except perhaps Owdlad!:(

Originally posted by LoopyLou
I just stood up from my desk, did a wonder woman spin and sang the theme tune!!!!!!


dare anybody else to do this - right now:D

Originally posted by nick2
I miss the days when if you had a fiver you could do almost anyone in the Cossack.

How Rude! :clap: Rude, but strangely true.....

K x

Originally posted by nick2
I miss the days when if you had a fiver you could do almost anyone in the Cossack.

Is that supposed to be a good thing!

Originally posted by Clare85
Is that supposed to be a good thing!

It was fun at the time.

Originally posted by dawny1
IMy Boobs!!! (4 kids have took their toll)

You can have mine if you like! They're a bit hairy though...:D

K x

Originally posted by Kristian
You can have mine if you like! They're a bit hairy though...:D

K x

I would have thought you would wax or at least shave

Originally posted by jayjay
I would have thought you would wax or at least shave

I do. Just not that high up :D

K x

Fraggle Rock and Trapdoor

Oh and my forty barbie dolls my mum has just given away... :mad:

Originally posted by Clare85
What is Hole in the Road!

Where Castle Square tram stop is now, it was the "hole in the road" before the days of the Supertram.

I'd bring back:

The original He Man cartoons on Sky
Thundercats
Conductors on buses (coming back anyway apparently)
GOOD children's educational programmes on BBC such as Dark Towers etc
Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green

Originally posted by Clare85
What is Hole in the Road!
Here you go Clare. I used to love going down there. It was the breakdancers paradise. Unfortunately it became a muggers paradise too. I used to love that massive fishtank too.
http://www.lucas-digital.com/images/sheffield/sheffield_hole_in_the_road.jpg

Originally posted by Lucy_Smith
Fraggle Rock and Trapdoor

Oh and my forty barbie dolls my mum has just given away... :mad:

I used to LOVE trapdoor; I had the game version on my Spectrum too! :D

K

Originally posted by nick2
My grandparents.

snap............

Saturday night TV!!!!!!!!!
It's the Knockout!!!!!!!!!!!!
10p mix ups!!!!!!!!!!
Proper School Dinners (lashings of sponge & custard)!!!!!!
Texan Bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proper Chart Music....less of the manufactured crap!!!!!!!!
Charlie says....road safety adverts!!!!!!!
Schools & colleges TV (expecially the puberty ones!!!)
Testcard (so I would go to bed earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!)
The Corporal Punishment in schools (it never hurt me!!!)

and also...... my sorely missed grandparents and childhood pet dog 'Duke'!!!



:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Kristian
I used to LOVE trapdoor; I had the game version on my Spectrum too! :D

K

I never really understood what it was all about...and it freaked me out a little. But I just kept getting drawing back to it...maybe it was because I wanted to know "what's under that TRAPDOOR!" :D

balisto bars
betamax video recorders
wimpy bars
the death penalty


:) :) :) :)

Originally posted by Kristian
That's nice! I would too!

I'd also bring back Prisoner Cell Block H on ITV! ;)

K x

I would like to see PCBH back on. I saw the DVD collection in HMV yesterday.

Tiswas. Say no more.

Oh so many things:

- Mark and Lard's Radio 1 show
- "The Flashing Blade" - best childrens' tv series ever
- 'Cresta' drink
- 'Star Bars'
- Wimpy Bars
- Music programmes on tv worth watching - bring back Rapido or even The Word!!
- My beloved cat Tom

Loads more when I think of them ......

StarSparkle

As the grandparent of four kids I find it quite touching that I'll probably be missed - but I suspect it's 'cos we gramps are such a soft touch ;)

As for Skylarks...get the bus out to Bradfield, they're in full song at the moment, and the Curlews.

Things I'd bring back....

The old trams
Law and order
Respect {not just repect for older people, but the kind of mutual respect people used to have for each other]
Proper shops in town
Park keepers and a council that cared about it's public parks
The Corncrake, - used to hear them at my grans in Totley but I think they're extinct now
Red Squirrels in Ecclesall woods
Pubs without music

....enough :)

Originally posted by panda79
betamax video recorders
:) :) :) :)

I still have mine... (Kirchunk lol) not in use i may add... hoping will be worth something in a few more years?

I also have a supply of tapes... TOTP from 1980's Breakdance 1 & 2 Short Circuit (Number fiiiiiiiive!) lol :blush:

Hmmm what would i like to bring back... :?

My Dad... being No.1 :)

Cell Block (defo)
Mork & Mindy
The Generation Game (cuddly toy) :wink:
Cooking toast on the fire... mmm cosy
80's fashion
Mint AMS
Texan Bar
10p mix up (as peviously mentioned)
*Thursday stop off at the shop before school buy a 10p bag of sweets for Film club Yay!!!*

The days when i had no worries... go out to play with not a care in world... nowadays it costs money to go out an play! :( so unfair...

Bring back fairness...

A childhood memory for me is after a bath being brought down in a towel... an rubbed dry by one of your parents in front of the fire of a sunday evening... put in clean jarmies an made toast for supper along with a cool glass of milk... oh the lovely memories of being a child... :D

Originally posted by Angel05
I still have mine... (Kirchunk lol) not in use i may add... hoping will be worth something in a few more years?


Betamax VCRs are going for loads on eBay; check this one out!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3318&item=5762981951&rd=1

K x

Originally posted by mitziwillow
I would like to see PCBH back on. I saw the DVD collection in HMV yesterday.

the glass collector in my local is the spit of lizzy birdsworth:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Originally posted by kirky
the glass collector in my local is the spit of lizzy birdsworth:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

that is scary whats the name of the pub just so i can avoid it :D :D :D

The hole in the road,it was such a weird place but quite interesting.
I really enjoyed looking at the big fish tank full of all kinds of beautiful fish.

Originally posted by panda79


wimpy bars



:) :) :) :) [/B]
Went to a Wimpy bar in Majorca a couple of years ago, reminded me how wonderful Burger king is.

Remember The Tufty Club at the ABC JayJay??

Wish I could have my 1st pet rabbit back he was really tame and more like a pet dog. At the tender age of 11 I could be seen walking the streets with the poor thing on a lead.

That coconut pretend tabacco was nice.

I miss Roxys. Use to have a good laugh in that huge grotty place. You could easily find places to hide if you wanted to lose an ugly bloke. Yes I went to grab a granny night:bigsmile:

Can I type C&A without any one laughing?? Sorry but I miss it

Sunny sunday afternoons spent at the Lido Millhouses park.

I miss men opening doors for me...whoops sorry think I dreamt that so how can I miss it

Originally posted by nick2
Cocaine cut with Kendal Mint cake.

I had a very bad experience with Kendal mint cake while visiting Firth park School School Cottage in the early 80s. I overdosed on the horrid stuff & couldnt stop throwing up. The thought of it now turns my tummy:gag:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by chocotiger
[B]Went to a Wimpy bar in Majorca a couple of years ago, reminded me how wonderful Burger king is.

That coconut pretend tabacco was nice.

I miss Roxys. Use to have a good laugh in that huge grotty place. You could easily find places to hide if you wanted to lose an ugly bloke. Yes I went to grab a granny night:bigsmile:

Can I type C&A without any one laughing?? Sorry but I miss it


Remember that wimpy at the top of the Moor.
went with my nan years ago and she sent the burger back cos it did`nt look like the picture,highly embarassing then but would bring her back so she could complain in every fast food establishment for false advertising.

Coconut tobacco strange stuff but yes quite nice

Ah beloved roxys 10 to 2 he`ll do
Claus and Augusta lol sad lol

There's still a Wimpy in Nottingham! In the BroadMarsh Centre; looks really old fashioned, but I remember the milkshakes . . . yummmmm

Also, I'd bring back Spangles. Do you remember Spangles? What an ace name for a sweet!!! Cola spangles! Special edition . . .

I feel an avatar coming on . . . . . . .

JfG xx

Originally posted by JoyfulGrrl
There's still a Wimpy in Nottingham! In the BroadMarsh Centre; looks really old fashioned, but I remember the milkshakes . . . yummmmm

Also, I'd bring back Spangles. Do you remember Spangles? What an ace name for a sweet!!! Cola spangles! Special edition . . .

I feel an avatar coming on . . . . . . .

JfG xx

There's still Wimpys in motorway services; I've seen a few on my travels!

Kristian wonders wheher the new avatar will be of Spangles or Wimpy?...

K x

Originally posted by Kristian
Betamax VCRs are going for loads on eBay; check this one out!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3318&item=5762981951&rd=1

K x

Cheers for that... now i know what to do when in need of some quick cash... :thumbsup: but did notice no bids as yet :( lol

Hi Kristian!!

One scrumptious spangles-related avatar coming up . . . if I can just find out how to reduce the image I have . . .

I would post for help but have you seen my last request for help?!? <blushes deeper than thought possible>

Hope you're having a good day!

JfG xx

Originally posted by JoyfulGrrl

Also, I'd bring back Spangles. Do you remember Spangles? What an ace name for a sweet!!! Cola spangles! Special edition . . .



JfG xx

Oh yeah! i remember them... mmm mmm Old English was my fav... I defo agree... Bring em back :thumbsup: although saying that they did make a come back a couple of years ago... obviously didnt take off with the youth of today :roll: :hihi:

I know! Gutted, I was. Hopes dashed again. Don't remember Old English though - isn't that cider, Angel?!


Mmmmmmm cider flavour spangles . . . . !!!


JfG xx

Things I'd bring back if I had the power- in no certain order.

The Birch
Death Penalty
Hole in the Road
Having a sense of pride in the UK

The good old days when you could walk around without
getting a: Raped b: Mugged/Threatened and/or c: Killed

The old Dr Who
Old school horror films not the tosh they put out today
Willy Wonka chocolate bars
Manners in society
Lower prices everywhere

The sense that your not being screwed out of cash or anything
else in your lives by faceless scrotes.

Originally posted by kirky
the glass collector in my local is the spit of lizzy birdsworth:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Yeah...that was her name!!! Thank you Kirky!

Originally posted by chocotiger


Can I type C&A without any one laughing?? Sorry but I miss it



Ohhhh...I totally agree. Went to one in Brussels not long ago...bit of a trolley dash to say the least. Spent all my Euros!

Originally posted by Kristian
Betamax VCRs are going for loads on eBay; check this one out!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3318&item=5762981951&rd=1

K x

That one didn't.

Originally posted by nick2
That one didn't.

Well, it's not the winning, it's the taking part that counts! Hang on, is that eBay or football I'm thinking about? :suspect:

K x

I would bring back

S and H Pink Stamps
Maypole Grocers
Sweet Tobacco
Hillman Imp Cars
Polish Chocolate ( the 'orrible stuff we had after the war)
Rinso
Matchbox Toys
Saturday Morning Pictures (The Tanner Rush)
The Third Division North
Co op Divi
Sammy Shuteye
The Eagle Comic (With the wonderful cutaway pic in the middle)
and
Marvelman Comics

Bring back Chinese food.

I do every Friday night after 10 pints :thumbsup:

I would bring back the majic roundabout.:hihi:

Childhood innocence.

Mum's memory - she's getting forgetful with advanced years.

Maybe my singing voice. On second thoughts - maybe not, a 50+yr. old male soprano doesn't sound such a good idea after all!

Originally posted by redrobbo

Mum's memory - she's getting forgetful with advanced years.

Why is everyone making me cry today? :cry:

K x

Stones brewery
Beer at 15p a pint
Pubs with lots of different rooms
The Albert
The White Lion juke box circa 1978
Cheap bus fares
Walkers chippy opposite the Broadfield
Giles cartoons
Football League Divisions 1,2,3 & 4
Sheffield football teams in Div 1

Can you still buy Jolly Ranchers?

Proper cider lollies, thinking at 12 yrs old they would make you get pi**ed................ and club trips to the seaside 8)

I'd bring back the Rex cinema, Manchester tart, Champion the wonder horse,(and yes I know the tune!) not forgetting Stretch jeans- SMART R's!!

My grandparents,my youth,etc..........

GOOD candy,etc..........

GOOD CARTOONS,etc.....

on tv the goodies
sweets wispas (at 19p)
drink md50/50 (sure you can still get tho)
people i knew at school

If I was able to do so, I would bring back:-

Matrons in hospitals - they'd srt out MRSA & C Diff
Eternal Buau crockery
the Trim phone
National Service
Free prescriptions

i would love to bring back pride in being british

The Water Margin (TV series).

Anyone else remember it?

:)

Yes, it was great! And 'Monkey' . . .
Also The Banana Splits.

I'd bring back the age I was when I started this thread. Ooooooooh I was young. Sad now :-(.

I don't' know about bringing stuff back but if I ccould like to go back and know what I know now for sure! Actually most of the stuff I had as kid is coming back anyway! I WOULD however like to see wagon wheels be the actual size they were when I was a kid they have definitely gotten smaller! That old excuse that it is your hands that are bigger is balony! I was a tall child with long fingers there's only so much bigger your hands can grow!:mad:Ooh I thought of something, does anybody remember Cidrax? I don't' know if I spelt that right or if people got it up here but it was this apple flavour pop that was like fizzy and had a unique taste! It came in cans. I loved that stuff!Oh and there was this beauty soap when I was about 18 ok so not a child but I would like to see it back called Cleopatra! it was great far nicer than Dove!Does anybody remember that?!

I would bring back my childhood.... was probably the greatest time of my life. Long hot summers, playing with all my friends from the same street, watching A Team and other great tv programmes and chasing ice cream van to get it stop so we could spend our money ice lollies etc. Oh, the joy!!

Erm, and bring back my granddad who passed away when I was a kid :(

School trips to France for a tenner. :(