the simple pleasures of life that we have lost

schrodinger1612

MagicPigDetective said:

But, I also used to cruelly line up snails across the road in front of my house. It was a quiet single lane. So the game would be to see which snails made it to safety, and which would get flattened! 

Snails are not too bad...it’s still quite cruel, but if you’d have said hamsters then I’d be slightly concerned...

Trude

In the pre-BMX era, going “scrambling” on a customised shopper bike with a Sturmey Archer three-speed, and wishing I had a Grifter.

Crowding round in a mate’s front room to watch the Thriller video (him being possibly the first kid in Andover to have the untold luxury of a VCR. (Cue Neil from the Young Ones - “Oh wow, have we got a video?”)

Oh yeah, the thrill of anticipation when the latest Young Ones episode was about to start. Also the worry that my parents might step in and not let me watch it...

Trude

Top of the Pops and Tomorrow’s World on a Thursday night.

Harold Lloyd or Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) reruns on a Tuesday night before Cubs.

Trude

Cycling being a routine way of getting around that didn’t require a colour-matched lycra bodysuit, electrolyte hydration packs or the Strava app

guitars4you

Blue Peter and the famous badge - anyone got one ? If so what did you do to get it  ?

ronnyb

guitars4you said:

Blue Peter and the famous badge - anyone got one ? If so what did you do to get it  ?

Yes, got one here from 1968, together with the accompanying letter from the producer of Blue Peter. It says 'best wishes from Val, Peter  and John'. 

kaypeejay

Remote controls that were on the end of a 10 ft wire!

Nitefly

Trainspotting.  Spending my summer holidays at the age of 8, on Selby station, having purchased a platform ticket for one penny, watching the East Coast Main Line expresses whizz through, and getting the engine numbers.

Steam engines in full flight - what a sight, sound, and smell.

schrodinger1612

WCW Monday Night Nitro on TNT...

Softcore porn on Live TV;  Topless darts, Passion Cove etc.

Philly_Q

All-night terrestrial TV that wasn't just the BBC news channel or roulette games - old films, random American cop shows, American Gladiators, Night Network and Noisy Mothers. 

Ricobanko

Late night  episodes of renegade. Hilarious after a few doobies

Philly_Q

Ricobanko said:

Late night  episodes of renegade. Hilarious after a few doobies

Oh man, those mullets.

cm01

FX_Munkee said:

Reverend said:

cm01 said:

Building BMX tracks / ramps / quarter pipes and spending hours and hours on my Redline racing all my mates and pulling ridiculous jumps and tricks - with no helmet or pads! 

Show off 

Indeed. To this day I'm still bitter that I couldn't afford a pair of Skyways for the BMX I built and had to settle for Aero Zytecs.

Took me 2 years to save for it, during which time I was riding an absolute piece of shit!!!

And I just found an action pic of the beast!

https://imgur.com/gallery/ZDzqlfg

mudslide73

Seeing those Zytecs in a Google search just made me feel funny. Clearly guitar has taken the place of my Skyway lust. 

Moominpapa

ronnyb said:

guitars4you said:

Blue Peter and the famous badge - anyone got one ? If so what did you do to get it  ?

Yes, got one here from 1968, together with the accompanying letter from the producer of Blue Peter. It says 'best wishes from Val, Peter  and John'. 

Val, Peter, and John - the classic trio from my childhood (sorry Chris Trace, you were good too, but VPJ were the bomb)

Sesh

guitars4you said:

Blue Peter and the famous badge - anyone got one ? If so what did you do to get it  ?

I had one. Stole it off my brother.

Scratcher

Bazooka Joe bubbly