Back in my day...

bottlebrush

SAMTALK wrote: »

Slow set especially when je t, aime was played

And Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight

ryansmith171

ANY GOOD SONGS

Redneck Reject71

We only had 3 channels on a small black and white tv set with rabbit ears wrapped in aluminium foil to boost the signal. And at 10:59 p.m ,the channels would go off-air until 6:00 a.m. Just realizing posting that makes me feel old,heh.

Omackeral

Breaking ''the windows'' on your potato waffles.

iamstop

Grocery van would park at the end of the road. Fruit and veg, sweets if you had any pocket money left.
Buster, Whizzer and Chips and Bunty for the girls once a week. Your surname would be written on the price tag cos you had a subscription with the local newsagent. You'd be ragin' if they missed a week
Lad going around in the winter shouting COAL OR LOGS!
Do lads still go around with mowers in the summer cutting grass? No shirt on, skinny lads always.

cj maxx

The big snow of 82 , I think . 10ft snow drifts.
Cycling through British army check points shouting "up the Ra"

bottlebrush

Half the cars back then were bangers. Riddled with rust and exhausts tied up with baling twine. Rubber mud guards hanging off. Animal print seat covers and steering wheel covers. Pulling out the choke to get the car going. No power steering. Lucky to have a radio, never mind a fancy tape deck.
I miss those days

Marhay70

There was a man in dark clothes and carrying a big stick used to walk around our neighbourhood, terrorising all the gurriers. We called him Garda, wonder what ever happened to him?

SAMTALK

No phones to arrange meet ups. Just down to your local and the whole gang would be there.
What happened when out was never seen again!!
No Facebook or snapchat

SAMTALK

bottlebrush wrote: »

Half the cars back then were bangers. Riddled with rust and exhausts tied up with baling twine. Rubber mud guards hanging off. Animal print seat covers and steering wheel covers. Pulling out the choke to get the car going. No power steering. Lucky to have a radio, never mind a fancy tape deck.
I miss those days

And about 8 people squashed in for a road trip

bottlebrush

SAMTALK wrote: »

And about 8 people squashed in for a road trip

I was stopped at a checkpoint one night coming home from a disco. 7 of us in the car and a lad in the boot. I got a lecture about the crowd in the car, but he let me on. Luckily he didn't check the boot.

branie2

bottlebrush wrote: »

I was stopped at a checkpoint one night coming home from a disco. 7 of us in the car and a lad in the boot. I got a lecture about the crowd in the car, but he let me on. Luckily he didn't check the boot.

He would have thought there was a kidnapping!

bottlebrush

branie2 wrote: »

He would have thought there was a kidnapping!

Or a stoaway. "I have no idea how he got in there, your guardship"

FatherTed

branie2 wrote: »

We had to change the TV channels on the TV itself via knob

I'm so old we never had to worry about changing channels when I was a kid because there was only 1 channel.

The chan chan man

The chan chan man wrote: »

Which you could reach easily as there were no seatbelts in the back!

Or front, in the old Zephyr.

iamstop

SAMTALK wrote: »

No phones to arrange meet ups.

Meet ye at Central bank at 2pm. If you're not there by 2:30 I'll be in Comet Records.

The place with the cool painted walls behind CB. Back when Temple Bar wasn't such a kip. Or maybe it was but I didn't notice. I remember the first time I saw the Bad Ass Cafe. Got a kick outta that one.

SAMTALK

Never having pasta or rice. Spud veg and meat

FatherTed

SAMTALK wrote: »

The National Anthem was played at the end of the disco and lights turned up full !


My kids laughed at A. Calling it a disco and B. playing the National anthem

Right on about the lights coming on. Cue all the women scattering in droves away from the dancefloor while the guys are still standing there, shirt sleeves rolled up and covered in sweat trying to mumble the words of the Amhran.

iamstop

Streets were empty during Italia 90 matches.
Oo ah Paul McGrath
Put 'em under pressure!
Who put the ball in the English net?

iamstop

iamstop wrote: »

Streets were empty during Italia 90 matches.
Oo ah Paul McGrath
Put 'em under pressure!
Who put the ball in the English net?

They were some days. Total blind support, it was brilliant.

SAMTALK

When the summers were so hot you went around barefoot squashing the melting tar on the roads

Esho

Fizzlesticks for 2 p and the awful day fizzbombs went up from 1/2p to 1p

Manc_Red

You slept out your back garden with your mates tent and stashed cans over the wall to collect after-dark.

Princess Calla

Esho wrote: »

Fizzlesticks for 2 p and the awful day fizzbombs went up from 1/2p to 1p

On April fools day, you'd replace their chalk with fiddlesticks thinking you were so clever.... Our teachers had the grace to go along with it

Spanish Eyes

Brilliant thread. Nostalgia almighty.

We used to have boiled spare ribs every Saturday night for the Late Late Show. Feckin gorgeous they were, dripping down your fingers, and so tender, thanks mammy RIP. But we were sent to bed before the bishops and the nighties came on the panel.

branie2

Everyone went to Mass

Spanish Eyes

branie2 wrote: »

Everyone went to Mass

Or pretended they did. We used to go to 5.30 pm Mass on a Sunday, in the days when it was held. We walked around and went into the church at the end. Had it timed, so that Biddy up the road could verify we were there.

The parents were at the 12 noon Mass in the choir, great singers, but we had to put the dinner on, so were hoofed out at 5 to go to evening Mass. We had more fun dodging it LOL. Happy Days really.

bottlebrush

branie2 wrote: »

Everyone went to Mass

And confession

WestWicklow1

The back seat of the Hillman Minx :cool::cool:

WestWicklow1

Marhay70 wrote: »

There was a man in dark clothes and carrying a big stick used to walk around our neighbourhood, terrorising all the gurriers. We called him Garda, wonder what ever happened to him?

Come on now....


Who remembers Lugs Brannigan?