There is a generation that has not grown up with .......

iamstop wrote: »

Are chip vans still a thing anywhere?

Used to love going to the chip van after scouts. Curry chips if you had the extra few bob.

Replace by fancier street food vans doing more exotic fare now.

riclad wrote: »

People in a market selling pirate dvds or cds with a low res photocopy of the film or the cd cover
Renting game cartridges from xtravision
Getting stuck in a game by a puzzle before the web
there was no guide to solving games like gamefaqs
If you got stuck on level 2 you might never get a chance to finish the game

Didn't Nintendo have a phoneline you could ring years ago if you were stuck in a game and they would tell you how to get past it.

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

There will soon be a generation that will grow up without cigarettes.
I work in youth work and mostly work with disadvantaged teenagers and young adults, most of the 19 - 21 year old's smoke cigarettes', everyone of the teenagers I work with, aged 14 - 18/19 use vapes, majority of them have never smoked a real cigarette.

No Harum really

Over the counter Paracetamol in bottles of 100.

Sardonicat wrote: »

I recall picking up one if those off the shelf in a UK pharmacy.

I used to buy a bottle once a year when over in the UK. tbh I'm not sure the big generic bottles of paracetamol were available over the counter here, probably because they'd be so expensive.

spurious wrote: »

Sharing a bed with sibling(s) - 'topping and tailing'.

The Booze boat - fare a fiver, price of a litre of spirits a fiver, each ticket got you a free litre.
Sailing over, never leaving the Holyhead terminal and sailing back. Clinkety clink.

Hector Grey's and the load of stuff you could get for 50p.

Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at you.

Big Ed loves Mona.

Norma you mean? From the Double R.

^^
Oh I thought you were talking about Twin Peaks.

Xtravision used to rent out consoles too.
People used to pay for a TV it might be 2 or 3 quid
a week, instead of just buying one.
Black and white tvs, there were also bw TV licences
Cheaper than a color TV licence
Before xtravision there were local video rental
stores they might only have a few 100 videos
in stock
Yes there was a helpline for getting advice about
playing Nintendo games
G4 TV a TV channel about video games
Now you can just reviews on youtube

Free buses to the the disco on Sunday night if you had a complimentary pass. You spent hours on Saturday night trying to get one!! The bus driver would be as scuttered as the passengers.

McGaggs wrote: »

I saw a girl in a school uniform smoking a cigarette a few weeks ago. I was pretty surprised, hadn't seen a youngster smoking on years

Sadly it seems to be creeping back into fashion again especially with young girls. Disappointing to see.

We had fantasy football before the internet, yes it existed. The internet did exist but it sure wasn't in most homes in Ireland. The local library is where I accessed the internet

To enter for example the Sunday World competition you needed their paper before the season started. A huge list of players and their prices and positions would be printed. Every player had a code

Once you picked your dream team you needed to register it. To do this you telephoned a special phone line and entered the codes.

Player 1 - David Seaman so you enter his code something like 0013
Player 2

And so on. No week to week changes. If your player broke his leg well tough luck!

whysobecause wrote: »

12 inches Re-Mix
Frankie goes to Hollywood, had the best.

Pet Shop Boys and New Order both continue to release singles on 12" and CD. And occasionally 7".

Doom - the computer game.