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

riclad · 19-01-2021 3:56pm

Teens looking for naked pics ,in playboy magazine. buying xx magazines.
now all you need is a browser ,go to google and theres unlimited free porn there.

Living Off The Splash · 20-01-2021 10:44am

The excitement of going in to town to Boutiques called "It's a Beautiful Day Boutique" or the jean shops on Capel Street to buy bell bottoms/Flared/loon trousers.

Then there was the Dandelion Market also.

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partyguinness · 20-01-2021 11:41am

silliussoddius wrote: »

Fcuk me....I had that exact same book.

doublejobbing 2 · 20-01-2021 2:12pm

Sitting down as a family to watch Coronation St or Eastenders.

I'm surprised these are still going and I'd be more surprised if anybody under 60 is watching them. And at that even most of their core audience got bored of them when they became obsessed with "issues".

Yet back in the day pretty much everyone from 10 to 90 was watching them. There wouldn't be too many people in their 30's upwards who couldn't tell you who Jim McDonald or Jack and Vera were. I doubt 98% of people could name a current character. I've come across it the odd time and it just seems so strange all there in brght digital HDTV.

L1011 · 20-01-2021 3:36pm

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

Sitting down as a family to watch Coronation St or Eastenders.

I'm surprised these are still going and I'd be more surprised if anybody under 60 is watching them. And at that even most of their core audience got bored of them when they became obsessed with "issues".

Yet back in the day pretty much everyone from 10 to 90 was watching them. There wouldn't be too many people in their 30's upwards who couldn't tell you who Jim McDonald or Jack and Vera were. I doubt 98% of people could name a current character. I've come across it the odd time and it just seems so strange all there in brght digital HDTV.

Coronation Street still pulls about half a million viewers in Ireland; so I'd expect at least that ~12% to be able to name current characters.

Cluedo Monopoly · 20-01-2021 7:39pm

I remember lots of houses in the 70s and 80s had ornamental cuckoo clocks. Most didn't even work. Why did we like cuckoo clocks so much?

Cluedo Monopoly · 20-01-2021 7:41pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Decent guests on the Late Late Late Show.

And a decent host who didn't try to make everything about himself.

RandomViewer · 20-01-2021 8:40pm

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

Sitting down as a family to watch Coronation St or Eastenders.

I'm surprised these are still going and I'd be more surprised if anybody under 60 is watching them. And at that even most of their core audience got bored of them when they became obsessed with "issues".

Yet back in the day pretty much everyone from 10 to 90 was watching them. There wouldn't be too many people in their 30's upwards who couldn't tell you who Jim McDonald or Jack and Vera were. I doubt 98% of people could name a current character. I've come across it the odd time and it just seems so strange all there in brght digital HDTV.

Half time ad break is the most expensive slot

silliussoddius · 20-01-2021 9:05pm

Subbuteo

matt007 · 20-01-2021 9:11pm

I grew up with The Smiths etc.. and was lucky enough to be part of the first generation to grow up without war on my doorstep.

The Continental Op · 20-01-2021 9:21pm

Cigarette advertising.

One that springs to mind in magazines was the "Marlboro Cowboy" and "Marlboro Country"

branie2 · 20-01-2021 10:13pm

partyguinness wrote: »

Fcuk me....I had that exact same book.

So did I!

Titzon Toast · 20-01-2021 11:03pm

El Tarangu wrote: »

White dog sh*te

For some reason, we called that "gick".

McGinniesta · 20-01-2021 11:29pm

Fanny Mags and Tennants

The Continental Op · 20-01-2021 11:58pm

McGinniesta wrote: »

Fanny Mags and Tennants

And the cans

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21-01-2021 3:34am

The run up to xmas, loads of tv ads with all the toys you ever wanted,
Saturday morning cartoons,
Jayce and the wheeled warriors comes to mind
there was another with a few bird oriented human characters and they had an aircraft/spaceship which came apart for their component vehicles, cant recal the name, I think the US DJ Kaycee voiced the lead character

(just found it) Battle of the Planets!
and a host of other cartoons

Living Off The Splash · 21-01-2021 11:28am

branie2 wrote: »

So did I!

I was a "Victor" man, not a "Hotspur" man.

I was also a "Beano" man rather than a "Dandy" man.

whisky_galore · 21-01-2021 11:33am

L1011 wrote: »

Coronation Street still pulls about half a million viewers in Ireland; so I'd expect at least that ~12% to be able to name current characters.

My mum won't watch it anymore because there's too many black people on it these days.

Tony EH · 21-01-2021 2:49pm

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

I was a "Victor" man, not a "Hotspur" man.

I was also a "Beano" man rather than a "Dandy" man.

Warlord

FTW...

ohnonotgmail · 21-01-2021 2:58pm

Tony EH wrote: »

Warlord

FTW...

Commando comics is where it was at

Tony EH · 21-01-2021 3:35pm

Used to love Commando.

I think they're still printing them. Saw a load of them in a shop on...well...shop street...in Galway a few years ago.

ohnonotgmail · 21-01-2021 3:37pm

Tony EH wrote: »

Used to love Commando.

I think they're still printing them. Saw a load of them in a shop on...well...shop street...in Galway a few years ago.

yeah they are still going. Not a shilling any more though

Ger Roe · 21-01-2021 3:49pm

The Continental Op wrote: »

Cigarette advertising.

One that springs to mind in magazines was the "Marlboro Cowboy" and "Marlboro Country"

Then there was the really cool John Player Special paint job on Formula 1 cars. Marlboro also had an F1 car with impressive branding.

Other brands that did up F1 cars like cigarette packs, included Camel, Rothmans and Benson & Hedges.

branie2 · 22-01-2021 1:24am

Chips, the tv show

Living Off The Splash · 22-01-2021 9:46am

Tony EH wrote: »

Used to love Commando.

I think they're still printing them. Saw a load of them in a shop on...well...shop street...in Galway a few years ago.

From memory we used to call these 64's, because there were 64 pages in them.

raven41 · 22-01-2021 9:59am

Ger Roe wrote: »

Then there was the really cool John Player Special paint job on Formula 1 cars. Marlboro also had an F1 car with impressive branding.

Other brands that did up F1 cars like cigarette packs, included Camel, Rothmans and Benson & Hedges.

Agree 100%. Jps Lotus in black and gold, Marlboro McLaren and the Rothmans Williams. Think even Eddie Jordan got in on the act with Benson and Hedges...

AndrewJRenko · 23-01-2021 12:18pm

Soft and disposable contact lenses. I got my first lenses as a teenager, around 1980, probably the only luxury in the house as I really didn't want to wear glasses.

They were GP (gas permeable) lenses, that had to be boiled once a week to keep them clean. They cost about £300 a pair, which was serious money in those days - so they got some serious care and attention. I remember having a gang of lads combing through grass on a camping weekend looking for the one I dropped, and somebody did indeed manage to find it. Some of the lenses needed to be soaked weekly with a 'deproteinising tablet' that smelt like rotten eggs, but did the job.

Today I wear monthly disposables that cost about €5 each, and this tiny piece of flimsy plastic is designed to rotate into a particular position on my eye to address astigmatism.

The Continental Op · 23-01-2021 1:49pm

branie2 wrote: »

Chips, the tv show

Don't know about terestial but on sattelite thats on Forces TV

https://www.tvguide.co.uk/m-detail/4...40246072/chips

vriesmays · 23-01-2021 1:52pm

Aonghus McAnally on TV showing a bad drawing of himself by an art student to the camera with the dejected student standing beside him crushed for life.

McGinniesta · 23-01-2021 3:53pm

Being able to chase girls as normal teenagers do without the fear or social ostracision.

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

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