Back in my day...

Marhay70

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

Come on now....


Who remembers Lugs Brannigan?

I'd lay odds there wouldn't be so many scumbags polluting the streets of Dublin if Lugs and his squad were still around. Political correctness and snowflake politicians wouldn't allow it though.
I remember, before i was married, walking from Mrs Marhay's house in Walkinstown , through Drimnagh. Kilmainham, James' St, Capel St, Parnell St, Summerhill to my home in Ballybough on many occasions, never so much as a boo said to me. I credit Lugs and his likes for that. I'd be nervous driving a Sherman tank through some of those areas now.

iamstop

Coat hanger aerials.

branie2

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

Come on now....


Who remembers Lugs Brannigan?

I wonder how he would have dealt with the "peaceful" protesters at meter installations

Gorteen

branie2 wrote: »

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

TV channels????
We had RTE TV only. Black & White. Test Card all day until programming started around 5 or 6 pm

branie2

Transgender people were rare

Allinall

branie2 wrote: »

Transgender people were rare

That issue has been addressed.

branie2

Today Tonight, forerunner to Prime Time

WestWicklow1

7 days, forerunner to Today Tonight

Deja Boo

Back in my day, there were no adult colouring books.

That fun was reserved for kiddos with crayons :pac:

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branie2

The breakfast cereal Star Shoots - I really enjoyed it when I was kid

WestWicklow1

Sturmy Archer with a built in dynamo :cool:

wexandproud

bottlebrush wrote: »

Or Sago

or birds delight and tinned fruit salad for special occasions

iamstop

Lived in an estate. My next door neighbours didn't have a phone. We used to have to run over to their house when their relatives from Sweden called. Back when phone numbers were 6 digits. Still remember our number! 514030.
But they had a swing set in the back garden if I remember correctly, so things kinda balanced out that way.

branie2

Ladybird Read It Yourself books

Princess Calla

branie2 wrote: »

Ladybird Read It Yourself books

That came with tape cassettes and a bing to turn the page

Seamai

BuboBubo wrote: »

Mother's used the wooden spoon to rear kids.

Manys the one broken off my legs.

barney shamrock

Men didn't wear women's jeans.

Mam of 4

Deja Boo wrote: »

Back in my day, there were no adult colouring books.

That fun was reserved for kiddos with crayons :pac:

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That reminded me of Fuzzy Felt .
I loved that as a child .

Deja Boo

barney shamrock wrote: »

Men didn't wear women's jeans.

and may the skinny jean trend pass quickly!

marina24

Being old enough to stay up late to watch Dallas. Thought you were the bees knees

wexandproud

collecting orange bottles on the beach and carting them back to the shop for the deposit . Original recycling .
keeping buckets of tadpoles out in the back yard waiting to see if they would live long enough to grow into frogs . they never did
packets of jelly tots under the desk at school
looking for old pram wheels to make a trolly then having trolly races on the road which usually ended in falling off and getting a couple of clatters when you home for getting your clothes scuffed but no pass put on the various cut and bruises . if cuts got a bit '' sore looking'' after a few days copious quantities of iodine put on using the cork out of the bottle to daub it on . no rush to A&E that's for sure

wexandproud

barney shamrock wrote: »

Men didn't wear women's jeans.

they sure did, but only after their older sisters had grown out of them

ohnonotgmail

wexandproud wrote: »

collecting orange bottles on the beach and carting them back to the shop for the deposit . Original recycling .
keeping buckets of tadpoles out in the back yard waiting to see if they would live long enough to grow into frogs . they never did
packets of jelly tots under the desk at school
looking for old pram wheels to make a trolly then having trolly races on the road which usually ended in falling off and getting a couple of clatters when you home for getting your clothes scuffed but no pass put on the various cut and bruises . if cuts got a bit '' sore looking'' after a few days copious quantities of iodine put on using the cork out of the bottle to daub it on . no rush to A&E that's for sure

Iodine on a scrape stung like crazy. I'm convinced they only used it to deter you from getting further scrapes.

moonage

Back in my day this was all fields.

whisky_galore

Anti static strips for cars.

Why is it we don't need them anymore?

tayto lover

10 Afton and a box of matches.

Seamai

Iced Gems at birthday parties.

iamwhoiam

Playing marbles along the edge of the footpaths

Playing skipping on a warm sunny evening with two boys twirling the rope and girls showing off their skills

Playing balls up against the high wall “ One two three O Leary “

Conkers on a piece of string and belting each other with them

Getting library books once a week and inhaling the smell of old books

Dogs roaming the streets and pooing everywhere

Coalmen selling coal on a horse and cart

Hopping on a bus while it was still moving and hopping off before it stopped

Glass milk bottles delivered and the milkman putting a piece of timber over them so the birds couldn’t peck the lid open

Five kids and a cat bundled into a Ford for a spin on a Sunday . The “ match “ blaring on a transistor radio

Soggy tomato sandwiches and a bottle of watery Mi Wadi on the beach

My dad sat polishing 5 pairs of school shoes on a Sunday evening

Deja Boo

aw ^ now I am missing the old days (even though the times were tough, it was home ya know)

Princess Calla

Mam of 4 wrote: »

That reminded me of Fuzzy Felt .
I loved that as a child .

I loved fuzzy felt!!

branie2

Reading comics like the Dandy and Beano

wexandproud

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Playing marbles along the edge of the footpaths

Playing skipping on a warm sunny evening with two boys twirling the rope and girls showing off their skills

Playing balls up against the high wall “ One two three O Leary “

Conkers on a piece of string and belting each other with them

Getting library books once a week and inhaling the smell of old books

Dogs roaming the streets and pooing everywhere

Coalmen selling coal on a horse and cart

Hopping on a bus while it was still moving and hopping off before it stopped

Glass milk bottles delivered and the milkman putting a piece of timber over them so the birds couldn’t peck the lid open

Five kids and a cat bundled into a Ford for a spin on a Sunday . The “ match “ blaring on a transistor radio

Soggy tomato sandwiches and a bottle of watery Mi Wadi on the beach

My dad sat polishing 5 pairs of school shoes on a Sunday evening

yep i remember them all , long before health and safety was invented . you forgot the sand in the tomato sandwiches , maybe that's where ''sand wiche '' comes from

Mam of 4

Princess Calla wrote: »

I loved fuzzy felt!!

Glad someone else remembers it :pac:
(Thought you were too young to , tbh !)

branie2

Quinnsworth before it became Tescos

iamwhoiam

Mam of 4 wrote: »

That reminded me of Fuzzy Felt .
I loved that as a child .

And paper dress dolls . I loved pinning the paper clothes on with the little tabs on the shoulders

Mam of 4

Goobays and Three Guys (?) , the first "Big" supermarkets here in town .

A real train set to play with, the line was closed the year before.

Leg End Reject

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Goobays and Three Guys (?) , the first "Big" supermarkets here in town .

Three Guys took over Quinnsworth I think, then Tesco set up in Ireland.

Princess Calla

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Glad someone else remembers it :pac:
(Thought you were too young to , tbh !)

No it was still around when I was young though I do think I played with my sisters too, actually I'm pretty certain as she used to go mental when she saw it out

I think you are probably about the same age as my sister.

I'm also not that young

cj maxx

If I was hungry you went home to get fed. No McDs or subway.
Used to rob orchards and pick black berries for homemade jam. Picked mushrooms down the fields for breakfast.
Mushrooms fried with butter and a pinch of salt hmmmm

branie2

Zig and Zag were THE stars of the Den

tayto lover

Saving my pocket money to buy the Shoot magazine.

Doctors room ghost

Who remembers Waylon Jennings as the balladeer on the dukes of hazard.
Them were the days.
The good old general lee

branie2

Bo and Luke Duke, and especially Daisy

tayto lover

I rode as fast as I could to the workers in the bog with parcels of sandwiches and bottles of tea hoping it didn’t get cold. Newspaper stuffed tightly into the top of the bottle to keep the tea from spilling. No flasks then.

TheRepentent

branie2 wrote: »

Flat 7up cured everything

Can't drink it to this day because of that:D

Panthro

Playing conkers.

branie2

Aunty Poppy's Storytime on Poparama on Sunday mornings

iamstop

Anyone remember the Play Bus that'd be parked at the Superquinn in Clondalkin?

Ruby Ring

Really used to look forward to the mobile library coming to our primary school.