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

Sardonicat

the purple tin wrote: »

Tapioca pudding.

Lucky for them. Yeugh, the texture of that stuff in your mouth is one of the most nauseating sensations you could experience.

bodhrandude

Sardonicat wrote: »

Lucky for them. Yeugh, the texture of that stuff in your mouth is one of the most nauseating sensations you could experience.

What about Semolina, I always loved that.

NewbridgeIR

bodhrandude wrote: »

I know this always comes around in nostalgia threads but wasn't this one of the best chocolates in the world.

The greatest
My father would bring some Two & Twos home from the golf club bar every Sunday night.

I remember an advert for them, seemed violent.

They disappeared suddenly in mid/late 80s. Were supposed to be coming back a few years ago but don't think they materialised.

Sardonicat

bodhrandude wrote: »

What about Semolina, I always loved that.

Semonlina is lovely! It used to be used as a weaning food, too. Tapioca had such a horrible consistency, slimy and lumpy like eating frig spawn

jelem

Sardonicat wrote: »

Semonlina is lovely! It used to be used as a weaning food, too. Tapioca had such a horrible consistency, slimy and lumpy like eating frig spawn

yep" frogs eggs" tapioca served on school menu.
enjoyed and seemed a health food.

Capt'n Midnight

The multi flavoured Birds Blancmange packs. Lots of colours so probably loaded with E numbers.

Lucy8080

The old Nunch in the blue wrapper (later "starbar") was bigger ,thicker, more chocolate, cheaper and tastier than the starbar.

Treets (yellow wrapper) became half of M and M's, big shout out for minstrels and especially revels.

Are revels still on the go? What about your Lucky Bag?

Fcuk me, a lucky bag was gambling for kids! As it's Christmas time, does anyone remember the old Christmas stockings that came in a net?

It was like a super lucky bag!

NewbridgeIR

Lucy8080 wrote: »

The old Nunch in the blue wrapper (later "starbar") was bigger ,thicker, more chocolate, cheaper and tastier than the starbar.

Treets (yellow wrapper) became half of M and M's, big shout out for minstrels and especially revels.

Are revels still on the go? What about your Lucky Bag?

Fcuk me, a lucky bag was gambling for kids! As it's Christmas time, does anyone remember the old Christmas stockings that came in a net?

It was like a super lucky bag!

Great call. I remember eating a Nunch in 1979; second class prefabs. Blue wrapper, yellow writing.

Treets were nice. Revels still on the go, the orange ones best but the malteser in them sometimes tasted a bit stale

partyguinness

...Mars Bars circa 1984 were the most expensive item in the sweet shop-28p.

cj maxx

Having to buy condoms from a vending machine in clubs

KKkitty

Looking at whatever was the Sunday roast knowing if there was any left it was your school lunch for a few days.

partyguinness

cj maxx wrote: »

Having to buy condoms from a vending machine in clubs

...and making a big song and dance about it in the nightclub knowing full well the chances were they would stay in your wallet for the next 2 years.


"Anyone got any change for the condom machine"...the ultimate humblebrag

StupidLikeAFox

Are black magic sweets still on the go?

the purple tin

Baked Alaska.
The young ones don't know what they are missing.

NIMAN

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Are black magic sweets still on the go?

Probably only allowed to be called 'magic' now.

the purple tin

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Are black magic sweets still on the go?

And Emeralds in the green wrappers?

irishguitarlad

Big Tom.

Sam Hain

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Are black magic sweets still on the go?

You can't say that anymore.

ohnonotgmail

the purple tin wrote: »

Baked Alaska.
The young ones don't know what they are missing.

ice cream inside meringue that is baked in an oven. It was like witchcraft when I was a kid.

Sam Hain

the purple tin wrote: »

And Emeralds in the green wrappers?

Oatfield also had Colleen. A Mish mash collection of various hardboiled chokers and possibly contained one or two Emeralds.

ohnonotgmail

the purple tin wrote: »

And Emeralds in the green wrappers?

pretty sure you can still buy them.

Aglomerado

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

pretty sure you can still buy them.

They always remind me of a relation who ran a basic little shop near the Burren. She is sadly no longer with us but always had tons of Emeralds for us and Eskimo mints! I don't think I have tasted them since my last visit to her.

the purple tin

Pennysweets or pick n mix. They don't have them anymore do they?

ohnonotgmail

the purple tin wrote: »

Pennysweets or pick n mix. They don't have them anymore do they?

the only pick'n'mix still available is at the cinema. That probably wont survive after covid.

Whestsidestory

Having to lick stamps

RandomViewer

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

pretty sure you can still buy them.

Not made by Oatfieds anymore, there's just an empty lot where the factory used to be,

The J Stands for Jay

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

pretty sure you can still buy them.

Haven't been quite the same in years. Possibly linked to leaving Letterkenny.

the purple tin

Denim shirts.

bodhrandude

branie2 wrote: »

The original Battlestar Galactica

Logan's Run.

For Forks Sake

cj maxx wrote: »

Having to buy condoms from a vending machine in clubs

Having to get a prescription to allow you to purchase them from a pharmacist, now that was messed up.

Ubbquittious

A little glass jar with a fabric applicator 'neath the lid containing a colourless stain remover branded "dab-it-off"

RandomViewer

McGaggs wrote: »

Haven't been quite the same in years. Possibly linked to leaving Letterkenny.

Made in Kettering in England now, Irish owned Zed Candy own the titles ,

olestoepoke

Putting daisies in a jam jar, holes in the lid for air and spending all day trying to catch as many bees as you can.

StupidLikeAFox

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

the only pick'n'mix still available is at the cinema. That probably wont survive after covid.

To be fair pick n mix and they should have been banned long ago - great for catching dead flies and a magnet for kids grubby little hands

AndrewJRenko

Businesses named 'John Smith And Sons' - you just don't see the 'And Sons' anymore.

Though there is one red builders van I see around south Dublin with 'And Sons And Daughter'.

Floppybits

Anyone remember using videoplus to set the video recorder up to record programmes. The programme listing in the newspaper use to give the I think it was a 7 digit code to be put in.

ohnonotgmail

Floppybits wrote: »

Anyone remember using videoplus to set the video recorder up to record programmes. The programme listing in the newspaper use to give the I think it was a 7 digit code to be put in.

It was witchcraft.

bodhrandude

Floppybits wrote: »

Anyone remember using videoplus to set the video recorder up to record programmes. The programme listing in the newspaper use to give the I think it was a 7 digit code to be put in.

It never worked for me, either it slashed the beginning of intended programme or the ending of the programme, once or twice it recorded the wrong channel too.

Floppybits

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

It was witchcraft.

It wasn't far off. I remember explaining it to the folks and I may as well have been talking to the wall.😀

Floppybits

bodhrandude wrote: »

It never worked for me, either it slashed the beginning of intended programme or the ending of the programme, once or twice it recorded the wrong channel too.

Yep it was hit and miss. I also remember sitting there stopping and starting recordings because you didn't want to waste tape recording ads.

Mimon

The Continental Op wrote: »

You'd have to say fancier than what :eek:

But I can remember grandparents having newspaper cut up in the bog.

Surprisingly effective anytime I've had to try it due to running out of bog roll.

Problem is flushing it.

FatherTed

Deleted User wrote: »

Sure look she’s a kid still. She might not be able to use an oven, but there’s adults just over twice her age who can’t use most modern technology effortlessly. These are skills she‘ll learn in time. My brother didn’t figure out how an oven works till the day before he left to college at 18.

My Aunt back around 1948 moved to the US on her own(to live with her uncle) at that age.

ohnonotgmail

bodhrandude wrote: »

It never worked for me, either it slashed the beginning of intended programme or the ending of the programme, once or twice it recorded the wrong channel too.

It just encoded the date, time, and channel number so if an earlier programme overran you would miss a bit. the source code for the encoding algorithm is here https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/VCRPlus+/

Mimon

olestoepoke wrote: »

Putting daisies in a jam jar, holes in the lid for air and spending all day trying to catch as many bees as you can.

Sounds like innocent fun but jaysus cruel as feck. If bumble bees especially as they have small colonies or can be just one set of parents looking to bring back nectar to the young.

One good thing that the youth of today don't have to witness is drowning kittens to keep the cat population down. Can't remember when spaying came in?

Sardonicat

Floppybits wrote: »

Yep it was hit and miss. I also remember sitting there stopping and starting recordings because you didn't want to waste tape recording ads.

And now those with old tapes with ads on them edit out the tv shows and post the ads onto YouTube where they get millions of views from people looking for a nostalgia buzz.

Mimon

FatherTed wrote: »

My Aunt back around 1948 moved to the US on her own(to live with her uncle) at that age.

Not trying to outdo you but my aunts moved to the US at 15 and 16. My father was out working at 15 also. Crazy when you think about kids in their 30s and 40s living at home now.

NewbridgeIR

Floppybits wrote: »

Yep it was hit and miss. I also remember sitting there stopping and starting recordings because you didn't want to waste tape recording ads.

Pause button surely? Hitting stop and record wasn't as seamless.

Videoplus was unreliable. Easier just to manually programme and add a few minutes either side.

olestoepoke

Mimon wrote: »

Sounds like innocent fun but jaysus cruel as feck. If bumble bees especially as they have small colonies or can be just one set of parents looking to bring back nectar to the young.

One good thing that the youth of today don't have to witness is drowning kittens to keep the cat population down. Can't remember when spaying came in?

Yeah looking back now it probably was cruel . When there's no Internet or screens and 3 channels on TV you find ways to keep yourself entertained. Lucky for us there were no social justice warriors trying to save bees back then.

Wanderer78

olestoepoke wrote:

Yeah looking back now it probably was cruel . When there's no Internet or screens and 3 channels on TV you find ways to keep yourself entertained. Lucky for us there were no social justice warriors trying to save bees back then.

I'm after getting involved with a bee keeper, damn interesting stuff

ohnonotgmail

olestoepoke wrote: »

Yeah looking back now it probably was cruel . When there's no Internet or screens and 3 channels on TV you find ways to keep yourself entertained. Lucky for us there were no social justice warriors trying to save bees back then.

we always let them go when we got bored