what do you miss...

[Joy1]

about "The Good Old Days"
It'doesn't matter if you are 20 to 70, everyone remembers something that isn't here anymore, for me I think it was the "dances" where the lads would all stand at one end looking matcho in their Italian Suits and knitted ties and winkle pickers, the girls with their full skirts and can-can slips, hairbands and whirlpool bras,,,he-he, remember them?
could put your eye out if anyone got too close,,,lol
what isn't there for you now?

Joy x

[Stephen_G]

I miss THE Good Old Days. One of the bast variety programmes on TV. Some of the kids TV shows as well, although I have Mr. Benn and Michael Bentine's Potty Time on DVD.

[Joy1]

oohh Mr Ben, and Michael bentine, they were great wern't they...lol
joyx

[Joy1]

if I'm not here to* you peeps, I will be back...after me soaps...lol
I know it's not real life , but....

Joy x

[joggerjayne]

Hiya, Joy ... x

[DEN53]

Evening Joy - have just got up from my sick bed to have a peek at CB.

I miss getting all togged up for Sunday night at Tiffneys in Ilford Essex. That was the first place I realised not to dance and sing at the same time - the infra blue lights not only showed up if you had a white bra on underneath clothes but also if you had your teeth crowned !!!!!!!! Not a good look - ha ha ha

[DEN53]

I have just read your post on your daughter receiving a letter from the local authority about your grandson's weight.
Fu�king unbelievable - 3 ounces overweight !! Can you imagine some poor mum who has suffered from anorexia or similar herself and receiving this type of letter - she could become paranoid about the child. Utterly irresponsible local authorities.

The world has gone maddddddddd !!

[stompe]

I worked at Tiffneys! {:)

[DEN53]

what as, stompe ?

[tiggerblue10]

Hi Joy and everyone,

I miss lots of things Joy but the thing I miss most is the calmness of the area I live in. There is so much aggression in people these days. I know it sounds cliche but there are so many horrible kids that hang around in gangs here. You feel intimidated by them and you can't even say anything to them without thinking they'll pull a knife out on you.

On a happier note I miss Banjo Bars. They were lovely.

[stompe]

Sound & Light Controller, Remember the DJ?
Den

[DEN53]

I used to go there back in the early 70's. stompe.

[stompe]

Thats when i worked there! lol

[stompe]

Sorry to disrupt the Thread Joy xx

[carrot99]

In the early 70s I used to go to a disco at the Lyceum in London on Monday nights - 30p to get in, 13p for a bottle of cider. They gave you a ticket to get in for 5p on Thursdays. In the summer the roof opened.

[DEN53]

I most probably did see you as the DJ, stompe - but I was too busy eyeing up the fellas and dancing around my handbag - ha ha ha

do you remember those naff palm trees around the dance floor ?

[DaisyMae]

I miss strawberries that tasted sweet and warm and lucious, tomatoes that had real flavour, Jersey Royals that tasted of the soil they had been grown in. Vegetables in season that had flavour and a short season. English apples and pears, quinces and cherries. Birdsong, children playing their singing games in the road. Little or no traffic and smokey steam trains to the sea side. Leaving my back door open when I went shopping and knowing that no one would have robbed me. Bus conductors to take the fare and give out tickets. Brewers drays and the lovely shire horses. Sunny summer days in the park with ice-cream from the 'Stop me and buy one' man on a bicycle with his big icecream carrier on the front. The smell of newly roasted coffee in almost every high street. Real fresh bread. .......... I'll stop now.

[Sachs]

A vacuum of nostalgia that can't be recreated Joy.
Chelsea Girl
buying your 45s
Wet look boots
Going to the market with your mates for cheap makeup
Going to the fair to meet lads
Drinking babysham with a cherry on a stick & thinking you were all grown up x

[dot.haukes]

I miss wearing my maxi coat over my mini skirt with my knee high black boots and a large brimmed black hat. I used to wear a black chiffon blouse and black waistcoat and no bra, I miss wearing no bra actually, lol When I think about all those skinny rib jumpers I had in rainbow colours and my pink coat with the military collar, i think how great it was then to be colourful and different, now everyone copies that look!

[the-knobb]

Oh go help us pleazzzeee ^

[Sachs]

Hiya dot!
I had skinny rib tops too! My mum had a sewing machine and made me a military coat with the shoulder thing in herringbone print! I had a black chiffon blouse, kind of peasant look with bra) but not leaving much to the imagination!! lol! x