Well it is for me, growing up in this era


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Superb!  John
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My problem is I can remember all of them, but not what most of them were for.

Bill T. Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Really good! But I would need to add the fifties and sixties to this  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

blimey.. i can remember alot of that!
nice find!

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ha ha ha top !! ...

Be true to yourself. That way happiness lies...

Excellent

Top man, loved it remembered all of it  BETTER looking half of the famous Twinlanders
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That made me smile and I actually laughed at certain bits

spot on..some good stuff to remember .. but I can't possibly be that old ..no one sore me I will deny it all  Iain

I am far to young

Saw that a while since yes I remember most if not all of them. My11 freelander 2, xs, Manual, 18" hse sparkles, sidesteps, privacy, zermatt silver metallic, almond nutmeg alacantra, twin electric towbar

Gone my09 xs D3

EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES & SIXTIES

* Pasta had not been invented.



* Curry was a surname.



* Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet



* Spices came from the Middle East where they were used

for embalming



* Herbs were used to make rather dodgy medicine.



* A takeaway was a mathematical problem.



* A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.



* Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.



* The only vegetables known to us were spuds, peas,

carrots and cabbage,



* All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was

whether to put the salt on or not.



* Condiments consisted of salt, pepper, vinegar and

brown sauce if we were lucky.



* Soft drinks were called pop.



* Coke was something that we put on the fire.



* A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.



* Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.



* A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.



* A Pizza Hut was an Italian shed.



* A microwave was something out of a science fiction movie.



* Brown bread was something only poor people ate.



* Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking



* Bread and jam was a treat.



* Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.



* Coffee was expensive, and came in a bottle.



* Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.



* Figs and dates appeared every Christmas, but no one

ever ate them.



* Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town.



* Jellied eels were peculiar to Londoners.



* Salad cream was a dressing for salads, mayonnaise did not exist



* Hors d'oeuvre was a spelling mistake.



* The starter was our main meal. Soup was a main meal.



* Only Heinz made beans.



* Leftovers went in the dog.



* Special food for dogs and cats was unheard of.



* Fish was only eaten on Fridays.



* Fish didn't have fingers in those days.



* Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.



* Ready meals only came from the fish and chip shop.



* For the best taste fish and chips had to be eaten out

of old newspapers.



* Frozen food was called ice cream.



* Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one.



* Ice cream only came in one colour and one flavour.



* None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.



* Jelly and blancmange was only eaten at parties.



* If we said that we were on a diet, we simply got less.



* Healthy food consisted of anything edible.



* People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.



* Indian restaurants were only found in India .



* Brunch was not a meal.



* If we had eaten bacon lettuce and tomato in the same

sandwich we would have been certified



* A bun was a small cake back then.



* The word" Barbie" was not associated with anything to

do with food.



* Eating outside was a picnic.



* Cooking outside was called camping.



* Seaweed was not a recognised food.



* Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday



* "Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food..



* Hot dogs were a type of sausage that only the Americans ate.



* Cornflakes had arrived from America but it was obvious

they would never catch on.



* The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond

comprehension.



* The idea of "oven chips" would not have made any sense

at all to us.



* The world had not heard of Pot Noodles, Instant Mash

and Pop Tarts.



* Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was

regarded as being white gold.



* Lettuce and tomatoes in winter were only found abroad.



* Prunes were medicinal.



* Surprisingly muesli was readily available in those

days, it was called cattle feed.



* Turkeys were definitely seasonal.



* Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever

seen a picture of a real one.



* We never heard of Croissants we certainly couldn't pronounce it,



* We thought that Baguettes were a problem the French

needed to deal with.



* Garlic was used to ward off vampires, but never used

to flavour food.



* Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested

bottling it and charging more than petrol for it they would have

become a laughing stock.



* Food hygiene was all about washing your hands before meals.



* Campylobacter, Salmonella, E.coli, Listeria, and

Botulism were all called "food poisoning."



* The one thing that we never ever had on our table in

the fifties .... elbows.

On the back of this post what was your fondest memory of the 80s

This as gotta be my fondest memory of the 80s
If i knew what they would be selling for today i would of bought 20 of the f s back in the 80s

They range from £500 to £2500 i had around 5 of these through the 80s 2 Mongoose's & 3 Supergoose's and a Chopper also a Grifter and 1 Diamondback

If i had em all now ill be sitting on around £7500 / £8500

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