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Memories. Do you remember.......? « Posted: 11 October 2011 at 07:11 AM »
I was reminiscing with a friend and we remembered  the poppet beads that were once all the rage, I had them in all different colours . What do you remember that were once important to you but have now disappeared into obscurity?...
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #1 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 08:34 AM »
Pacers!

Green and white striped chewy spearmint sweets from the 80's.
Like a minty opal fruit.
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #2 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 10:07 AM »
Now I m going to show my age,- petticoats that we used to soak in gum arabic from the pharmacy which was then called a chemist to make them stiff we then wore about 6-8 layers so that when you spun round in rock and roll dances your skirt went whizzing

Lying in a bath of water to make jeans shrink tightly, no ready bought skinnies then - but we made 'em so
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #3 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 08:35 PM »
I got pocket money every Friday, then I went on my bike into town,
I bought a single ( 45 record ? ) , usually the number one in the top 40 ,
quickly cycle back home and listen to it.....

every Saturday I got the "Smash Hits" , an English popmagazine.
(This way I began to read English  Wink )

So I was never bored in the weekends  with my magazines and my records
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #4 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 08:55 PM »
Do you remember how much those 45 rpm records cost you, Corine?

I remember when I started buying them in the early 1960's they were 6/8d  (six shillings and eight pence)  That was of course before the UK went decimal and is the equivalent of £0.33 in today's money or, to you Corine  €0.29.
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #5 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 09:00 PM »
Listening to junior choice on Saturday mornings with Ed stewpot Stewart. Great mixture of pop music and silly kids songs. I loved the one about the men digging a hole and the man in the bowler hat told them it should be square so they buried him in it. And the ugly duckling song mad me cry.
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #6 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 09:06 PM »
Hole in the ground - Bernard Cribbins,  Eileen.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGk4AKOwJbc

Ugly Duckling - Danny Kaye   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMKxnYRhk6I
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #7 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 09:15 PM »
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Do you remember how much those 45 rpm records cost you, Corine?

My first single  ( 45 rpm ) was HLF 2,50 ( That is in Euro-coins €1, 15 ) in the early 80-ties
But I also paid HLF 4,95 Few Years later (  Euro €2,25 ) Late 80-ties

I think it was more expensive in the Netherlands dan in England ,
My dad always bought his records en music-tapes in England when we were on Holiday,
much cheaper  Wink
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #8 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 09:20 PM »
Talking about records did anyone else remember going into Morlings and asking for your favourite record to be played while you stood in a booth with headphones on, thats what we did of a Saturday afternoon. You didnt have to buy anything just listen to them.

Also listeing to Radio Luxemberg and Radio Caroline under my sheets (No duvets then)
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Re: Memories. Do you remember.......? « Reply #9 Posted: 11 October 2011 at 09:24 PM »
That all sounds so familiar, FC.   Radio Luxembourg at 11pm Sunday night.   The Top 20 with "This is your DJ - BA Barry Aldis"  Have a look at this link:  http://www.offringa.nl/radioluxembourg.htm

I see that link above originates from The Netherlands.

I think all record shops used to play you records in booths.  I was of course in Liverpool those days and we used to go into a shop called NEMS (the acronym for North End Music Stores) which was owned by Brian Epstein, The Beatles manager.
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