Day-to-day noises not heard so much anymore.

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15-12-23, 17:14
Robin Friday's Ghost

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Originally Posted by jon1959

Cars backfiring

Ice cream vans' jingles on housing estates

Police batons banging on riot shields (still happens but not like the 70s and 80s)

Ghetto blasters

Aren't the boy racer drilled exhaust noises effectively backfiring?
15-12-23, 17:31
RichardM

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Originally Posted by jon1959

Cars backfiring

Ice cream vans' jingles on housing estates

Police batons banging on riot shields (still happens but not like the 70s and 80s)

Ghetto blasters

We still get Ice Cream vans round here
15-12-23, 17:47
jon1959

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We still get Ice Cream vans round here

Maybe its just around me then. We still get lots of ice cream vans in car parks around the countryside and some by city parks, but the regular estate vans have pretty much disappeared - along with the Steptoe & Sons and bicycle knife grinders!
15-12-23, 18:19
life on mars

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Belching , Farting, crashing onto tables od booze full of virtual signalling folk .
15-12-23, 18:38
RichardM

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Originally Posted by jon1959

Maybe its just around me then. We still get lots of ice cream vans in car parks around the countryside and some by city parks, but the regular estate vans have pretty much disappeared - along with the Steptoe & Sons and bicycle knife grinders!

We don't get the knife grinders but we get Steptoe and Son, in a Transit, not a horse and cart
15-12-23, 18:41
BLUETIT

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Bus conductors (remember them), shouting “move along the bus please” or “more room upstairs”
15-12-23, 18:58
TWGL1

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“Welcome to The Valley Lines “ at Queen Street station
15-12-23, 18:58
jon1959

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Bus conductors (remember them), shouting “move along the bus please” or “more room upstairs”

That was me 40 years ago!
15-12-23, 19:05
splott parker

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The sound of an open fire being “drawn”

The ‘whoosh’ of the on fire Echo going up the chimney when drawing the fire, nearly followed by your hands, followed by a ‘f*cking ‘ell’.
15-12-23, 20:44
life on mars

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“Welcome to The Valley Lines “ at Queen Street station

The fella at Queen Street was a full on nut job dictator announcer, so forceful in his station names, I've seen women and children cowering in fear of his tannoy mutterings.

My driver pal says he was unhinged, and a frustrated 5ft japanese General.
15-12-23, 20:45
life on mars

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That was me 40 years ago!

Argh so your that nut job clippy we used to chuckle at.
15-12-23, 20:46
life on mars

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The ‘whoosh’ of the on fire Echo going up the chimney when drawing the fire, nearly followed by your hands, followed by a ‘f*cking ‘ell’.

My father once set fire to the sleeves of his shirt thankfully he had a flagon of Strongbow at hand.
15-12-23, 21:04
splott parker

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My father once set fire to the sleeves of his shirt thankfully he had a flagon of Strongbow at hand.

I hope he saved the ‘Bow, that would have been a crisis!!:hehe:
15-12-23, 21:16
Tuerto

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I hope he saved the ‘Bow, that would have been a crisis!!:hehe:

Yup, you need something to clean the Toilet with.
15-12-23, 21:24
splott parker

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Yup, you need something to clean the Toilet with.

Aw c’mon, I love a pint of Strongbow (unfortunately it doesn’t like me). You are correct, in a way, on the toilet front though, it does take a hammering after the ‘Bow:yikes:
15-12-23, 21:34
light up the darkness

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When Brains had their brewery in St Mary Street there was an overwhelming hoppy smell that pervaded that area when a new batch of Cardiff laughing water was on the stove
15-12-23, 22:02
jon1959

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Originally Posted by life on mars

Argh so your that nut job clippy we used to chuckle at.

We’re you that chuckling weirdo who travelled 200 miles to sample the public transport of The People’s Republic Of South Yorkshire?
15-12-23, 22:09
Tuerto

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We’re you that chuckling weirdo who travelled 200 miles to sample the public transport of The People’s Republic Of South Yorkshire?

When i was a kid there was often a bloke (always a bloke) who used to stand next to the driver of the bus and talk utter shit to him, not always the same bloke. They were kind of Bus nutters. I wish that they were still about.
15-12-23, 22:23
jeepster

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We’re you that chuckling weirdo who travelled 200 miles to sample the public transport of The People’s Republic Of South Yorkshire?

Made me laugh :thumbup:
15-12-23, 22:32
Wash DC Blue

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Playing Cards, Chewing Gum Cards in the spokes of your bike to make it sound like a motorbike.
15-12-23, 22:45
jon1959

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Playing Cards, Chewing Gum Cards in the spokes of your bike to make it sound like a motorbike.

When did that stop? Sometime in the 1980s? We all did it as kids.

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15-12-23, 23:39
Taunton Blue Genie

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One's parents having sex.
16-12-23, 12:53
bigjoe

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Razor blades being sharpened under a pyramid of cheops cardboard model. What was all that about?
16-12-23, 19:06
Taffy Blue in Berkshire

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how about, the crowd leaving a Cardiff game saying "great game, great football and a deserved win"!
16-12-23, 19:36
Rock_Flock_of_Five

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Razor blades being sharpened under a pyramid of cheops cardboard model. What was all that about?

Eh?

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