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Spot On
Three and in
Linking arms and gathering up up players chanting 'who wants a game of British and Germans'
Let's build a den
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Scarper (to run)
Black Moriah's
Bouncy balls
Dr Pepper boots
Pot Black on TV
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Your parents buying your school clothes in Wildings in Clifton street using a rip off clothing cheque
Getting your jeans in Gentlefolk
Getting your gear in the Kadomah
The pig swill man
Working up Fords farm all day for pennies
Having a Sunday paper round when the bag weighed half a ton
Beech nut chewing gum machines
Milk and orange juice machines (Broadway)
Pengelys toy shop on Splott bridge
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Llanedeyrnblue
Your parents buying your school clothes in Wildings in Clifton street using a rip off clothing cheque
Getting your jeans in Gentlefolk
Getting your gear in the Kadomah
The pig swill man
Working up Fords farm all day for pennies
Having a Sunday paper round when the bag weighed half a ton
Beech nut chewing gum machines
Milk and orange juice machines (Broadway)
Pengelys toy shop on Splott bridge
Fords farm,only did it once that was enough.
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Checking in at the airport and being asked "smoking or non smoking."
Smokers had to sit at the back of the plane and there was a little ashtray on the back of the seat in front of you.
Its mad to think that we used to be able to smoke on planes.
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Saspirella bar in Morgans arcade
Premium bonds
Premier checks
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steve davies
Saspirella bar in Morgans arcade
Premium bonds
Premier checks
Mrs still got Premium bonds :thumbup:
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Leeds Utd could win the league
Drive down Queen Street and pick me up outside Mackross
Fancy a game of kerbie?
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El Gwapo
Scarper (to run)
Black Moriah's
Bouncy balls
Dr Pepper boots
Pot Black on TV
What were those clacker things, two hard balls on a string and they were rebound back and fore. There was always a set hanging on overhead telephone wires as well.
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Michael Morris
What were those clacker things, two hard balls on a string and they were rebound back and fore. There was always a set hanging on overhead telephone wires as well.
Think they were just called clackers.
Clackers, also known as Knockers and Click Clacks, consisted of two large acrylic balls, which hung on either end of a heavy string. The two balls would swing apart and together, making the loud clacking noise that gave the toy its name. If swung too hard, the acrylic balls would shatter, sending flying shrapnel everywhere.
Clackers were banned in 1985.
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Slinkies. Or Slinkys.
The trick was to make them 'walk' down stairs.
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jon1959
Slinkies. Or Slinkys.
The trick was to make them 'walk' down stairs.
You can still get them. Timeless.
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jon1959
Slinkies. Or Slinkys.
The trick was to make them 'walk' down stairs.
The harder trick was untangling the ****ers after an unsuccessful stair walk.
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BLUETIT
Mrs still got Premium bonds :thumbup:
So have I £200
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The rag & bone man.
Gypsies selling lucky heather door to door.
Put a shilling in the gas / electric meter or sixpence in the rented telly.
Golden Goal Tickets being sold at Ninian Park.
" What would Grenn say ? " cartoon competition in the Football Echo.( I won TEN BOB once ! )
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Hide and be quite,its the rent man.
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Salt & vinegar boys with their handcart :thumbup:
The Onion man on his bike.
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Salvation Army brigade on a Friday night
:thumbup:
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BlueWales
The rag & bone man. Still get them. But they're only interested in metal these days.
Gypsies selling lucky heather door to door.
Put a shilling in the gas / electric meter or sixpence in the rented telly.
Golden Goal Tickets being sold at Ninian Park.
" What would Grenn say ? " cartoon competition in. the Footb all Echo.( I won TEN BOB once ! )
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Llanedeyrnblue
Having a Sunday paper round when the bag weighed half a ton
I had a Mon-Sat paper round, had to get up at 5am to finish it in time for the school bus.
Thursdays were the worst, with most of the kids comics and Radio Times & TV Times - they were fecking heavy!
Not allowed by the nanny state these days.
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Farthing, tanner, bob, half crown, ten bob note, pound note. Are we the only club to have a stand named after a coin?????