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

    Before 2018BD, (Before Drippy) Cars driving at thirty mph and people were whistling and happy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
    The sound of the day's second post delivery dropping through your letter box.
    with the rise of Amazon and other online retailers, we get half a dozen separate deliveries these days, depending on how much the Mrs has been hammering her account

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    Crackle of an open fire

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    Quote Originally Posted by WJ99mobile View Post
    Crackle of an open fire
    Good one.

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    Whistling kettles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    Whistling kettles.
    Really? Why? I still use one of those.

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    The ka-chunk of a bus conductor's ticket dispenser.

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    My mother, of an evening, in her armchair with her knitting needles and watching the telly:

    "Oh, no. Not Arthur bloody Askey!"

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    Cylinder lawnmowers that you had to push.
    Rag 'n bone men calling out in the street.
    The sound of milk bottles being delivered/collected.

    Stubborn sash-cord windows being opened and closed.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five View Post
    Cylinder lawnmowers that you had to push.
    Rag 'n bone men calling out in the street.
    The sound of milk bottles being delivered/collected.

    Stubborn sash-cord windows being opened and closed.
    We still get a weekly rag and bone man and my mum in law still gets milk delivered - both in neath which might explain it 😂

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    Used to love the smell of fresh bread being cooked in the bakers on the way to Severn road school back in the 70s and since when did Severn road fall in pontcanna and not canton

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep View Post
    Used to love the smell of fresh bread being cooked in the bakers on the way to Severn road school back in the 70s and since when did Severn road fall in pontcanna and not canton
    The bakery was under the arch in Wyndham Crescent. Beautiful smell.

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    BlueTiT proclaiming his love and support of his local council and Welsh government, after having his rubbish collected on the correct day.

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    The swish of teachers' canes.

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    Ding Ding "Hold tight, please"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    The swish of teachers' canes.
    The swish of parent's canes

    Marching bands at half-time

    Lassies cries, as they sell watercress in the city centre

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    The sound of “crab sticks “ in city centre pubs

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    Quote Originally Posted by TWGL1 View Post
    The sound of “crab sticks “ in city centre pubs
    Haven't seen a shellfish seller in pubs since I left London in 1987!
    Crabsticks, cockles, mussels, prawns whelks... and jellied eels
    Did jellied eels get sold around here?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
    Haven't seen a shellfish seller in pubs since I left London in 1987!
    Crabsticks, cockles, mussels, prawns whelks... and jellied eels
    Did jellied eels get sold around here?
    I used to work with a marine biologist (a pony-tailed doctor and lead guitarist in a part-time rock band) whose policy was to never eat bivalvia. Just sayin'.....

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    I used to work with a marine biologist (a pony-tailed doctor and lead guitarist in a part-time rock band) whose policy was to never eat bivalvia. Just sayin'.....
    Did they affect his guitar playing? Just askin.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
    Did they affect his guitar playing? Just askin.....
    Let's just say that he never played for Blue Öyster Cult

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    Concorde

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    All the drunks selling the ECHO first edition in the town centre.

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    The wobbly music sound of your cassette being chewed up by your tape recorder.

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