One thing I dont miss

[Zincubus]

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Growing up in the 1970's, only three TV channels. Come Saturday, BBC1, Grandstand all afternoon. ITV, World of Sport all afternoon. BBC2, a boring old film that creaked with age.

This plus bladdy awful fake Saturday dinner time wrestling !!

My dad hated it as well thankfully ... I met Giant Haystacks once many years later ... My boss hired him to get a debt settled

[amethyst]

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Growing up in the 1970's, only three TV channels. Come Saturday, BBC1, Grandstand all afternoon. ITV, World of Sport all afternoon. BBC2, a boring old film that creaked with age.

The sport channels 1 & 3 started around 12 and lasted till 5pm I found horse racing was tedious.

[teepee]

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One thing I dont miss from 60s & 70s was power cuts,when we had them you could guarantee the eletri would be off for hours,Torches would come out to hunt for the c andles,no tv on the radio to listen to if it was a battery operated one.

I remember thinking it was great fun at the time, but adults no doubt viewed it differently. Candles were quite hard to come by in those days - they were plain, unscented, and you got them from hardware stores - so my dad used to improvise by putting paraffin in a jam jar and using a shoelace as a wick.

[amethyst]

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I remember thinking it was great fun at the time, but adults no doubt viewed it differently. Candles were quite hard to come by in those days - they were plain, unscented, and you got them from hardware stores - so my dad used to improvise by putting paraffin in a jam jar and using a shoelace as a wick.

It was those white candles in a box I only seem to remember not like today where you have fragrant colourful ones

[marc]

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It was those white candles in a box I only seem to remember not like today where you have fragrant colourful ones

My grandmother used to keep a supply of white candles wrapped up in old newspaper. She kept them in case there were more power cuts. She still had them up until her death in 1984.

[amethyst]

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My grandmother used to keep a supply of white candles wrapped up in old newspaper. She kept them in case there were more power cuts. She still had them up until her death in 1984.

Most households had them there seemed to be more power cuts then.These days you hardly get them if we do they get fixed pretty quick

[Richard1978]

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My parents had some candles that normally came out for dinner parties, & occasionally if we had a long power cut.

Until it was eventually taken to the tip we had a paraffin heater in case of a long cold, but never needed it & it went rusty being left in the shed for years.

[darren]

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one thing is that terrible loo roll it was very slippery and very rough to use.
Remember using it in school.

[Heather74]

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one thing is that terrible loo roll it was very slippery and very rough to use.
Remember using it in school.

Izal I use to have to buy it for my Nan. Never understood why she would want it. Horrible stuff.

[darren]

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Oh it was called iza thnx for clearing that up.
Maybe she used it for tracing paper.

Horrible indeed.

izal i use to have to buy it for my nan. Never understood why she would want it. Horrible stuff.

[Twocky61]

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Eorovision Song Contest. Not seen it for years, so hope it's been canned, as it entire dross lol

[amethyst]

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Eorovision Song Contest. Not seen it for years, so hope it's been canned, as it entire dross lol

I havent watched it since Bucks Fizz Won with making your mind up in 1981

[darren]

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I thought it had improved as there are 1 or is it 2 qualifying rounds to weed out the not so good songs leaving just the cream to be in the final show.

Not watched it myself in say 15 yrs one reason being is certain countries always give good marks for others.

eorovision song contest. Not seen it for years, so hope it's been canned, as it entire dross lol

[staffslad]

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When Terry Wogan did the Eurovision commentaries he was very good at mocking how certain countries would vote. I haven't watched it for many years.

[amethyst]

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