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  • 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.

    Originally posted by twocky61 View Post
    eorovision song contest. Not seen it for years, so hope it's been canned, as it entire dross lol

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  • amethyst
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    Originally posted by Twocky61 View Post
    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

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  • Twocky61
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    Eorovision Song Contest. Not seen it for years, so hope it's been canned, as it entire dross lol

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

    Horrible indeed.


    Originally posted by heather74 View Post
    izal i use to have to buy it for my nan. Never understood why she would want it. Horrible stuff.

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  • Heather74
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    Originally posted by darren View Post
    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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • amethyst
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    Originally posted by marc View Post
    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

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  • marc
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    Originally posted by amethyst View Post
    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.

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  • amethyst
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    Originally posted by teepee View Post
    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

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  • teepee
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    Originally posted by amethyst View Post
    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.

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  • amethyst
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    Originally posted by marc View Post
    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.

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  • Zincubus
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    Originally posted by marc View Post
    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

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  • marc
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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.

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  • marc
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    Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
    There seemed to be a thing in older houses of having the toilet separate from the bathroom, this was true at my Aunt & Uncle's house until a few years ago.
    Reason for this, was it was believed to be a health risk. Outside toilets was for the same reason. The downside was, somebody with a heavy cold etc, walking to the bottom of the garden during a midwinter storm. Hence the old bucket under the stairs.

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