I ain't seen that in...yonks!

[HG]

Re: Pulling the chain

My dad always used to come home drunk with a copy of The War Cry for me seem to remember there was a cartoon charcter in there called Sam Spud.

[pedro]

Re: Pulling the chain

The War Cry being sold down the pub on a Saturday nite by an old dear from the Sally Army..no matter how p***ed you were you always popped some money in the tin

[Austin 1100]

Re: Pulling the chain

Glanced up and it was the original cistern with a flush chain that you pull down on, must be thirty years since I used one of those.

Anyone know if there any more left in the UK anywhere ?

My toilet still has one and it's an indoor loo in a flat lol!

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

I've used one in a railway station "ladies lavatory" in Hampshire. The Watercress line I think it's called, where they've got steam trains and the station has been restored to it's former glory.

[Danny]

Pulling the chain

Was across site today in a plant I never been in before... built in 50's.

Anyways I went to use toilet and , when finished , was looking round for the lever or foot press to flush it... couldn't find one!

Glanced up and it was the original cistern with a flush chain that you pull down on, must be thirty years since I used one of those.

Anyone know if there any more left in the UK anywhere ?

[jolima71]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

You still see gold and silver chocolate coins everywhere, and in a vast quantity at this time of year. But can you still get bubblegum coins? Now these I really haven't seen in the shops in "yonks"

I seem to remember they were quite brittle and powdery?? And the Gum nearly always pink or white in colour.

can get them online in usa dont know if they would deliver to uk??
http://www.candywarehouse.com/bubblegumcoins.html

[jolima71]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

It's readily available on line - even from Soda Stream itself ! I'm also sure it's still sold at larger branches of Lloyds Chemist.

We had it in the Co -op but I haven't seen any for a while

Can u remember the adverts/commercial for soda stream??

SodaStream: 1970

An unexpected scene,
So get busy with the fizzy,
SodaStream.
Big or small,
Get busy with the fizzy,
Short or tall,
You get a fizzy flavour with water from the tap,
Press the magic button,
And shake it like that.
Fix a little mixture
And add a little dash,
No trouble with the bubbles,
Splish a little splash.
It’s a fizzy stream,
So get busy with the fizzy.
SodaStream: that’s fizzy!

SodaStream (2): late 1970s?

For goodness sake,
I got the hippy hippy shake,
Yeah I got the shake,
I got the hippy hippy shake,
Ooh — the hippy hippy shake,
Ooh — the hippy hippy shake,
Ooh — the hippy hippy shake.
SodaStream — get busy with the fizzy!
[Tune: The Hippy Hippy Shake by the Beatles: 1962]

[Heather74]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

You still see gold and silver chocolate coins everywhere, and in a vast quantity at this time of year. But can you still get bubblegum coins? Now these I really haven't seen in the shops in "yonks"

I seem to remember they were quite brittle and powdery?? And the Gum nearly always pink or white in colour.

[Mulletino]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

Soda Stream is available freely in Target and Kmart over here.

We used to drink them round some girl's house we used to visit (to play on her Intellivision - with voice module - B17 Bomber!), I was always gutted when they were weak and tasted like dodgy water.

[joybee]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

It's readily available on line - even from Soda Stream itself ! I'm also sure it's still sold at larger branches of Lloyds Chemist.

We had it in the Co -op but I haven't seen any for a while

[sixtyten]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

I can recall even seeing the syrups in the shops anymore, or the machines.
I got mine from Boots, but I think even they don't stock it anymore

[Heather74]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

wow, way cool, I want the top penguin pack,great new design, wonder if the flavours improved any
Even though the bottles had a fill level line on it, I still manged to squirt it everywhere, never got the knack of it :cry:

[PWC1973]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

Same as the one we had. I used to just end up making carbonated water and drinking that, as it was hard to get the right mix of syrup, and they never tasted that great ('cept Cherryade). It nearly always exploded everywhere due to overfizzing it, and that syrup was super sickly and sticky.

Your not wrong there carbonated water was nasty to the taste,and I always remember the bottles being very heavy.........

[sixtyten]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

Its all changed now..http://www.sodastream.co.uk/gbretail...smakers&Page=1

[sixtyten]

Re: I ain't seen that in...yonks!

Same as the one we had. I used to just end up making carbonated water and drinking that, as it was hard to get the right mix of syrup, and they never tasted that great ('cept Cherryade). It nearly always exploded everywhere due to overfizzing it, and that syrup was super sickly and sticky.