Things that dont happen anymore

[PC66]

Re: Things that dont happen anymore

That reminds me - crossed lines on phones, where you suddenly spoke to a complete stranger halfway through a call, or found yourself listening in to another conversation.

The last of the fully electromechanical equipment which could be prone to that sort of problem was retired during the 1990's (as far as the U.K. is concerned), although it was gradually being replaced for quite some time before that.

The modern digital equipment doesn't suffer from those same problems and is generally pretty reliable. But when something does goes wrong with it, it often affects far more calls than the type of faults which used to occur with the older equipment.

[amethyst]

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Neighbours popping round for a cup of tea and a chat,nowadays its hello and goodbye when you see them

[Richard1978]

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I remember my Dad's car radio in the mid 1980s used to pick up minicab radios when searching for stations. It was an early one that could scan for a signal.

[victorbrunswick]

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I remember having a few power cuts in the 1980s, then for years we didn't have any, then the odd one in the last few the years before I moved out from my parents.

Another thing that seemed to happen more in the 1980s was loosing TV reception due to bad weather, equipment failure or someone pressing the wrong button etc.

One of my neighbours was a big CB radio enthusiast and whenever he was on the air it would interfere with TV reception and you could often hear his conversations.

[the fox]

That reminds me - crossed lines on phones, where you suddenly spoke to a complete stranger halfway through a call, or found yourself listening in to another conversation.

[Richard1978]

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Power cuts. Growing up in the 70s/80s I remember so many of these that lasted into the night. It was fun at the time as it was something different and you knew the electricity would come back on eventually. We always kept a box on candles and Cook's Matches in the top cupboard for these eventualities. The water was cut off lots of times as well and I remember hearing a van go around the houses where I lived a few hours before, warning us that it was about to be cut off. I remember my Mum filling up pans of water and even filling the bath too.

I remember having a few power cuts in the 1980s, then for years we didn't have any, then the odd one in the last few the years before I moved out from my parents.

Another thing that seemed to happen more in the 1980s was loosing TV reception due to bad weather, equipment failure or someone pressing the wrong button etc.

[jason h]

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People taking empty pop bottles back to the shop. We mainly had Ben Shaws pop bottles where I grew up West Yorkshire. When you finished with your bottles, you would take them back to the shop where you bought them form in exchange for a fee - I think it was about 8p on each bottle. Also.. Speaking of Ben Shaw, there was a Ben Shaws pop wagon that used to go around houses delivering pop to people. I think you would pay a weekly/monthly fee for your pop and it would arrive on a wagon. We never had that ourselves but I envied my cousin who's parents paid for their pop this way.

[PC66]

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I remember the annual airings of The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind on TV.

And don't forget It's A Wonderful Life.

[jason h]

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Power cuts. Growing up in the 70s/80s I remember so many of these that lasted into the night. It was fun at the time as it was something different and you knew the electricity would come back on eventually. We always kept a box on candles and Cook's Matches in the top cupboard for these eventualities. The water was cut off lots of times as well and I remember hearing a van go around the houses where I lived a few hours before, warning us that it was about to be cut off. I remember my Mum filling up pans of water and even filling the bath too.

[victorbrunswick]

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Elevators with elevator operators. The kind that left your stomach on the ground floor every time it stopped.

[Richard1978]

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Warner brothers / looney tunes cartoons shown on tv. Why not ?!

I last remember them being on in about 2006, at the time I just assumed most of them had gone onto the digital channels.

[the fox]

Warner brothers / looney tunes cartoons shown on tv. Why not ?!

[amethyst]

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Manifacturing in Britain we import from around the world but how much do we really export like we used to

[DemonEyeX]

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Magnetic tape hanging from trees. I can't remember the last time I saw that.

Good one.
I used to see it all the time, strewn for miles almost.
There is an industrial estate close to where I grew up, and there was always tape there.

[amethyst]

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One thing I sorely miss are TV variety shows. I wish we still had those instead of the steady stream of reality shows.

I dont watch x factor,the voice etc mean nothing to me getting old probably