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The taste of cigarette sweets!
(saw some on hols this summer but Mr T ruled out buying them for our kids... and since he's the ex-smoker, I have to defer!)

And steak-and-kidney pudding in a tin...

And thru'penny bits ... just the nicest coin ever

And the sound of Blakeys on kids' shoes in the playground

... Before I started reading this thread I could have sworn I was in the 21st century  ;D

Used to love sweet cigarettes...
Agree about thru'penny bits - they were too fascinating to look at, never wanted to spend them.

Tim, you've really got us going here.......

What about high heels black patent ones cleaning them with Vaseline, practicing to walk in them so that you were able to walk in the 3" heeled ones. Measuring the height of the heels with your thumb.
To go with the shoes pencil skirts as tight as possible with a slit up the back or if you were posh pleats at the back.
Happy days  :D ;D ;)

Oooh, remember the stillettos well, Choc - always liked to have a red pair - then there were the flat ballerina shoes for wearing with the tartan trews and pedal pushers!  And the 4" wide elastic waist cincher belt with the clip fastenings as well as the plastic Poppet beads.  And what about the kisscurls and short haircuts, (the Bubble, the Urchin and my fav the short one with the heavy straight fringe a la tv Milk Advert girl Zoe(?)- even tho one guy said it reminded him of a Davy Crocket hat I still thought I was the bees knees............

We were soooo stylish ;D ;D ;D ;D

And not all the males were Teddy Boys - liked the James Dean look myself (black leather bomber jacket, white tee shirt and jeans) but they were thought to be a bit "dangerous" - then came the smart Italian suits, Mr W looks great in his wedding pics wearing one of those!

Winkle pickers, chisel toes, Lois heels, Kitten heels,Dr. Scholls,hush puppies,those things you wore on your legs so your shoes looked like boots,  pearlised leather.........
How I loved shoes. ;D

Quote from: robkb on August 15, 2006, 15:00:51
Arthur of the Britons...

Oliver Tobias ... I loved that man.

:P

Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on August 17, 2006, 23:36:14
and it was an orangey-yellow colour, and so was your finger after?

i'm sure we called it lemonade powder !

::)

Quote from: tim on August 20, 2006, 18:26:26
Did I say IZAL??

the devil's work !

Quote from: katynewbie on August 30, 2006, 08:33:08
;D ;D ;D ;D :o

CL...YES!!!!
Had a tonic skirt, and a Prince Charlie check one! Also, feather cut hair with a steel comb tucked in the back of my Levis pocket! Was desperate for a Crombie coat too, but v strict parents wouldn't allow it!

My best friend had an Afghan coat, and yes, they did smell! Also Monkey Boots!!

;)

i had a crombie, with a pulled up satin hankie, a tie pin and a 99p bottle of Brut ? 

red/yellow/black tank top - de rigeur

those combs did more damage to your hair than anything i've ever done since lmao

wonderful thread, so much of the above is totally familiar, a great walk down memory lane .......... now where had i got up to.

Mrs KP I agree, this is the BEST fun! Off on hols tomorrow until the 18th....keep nostalgia going!

See you all soon, CLx

;D I remember my cousins (female) when I was about eight, used to put sand/water substance on their legs to make them look tanned and some drew a back line down the back of their legs to mimic a seam to give that expensive stocking look. :o :P

That started my puberty off quite early if I remember right :o ;D

have fun lass !  that's SOME holiday ! 

;D

Happy Hols, CL 8)

CL have a wonderful holiday. :)

Mrs KP, I absolutely adored Brut, couldn't get enough when I was young, ooh, you've really brought back some memories....

T.

used to carry in in that clear plastic box it was in and sniff it from the bottle !  lmao

CL. Have a great holiday.. don't forget the pics. Don't worry the "oldies" will keep this thread going!!!

Mums 'Marcel Wave' was legendary.

She saw Heinz and the Tornadoes at Wimbledon theatre, Joe Brown in Streatham and Gene Vincent somewhere, but she couldn't remember where......

Dad was on Ready Steady Go!

6 nights a week ice skating in Streatham in the 60's (wonder if the rink is still there?),
I had a Lambretta GT 200 in '64, (when I was 13), Box Hill & Brighton, "Mods & Rockers" days.

Cant beat that, more roller skating Saturday afternoon Granby Halls Leicester. Pom poms on my skating boots, Marksies cardigan done up back to front (why did we do that?) Hair back combed into a beehive. Used to come home black but happy.  ;D ;D

Oh yes mods count me in!!  ::)
Loved Twiggy, hair just like hers short and slicked down.
Always wanted a boyfried with a scooter with all those
lights and mirrors on it, never got one tho'.  ???

Help! What was the film that, I think, Rudolph Valentino was in, in a tent in the desert, something like that ???