Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted February 3, 2022 Subscriber Posted February 3, 2022 Old time dustbin days, the good old tin ones with a lid, the dustman using his shoulder to empty them. 1 2 Quote
MUFC Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 On 13/04/2018 at 18:26, Bluewolf said: Before Health & Safety went a bit mad.... Remember these @SirBalon Used to get as many on there as possible including standing up on the boards facing inwards and kick yourselves round against the center pole as hard and as fast as you could while trying not to clatter yourself.. Or this... Or these where you had a couple of you running round it pushing it so fast some of you would slide off and fall on the concrete.... Standing on the swings to get maximum height before leaping off for the longest jump.... or trying to get them so high you might flip over which ever came first.. Now it's all safety seats and 3 inch Black Rubber matting.... How is anyone supposed to have fun and experience danger with that lot??? I remember in the 80's to early 90's. The slides in the parks were sky high. Health and safety meant they were reduced to a quarter of their original size. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted February 3, 2022 Subscriber Posted February 3, 2022 The last time I went on one of these slides was in Australia in the '60s . Quote
Bluewolf Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 Anyone remember these back in the day... 'Rag and Bone' men we used to call them... 1 1 Quote
Moderator Tommy Posted February 3, 2022 Moderator Posted February 3, 2022 Anyone remember these back in the day? Quote
Bluewolf Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tommy said: Anyone remember these back in the day? 3 Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted February 3, 2022 Subscriber Posted February 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, Tommy said: Anyone remember these back in the day? 1 Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted February 13, 2022 Subscriber Posted February 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Bluewolf said: Lol, I had 5 big sisters when I was young and if my mum was looking for me she would send them out in different directions looking for me either playing in the docks, local woods, local canal, Tilbury fort etc, one of them would find me. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 30, 2022 Subscriber Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Bluewolf said: Bloody hell, nowadays we have a remote controll and if that plays up we will scream blue murder as we have to shift our arses of the sofa and go and fix the tv by hand. Quote
Administrator Stan Posted March 30, 2022 Administrator Posted March 30, 2022 3 hours ago, CaaC (John) said: Bloody hell, nowadays we have a remote controll and if that plays up we will scream blue murder as we have to shift our arses of the sofa and go and fix the tv by hand. Are you still living in that time period of the picture 1 Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 30, 2022 Subscriber Posted March 30, 2022 Love looking back to when we were wee nippers, no tv, mobiles, internet, we just kept ourselves happy making our own games outdoors, I looked forward to the school holidays or wagging school with your mate and heading up to the local woods. Conkers Marbles or 'Miggies', either dig a hole and try and knock your marble in it, you could tell your own marble by the size or colour or make a circle and knock the marble out. The best times for me were making a go-cart out old pram or pusher wheels Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 30, 2022 Subscriber Posted March 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, Stan said: Are you still living in that time period of the picture I can remember getting a tv with a remote control that was plugged into the back of the tv with a cable running across the floor and plugged into the remote in your hands, I thought that was great until the wife nearly tripped over the cable and yelled christ out of me. Quote
Guest Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 On 03/02/2022 at 10:47, CaaC (John) said: Old time dustbin days, the good old tin ones with a lid, the dustman using his shoulder to empty them. I think dustbin men use to get some serious back injuries. I think it's good they dont use them anymore. I can remember the old plastic bins from when I was young Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 30, 2022 Subscriber Posted March 30, 2022 43 minutes ago, Gunnersauraus said: I think dustbin men use to get some serious back injuries. I think it's good they dont use them anymore. I can remember the old plastic bins from when I was young Ours were tin bins with lids. Quote
Guest Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Ours were tin bins with lids. I think they were replaced by plastic bins that you picked up then the weekly bins came in from what I remember Quote
Bluewolf Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 An office whiskey machine from the 50's.... something they probably still have operating in Johnsons office.. 1 Quote
Bluewolf Posted May 3, 2022 Author Posted May 3, 2022 The 80's where you could jump from floors of abandoned flats onto a big pile of mattresses.... 1 Quote
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted May 4, 2022 Subscriber Posted May 4, 2022 10 hours ago, Bluewolf said: The 80's where you could jump from floors of abandoned flats onto a big pile of mattresses.... Are you in the picture? I need to know as I'm trying to figure out if this is the 1980s or the 1880s. 2 Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted May 4, 2022 Subscriber Posted May 4, 2022 10 hours ago, Bluewolf said: The 80's where you could jump from floors of abandoned flats onto a big pile of mattresses.... Used to jump out our 2nd-floor bedroom window to the lawn below with no mattresses. 1 Quote
Bluewolf Posted May 4, 2022 Author Posted May 4, 2022 2 hours ago, RandoEFC said: Are you in the picture? I need to know as I'm trying to figure out if this is the 1980s or the 1880s. Not me.... cameras had not been invented when we were jumping off buildings.. 2 Quote
MUFC Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 2 hours ago, CaaC (John) said: Used to jump out our 2nd-floor bedroom window to the lawn below with no mattresses. Used to jump from the garage onto the lawn. Back then you'd always be taking shortcuts which meant you'd be climbing walls and jumping from them. Quote
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