What do you remember- seems impossible now

[Deb D]

Ooooh, sister-in-law's family had something similar, Pebbles; - but theirs was bright blue at the top, clear in the middle, and virulent green at the bottom.  Looked decidedly weird if anything Australian or "wild west" was on telly - since when is red dust bright green?

[millymcb]

I fortunately don't remember many of these adverts but....... they seem impossible now (or at least people would think they were a joke)

http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/vintage-ad-sexism/

Milly

[mrs.tenacious]

Sometimes, these days, I think some women try to undermine men.  They do it in a jokey, eyes-rolled kind of way in order to prove their supposed superiority.
It doesn't always sit comfortably with me - both genders have their strengths and their weaknesses, and I've always felt we ought to accept and celebrate those differences.

And then I look back at these adverts, some of which were around when I was a young woman, and I think............................

nah, stuff it - it's payback time! 

[fifer1947]

LOL 

[derby girl]

Helping Mum wash clothes using dolly tub, mangle and of course the useful copper that gave you an electric shock if you touched it and the draining board at the same time.
The outside loo when visiting Grandparents with newspaper, rather than proper loo paper, not to mention the earth loo when we visited farming relatives out in the country.
Gas lighting in the caravan when we went on holiday - such fun preparing a new mantle - you sort of had to burn it first.  And of course going to the toilet block for baths and the toilet.
Steam trains - particularly when going on holiday - they made lovely noises;  but when we got to Yarmouth or wherever, the first thing my Mum did was wash our clothes - they were grimy with soot.
The first fridge we bought was in 1969 - as the new house we had moved to didn't have a pantry.  It was a gas fridge - very good and very cheap to run.
The bakelite radio when I was small - and listening to the Navy Lark, and the Billy Cotton Show on Sunday - and Workers' Playtime during the week.
Oh yes, the interminable queues at Liptons, and collecting the divi, and the butchers van that came twice a week, so Mum didn't have to go into town to shop for everything.
And with no central heating, and no double glazing - how cold it was in winter.
Derby Girl

[janan]

And with no central heating, and no double glazing - how cold it was in winter.

It meant beautiful frost patterns on the inside of the windows though

Jan

[fifer1947]

Remember scratching the ice patterns with your nails and the screechy, scrappy sound.  That sound still puts my teeth on edge! 

[youngtug]

It was a gas fridge - very good and very cheap to run.

Derby Girl

We had one of those, brilliant piece of equipment. Kept the kitchen warm to come down to in the morning, my mother used to put the socks in the top to air them, at least we started out in the mornings with warm feet.If you werer up early enough, put the gloves and scarves in to warm. Look at the price of these though, [LPG mind];http://www.jacksons-camping.co.uk/cool/gasmains.htm

[derby girl]

wow - expensive - mind you, I didn't realise they were still made.  The one I bought when I set up home myself was a reconditioned one from the gas showrooms and cost, I think, £60.  It worked very well, and was a lot quieter than the electric one which replaced it.
And I forgot - no-one has mentioned old money.  On long bus journeys we used to look through our purses and have a small competition on who had the oldest penny - some of them were very early Victoria.
Derby Girl