Remember When...

[Mike in Cumbria]

Going back to annoying noises the most annoying of them all had to the the Clackers or Kerknockers.  Two balls hanging on the end of two bits of string joined at the top and them whizz them around.  An awful noise and I seem to remember them being banned at our school.

Also helped to break a few fingers I would imagine.

Rishile

Ouch! Those things hurt - we all went around with huge bruises on our wrists for a summer some time in the '70s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE

[Treetotal]

Talking of roaring fires brought back a memory of this.  The parents of one of my friends had a redundant vinyl record collection so we used to make containers out of them.  If you held them before the fire they softened and you could mould them into bowls and things.  They made very handy plant pots complete with ready made drainage holes in the bottom.

Bet no-one else did that.   

We did that too..we also cut openings in upside down shoe boxes...numbered them 1-10 and and rolled marbles into the openings 

Carol

[Maggie.]

We did that too..

Definitely a Northern thing then.   

[Greensleeves]

I don't think so - the habit also seemed to be prevalent in Suffolk at one time, judging by the number of such plantpots appearing in car boot sales in the 1980s!

[groom]

It was also popular down south - but we softened the vinyl by soaking the records in bowls of hot water. 

[ann255]

First episode of Andy Pandy  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLLI7V-xcQA

I have just sat and watched the whole episode and  been transported back to 1952 (I would have been 5). Thank you for the link, have so enjoyed a nostalgic trip back in time. I found myself with a tear in my eye, and also thinking how well it was done, really beautiful.

[Mike in Cumbria]

It was also popular down south - but we softened the vinyl by soaking the records in bowls of hot water. 

What can I say? You're reinforcing all my suppressed and shameful stereotypes about soft southerners. Wasn't a roaring fire good enough for you?      Did you put marigolds on to dunk your records in the warm water?

[Greensleeves]

Didn't even need to use hot water or a fire in sunny Suffolk - just forget to put your 45s away, leave them on the windowsill on a fine day, and there you go - pretty crinkly discs and very irate parents.   

[candleflame]

First episode of Andy Pandy  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLLI7V-xcQA

I have just sat and watched the whole episode and  been transported back to 1952 (I would have been 5). Thank you for the link, have so enjoyed a nostalgic trip back in time. I found myself with a tear in my eye, and also thinking how well it was done, really beautiful.

I hadn't realised how long the episodes were - 14 minutes. we had good concentration spans in those days!!