Who Remembers?

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Caprifan Rob wrote:
pbar wrote: And if you're thinking of selling it, give me a shout.
Next time I go down there, I'll have a look for it. If my brother hasn't 'found it' it's yours. Just don't tell him I'm looking for it .. ;)
Don't forget the mains lead....... :lol:
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andyd wrote: Don't forget the mains lead....... :lol:
:lol: I'll have enough trouble finding the game, it's a small attic but I could be up there for days :)
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andyd wrote:Anyone else have one of these? http://www.simplyeighties.com/resources ... 20Game.jpg
I had one as well! :)

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pbar wrote:
Caprifan Rob wrote:
Still can't get over the price of that 14" TV , must have been a hell of a price in 1978, I guess 'Teleton' was a big name in the '70s, it was also a 'cutting edge' colour model too :D
It's crazy isn't it Rob, must of been a weeks wages or something for that size of TV back then.
I have a Teleton amp on my desk at work - gets used for listening to radio etc on a daily basis. Manufactured in 1975, and in continuous use since! Apparently they were a cheapo japanese import at the time, though.
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tejb1 wrote:

I have a Teleton amp on my desk at work - gets used for listening to radio etc on a daily basis. Manufactured in 1975, and in continuous use since!
:D

Nothing is made to last nowadays :?
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andyd wrote:
tejb1 wrote:

I have a Teleton amp on my desk at work - gets used for listening to radio etc on a daily basis. Manufactured in 1975, and in continuous use since!
:D

Nothing is made to last nowadays :?
We also have a selection of Laserdiscs still in daily use, and until a couple of years ago we had some 1969 8-track cartridge players and 1970s Kodak slide projectors, all of which still ran well. Easy enough to service and they just kept on going.

Equally, until recently I had a post office dial telephone on my desk. No wonder my colleague says I live in the 80s!
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Caprifan Rob wrote: Next time I go down there, I'll have a look for it. If my brother hasn't 'found it' it's yours. Just don't tell him I'm looking for it .. ;)
Thank you Rob, you're a good 'un :) That would transport me right back to Christmas in the early 80's.
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Caprifan Rob wrote: :lol: I'll have enough trouble finding the game, it's a small attic but I could be up there for days :)
If it has stuff like that up there, I'd be up there forever! I'd live up there.
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tejb1 wrote:
We also have a selection of Laserdiscs still in daily use, and until a couple of years ago we had some 1969 8-track cartridge players and 1970s Kodak slide projectors, all of which still ran well. Easy enough to service and they just kept on going.

Equally, until recently I had a post office dial telephone on my desk. No wonder my colleague says I live in the 80s!
You have all this stuff at work?! Is it to do with your job, or do you just simply like to have it around and/or use it.
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How about postage stamps with 1/2p on?
I was reminded by these which were on a parcel I received this morning :o

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Peter-S wrote:How about postage stamps with 1/2p on?
I was reminded by these which were on a parcel I received this morning :o

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That is surprising :?
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The 15.5p one titled "Information Technology" is part of a set that I'm fairly certain I had in my stamp album when I was a boy!
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Peter-S wrote:How about postage stamps with 1/2p on?
I was reminded by these which were on a parcel I received this morning :o
Wow, that's amazing Peter! That must either be sent by someone who has some ancient stamps still for some reason, or a parcel you have been expecting for a very long time!
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Great thread chaps. Some of it I am a bit to late for but still a good read none the less. I do remember a few things though. The I-spy books and also the fish and chips crisps. Mmmmmm.
Does any one remember these http://www.electrokinetica.org/shareddb ... pg&r=1&w=1

Hope the link works. I can't put pics from my phone on here for whatever reason. It's a goblin teas made. My mum had one. Always got a bollocking for playing around with it in the mornings ha
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rshyndy wrote:Great thread chaps. Some of it I am a bit to late for but still a good read none the less. I do remember a few things though. The I-spy books and also the fish and chips crisps. Mmmmmm.
Does any one remember these http://www.electrokinetica.org/shareddb ... pg&r=1&w=1

Hope the link works. I can't put pics from my phone on here for whatever reason. It's a goblin teas made. My mum had one. Always got a bollocking for playing around with it in the mornings ha
Yes, the teas made was very popular back in the day.....
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We had a Goblin teasmaid too. I never saw it being used that I can remember, but we had it for years, and it was just an ornament really, but used for the clock and/or light. A different one to the one in that pic, but same kind of thing.
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Now we're talking, used to love these :) Matchbox cars out all over the floor, pulling into the garage, rolling down the ramp, great stuff. And as for the racing track, that was ultimate excitement!

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pbar wrote:Now we're talking, used to love these :) Matchbox cars out all over the floor, pulling into the garage, rolling down the ramp, great stuff. And as for the racing track, that was ultimate excitement!

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Good find Paul,
I spent hours with these :D ......Bloody excellent.
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I had Hotwheels which was similar.
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Wow, I had those too, we were so easily amused! Remembered how excited I was setting up the run down to the 'loop the loop' so the car would go all the way round without dropping off :lol:
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