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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #75 on: 23 April 2020, 12:50:55 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 22 April 2020, 21:16:09
Those hugely long "whip" aerials that used to have the free end clipped to the rain gutter above the doors.

Oh yes!  I had them on my first company Cortina estate  8) 8) 8) :D :D :D  ;D ;D ;)

The radio reception never improved though! ::) ::) :)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #76 on: 23 April 2020, 12:52:55 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 22 April 2020, 21:12:34
Never failed to start 8)

No, joking aside about the 2CV's, they did seem to be reliable cars that were loved 8) 8) ;)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #77 on: 23 April 2020, 12:56:02 »
Quote from: Rangie on 22 April 2020, 22:30:06
Kids sitting on pub steps eating arrowroot biscuits.

Women wearing a head scarf pulling a small-wheeled shopping trolley behind them.
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #78 on: 23 April 2020, 13:03:24 »
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #79 on: 23 April 2020, 14:32:27 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 April 2020, 12:56:02
Quote from: Rangie on 22 April 2020, 22:30:06
Kids sitting on pub steps eating arrowroot biscuits.

Women wearing a head scarf pulling a small-wheeled shopping trolley behind them.

................and with a untipped cigarette hanging from their gob, but with the curlers in their hair well protected by the scarf ;D ;D ;)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #80 on: 23 April 2020, 14:37:25 »
Cars parking almost anywhere they like, with no traffic wardens :D ;)

..........but streets almost empty of motor vehicles parked up ;D ;D :)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #81 on: 23 April 2020, 14:41:58 »
Cars, especially taxis, continually blaring out Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4s2AMKPHnE

Well on Maltese streets in 1962 and 63 anyway!  8) 8) 8) ;)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #82 on: 23 April 2020, 15:35:59 »
I met Pat Boone in the mid 70,s. He was as boring as I expected him to be.
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #83 on: 23 April 2020, 16:36:03 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 23 April 2020, 14:32:27
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 April 2020, 12:56:02
Quote from: Rangie on 22 April 2020, 22:30:06
Kids sitting on pub steps eating arrowroot biscuits.

Women wearing a head scarf pulling a small-wheeled shopping trolley behind them.

................and with a untipped cigarette hanging from their gob, but with the curlers in their hair well protected by the scarf ;D ;D ;)
Still see that here, roll ups though.
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #84 on: 23 April 2020, 16:41:40 »
Classy ;)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #85 on: 23 April 2020, 16:59:25 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 23 April 2020, 16:41:40
Classy ;)

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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #86 on: 23 April 2020, 18:56:39 »
Promotional films like this clicky
sounds like good stuff  ;D :D
maybe we can use it to make masks and gowns  :P

Lizzie might like to watch the video anyway for all the history

and another....
firestone brakes clicky  8)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #87 on: 23 April 2020, 19:23:27 »
Quote from: dave the builder on 23 April 2020, 18:56:39
Promotional films like this clicky
sounds like good stuff  ;D :D
maybe we can use it to make masks and gowns  :P

Lizzie might like to watch the video anyway for all the history

and another....
firestone brakes clicky  8)

Oh yes!  The great days of the wonder of asbestos and how it could do all and solve all!

Shame it has and will continue to kill so many :'( :'(

The virus has nothing on that stuff  :o :o

Love the American cars, just as we used to see on the old black & white tv’s in programmes like Highway Patrol, Dr. Kildare, Whirly Birds, Perry Mason, etc 8) 8) 8)

The 1959 Chevrolet Impala, with the huge gull wings, will always be my favourite :-* :-* ;)
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #88 on: 23 April 2020, 19:55:38 »
Are there any trolley buses[as opposed to trams]in use these days?
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Re: Things you don't see today.
« Reply #89 on: 23 April 2020, 20:52:01 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 23 April 2020, 19:55:38
Are there any trolley buses[as opposed to trams]in use these days?

Yes, I believe at an open museum or two in this country. ;)

They should make a return to regular street use! 8) 8) ;)
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