General Chat

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There must be loads of things we used to have, but for no reason we can't get them anymore, for instance refillable mascara, used to be able to get it in a tube and bung it in the mascara tube. Now I seem to spend about £7.00 on a mascara, only to throw the whole thing away when empty, there being nothing wrong with the brush. Lynda

Hi Lynda A big bar of chocolate for 6d.

Four of anything for a penny!

Jean Olde English Spangles and the pink candy stripped ones - can't remember what those were called. They must be the cause of all my fillings.

TRAMP PERFUME space dust clacker balls from the 70's lol

6 pennorth of chips and a pennorth of scraps wrapped in newspaper, ooh loverly. jenny

Pacers - white spearmint sweets with green stripes for all you youngsters out there LOL Sue

californian poppy perfume

Babe perfume and talc 16 black jacks for a old penny

Mascara in a little case. It was a little block of mascara that came with a little brush, you had to spit on the mascara then rub the brush on it. We all had eyes like Dusty Springfield (or even Dusty Bin!!)

Maureen - my eldest sister had that 'spit in' mascara - yuk! I remember collecting cards with PG Tips tea - do they still do those? Linda - yes you can still get 4711 in Boots - my Gran's favourite!

Oh Sue, how you brought back memories,i LOVED pacers and space dust.they did bring out something a while ago that was supposed to be like space dust but it just wasn't the same, Karen

What about the hair laquer that came in a plastic squeezy bottle it used to make your hair as hard as the hobs of hell. After all the back combing and the laquer, brushing your hair next morning( more often than not with a hang over) didn't half make your eyes water. MAUREEN

Linda Was only talking about Aqua Manda the other day. Used to spend my dinner money on it. Xanadu perfume by faberge in a big purple bottle.

Linda I'm sitting here chuckling at the thoughts of it. We certainly didnt grt the lads running their fingers through our hair! Maureen

Lower the tone - Dr Whites towells and the neat little belt to clip them to.

Hair Laquer reminds me of when I was about 18, "set" a neighbour's hair on rollers (remember the sort of cottage loaf style that was popular in the 1960's for middle-aged mums?) When I finished, she was so pleased that out came the plastic laquer bottle and she squirted it all over her head - unfortunately, she was standing in front of the open fire when she did it - talk about fire-eating, never been so frightened in all my life. She later emigrated to Australia with her family, and even now when I see the Bush Fires in Australia I tend to think it's Margaret caused that, spraying her hair! and no Linda, as a child of the 60's my hair was in a long straight bob, like Cilla's not a cottage loaf - lol Jacqui

Hello Girls, Hope you will excuse an old codger joining in. Apples that taste like apples Good vegs Boots pure chrolodyne Boracic powder Junior Apirin Walls Snowfruit and Snowcream Mars Vanilla Bars (back in 1930's) I could go on forever, but enough is enough. It's Good to Talk Best Wishes From an old Octogenarian Jim C.

I wonder why you can't get Chlorodyne any more? Chlo´ro`dyne n. 1. (Med.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.