Calling all dinosaurs. Frequently something on the forum, and elsewhere for that matter, sparks a memory that I have not though of in decades. such was the case just yesterday when the grocer's boy came to mind. Where has he gone? Where his iconic cycle with its big basket and small wheel up front? Pop your memories here. Other dinosaurs will enjoy the memory. The young will be amazed or even perplexed at the things we dinosaurs have tucked away in our memories.
My goodness, George - what a topic! Most of us on here are old, or even ancient,(forgive me if you are young!). You'll probably have hundreds of answers.
Constance
Ha ha George, the Corona van!
We were talking about Mac Fisheries recently too
Me and Tiswas were talking about how our grandmas used to scrub their stone steps! Who on earth would do that now?
I miss the sixpence, marbles (actually I have marbles now), jacks, the lucky bag. I think children today are missing how great it was to go out to play safely when there were more open spaces, woods, parks etc.
the biggest one i have is the milk vending machine that used to stand outside dairy's
and at bus and train stations. used to sell 1/4 pint cartons.
and potted meat from the local butcher by the quater not out of a jar .
lovely sandwiches .yum
Not quite ancient but I remember the half pint milk when I was at nursery and reception at school
do you also remember that milk bottles were left on terraced houses windowsils not on the step ..are our lovely milkman loved the sound of the claterring bottles then followed by the post man .3 delivarys a day with a morning sunday post . along with the sunday papers.
oh and my post office savings book.
and little packs of sugar in blue bags 1ilb bags 2oz tins of nescafe
brookbond tea with the orange stamp on the front . to put on a s avings card , 2/6 for half a card and 5/- for a full card .
green sheild stamps . oh the simple joys of british life .
oh yes a pint for 30p and shorts for 35p 10p bus ride into town adult fare 40p to get in to pictures ,40p roller disco ,40p to get to dancing, 10p a bag of chips . pr of platforms a £5 a skirt from chelsea girl a £5
yes boutiques remember them .not many now,god stop me now before i go mad .opps sorry to late
Good subject George, and funny as well... there's much I can remember! As a school kid.
Sure, we didn't have the internet, PlayStations or thing called One Direction.
But we had Mary, Mungo and Midge, The Clangers, Wooden Tops (Weeeeeeeeed, no not the weed we here about on the News these days!), Andy Pandy on TV, in Black and white, no colour TV's existed back then.
Like Jimmy-UK I remember the glass half-pint bottles of milk every morning in school, back then you didn't have a choice of various milks.
I used to look forward to my weekly Whizzer & Chips comic and annuals are Christmas Time! I know probably sounds sad to kids of todays generation.
We did have stink bombs though, I remember going to the Joke Shop buying a pack and letting them off in buses and shops..... I know it was wrong, and the smell was atrocious but we found it hilarious.
Our mum used to washi the pint empty milk bottles for the Milkman and he would give us 4 full ones. Mind you that changed in the 80's and 90's, people were stealing them before we had picked them up and brought them in.
One thing you could do back then and not to day was leave your front door unlocked, crime rates was very low.
I remember the Green Shield Stamps, you could get them in values of 5 and 40 and stuck them in a book.
I remember our first house phone, a big bulky black thing (not digital back then!) and no wireless.
If you had more than one TV which was Black and White in the house you were classed as rich. Ours was only about 20 or 22 inches and weighed a ton, and you had rounded corners (gawd, I nearly sent this with "curtains" on the TV not "corners"! LOL 
) Dam Tramadol it does make me do stupid things, and believe me I have done many. While I'm on that subject you can have a laugh on me.... and this happened recently!
My wife was out, I thought I would help her by washing my clothes so I did, well that is what I thought!! My wife had only popped around the corner to get a few items of shopping. Anyway, I came back on here and carried on replying to a message. My wife returned and asked me what is that awful smell, at the time I had a cold anyway so I couldn't smell anything. Then my Wife went in to the Kitchen and said "Les, what have you done??" I said "I put some washing on to wash"... but stupid me, and I had not long taken 11 tablets (Morning dose) - I had put all my clothes in with smelly socks on high heat, so they were "festering away" in the Tumble Drier!!! I didn't even use the right machine and most of the socks were mine and my sons! So, can imagine the stench! 
Metal Golliwog badges in cereal that you'd save stamps and collect! I loved the roller disco! and in another town later the ice skating rink and roller disco. I remember the Saturday morning pictures for 5p because I used to take my younger brother and sister. We'd better not hijack this thread!
sounds lovely odure of socks could catch on .
i think your find everyone ! that the school milk was a 1/4 of a pint with paper straws .that went soggy if you didnt drink it quickly .
and do you what, not one kid in my class was alergic to milk we all had it . no worries . the problems only started to get really bad when they started to mess about with it .taking the fat out .STRANGE!
hi yes i remember going saturday morning pictures with my brothers for 5p we also had a ice rink in leicester we had an out door one in december rigth in the main shopping area. to . i used to like speedway . and bangor racing which we also had not to mention a great football team .bangor and speedway track gone now .
Does anyone remember Jacobite chocolates (they were filled with a lovely crunchy stuff)? Or were they just a northern thing? Also pepermint "strips" - they were pink things.
What about Dandilion and Burdock? Or is that still sold in the north?
Showing my age here I think!!
no my favrate was dandillion and burdock from shipstons brewery with a metal top that had to be flipped of , i dont remember the other things .
aztec bars , 10 no 6 i'd fetch for my gran and dad.
popets in a much bigger box than now,and nicer, cadburys bar six ,
cadburys jamican rum and raison bar, the bar with a differant flavour in each square . cat remember what it was called i think it was cadburys.
nestles choclate bar from vending machine and beech nut chewing gum
i grew up in leicester but now live in yorkshire
The milk at school was in third of a pint bottles and yes, it was always warm, yuk! Does anyone remember the third of a pint bottles of orange, I'm not certain where we got those.
The golliwog badges you acquired when you saved a certain number of paper ones, from Robertsons Jams
I remember Dandelion & Burdock but I never actually had it.
And black and white televisions pre BBC 2 and what about the test card. And listening to the wireless.
Oh dear, let's get the violins out!
i did think it may have been 1/3 of a pint i thought that would have been to little , i knew it wasnt a half pint .poor little kids would have burst.
ours was warm in summer and freezing in winter .
i remember when we only had two channels , big thing when we got bbc 2 . i loved my radio ,it was clear in those days , and at night radio caroline under my pillow.because radio one went into i think radio 2 mayhave been 4 .
our tv stood on 4 black legs god knows how it stood up we had to tune it in as well . yes i remember the gollys on marmalade not in cearels .in boxes .knee highs were called pop socks, you brought toothpaste and toiletries from a chemist .
Oh crikey, I am so old!!
The radio was The Home Service [Radio 4 now] the Light Programme [roughly equivelant to Radio 1] and the Third Programme [Radio 3]
I remember the Pirate Stations, maybe that was why the BBC started Radio 1. Then there was Radio Luxembourg too.
The milk we had at school was revolting, it was warm but very close to being off I should think.
I remember Radio Caroline and Radio Luxemburg! At night, and like you I had a little Transistor radio under my blankets with my head under it, come to think of it now, I used to get bloody hot under the blanket, could of sufficated, but you didn't of things like back then.
It's like you say Tis, things have changed so much over the years! Do you remember Hedgehog Crisps getting banned? lol They used to taste nice, but people kicked up a stink because of the flavour! As if anyone would make crisps from Hedgehogs!!!
I used to Sherbert Pips used to buy them from the Sweet Shop, in a paper bag with 4 ounces of them. Back then it was only Fish & Chip shops, and you had to queue for ages, on paydays!
And those loverly, "Dripping Cakes" - I used to buy them direct from the bakery before they opened, so they were hot and sticky, I used to eat them all before starting work @ 16 hour shifts a day! It paid well back then, so doing dual shifts used to make me a lot of money.
Join the club - old, I mean!
My parents loved the Home Service, and I loved the Light programme. Still listen to radio 4 (when I can get it over here!)