Re: Olden day good times!

by Butterfield Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:17 am

"The disco, where the decor matches the bare asbestos ceiling." shifty

"Uncle Gary, the children's entertainment officer, is very, very good for the children." shifty

Only in the 70s.

by Guest Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:35 pm

by Nightjar Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:39 pm

That's a Martin Parr photograph innit.

by Butterfield Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:38 pm

Butterfield wrote:"Uncle Gary, the children's entertainment officer, is very, very good for the children."

Can "Uncle Gary" - in quotes - be the official children's entertainment officer of the New Hall of the Wendigo?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:17 pm

by Butterfield Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:31 am

Minus the rogue comma. gossip

by Fangirl Three Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:02 am

All these Butlins references are triggering flashbacks to a school trip I took to one of their camps in April 1981.

And they've sent me down a deep rabbit hole regarding the horrible nearby zoo we visited as part of out bleak South Coast Easter week.

https://www.zoochat.com/community/threads/hotham-park-zoo-bognor-regis.64601/

ave only just found this site, so hope i am writing in the right place. I have been obsessed with Rainbows end for the last 35 years, i have photos of myself with Humpty Dumpty and sitting in the green chair next to mickey mouse. When i revisited with my own children several years ago i found it all derelict i climbed over the fence and climbed through the undergrowth

And I thought I had problems because my memories of the last Friday afternoon there reminded me of the rollercoaster bit in The Girl Who Was Death, if there'd been a rollerskating tutor at the fairground who had shown sympathy for Number Six while still taking the p*ss out of his M&S tracksuit, all while the sun went round to the west along the coast behind an April 1981 sky of ground-glass altocumulus.

Don't worry though, the trip had a positive outcome, I read Doctor Who and the Cybermen on the journey back, and when we reached South London I got to see the forecourt of Tooting Bec tube station while everyone, including me, whistled the Citizen Smith theme tune.

Just for once I was part of the moment rave

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:54 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:54 am

This is, apparently, the first photo ever posted on the Internet.

Olden day good times! - Page 6 J4tI3i0

by Guest Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:59 am

And having seen the 3 and 4th pictures, It's true what they say the Int*rnet is for p*rn.

sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:24 am

by Nightjar Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:01 pm

Burnley players having an ice cream from the Mr. Whippy van outside Turf Moor, as they prepare for the 1962 FA Cup final...

Olden day good times! - Page 6 EVWqqkc

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Oct 06, 2020 12:44 pm

by Butterfield Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:42 pm

Pleasant video footage of Truro in 1990. But even as a meat eater I found the scene at 1:05 quite... shocking! And the shoppers just walk on by. Imagine the outrage if they still did that so publicly in this day and age!

I guess I should put a warning here for people who don't want to see dead animals. siren

by Butterfield Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:45 pm

I've just realised I've posted a video from 1990 in the olden day good times thread - there's video footage of me in Cornwall from the same year, just two months later in fact. grandpa

by Nightjar Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:47 pm

Do you really find that shocking?

I'd say avoid walking down Turnpike Lane or Ridley Road market on a hot Summer midweek afternoon then.

by Butterfield Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:02 pm

I don't think I've ever seen whole pigs or any other animal strung up like that. The butchers shop windows I know are usually somewhat more ambiguous than that.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:17 pm

They have dead birds hung up in Sheffield's Moor Market. bawl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:17 pm

With the feathers still on. bawl

by Guest Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:18 pm

Skinned Rabbits are a bit of a shock the first time you see 'em.

Tasty too, drool

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