Things that time forgot.

[Pabmusic]

Sherbet dips, Jamboree Bags and any sweet with greengage flavour.

[french frank]

Nine-bob notes

6d tanners, now worth, technically and approximately, 1p.

[Bryn]

6d tanners, now worth, technically and approximately, 1p.

Exactly 2.5p, surely?

[french frank]

Exactly 2.5p, surely?

Yes, a new penny was supposed to be approx. 2.4d, but when I said 'worth' and 'technically' I was considering inflation, so 'in real terms'.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yes, a new penny was supposed to be approx. 2.4d, but when I said 'worth' and 'technically' I was considering inflation, so 'in real terms'.

"In real terms" owning 6d in 1967 would mean you would owe 30p today.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"In real terms" owning 6d in 1967 would mean you would owe 30p today.

Don't spend any time on this post - it really doesn't make any sense!

[Bryn]

Yes, a new penny was supposed to be approx. 2.4d, but when I said 'worth' and 'technically' I was considering inflation, so 'in real terms'.

In "Very Fine" condition, they start at around 25p for 1960s issues, and rise to the £25 mark for the last stampings of 1970. Earlier issues command higher prices, of course.

[Flay]

The slide rule. I still have mine from 1964.

Same here (mine from about 1969 ). A British Thornton.

I still have a manual typewriter in the loft. You never know when it might be needed again...

[Flay]

(Incidentally, Meccano is still going strong:
http://www.meccano.com/

Not so strong: isn't it made from plastic now?

What about the little white dot after the TV was turned off?

[gurnemanz]

The slide rule. I still have mine from 1964.

Log (logarithm) tables.

I passed O Level Maths (also 1964) but never had a slide rule. I can recall some dog-eared log table booklets but never quite grasped their significance.
Cos, tan or sin come to mind as also eluding me (lettuce?, sun bathing?, unmentionable teenage activity?)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not so strong: isn't it made from plastic now?

What about the little white dot after the TV was turned off?

Still possible if you dab a tiny bit of Tippex in the middle of the screen - but don't expect the joy of waiting for it to fade before you go to bed.

[Serial_Apologist]

Same here (mine from about 1969 ). A British Thornton.

I still have a manual typewriter in the loft. You never know when it might be needed again...

You never know where to get ribbons for it. (I have mine, too).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Tippex.

[Serial_Apologist]

I see Dad's Army being abbreviated to DA on the relevant thread. In my time DA stood for a hairstyle associated with being a Teddy Boy, and meant duck's arse. You'd have to go to a Teds' convention to see one of those today. It's more interesting to see the, er, ubiquitous return of short-backs-and-sides and spectacles in styles to accompany, signifiers of past ages of austerity and men who knew they were men.

This is the first time in my lifetime that males half my age resemble my father and his generation, or characters in a period drama. We really do seem to be going backwards, in so many respects.

[gradus]

Cycle clips (?)