Things that time forgot.

[jean]

And those lovely knitted nylon sheets in dayglo colours, produced by Brentford Nylons...

[oddoneout]

Has anyone mentioned drip-dry nylon shirts yet? You could even dry them in a heap, yet they would smooth themselves out when you wore them.

And they made an interesting son et lumiere when taken off in low light levels.

[Flay]

When going to the butchers in the 60s I recall being told by my parents to ask for a "sheep cloth." This was the cloth used to wrap New Zealand lamb meat in transport. We used them for cleaning the floor, even as dish cloths I think (eee we wus reet poor in those days). Was this a unique experience or did others do the same?

[jean]

Don't you mean in them days?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I remember my mother got me some white nylon shirts to wear to school. They were awful. The word "sweat" comes to mind.

Thinking back, I do wonder if nylon clothing and carpets were intended to prevent youthful passions getting out of control. Not only did they give you a singularly repulsive odour by lunchtime, but even if anyone did let you approach you, the electric shocks that resulted prevented any kind of close contact.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

And they made an interesting son et lumiere when taken off in low light levels.

[Flay]

Don't you mean in them days?

Goodness me, no. I went to a grammar school!

[Pulcinella]

Trunk roads, designated T (in brackets?) on some maps.

[oddoneout]

When going to the butchers in the 60s I recall being told by my parents to ask for a "sheep cloth." This was the cloth used to wrap New Zealand lamb meat in transport. We used them for cleaning the floor, even as dish cloths I think (eee we wus reet poor in those days). Was this a unique experience or did others do the same?

Didn't have cloths but did get the tins that the livers came in. Once cleaned up and painted or otherwise decorated they made excellent waste paper bins. Which reminds me that said waste disposal objects seem to be another disappearing item. Perhaps they only exist now as interior design accessories.

[mangerton]

The word "thrice". A lovely word, and I prefer it to "three times" as much as I prefer "twice" to "two times" (except when doing multiplication tables). But I get very self-conscious when I use it in conversation, and have to make it sound as if I'm being deliberately Postmodernistically ironic.

It used to appear on prescriptions - "Take thrice daily". And there's this quotation:

"The game is done! I've won, I've won!"
Quoth she, and whistled thrice.

[anotherbob]

...and Frankie Howerd's "Nay, nay, thrice nay!"

[Stanfordian]

The Liberty Bodice (I'm not sure where I dragged that one from).
A Jock Strap.
Suspenders for mens socks.

[gradus]

Children's trikes.

School milk.

Snake belts.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Trunk roads, designated T (in brackets?) on some maps.

The A6 starting in London.
The A5, A34 & A66 being continuous roads.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

OS One Inch Tourist Maps