Things that time forgot.

[teamsaint]

Starting handles for cars.
Foot operated headlight dipping switch, eg Austin 1100.

[Bryn]

Lead in petrol.

[teamsaint]

Lead in petrol.

The choke.

[oddoneout]

....measured tablets [sometimes flavoured] of [wait for it] rennet from a cows stomach which solidify milk, to make into Junket (set milk curds, - bit of sugar and scrape of nutmeg yum) or CHEEEEESE....most of offers seem to be for large quanities 100 litre n'such, didn't immediately find any for small quantities

This might be a more manageable alternative? https://www.cheesemaking.co.uk/anima...t-60ml-gm-free
The animal rennet comes from calves' stomachs as they use it to digest milk, and grow out of it as they move onto an adult diet. For obvious reasons it's not favoured by vegetarians and the majority of ordinary cheese in this country is made using an enzyme produced from yeast by genetic modification, and will be labelled as suitable for vegetarians. There are plant alternatives also (some of which I believe have been used for centuries as rennet wouldn't always have been available) but not used in volume cheese production as yet I don't think.
As an aside I always had to bite my tongue when customers at the deli counter I worked on would ask for vegetarian cheese and witter on about being vegetarian as they didn't like animals being killed, in blithe ignorance of the calf killing involved in the making of their 'vegetarian' cheese - to ensure continued lactation of dairy cows.

[Joseph K]

As an aside I always had to bite my tongue when customers at the deli counter I worked on would ask for vegetarian cheese and witter on about being vegetarian as they didn't like animals being killed, in blithe ignorance of the calf killing involved in the making of their 'vegetarian' cheese - to ensure continued lactation of dairy cows.

Yeah, I am aware that the egg and particularly the dairy industries are terrible. I was vegan for three years.

[cloughie]

Yeah, I am aware that the egg and particularly the dairy industries are terrible. I was vegan for three years.

Linking both the slogan ‘go to work on an egg’ and remember the milk vending machines - we used to call them ‘iron cows’ which sold cartons of milk and one choice was strawberry flavoured milk.

[eighthobstruction]

This might be a more manageable alternative? https://www.cheesemaking.co.uk/anima...t-60ml-gm-free
The animal rennet comes from calves' stomachs as they use it to digest milk, and grow out of it as they move onto an adult diet. For obvious reasons it's not favoured by vegetarians and the majority of ordinary cheese in this country is made using an enzyme produced from yeast by genetic modification, and will be labelled as suitable for vegetarians. There are plant alternatives also (some of which I believe have been used for centuries as rennet wouldn't always have been available) but not used in volume cheese production as yet I don't think.
As an aside I always had to bite my tongue when customers at the deli counter I worked on would ask for vegetarian cheese and witter on about being vegetarian as they didn't like animals being killed, in blithe ignorance of the calf killing involved in the making of their 'vegetarian' cheese - to ensure continued lactation of dairy cows.

....I'll get some for my brothers birthday on 12/7/20....

[Serial_Apologist]

The choke.

Retracting side indicators (or whatever they're called).

[Bryn]

Retracting side indicators (or whatever they're called).

Semaphore indicators, IIRC.

[ardcarp]

I had a very old Morris Minor once, and the semaphore indicators only worked if you banged hard on the appropriate side.
Does anyone remember driving tests c. 1960s when you had to use hand-signals AND indicators?

Changing the subject (and I haven't read all the posts) there was the classic Horlicks mug:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-horlicks-mug-night-cap-lid-541961578

[Serial_Apologist]

I had a very old Morris Minor once, and the semaphore indicators only worked if you banged hard on the appropriate side.
Does anyone remember driving tests c. 1960s when you had to use hand-signals AND indicators?

Indeed so. And I never stopped using them (except in very cold weather!)

[eighthobstruction]

....so what was the idea you had in your head ref - lefthand turn....I used to think of mixing dough in a bowl....

....Kodak Box Brownie....

[LezLee]

We were early getting in on hi tech recording. The microphone is what we used to record off the record player, complete with all the external sounds of buses going by and grandfather clocks chiming.

I was reminded of it yesterday when listening to Artist Descending A Staircase where 'eloquently' was paired with Grundigloquently - if I heard it correctly. Or was it just 'grandiloquently'??? Anyway it reminded me of this, the Grundig TK 5:

I've just discovered this thread and started at the beginning where I found this photo of my exact tape-recorder which is sitting in my wardrobe even as we speak and still works!

[eighthobstruction]

I've just discovered this thread and started at the beginning where I found this photo of my exact tape-recorder which is sitting in my wardrobe even as we speak and still works!

....Fab....

[LezLee]

"Please keep off the greensward" signs in parks.

A true story:
Many, many years ago, Liverpool Pier Head had easels showing the names of the ships in dock, one for each ship. One day there was a French ship called 'De Grasse' to which some wit had added 'Keep Off'.