Products or things you don't see or hear much of anymore...

[roddy1960]

Firteen , Firteen, Firty two...Do they still exist on the Big Island , don't think they do on the little island .. If they do it's a long time this appeared ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0-Nw2aA9jo..

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

Firteen , Firteen, Firty two...Do they still exist on the Big Island , don't think they do on the little island .. If they do it's a long time this appeared ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0-Nw2aA9jo..

Apparently......

https://www.lubemobile.com.au/?gclid...hoC1x4QAvD_BwE

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

Polly Waffles - I used to love those ****ers

Yes they were a favourite of mine, you will be in luck with Polly Waffles as they were to be scheduled for a come back but apparently was delayed due to covid so hopefully sometime this year we should see them again.
You should enjoy those ****ers soon enough
https://www.taste.com.au/articles/po...id-19/zep52s77

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Yes they were a favourite of mine, you will be in luck with Polly Waffles as they were to be scheduled for a come back but apparently was delayed due to covid so hopefully sometime this year we should see them again.
You should enjoy those ****ers soon enough
https://www.taste.com.au/articles/po...id-19/zep52s77

In the meantime, you can try these hand made copies...

https://www.chocolateworks.shop/Reta...-Log-p444.html

Originally Posted by Itsme

My in-laws live around the corner from Slades in Keon Park and sad to say they do not produce Slade drinks any more, real shame as I thought they were a great soft drink at reasonable price.
Here is an email quote I just received from Slades recently.

That's a shame, They need to update their website, too.....

[FTE217]

Big Ben Pies

[marty351]

Pye electronics, it was good to have a cheap option.

[CoupeKing]

Portello soft drink.

I know you can still get it but it used to be in every decent shop's fridge. Less common these days, especially in the suburbs.

I see people talking about milk bars etc. I grew up in the 80's when they were at their zenith and were usually located next to a fish n chip shop. Now most of them have gone and have been replaced with medical clinics. Generally anything that tastes so good is no good for you - guilty as charged.

And if I wasn't loitering around a milk bar I was chasing a Mr Whippy van.

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by CoupeKing

Portello soft drink.

I know you can still get it but it used to be in every decent shop's fridge. Less common these days, especially in the suburbs.

I see people talking about milk bars etc. I grew up in the 80's when they were at their zenith and were usually located next to a fish n chip shop. Now most of them have gone and have been replaced with medical clinics. Generally anything that tastes so good is no good for you - guilty as charged.

And if I wasn't loitering around a milk bar I was ****ing a Mr Whippy van.

edited sorry

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by CoupeKing

Portello soft drink.

I know you can still get it but it used to be in every decent shop's fridge. Less common these days, especially in the suburbs.

This one developed into a Vodka mix, made right here in Beechworth.
https://billsons.com.au/shop/p/vodka-with-portello

[tweeked]

Turning the TV on waiting, and then having the screen slowly grow from the middle as the vacuum tubes warm up.

[DJM83]

Probably not a common one for some folks, but wished they still make it rather than the rubbish flavours they randomly bring out.

[.:4:.]

You hardly ever see rapid antigen tests in shops these days..... too soon?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

You hardly ever see rapid antigen tests in shops these days..... too soon?

or mince for that matter.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

or mince for that matter.

Arent you supposed to eat toilet paper instead (thats what my kid says)

[DJM83]

Id imagine this might be in some independent shops, but dont see it much now at all

[Tonz]

condoms are they still a thing or is it freedom these days, Iam too old to even think about those issues. And, no doubt if I did the girls at my local chemist would laugh & joke 'what are getting those for Tony, memorial day or something". If only they would help me

[hawkgirl]

Triple treat and Vienna Chocolate icecreams
Orbells soft drinks (especially Club Nectar)
The original (like 1980s) Samboy chicken chips - was awesome and different but now they taste like every other chicken chip
ETA Steak & Onion chips - my long departed Dad would always bring me back a packet from the pub in the 70s, miss them both
Ice cologne

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by hawkgirl

Triple treat and Vienna Chocolate icecreams
Orbells soft drinks (especially Club Nectar)
The original (like 1980s) Samboy chicken chips - was awesome and different but now they taste like every other chicken chip
ETA Steak & Onion chips - my long departed Dad would always bring me back a packet from the pub in the 70s, miss them both
Ice cologne

Far out they were the best, probably one of my favs

[prktkljokr]

Home milk deliveries in glass bottles with foil lids, The Crystal drinks truck delivering soft drink, Letchfords soft drinks and Leeds lemonade.

From memory there were a few soft drink companies that delivered drinks one was called Pop, Crystal and a few others.

I can remember that SOLO was sold in every state except Perth we got Pinto, I remember the ad being the same jingle but he was the Pinto man, then they changed it to SOLO

[slowsnake]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Home milk deliveries in glass bottles with foil lids, The Crystal drinks truck delivering soft drink, Letchfords soft drinks and Leeds lemonade.

From memory there were a few soft drink companies that delivered drinks one was called Pop, Crystal and a few others.

I can remember that SOLO was sold in every state except Perth we got Pinto, I remember the ad being the same jingle but he was the Pinto man, then they changed it to SOLO

My dad sold Osborne soft drinks around Western Sydney, lower Blue Mountains, early 70's, they had their depot at Petersham, not a bad drop, bad company to work for though, really ripped off their drivers,

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Home milk deliveries in glass bottles with foil lids, The Crystal drinks truck delivering soft drink, Letchfords soft drinks and Leeds lemonade.

From memory there were a few soft drink companies that delivered drinks one was called Pop, Crystal and a few others.

I can remember that SOLO was sold in every state except Perth we got Pinto, I remember the ad being the same jingle but he was the Pinto man, then they changed it to SOLO

what about the smaller milk bottles we all used to get at school.
Damn those magpies used pop those tops off you'd be pi ssed off.
Worse was when they weren't nice and cold :( puke.

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by FTE217

what about the smaller milk bottles we all used to get at school.
Damn those magpies used pop those tops off you'd be pi ssed off.
Worse was when they weren't nice and cold :( puke.

You were Flash, We got our Free Milk in Little Plastic bags/sachets & it was ALWAYS Warm!

To this day I Can't drink Plain Milk..

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by hayseed

You were Flash, We got our Free Milk in Little Plastic bags/sachets & it was ALWAYS Warm!

To this day I Can't drink Plain Milk..

Small milk bottles for us school kids in Vic (early 60's) what years and which state did you receive milk plastic satchels?

Oh our milk was warm if left in sun for too long before collection. yuck!

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Small milk bottles for us school kids in Vic (early 60's) what years and which state did you receive milk plastic satchels?

Oh our milk was warm if left in sun for too long before collection. yuck!

correct, fist I heard of satchels back in the days.
I'm late 60's/70's primary school and it was small glass bottles in crates.
Morning tea times, whoever managed the milk delivery buggered up somedays for yes the sun got to it ruined it obviously and the birds at times.
When you struck it when fresh cold it was superb.
No flash school government public those days sydney based.
Poor hayseed lol....

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Small milk bottles for us school kids in Vic (early 60's) what years and which state did you receive milk plastic satchels?

Oh our milk was warm if left in sun for too long before collection. yuck!

I started School in 1971.In a Small N.S.W. rural Village School of 40 Kids.
The bigger one were on a roster to walk up to the Train Station (couple of Ks) to collect the Milk. It would be in a couple of Milkcrates in the Guards van with the local Mail & whatever Freight they had..

[73 4V XB]

This will bring back some of those milk bottle memories.



Found it in the shed one day, 40 years ago

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by 73 4V XB

This will bring back some of those milk bottle memories.

image

Found it in the shed one day, 40 years ago

You can actually buy bottled milk from harris farm, they bottle it instore.

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by 73 4V XB

This will bring back some of those milk bottle memories.

image

Found it in the shed one day, 40 years ago

1/3 of a pint from memory from old “milk monitor” days?
Also remember school banning “flavoured straws” (choc, strawberry etc) that many kids used to make the warm tepid milk drinkable

[slowsnake]

Ralph Sarich and his orbital engine?
It's gotta still be around but not mentioned often!....

[danzvtil]

When my grandma moved from the country to the city in the late 80s she would get home delivered soft drinks in crates. This went on until the early 90s. I wonder what happened to those businesses.