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I scored a mighty 6! Love reading these type's of threads about the "Good old days" so thanks for sharing your memories.

The Hair drier on top of the purple plinth possibly rollers? last photo..I remember my Mum wearing one of those thrown across her shoulder it came with a shoulder strap` she could do chores whilst drying her hair.
We had a one of those hoovers you pushed along back and forth forgot the name of them

going out exploring for the day, taking a sugar butty and a bottle of water to share with your mates, making sure you got first swig or else it would be full of crumbs

by the way, i scored 13, we never had a telephone

i scored 8 ish

The Co-op bread van horses galloping down Price Street to the stables on the corner of Cathcart Street, the drivers couldn't slow the buggers down because they knew they where going back to their warm quarters and a feed. Us kids used to "jock" a ride on the back if we could and then the drivers would try to put the brakes on.
Bin men who used to collect the bin from your back yard and carry the big metal bins to the wagon and back again on their shoulders.
Lorries powered by steam, along with "Steam Rollers" which were also steam driven.
The rag-man, otherwise known as the bally, going round on his horse and cart shouting "Rango, Rango", or that's what it sounded like to me, it was there version of "Rag, bone".
Co-op number for me was 46707 and 80865 the second time round.
A free third of a pint of milk at school, and maybe a second one if there was any left over, this done in rotation around the class, or if you was teachers pet.
In the park there were the Rocks, the maypole and the monkey bars and water rats in the pond which were probably water voles.
There's lots of stuff coming back but will have to do it in monthly instalments. Sturla's cheques, and Roastances, O'Kells and Roberts and Jobson, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

I remember the free school milk too (in the days before "Maggie" did away with it). Don't recall ever getting any extra though. Maybe you were a milk monitor Bandy, and had a bit more say in the matter!

Do kids today still get checked by the nit nurse? 'Nitty Nora' the biddy explorer!

Chemistry sets and turning my uncles arse green, my auntie got it off the wooden seat in the outside toilet quicker than it came off my uncles arse. In those days a thick ear off an uncle was permissible.

Nitty Norah died and no one replaced her. Hence the apparent abudance of headlice in schools at certain times! Don't think the school dentist comes any longer either.

Polystyrene tiles stuck all over the houses including Kitchens and bathrooms.First bit of modern insualtion. Friends mum had a fabulous fire in her kitchen!!

Polystyrene tiles and chip pans don't mix!

You know I don't think it was a chip pan, I am sure it was those hair rollers which were full of wax and they had to be put in a pan of water to heat up. Obviously boiled dry...and a bit more!

Bye the way Vanmanone, antiques roadshow had something very similar to your mums hairdryer on one of their shows, not so long ago.

Ewbank?

Button "A" and button "B" in the phone boxes.

Thank you granny`I missed it anyway`I can still picture her now with this bubble on top of her head with a flexy 2" pipe coming down her back and into the drier

Thanks chriskay `just could`nt spell it come to think of it we did`nt have carpets we had rugs&mats and linoleum in the bedrooms and kitchen "great for doing slidies" and a strip of carpet running down the center of the stair` held by brass swivel clips to hold it down