What about adult covers of teenybopper hits on Sing Something Simple! I still have memories of hearing the Mike Sam Singers' rendition of Blockbuster!
I clearly remember the 'posh' desserts at Wimpy bars - especially Brown Derby (for those in the dark it was a ring doughnut topped with wippy ice cream and chocolate sauce. I loved their cherry pie with ice cream.
What about early closing days? Our shops always closed at lunch time on Thursdays!
Chelsea Girl! How much of my wages went on huge beige-coloured flares with a chocolate brown skinny rib jumper to top it off? Forties style coats, tights with arrows going up or down the sides, sew on patches, jeans with a big triangle at the knee and one colour on top, a different colour beneath, floppy hats, love beads, chain belts, velvet jackets, long hippy-like skirts, cheesecloth blouses, smock tops, chunky shoes, clogs, cork sandles, plastic rainmacs in bright colours (or snakeskin!)...
What about the food? Tins of 'sunday best' fruit cocktail and a fight over who had the cherry; tinned ham - all wet and slimy; Dairylea sandwiches; Kunzel Kup Cakes; Lyons Individual Fruit Pies; Birds Eye Rissoles (boy, do I miss them); frozen mousse in tubs or blocks; Tonibell Ice Cream; hake from the fried fish shop; savaloys, walleys, roll mop herrings (yuk!) oh the list is endless..
