If you’re a child of the 60s or the 70s, it does feel like the world was a more gentle and and simple place back when we were growing up.
One where we sat down and drank TAB around the formica dining tables and then settled down to watch Countdown on a Sunday night. It was also full of objects that are now pretty much extinct. Join us for a happy wander down memory lane and see how many of these things you remember….
1. All of your “contacts” were kept in here
2. At one point, this was all you wanted for Christmas
3. This, or a variation of this, adorned your bedroom wall
4. Your lounge room had a display cabinet just like this one (for the good china)
5. Your family ate dinner here:
6. You weren’t happy unless you went home from the fair with one of these
7. You can recite Mrs Marsh and the Colgate commercials
8. Your phone was a rotary dial model attached to wall (and if you wanted to call long distance, you had to wait until after 7pm when it was cheaper)
9. ‘Avon Calling!’ was a familiar sound at your front door. And it was welcome!
10. You ordered a blue heaven ice-cream off this guy
11. Your Mum seemed a little too fond of these...
12. You made one of these as a kid
13. It was no big deal to ride in the back of the station wagon and NOT wear a seatbelt
14. You had one of these in your kitchen (you probably still do)
15. And your Mum let you lick these if you were good
16. Your haircut was inspired by these ladies
17. You often drank this:
18. The only way to put your car window down was to use one of these babies