Things from your childhood that feel like ancient history now

[reecejackox]

I would say

Fredos being 10p

 

[GoingSince1990]

Candy cigarettes.

 

[Chupaca bruh]

Tom Terrific.

 

[tvguy]

Being able to pre-pay for milk in elementary school for $8.75 for the entire school year, 175 days, 5 cents a carton. Today that carton is 50 cents, so $87.50 for a year.

 

[usnuzuloose]

Fun dip

 

[Skippy918]

Buying a slice of pizza from the pizzeria for $1. Buying ice cream from Mr. Softee for less than $1.

 

[Silver saucer]

Slurpees from 7/11 that were 10,15, and 20 cents a piece. And penny candy was a penny!

 

[usnuzuloose]

I remember when theaters were showing 1 dollar movies

 

[Karin1984]

A phonebook.

 

[slo]

A rotary phone

An 8-Track player

A record player

A Sony Walkman

 

[unrequited23]

Using the card catalogue to find books at the library.

 

[mrodgers]

I remember when theaters were showing 1 dollar movies

My mother goes to the movies a lot (did before the pandemic.) Her theater matinee with senior discount is $11.75. Regular tickets at my theater is $11 and it's a much nicer theater with seats that are actually not ripped up and they clean between showings.

 

[fly girl]

Flipping through these bad boys every Christmas as a kid ... scrambling to get to the toy pages and circle my dream gifts.

 

[hulagirl87]

Saturday morning cartoons. Sitting down at 8am with a bowl of cereal and sitting there until noon!

 

[SandyinMonterey]

There was a movie theater, Movie City 5. Movies were 50 cents. It lasted a couple of years. This was in the 80's.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Sears Catalog
Rotary phones
rabbit ears
black and white tvs

 

[bellebud]

Fun dip

I still eat fun dip occasionally.

 

[bellebud]

I would say

Fredos being 10p

I don't know what this means...

 

[bellebud]

Wizard of Oz and March of the Wooden Soldiers being aired on TV once a year.

 

[prairie_girl]

Flipping through these bad boys every Christmas as a kid ... scrambling to get to the toy pages and circle my dream gifts.

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Ours was the Sears catalog. There was quite an uproar when they stopped sending it out.

I don't know what this means...

Fredos are a small chocolate frog candy. I believe there are other flavours but I haven't had one in ages. I thought they were an Australian treat, but pretty sure the op is British, so maybe the're there too.