arguing about how to pronounce “apartheid”
basketwork shoes (coming back 2010)
Bonio dog biscuits
Brobat bleach
chastity trousers: rainproof trousers in horrible colours (French blue, terracotta, viridian) exclusively bought by women for men
coats in fur-effect material
coffee-flavoured food (mousse, ice cream, cake)
cuisine minceur
dymotape
Gary Larsen the cartoonist (retired 1995, didn't want to get stale)
genetically modified food
Golden Delicious apples (gone, long gone)
grey eyeshadow
high cut swimsuits
lurex (It was an early 70s thing)
nouvelle cuisine (now ancienne)
patios (now terraces)
scalloped potatoes
shower gel (it was going to replace soap)
smoked trout
smoky bacon crisps
stick insects
tinned asparagus (in airline lunches)
wearing wool next to the skin
More here, and links to the rest.
Have Golden Delicious apples really gone, or have they been renamed ? We must look out for likely candidates.
ReplyDeleteThere was a time when they were the only apples you could get. The 70s were grim!
ReplyDeleteYou can still get Golden Delicious. Actually they're not bad if allowed to ripen fully on the tree, something supermarket fruit has little chance of doing.
ReplyDeleteI saw some stick insects in a house recently - I'm not sure if they're still legal. Perhaps they've gone underground.
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