Buying a lightbulb in Woolies and having the cashier test it for you.
Watching your change roll down the chute in the co-op.
Green Shield Stamps!!!

When I was about 8 years old I remember my dad giving me money to buy his tobacco and some sweets from the local corner shop, getting what he wanted AND coming back with the correct change. Or my mum giving me a glass bowl for the ice cream man to fill for a few pounds.

Being allowed to roam the area where I lived and playing with my trucks and cars on the kerbside. Catching bugs in jars or saving a few pounds and popping along to the local model shop for a Matchbox Tiger Tank or maybe an Airfix B25.

Having to walk to school or being dragged around town with my mum for the local shop.

Corrugated Iron everywhere (what happened to all the waste ground and corrugated iron?).

Adventure Playgrounds made of old telegraph poles.

Having only three channels on TV.

Spending all day watching the Grand National on TV and my dad putting a £1 bet on for me.

Not sure the name of the pilot or who owned the aircraft but one display that sticks in my mind as a kid. Sea Fury (invasion stripes) at Biggin Hill in the 80’s doing a perfect (and I mean perfect) 8 point hesitation roll at low level.

The other aircraft and crew sadly missed the ill fated Mossie.
Their display at Biggin Hill the year the aircraft was lost was one of the most impressive and powerful displays I’ve ever seen.

Of course, not forgetting the Suez painted Corsair and Lyndsay Walton (sorry bout the spelling).

Was there in 1998. Don’t remember the Choppers, did they go in 97 or maybe I just missed them.
Chandler was a favourite for George Pick Aerotours. Are the tours still going?

All the pilots and all of the aircraft of the Harvard Formation Team!

Come on, a chance to fly the flag. You know, that stripey thing.

Noel who?

You know, Swapshop.