Sadly missed? Blasts from the past - A reminder of Stafford's past

[cat_woman]

I don't remember it doing me much harm.

... that will be the concussion!! lol

My thoughts exactly :p

 

[pop80_uk]

It has to be Tandy for me, I spent most of my youth and pocket money in that shop. Good days.

 

[Gramaisc]

It has to be Tandy for me, I spent most of my youth and pocket money in that shop. Good days.

I still have somewhere the free giant grey torch that was meant to induce you to keep going back to buy even more batteries.

 

[tek-monkey]

It has to be Tandy for me, I spent most of my youth and pocket money in that shop. Good days.

God I loved that place, great shame

At least we now have a Maplin, but its not the same.

 

[basil]

brine baths swimming, Mr Owen and Mrs Simpson....

 

[Tinkerbell]

I miss the Reynolds Bar - with their sticky carpets !

I spent many a Saturday night ratfaced leaning up the pillar or dancing on the boxes on the dancefloor (usually when really ratfaced) thinking I looked really cool !!

 

[Tinkerbell]

It has to be Tandy for me, I spent most of my youth and pocket money in that shop. Good days.

Oh yeah - I remember spending £4.99 on a device that recorded telephone conversations - got myself into loads of trouble !

 

[wmrcomputers]

I miss the Reynolds Bar - with their sticky carpets !

I spent many a Saturday night ratfaced leaning up the pillar or dancing on the boxes on the dancefloor (usually when really ratfaced) thinking I looked really cool !!

SO IT WAS YOU!! lol

I totally agree, i personally loved the place. My favourite was Thursday nights in the attic bar when the DJ's did competitions and stuff. I exchanged clothes with some poor cow underneath a bin bag on the stage. Won free drinks thee next week so it was worth it (at the time that was worth a full weeks wages to me!)

 

[wmrcomputers]

It has to be Tandy for me, I spent most of my youth and pocket money in that shop. Good days.

I still have somewhere the free giant grey torch that was meant to induce you to keep going back to buy even more batteries.

It wasn't a torch. It was a LIGHT SABRE! Seriously did you ever point it into the sky on a foggy night? That was one mean torch!!!!

You're right about the batteries, it took 6 D cells if i remember rightly.

Can't believe you still actually have it! How bizzare

 

[Gramaisc]

That's right - 6 D cells and capable of lighting a camp fire. I will find in during the big clear-up that is supposed to be going on.

I half remember seeing a few bands in the Attic - some of the Animals, the Counterfeit Stones and Chris Farlowe come to mind, but there must have been others.

 

[Slainte]

I miss the Reynolds Bar - with their sticky carpets !

I spent many a Saturday night ratfaced leaning up the pillar or dancing on the boxes on the dancefloor (usually when really ratfaced) thinking I looked really cool !!

Ah..... Reynolds, them was the days....

 

[The Stafford Beast]

Sadly missed - The Surgery (in its hayday)
Packed full of people on certain nights, and had the atmosphere I liked. I spent most Saturday nights there as a student, and got to know quite a few people when tipsy!

Thankfully gone - The Surgery (in its demise)
Picture this - I turn up one Saturday night, wide-eyed and full of expectation... sat there until gone 11pm with a mate when it used to be filling up nicely, although this time nobody came. Ended up upstairs with 5 sweaty long-haired blokes in AC/DC t-shirts and leather jackets 'moshing' away to something similar to Slipknot. Never mind.

 

[cat_woman]

That's right - 6 D cells and capable of lighting a camp fire. I will find in during the big clear-up that is supposed to be going on.

I half remember seeing a few bands in the Attic - some of the Animals, the Counterfeit Stones and Chris Farlowe come to mind, but there must have been others.

So the big clear-up is still on the cards them,

Don't forget the Hamsters!

 

[Florence]

I will find in during the big clear-up that is supposed to be going on.

Sadly missed - Gramaisc's carpets. Not seen for many a year...

 

[wmrcomputers]

Sadly missed, although thankfully gone for safety reasons....the deeper river bed in the town park area. They then put in a shallow concrete bed.
I had many an enjoyable summer holiday jumping off the road bridge into the river. Hundreds of kids used to do it. It's probably less than 2 ft deep now and would more than likely cause instant death!

 

[ODB_69]

Mike lloyds....loved that place

 

[tek-monkey]

Ah yes, good old Lotus Records.

 

[ODB_69]

also miss Spicemasters takeaway....well nice curries with copious amounts of radioactive, glow in the dark food colouring

 

[Gramaisc]

Ah yes, good old Lotus Records.

I still have a Lotus bag - and from the Mill Street days, too. Offers?

 

[wmrcomputers]

Ah yes, good old Lotus Records.

I still have a Lotus bag - and from the Mill Street days, too. Offers?

and a tandy torch.... my god Gramaisc.... your home must be an emporium of Stafford historical items!!!