Things you don’t see as often anymore.

1. Horse troughs Though I’m sure there are plenty in the country
2. Brushed nylon sheets
3. Bellows
4. Cakestands
5. Football pools coupons
6. Milk floats I had to look this one up!
7. Inkwells
8. Nightcaps
9. Three-wheeled cars I can’t say as I’ve ever seen one of these – though I have seen pics of motortrikes
10. Black Maria police vans I guess this means Paddy Wagons?
11. Savings stamps
12. Mangles and Wringers For those who don’t know – these are the old-style washing machines
13. Pocket watches
14. Milk bottles I assume this means glass milk bottles since I see the plastic ones everywhere
15. Jew’s harps I had to look this up. I’ve never seen one of these before.
16. Carbolic Soap
17. Tank tops
18. Flatirons Does this mean hair-straighteners?
19. Powdered orange juice
20. Hairnets
21. Starting handles
22. Combination underwear I saw some pics of this online. This may be a stupid question, but how do you use the loo?
23. Solid toothpaste I googled this and could find no answer – how is solid toothpaste different from ordinary toothpaste?
24. Snake belts
25. Sanitary napkins I’m not sure why this is on the list. I know tampons are popular but I still see plenty of napkins in the store…
26. Half-time scoreboards
27. Leather school satchels
28. Basques Had to look this one up as well.
29. Scrubbing boards
30. Car running boards
31. Shorthand
32. Shaving strops another one I had to look up
33. School belts for punishment
34. Cassette personal stereos
35. Twin tub washers I see these in the shops, so I don’t know why they’re on the list
36. Lace-up footballs
37. Radio shops
38. Toasting forks
39. Shuffleboards Looks like some kind of elongated games table – anyone ever played?
40. Tea cosies and egg cosies Ok, tea cosies I’ve hear of, but egg cosies? Do they put a little beanie on their breakfast?
41. Cotton handkerchiefs
42. Nuns I assume they’re actually refferring to nuns habits, since the nuns themselves are still around
43. Typewriters
44. Cycle clips interesting contraption
45. Cuspidors and spittoons for those, like myself, who didn’t know, a cuspidor is a type of spittoon

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