Tokens of Youth

25 Jan 2005

I was just writing a pm about my diet, and commenting that I'd like to get into the skin tight yellow trunks I used to wear wind surfing in Antibes (and elsewhere) in 1978. I have recovered them from several clear outs at home and hidden them away. One day they will fit again. mad

Do any of you hang on to the totally useless long after it fits or works, simply because it represents a memory of great times?
I don't mean letters and pics, the traditional keepsakes. What's in your loft?

25 Jan 2005

Yes I keep my Willy for that self same reason
ahh the memories lol

25 Jan 2005

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

25 Jan 2005

Yep I have a fab pair of PVC shorts I wore in my raving days that I have a slim to no chance of ever getting back into (and slim just left the building lol

)

25 Jan 2005

Quote by warwick
Yes I keep my Willy for that self same reason
ahh the memories

Gotta admit I have a similar indulgence.

25 Jan 2005

Quote by warwick
Yes I keep my Willy for that self same reason
ahh the memories

damm you beat me to that one, now I gotta think of something deep and meaning full sad

25 Jan 2005

So you don't use it any more Warwick?
Is it because it doesn't fit or because it doesn't work? lol

Musketeer, my loft and every spare bit of space I have, is crammed with things that hold memories and I can't see me ever getting rid of anything. Will have to just keep moving to bigger and bigger houses!
My sister is emigrating to New Zealand in March and is currently in the process of sorting everything. They are only taking the normal baggage allowance for the flight, so they will be taking very few personal items with them, a fraction of their memories sad

Kind of sad, but as my husband said, they won't have any clutter when they move!
Bev
xx

25 Jan 2005

Everything i kept came back in fashion lol

...trouble is they don,t fit anymore redface

Baz bought me a dress for xmas ..a nice sexy one to wear at the next munch cool

but the funny thing is ...one of the dresses i threw out was just as sexy :doh: this thread has just reminded me of it rolleyes

aahh never mind
:giggle:

25 Jan 2005

I still have my first denim "Rag" full of Status Quo patches, studs, skulls, etc, which I had when I was 12. Still very much into Quo but the Rag is just a bit small..... the patches will be worth a bob or two now too, I started seeing them when I was 7, in 1977....
It will stay with me til I die probably!
Rick. biggrin

25 Jan 2005

Havn't got anything from my youth, but got a shed full of old electrical gear, if anyone wants a bit for a obsolete fuseboard, or old style mk grid I've probarly got one

25 Jan 2005

Quote by RickRoper
I still have my first denim "Rag" full of Status Quo patches, studs, skulls, etc, which I had when I was 12. Still very much into Quo but the Rag is just a bit small..... the patches will be worth a bob or two now too, I started seeing them when I was 7, in 1977....
It will stay with me til I die probably!
Rick.

Same age as me, you are then.
I have my first leather jacket, wish I still had the denim cut off that I used to wear over it, tho. Said jacket is never going to fit again, unless I get my tits lopped off in a freak accident, or something. And all the zips are broken anyway. And it stinks.

25 Jan 2005

Quote by Vix
I have my first leather jacket, wish I still had the denim cut off that I used to wear over it, tho. Said jacket is never going to fit again, unless I get my tits lopped off in a freak accident, or something. And all the zips are broken anyway. And it stinks.

Ditto........plus the pvc skirt (same condition) I was given by a friend when she grew out of it, we were 14. Could still fit into it at 24............ahhhh, the good old days lol

Venusxxx

25 Jan 2005

Quote by musketeer
I
Do any of you hang on to the totally useless long after it fits or works, simply because it represents a memory of great times?

Hmmm do hubby's count? confused

:? ........ :twisted:

25 Jan 2005

Hipster bell bottoms that I wore back in 199... well, when i was a skinny wee thing but too young to appreciate it.
They're stashed away but everytime I do dig them out, I always try them on - just to see. I can' get them past my bluddy thunder thighs now though. :cry:

25 Jan 2005

25 Jan 2005

Just remembering, I still have 2 pairs of brand new, un-worn lurex socks - The fluorescent green ones. Might wear them next week for my mate's birthday dinner, just to take the piss!
Rick biggrin

25 Jan 2005

Two old T shirts. One faded blue the other faded black, so faded its turned light grey! Both falling apart at the seams. Both peppered with holes. Bought them in 1974 and cant get rid of them. They're so threadbare now they're almost like tissue. And I still wear the damn things but only as vests when I have a cold winter here near the Black Mountains. Wouldn't be seen dead in them!!!

25 Jan 2005

A 1979 football shirt . Can't even pull it down over my shoulders .

25 Jan 2005

An all blacks rugby shirt (which i have always wanted to own) which i bought about a year ago before i piled on the weight!
I keep hoping that i will fit into it!!

25 Jan 2005

Beautiful Wallis off white silk coat size ten and all the clothes I made (suits etc) from the 80's :shock: :shock: . One of these days I will get them out and try them on - well they looked good at the time I am sure rolleyes

25 Jan 2005

Sorry, I'm not a hoarder. If it's not used within the past 6 months it no longer has a use so out with it! mad

I don't want to remember the past anyway. The only sadness I have is for the photos I no longer have of my eldest when he was still a baby. But the memories remain special and are in my head.

25 Jan 2005

Quote by JudyTV
The long black crushed velvet Goth skirt that I very nearly gave to little gem to go with the black basque. I will use that skirt for the party as well. Cool eh? Judy

Great stuff Judy! You'll look nice in that. I was planning on wearing something rather smaller and more acessible for the party! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
I have tons of stuff I keep hold of. I am a hoarder of the first order! lol

If I think one day it might come in useful it stays. But then my excuse for that is I am an artist and one never knows what one might need for the experimentation in the next project. biggrin

25 Jan 2005

West Ham hat that my Nan knitted for me when I was five.
Lb :love:

25 Jan 2005

A candy striped button down Ben Sherman , which would now probably fit around one arm . Token of the moonstomping halcyon days of Ska and Bluebeat , bought as an original from The Last Resort in Brick Lane. Only sad that the purple and orange tonic suit and the matching pork pie hat have long since dissapeared .

25 Jan 2005

Not a hoarder here although I did scrap a load of skinny clothes that I'd hung onto recently. Including a pair of Size 8 white jeans :shock: Heaven only knows when I was last a size 8 and more the point WHY dunno

I kept them.
I also have the very first bikini that I wore .. no chance of ever fitting into it as it's my bikini from when I was about 6 months old :shock: :shock: My mum has a pic of me sitting on the beach at Rhyl in it and I have the same pic taken of my daughter wearing it at the same age on Rhyl beach redface

ops: :oops: (I know I know it's so sad ... but it's so sweet too lololol)
Cxx

25 Jan 2005

I can't throw things out biggrin

:D I've got Misty For Girls comics, Misty,Jackie, Tammy, Judy, Diana, Blue Jeans, Jinty, Bunty, Mandy and Twinkle annuals from the late 70's, Just Seventeen, Smash Hits, No.1 and NME mags and Look-in annuals from the 80's, also still got threadbare Sex Pistols T-shirts and a pair of size 8 jeans I used to wear to school and I recently bought a pair of 70's/80's roller boots - the blue and yellow ones. lol

:lol:

25 Jan 2005

MQ - PVC short's from Raving Days how cool.
Being a young'un I dont have anything in my loft by I do have abox of toys from 1980's - including orgignal Star Wars Toys.
None of my clothes from my youth would fit me except my euro 96 england footy top both white and grey.
MIKE

26 Jan 2005

my attic is like a treasure trove of memories
cant throw anything away
rolleyes

26 Jan 2005

Quote by Silk and Big G
A candy striped button down Ben Sherman , which would now probably fit around one arm . Token of the moonstomping halcyon days of Ska and Bluebeat , bought as an original from The Last Resort in Brick Lane. Only sad that the purple and orange tonic suit and the matching pork pie hat have long since dissapeared .

Been listening to a lot of Ska music in the last 10 days - I forgot how much I liked it - think I am gonna like it for quite a while ..............................I remember having a two tone coat cool

. This house is still full of Ben Sherman but not mine - next generation smile

.

26 Jan 2005

I still have a hand-knitted fair-isle tank top, circa 1974.
Mike.