We Just Had These…

A small museum of the recently vanished

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O Levels

Just mentioned your O Level in Mathematics? You’ve done more than announce your intellectual superiority…

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Retail

Door-to-door salespeople

That knock on your door. At least it won’t be someone trying to sell you an encyclopaedia any more.

Travel

The 747

The Queen of the Skies is no longer being made. Get into that upper deck while you still can.

Food

Lilt

Carbonated beverages? They come and go. They come and go…

Blue shadows of shoes on an escalator Household

Kiwi shoe polish

What’s wrong with us all? Why don’t we want shiny shoes any more?

Turkey, mashed potato and kale

Turkey Twizzlers

They were once ubiquitous, these spiralised sausages of suspicion. Then, overnight, they vanished. Could they make a triumphant return?

December 30, 2022 in Food.

“Regular” stamps

Stamps have been the same for almost 200 years. Now, they’re changing.

October 28, 2022 in Communications.
Pillar box showing VR (Victoria Regina)

By appointment to Her Majesty

The Queen liked your chocolate? Your tonic water? Your wallpaper? Ah, now you have to change the label.

September 30, 2022 in Household.
Envelope reading: "Do not staple. Internal mail"

Internal mail

Internal mail is now usually instant. In the past, it was decidedly slow and uncertain. That was part of its charm.

August 26, 2022 in Communications.
Large sign for COVID-19 Vaccination Centre

Vaccination centres

The vaccination rollout was a miracle. But even miracles are over sometimes.

July 29, 2022 in Household.
Logo for Internet Explorer: Blue "e" Yellow halo

Internet Explorer

June 2022. The day the browser died.

June 24, 2022 in Communications.
19 pence postage stamp

Postal orders

Postal orders, it turns out, are clinging on to life. The Night Mail, though? No.

May 27, 2022 in Communications.
European Health Insurance Card

European Health Insurance Card

Bye bye, EHIC. Hello, EHIC in disguise.

April 29, 2022 in Travel.
Glass containing pink prawn cocktail alongside a slice of lemon

Luncheon Vouchers

A free lunch? Surely such a thing has never existed? Actually, for decades, in Britain, there was.

March 25, 2022 in Food.
A jumble of coloured pegs

Master Mind

Colours? Codes? It’s Wordle! Except, I’ve seen this before…

February 25, 2022 in Household.

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