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dragonfly46 · F
Clock radios
Public pay phones
Playing outside all day
Drinking from the front hose on a hot day
Concert tickets that cost 10 bucks
Movie tickets for 3.
8 track tapes
Pee Chee folders
Trapper Keepers
Dittos
OP and Lighning Bolt
8 dollar Vans that came in 3 colors tie only
Public pay phones
Playing outside all day
Drinking from the front hose on a hot day
Concert tickets that cost 10 bucks
Movie tickets for 3.
8 track tapes
Pee Chee folders
Trapper Keepers
Dittos
OP and Lighning Bolt
8 dollar Vans that came in 3 colors tie only
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@dragonfly46 I don't know those last few I assume are American brand-names, but...
I am pretty sure clock radios are still available. I used the alarm function on mine quite frequently. There is something of a market for modern radios - able to receive DAB as well as FM and AM broadcasts - with 1960s-style cases.
So I would add mechanical alarm-clocks, and mechanical clocks generally are rare now, for home use at least. (A new one now is likely to have been made by an enthusiast with the requisite metalworking skill and equipment.)
Public pay-phones - still some around the UK where portable 'phone coverage is weak. Many of the kiosks that became disused have been converted to miniature public exchange libraries, others to hold defibrillators.
I would add dial telephones, though.
Eight-track tapes? I think those vanished long ago but vinyl has made something of a return, and a lot of music is still recorded on CDs.
Prices of tickets? I expect they were always expensive, really! Your examples show inflation.
I am pretty sure clock radios are still available. I used the alarm function on mine quite frequently. There is something of a market for modern radios - able to receive DAB as well as FM and AM broadcasts - with 1960s-style cases.
So I would add mechanical alarm-clocks, and mechanical clocks generally are rare now, for home use at least. (A new one now is likely to have been made by an enthusiast with the requisite metalworking skill and equipment.)
Public pay-phones - still some around the UK where portable 'phone coverage is weak. Many of the kiosks that became disused have been converted to miniature public exchange libraries, others to hold defibrillators.
I would add dial telephones, though.
Eight-track tapes? I think those vanished long ago but vinyl has made something of a return, and a lot of music is still recorded on CDs.
Prices of tickets? I expect they were always expensive, really! Your examples show inflation.