Some really old familiar things that no longer exist

[clarion]

I was half-listening to the radio with my mum once, and we were both sure that they announced the piece of music they had just played was performed by Izal Toiletroll.

Turned out to be Bernard d'Ascoli.

[TheLurker]

Courtesy and good manners.

[geraldc]

Milk bottle holders/carriers that you left on the doorstop. They had a little dial that told the milkman how many pints you wanted.

Not putting milk in the fridge. I'm pretty sure that when I was very little no one kept milk in the fridge. They'd just leave it out and expect it to be used in day, or go bad.

Tiny blue straws that they made you drink lukewarm milk through at school.

Blotting paper.

Ink wells in desks.

Commerative coins. I got one from Diana & Charles's wedding. I haven't seen one since.

[border-rider]

Milk bottle holders/carriers that you left on the doorstop.

We have one of these.  It's really useful for putting your bottles, shoes and gloves in in the car when en route for an audax

We used it at the last house, where we had milk in bottles delivered.  Here it comes in cartons.

Not putting milk in the fridge. I'm pretty sure that when I was very little no one kept milk in the fridge. They'd just leave it out and expect it to be used in day, or go bad.

Again, we tend to leave the milk out all day here

Tiny blue straws that they made you drink lukewarm milk through at school.

The local variant of Godwin's law precludes an answer

[Woofage]

Blotting paper.

You can still buy blotting paper. If you need some I can tell you where you can get it!

[Charlotte]

I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find most of mine, but if you can, they're fast disappearing...

Floppy disks
£1 notes and decimal 1/2 pennies
Incandescent rear bike lights
Pagers
Sock Suspenders
Telex machines
Cassette tapes (although I understand that the only people who still use 'em in any quantity now are the polis)

[Mr Larrington]

Dial up modems.

I've still got one somewhere, and Lt. Col. Larrington (retd.) still connects to teh Intarwebs with one, though I think he may be considering the acquisition of broadbean.

Cassette tapes (although I understand that the only people who still use 'em in any quantity now are the polis)

You can still buy 'em in my local Sainsbury's.

Soda Stream machines

We still use soda streams (and bought a new one only last year)!

Lt. Col. Larrington (retd.) got a new one this summer...

Draft excluding snakes

Got one of them.  Well, technically it's a lizard.

Is quadrophonic sound still around?

Sort of, only now people with four ears call it "Dolby 5.1"

[RJ]

those large dual cell batteries that Ever Ready front lights used to take.

Screwtop headtorch doorbell batteries

[robbo6]

Izal bum paper

Wandering round one of the local antique centres (it's a nice walk out there, and they have delicious cake in the cafe bit!) I saw that they were selling a roll of Izal.

Izal is still easy to buy. Bronco is the one that is sadly missed, along with the stuff from army camps marked "Government Property" on each sheet.

[numbnuts]

Reel to Reel Stereo Tape decks. Big and messy but so much better quality that the digital crap we have now.

I still use mine

[CAMRAMan]

The 1960s tea towel holder - yes, the ones that looked like a brown eye.

I got a row of four of them to finish off my new kitchen this summer, and very useful they are too. EBay has them aplenty... And they even have some that exploit their very appearance.

[geraldc]

I'm also old enough to remember when paedophiles were figures of fun.

There was an old bloke who lived in the village and people would warn their kids not to play near him or go into house.

He was just regarded as a sad dirty old man.

[fred the great]

A cats whisker radio with ear phones.

That was my first real Project as a very young boy

[JohnP]

me too.   Dad worked for Murphy Radio at the time. Used to listen to Luxembourg on mine - Dan Dare, Digby & the Mekon.

[rafletcher]

Half penny sweets and five p crisps.

4 for 1d chews (fruit salad and black-jacks) and 3d packets of crisps in paper bags 

[eck]

And the chewing-gum machines, where you got an extra packet when the arrow on the knob was pointing forward.

Ah, nostalgia's not what it used to be. 

[alan]

Virgins

[Arno]

Thick First generation iPod with physically scrolling wheel

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[Pingu]

...fruit salad and black-jacks...

I got some of them instead of the usual mints with the bill at Monster Mash 

[Pingu]

...£1 notes ...

Still got them until relatively recently in Scotland. I haven't seen one for a while, though.

[Zoidburg]

Glue sniffers.

Although like pound notes I do believe they still have them in Scotland.

[Really Ancien]

Washing Tongs, and a whole host of washday paraphenalia.
E2BN Gallery : Washday

Damon.

[MSeries]

coin operated call boxes

[mattc]

English pound notes.

[Regulator]

coin operated call boxes

Still have them in London and in Cambridge and lots of other places.

However, they don't tend to be red boxes any more...