Argos - book of dreams.

Gray2233 · 1 Nov 2019 at 15:35

A 99 (cornet with a flake) actually cost 99p.

jsmoke · 1 Nov 2019 at 15:37

Lul. I see what you mean, mainly house prices were cheaper, food was more expensive though, cars about the same.

https://www.hillarys.co.uk/back-in-my-day/

Terminal_Boy · 1 Nov 2019 at 15:40

jsmoke said:
Examples of cheap cost of living?

A gallon of 4 star petrol to run my moped cost about a pound in 1982 and would last me a week.

mmj_uk · 1 Nov 2019 at 16:02

You used to be able to get a bus for about 30p adults, 10p children. They charge about 10 times that now.

Rroff · 1 Nov 2019 at 16:07

bazzabear said:
Those golden mini-carriage clocks are a blast from the past. Something simultaneously so utterly naff, yet apparently so aspirational (judging from them being featured on the cover of at least two early catalogues).

Back in the 90s or so my dad would get given them as presents by various companies he worked with - they'd have their own branding on the glass IIRC - so we used to have several dotted around as he had no idea what to do with them.

Funky-Melon · 1 Nov 2019 at 16:13

I used to love looking at the phones when I was a teenager to see what new technology had been invented

http://argosbookofdreams.co.uk/2005-06.html#page=31

Oh how times change

Technology and innovation has peaked for now and the internet leaks everything before hype can even build up.

Rroff · 1 Nov 2019 at 16:24

Funny how there is an era jump around 1999 with the covers before that looking markedly like they are from a different time while the one since then superficially could all be this year.

jsmoke · 1 Nov 2019 at 16:28

Rroff said:
Funny how there is an era jump around 1999 with the covers before that looking markedly like they are from a different time while the one since then superficially could all be this year.

The World 2.0.

Macky · 1 Nov 2019 at 17:08

Funky-Melon said:
I used to love looking at the phones when I was a teenager to see what new technology had been invented

http://argosbookofdreams.co.uk/2005-06.html#page=31

Oh how times change

Technology and innovation has peaked for now and the internet leaks everything before hype can even build up.

Those Motorola Razr's were/are so good looking.

naefeart · 1 Nov 2019 at 18:19

Omg, shellsuits, Mask toys, electronic typewriters and Walkmans... Its all coming flooding back :eek:

Good times.

esoteric · 1 Nov 2019 at 18:44

omg I'm looking through 94/95 and I see the toaster we used to have.

adam cool dude · 1 Nov 2019 at 19:00

jsmoke said:
Examples of cheap cost of living?

Full weeks shopping was £20-30 tops, Petrol was 40p/liter. A mortgage was a couple years wages.

jsmoke · 1 Nov 2019 at 19:10

adam cool dude said:
Full weeks shopping was £20-30 tops, Petrol was 40p/liter. A mortgage was a couple years wages.

According to that site food was more expensive back then.

Ree · 1 Nov 2019 at 19:16

wow i just saw my watch that i had when i was about 7 or 8. hehe i loved that thing.

adam cool dude · 1 Nov 2019 at 19:54

jsmoke said:
According to that site food was more expensive back then.

Argos sold food?

Malevolence · 1 Nov 2019 at 20:19

Damn, this brought the memories flooding back. Wouldn't even like to take a guess at how far I peddled around the streets in this.

Andrew_McP · 1 Nov 2019 at 20:29

Terminal_Boy said:
A gallon of 4 star petrol to run my moped cost about a pound in 1982 and would last me a week.

I used to fill cars with petrol (yes, that was a thing back then!) and still remember the grumbling about petrol going over a quid a gallon. Heady days... quite literally; I loved the smell of petrol.

The Argos in Buxton was put on the site of the old Fine Fare, IIRC. It was an exotic Mecca of cataloguey delights, hitherto only to be found remotely via Grattans or Freemans. I remember queuing for what felt like hours in the run up to Christmas. It would probably have been quicker to get stuff from Grattans.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Nov 2019 at 01:29

Funky-Melon said:
I used to love looking at the phones when I was a teenager to see what new technology had been invented

http://argosbookofdreams.co.uk/2005-06.html#page=31

Oh how times change

Technology and innovation has peaked for now and the internet leaks everything before hype can even build up.

Look at those prices though!!! £229 for that Nokia 6238i!

gronf · 2 Nov 2019 at 04:19

MG42Maniac said:
N64 games for £55! Damn, with inflation that would be nearly £100.

Spent that on Blast Corps...

Luckystrike123 · 2 Nov 2019 at 07:31

Select Christmas edition 10 year old me would have looked at.
See Jurassic Park duvet set that I used to have have but had forgotten about.
*nostalgia overload*

What a great thing for argos to have done!