I remember one time when we ran out of Brylcreem whilst out west - someone said to use axle grease which we did but once in the sun it melted big time and was a total disaster. We used to plaster the Brylcreem on so thick it would coat your comb with goo.
Had a Canadian Jacket with the flecks in too....real big-time. Before that it was a Daniel Boone fox tail hat and when the Yank sailors hit town (Sydney) you had to have a "gob" hat and if really game a crew cut (my old man threatened the barber over this). And a small (10) packet of "Turf" fags from soft drink bottle returns.
Bunger guns were pretty dangerous and could put a marble though a paling fence. Always carried a shanghai and pocket of stone for street lights and and bird silly enough to stay still.
Wonder what our grandkids will remember?
Winkle picker shoes, which ended in a point, and were apparently the fashion in the 1700's
Table top haircuts, where they put what looked like a big shovel like comb, complete with a bubble level, on top of your head and ran the buzzer over it. We had to travel to get this haircut, as the local barber only ever gave you short back and sides, no matter which style we said we wanted
Drainpipe trousers, an older brother once asked me if I had used Vaseline to get into them, or was it a new material, which I had sprayed on
Brylcreem, pre tabletop days was to wet the hair first, and then plaster the Brylcreem on. With tabletop haircut, you only needed a bit on the sides and back
Many years later here in Australia, I was talking to a man who grew up in the same era, but a different part the country. He said that when he was a boy the local policeman stopped him and his brother, and asked if their feet actually went to the end of their winkle pickers. His older brother said. "Yes they do, does your head go all the way to the top of your helmet." Before running off.
You have to remember that back in those days, the local policeman had the right to kick you up the backside for being cheeky
