29 Images That’ll Traumatise Any 70s And 80s Kid

1. Olive - On The Buses

This woman was so plain that Arthur looked for every excuse to come home late, for fear of her advances towards him! She was so ugly when she married Arthur, the vicar had to wear blinkers! We all remember this from when we were younger, it always used to make us laugh! So many memories!

2. Victory V's

They were so strong, they nearly blew your head off! However, these were really good for when you had a cold - there was no doubt that your sinuses were completely clear after having one of these. Not only were your sinuses clear, but the whole room started to clear when you got these out because the smell of them was just so strong. But, nonetheless, we still went out and bought them!

3. Whistling Kettle

My grandparents had one of these and whenever we used to go round the first thing they would do was put the kettle on. The whistling sound was so loud that it sounded like there was an alarm going off! I think that this was so unnecessary... but at least you knew when your water was boiled! Thank goodness these aren't around anymore and we have electric kettles!

4. Loud Wallpaper

This was enough to give you a migraine if you entered the room without warning! Every single household was completely plastered with the most ridiculous wallpaper possible! We had to get out the 'Foster Grant' sunglasses to keep sane! I am so glad that this ridiculous kind of wallpaper quickly went out of fashion, now we can actually walk into rooms without getting blinded!

5. Bonny Langford And Lena Zavaroni

It was bad enough hearing one of them sing, but a duet was too much to bear! These two were just completely horrific, there was no reason why these guys should have gotten famous. We had just got over Bonny in 'Just William' so what did we do that was so bad to deserve this?! Thank goodness we don't have to listen to their dreadful singing again.

6. Toilet 'Sandpaper'

I'm sure we were worth more than this on such a delicate area! This medicated toilet paper was the bane of all of our lives. It was like a punishment we were forced to bear - at a time we definitely didn't deserve it! We are so glad that we don't have to use this anymore.

7. Rod Hull And Emu

Were they really so short of entertainers in the 70s and 80s that they had to recruit this erratic thing (and his bird - boom boom)! Rod Hull and Emu really did take the 70s and 80s by storm! Anyway, who was working who? For some reason, puppets became an insanely popular means of entertainment back in the day! This brings back so many memories!

8. The Krankies

Was wee Jimmy Krankie not really a schoolboy - are you winding me up?! This duo was hilarious - but in excess, they became quickly annoying, didn't they? What - Jimmy is really Janette and she is his WIFE?! I remember when I found out that they were actually married - I was in complete shock about it!!

9. The Recorder

Listening to my sister learning, or should I say, slowly killing us with the recorder stopped me wanted to pursue any musical instrument in the future. It was part of every school curriculum that we had to learn to play to the recorder. I think it contributed to our neighbours, on both sides, deciding to sell up and move to Australia! There wasn't anything more irritating than having to play such a dull instrument.

10. Shell Suits

Were these really worn by sensible human beings back in the day? There was no outfit that stood out to us more than this, was there? People were willing to spend a fortune on these tracksuits! The most unflattering fashion for many a year! People who owned one of these probably kept theirs until now - it is crazy how these trends are coming back in!

11. Vosene

After the weekly hair washes in the bath, with the shower attachment, our eyes were stinging like mad from this dandruff shampoo! But, it was the only thing that our parents would go out and buy! Even putting a flannel over my eyes did not stop the green acid-like solution trickling through - ouch! You could never escape the suds from this!

12. Timmy Mallett

Over the top comedy presenter who found it funny to hit everyone and everything in sight with his mallet. We can admit that we all found this guy really annoying. The fact that viewers liked him was the most shocking aspect for me! But, he was really popular with everyone so that's why he stayed on our screens for so long I suppose!

13. Cooperman And Blunderwoman

These two were an odd combination to tackle the world! We all knew they were a spin-off from Superman and Wonderwoman.. but did you prefer the originals or these two? We were traumatised - but with laughing at how ridiculous this concept was. Two grown men dressed up as Superhero's... hilarious!

14. Lizzie

She was a fitness fanatic and far too bright and bubbly in the mornings - we couldn't cope with it. No one is that happy in the mornings, are they?! Lizzie saw exercise as a good thing - we thought having a lie in and getting our beauty sleep was a much better idea! We liked to convince ourselves we'd partake in these exercises... but we never did!

15. Sherbet Lemons

So sour, they made you make faces which should not be seen in public. But, that just didn't stop us buying a ridiculous amount of these. It didn't stop us crunching through 2 ounces of them, though! The best part was the sugar rush that came after it... but, this usually left us with a headache.

16. Climbing ropes in P.E

If there was one reason we absolutely dreaded doing P.E when we were younger, it was because we had to climb these ropes. Our teachers never tried it so they never understood how utterly painful doing this was. But, we frequently had to climb the ropes when we had to do P.E at school. A number of fake notes we wrote to avoid having to do it was ridiculous!

17. Girl's World

We used to be obsessed with these kinds of things when we were younger. There was nothing we loved more than playing with dolls heads like this. However, the trauma with these dolls came when we thought we were qualified hairdressers. We used to think that we had to ability to cut the hair on these dolls... but we were so wrong about that!

18. These bags

We all remember these bags when we were younger. The jelly bag matched perfectly with the jelly shoes that we were obsessed with wearing. But, the thing that was stupid about these bags was that everyone could see the contents of your bag. Not only this, but it was rare the contents stayed in!

19. Video Tapes

DVD's just didn't exist when we were younger, so the only thing we had to watch our favourite films off were Video Tapes. However, these quickly became so annoying. The one thing we had to do every time we wanted to watch the film again was rewinding the WHOLE tape. This was seriously annoying and something we just didn't need.

20. The lyrics page in Smash Hits magazine

We waited for each issue of this magazine to come out so we could learn the lyrics to this page. The thing that really traumatised us was that we had been signing the lyrics wrong the whole time! The one thing that also traumatised our parents was the fact we had to have a ridiculous amount of posters from these magazines stuck up on our walls.

21. Worzel Gummidge

If there was one thing we were ridiculously scared of then it was Worzel Gummdige. We all remember watching this after school when we were younger. But, we can all agree that his face was just so scary to look at! There was nothing more terrifying than a scarecrow coming to life?!

22. Getting the slipper in school

Whilst we were at school we absolutely dreaded getting the slipper. If you were naughty or out of line in any way then they threatened you with the slipper. Whilst this wasn't the most painful thing that could have happened to you, it still put you in shock and disappointment that you had acted out of line this way!

23. Children of the Stone

We all remember watching this when we were kids. There was nothing quite like gossiping at school about what had happened on the next episode of this programme. We were all really quite scared of this show when we were kids, weren't we?!

24. Disclosing tablets

If there was one thing that we hated doing, it was using these disclosing tablets. These used to make all the plaque in your mouth turn a ridiculous colour. You were then completely aware of the amount of rubbish that was stuck onto your teeth at all times! This brings back so many memories from growing up.

25. Terrahawks

We can all agree that this was easily one of the scariest things on the telly. It wasn't so much the show, it was just his face that scared the life out of us. I am sure that this gave a lot of us nightmares when we were growing up! There was nothing quite like this show!

26. This cap

If there was anything that was going to cause severe pain to us, it was this. All we wanted was some highlights but before that, we had to endure this severe pain. This brings back so many memories... but not great ones. The pain we went through all in the name of fashion!!

27. Rollerskates

These were bought so we could have fun.. however, it always ended up in disaster when we were first learning how to even use these back in the day. Whilst they were so much fun, it was such a struggle to learn to balance on them. This brings back so many memories from growing up... and so many cuts and grazes on our knees and elbows!

28. Ice Lolly sticks

We used to love these when we were growing up! The best part about them was the fact that they all used to have jokes on them... even if these were the same jokes every time. However, we really did struggle when these used to give us splinters all the time. There was never any worse place to get a splinter than on your mouth!

29. Bunsen Burners

Every single Chemistry lesson was based around using the bunsen burners to do some amazing experiment. We used to LOVE playing with these - even though we knew full well that these weren't toys! But, it got a lot worse when someone actually got injured off one of these. It was usually someone's tie that got caught on fire and it meant that they were banned for the rest of the academic year!