23 Things British People Will Never Experience Again

    RIP Woolworths.

    Sophie Gadd
    by Sophie Gadd

    BuzzFeed Staff, UK

    1. Watching adults get gunged live on the BBC.

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    This was a huge deal in the '90s but it never seems to happen any more. It would certainly lighten up Newsnight.

    2. Turning on your TV in the morning to watch The Big Breakfast.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CQ4LnPa34
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-Ztj4qNUQ

    One time Tom Hardy went on it and won a toolbox in a modelling contest.

    3. Lying on your sofa on a Saturday morning enjoying the light entertainment of SMTV Live.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTV_Live

    CITV

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exUuU59gP6g

    CITV

    Now it's basically just hours and hours of Saturday Kitchen.

    4. Watching a brand new episode of Gladiators on a Saturday night.

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    There hasn't been a new episode on ITV for 16 years.

    5. Waiting to find out what Neil's big collage was on Art Attack.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7diFPL_Z-OI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7diFPL_Z-OI

    "OH MY GOD IT'S A SWAN" *loses shit*

    6. Spending an evening watching a bunch of people’s dreams die on Robot Wars.

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    "Gary and his sons have spend eight months working on their robot." *shit-looking robot dies instantly, everyone cries*

    7. Marathoning Friends on E4 basically all the time.

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    Only on Comedy Central now :(

    8. Watching Top of the Pops.

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    It's been off air for 10 years.

    9. And then reading Smash Hits magazine to find out the lyrics to all the songs you saw being performed.

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    This was the only way to find out the lyrics of chart hits.

    10. Then visiting your high street Virgin Megastore to get the single.

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    Apparently Virgin Megastores still exist in the Middle East and North Africa, but that's probably quite a long bus ride from your house.

    11. Eating really unhealthy school lunches.

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    *Shakes fist at Jamie Oliver*

    12. Paying with cash on a London bus.

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    13. Going on a really boring day out to MFI with your parents and playing with all the taps.

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    RIP MFI.

    14. Followed by a visit to another exciting retail park staple, Focus.

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    15. Popping into JJB Sports after you’d exhausted JD looking for new trainers.

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    Bye bye.

    16. Going down Woolworths to browse the Disney VHSs.

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    Goodnight, sweet prince.

    17. And not leaving before you'd raided the Woolies pick 'n' mix section to take to the cinema.

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    18. Asking your friends for Orange Wednesday codes.

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    "Anyone got an Orange Wednesday code?" – that one person on Facebook.

    19. Opening a fresh pack of Opal Fruits.

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    The correct name for Starbursts.

    20. Getting a delicious Cadbury Dream bar from the corner shop.

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    Where did you go, my forgotten Dream? (Australia, apparently)

    21. Or a Kit Kat Senses.

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    So good.

    22. Getting toys in your cereal.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kelloggs-Blue-vintage-bike-wheel-reflector-new-in-packet-/131686729959?hash=item1ea92408e7:g:eigAAOSw9r1WD~TA
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wallace-and-Gromit-Plastic-Figurines-x-7-/281902331597?hash=item41a2b036cd:g:iOEAAOSwX~dWjNvK

    :(

    23. Paying a reasonable price for a Freddo.

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