40 Pics Of The Greatest Dangers In ’70s Households That Look Nostalgic And Terrifying At The Same Time

My mum set the kitchen on fire using one of these- we first saw the flames through the serving hatch into the dining room. Luckily the local Fire Chief and his son, a fireman lived next door to us.

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Making the opening smaller results in a quicker draw on the coals which gives a quicker hot fire.

I'm 40 and used to do this when I had an open fire, best way to get it going. when you could hear the roar of the fire and the middle of the newspaper caught light you let go of the edges and the fire sucks in the paper, just make sure you have a poker to hand to push it right in.

I used to do this. Really gets the coal burning well.

We do this every single time - never an issue. We have an actual dozen fireplaces (house was a boarding-house 1886-1950); small old shallow tall fireboxes - works great. If the newspaper catches fire; just let it go - draft sucks it right in.

actually, once the fire caught hold, let it go up the chimney, not as dangerous as it looks

did this

I've an open fire , we use it in the colder weather and still do this to draw the fire , my mum and granny did it also , one of the first jobs I remember granny teaching me was how to light a fire in the fireplace to get a room warm

You had to be a pro at this.

Any one ever have the paper catch fire and pulled up the chimney........

This looks like a photo taken in the 1950s.

My Mum would prop the coal shovel across the opening of the fire place to prevent the newspaper being drawn into the flame. Seemed so obvious at the time I was amazed other households didn't do the same when getting the fire to draw with a sheet of newspaper.

Did it frequently as a child - just chucked the paper on the fire if it caught light.

I remember this from the 70's as the house we lived in didn't have central heating, both the front room and living room had open fires. The front room one even had a gas tap, that was far more dangerous then using a newspaper to draw the fire.

and people always had mirrors above fires my aunties dress caught fire as she was doing her hair in the mirror and my mum quickly took her to the floor and rolled her in the hearth rug saving her severe burns

I used to use this all the time in my parents' shop when I wasn't even a teenager yet. I feel the need to defend it because it would take a lot of stupid to injure yourself with it!

What is it?

"police! there's a stalker-" "ma'am, it's the fbi"

My grandma had a manual mangle (wringer). Before the advent of washing machines with a decent spin cycle, my mum had a spinner, which was basically a small washing machine drum mounted vertically and it did a better spin to get more water out.

Ahh, memories!!

I nicked the red bulbs out of our and used then in my bedroom light fitting. The whole street thought my parents had started a brothel.

I used one of these in 2014, 2015 in Berlin, because I couldn't afford a decent place to be ... so I lived in the basement of a guy who was too old (>90) to take out the trashy and broken furniture.

they gave out fantastic heat but the gas bottles when full were so heavy and it gradually went up in price to a ridiculous level

Still exist. Still used.

could i just add that we all carried knives and no one got stabbed

Ouzo gave me a terrible hangover.

these are still used and are for sale new

People are so overly cautious. Unless you put your fingers in there (and you'd have to be stupid to do that), what would go wrong?!

The Striker- not very cool like a Chopper striker-60...c384b4.jpg

how can it get caught in your ribcage? would it run amok around your organs? wtf :D

This was awesome!! Never used it as a weapon though!

I had these. Whacked myself in the nose so hard I thought my nose had gone to the other side of my head. I obviously did not learn co-ordination nor skill.

the 'shower' in most British households back in the 80's

nicely mixed into a tune by the Prodigy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSTBFZ-To2E

That wasn't really frowned upon until the nineties. All my friends' parents, mine, and basically every adult we knew smoked in his house, his car, everywhere. Children's rooms ... not that often, but sometimes, too.

Still done. In some countries, people do this to make extra money.

My dad had one of these for the greenhouse.

OMG I miss these shoes. I want a pair right now!! I remember having a pair in every color they offered (tan, white, navy and black). I loved these!!!

In Viet Nam we have "shop gun" too. It's a brand name of condom. xD

apart from amusing whilst going down stairs these were a rubbish toy

70s & early 80's when appliances didn't come with a plug fitted!

If it ripped out the hair by the roots their claim wasn't fake.

your younger brother's urine at best. A brown submarine discovered at worst.

Pfft...just a matter of training.

?!?!?!?

the originals look like trimmed twigs.

Worst when your foot can off and the whole thing sprang up and smacked you under the chin!

good old Viz characters

Only in dysfunctional families would these be used a lethal weapon. The rest of the world used them to throw them at dartboards.

you mean Big shits

the door handle trick worked...at giving children dental PTSD

We do this in Cyprus for new year's. You clean the coin, wrap it in foil and drop it in the cake batter. Everyone knows it's there so they're careful:)

Leaving a battery on an unregulated charger is something a moron would do. 1970s or otherwise.