There’s nothing wrong with the occasional trip down memory lane, but lately the craze for nostalgia accounts has seen celebrations of even the most mundane trends from the past.
So, if you feel you can’t bear to see another tribute to free toys that came with cereal in the 1980s, or TV shows that are best left in the past, Do You Remember This is the Twitter account for you.
Set up by British screenwriter Paul Rose, it pokes fun at the craze for nostalgia with a very witty selection of images that will make you feel slightly red-faced for going misty eyed over tributes to your much loved childhood toys.
One tweet asks followers if they can remember their Fisher Price television ‘accidentally picking up broadcasts from hell’, while another suggests that Snickers, which used to be a Marathon bar, was once called ‘Peanus’.
A mock up of a menu from the burger chain Wimpy, which was much-loved in the ’70s before being ousted by McDonald’s, suggests it served delicacies such as ‘filth on a plate’ and camel stomach with peas and ketchup.
Do You Remember pokes fun at the glut of nostalgic Twitter accounts, harking back to the toys, TV shows and much-loved food of the past
Most kids of the ’80s will remember watching films on video, but perhaps you also ate your Sunday lunch of the VHS too?
This is not the place for you if you were hoping to see cute pictures of retro pencil cases
Some people go abnormally misty-eyed over confectionery that’s undergone a name change
Back in my day… Don’t complain about being cold if you never had to use a loaf of bread instead of a hat
Wimpy is set to stage a comeback in the UK and these are the kind of delicacies a new generation of customer can expect
It seems that the corner shop selling these items in place of penny sweets was run by the tooth fairy
Suddenly the figures from the happy and sunny world of Playmobil have taken on a sinister visage
You might remembers Wall’s neapolitan or raspberry ripple but what about horse tranquiliser?
Not so cute after all! Somehow Teddy Ruxpin looks a lot more sinister with hindsight
Did you ever find this delight in your lunchbox alongside the Capri Sun and Dairylea Lunchables?
It turns out you can be nostalgic over just about anything – including last Friday
Lovely Jubbly! One minute you’re in the Nag’s Head and the next you’re floating through the universe
It doesn’t matter what those TV shows are, they just need to be cool and from the past