The Past is a Different Country. Who'd Want to Go There?

On this glorious Iconic Britain Day, when we get back a passport colour that nobody under 40 can remember, we look forward to the restoration of these other archetypal British icons of the past:

• Spam fritters
• "On the Buses"
• "Skinny Ribs" shirts
• Casual Racism
• Sweet rationing
• School curry with raisins in it
• Michael Foot
• French Pox
• Power cuts
• The Longbow
• Sham 69
• White dog poo 
• Singing cheerful songs in the Tube while your house is blown up
• British Rail sandwiches
• Cricketers batting without helmets
• The Hillman Imp van
• "Crossroads"

With these British icons securely reinstated, we can go boldly forwards towards the 1890s!

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