High-street Nostalgist T-Shirts

"We were a once proud nation of shopkeepers!"

"I like New York, but I miss sleeping drunk on my front lawn."

Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

'Oh no! You're obviously smaller than me, Joy!' 'You're not fat, 'cause those pants were tight on me too Verl.'

"It's a sad state of affairs when Lever House begins to seem like a warm old friend."

If you give a mouse a french cookie

"Ooh look, the high street's evolved to survive!"

Courtney Love

"Living...in...the...1970s...must...have...been...DYN-O-MITE!"

"Can I call you back? I'm creating happy memories of my childhood for my father."

"Forty years ago on this very seat I proposed to you. Made up your mind yet?"

"It's great having all the space, but Dan has been missing the city a bit."

"If only these kids had grown up with the same role models we had, then maybe they wouldn't look so damn ridiculous!"

"It warms my heart to see their look of hope that we might not just buy it online."

Church in the year 2035.

Life before fitness trackers.

"We've known each other for a while now, so I feel it's the right time to ask – are you a psychological manifestation of my nostalgic longing of a romanticised past?"

'Your problem is that you're a Johnny Carson guy in a Jay Leno world.'

Gin Lane.

"Since he retired he misses his meetings."

Admit it! You're gonna miss High School. Best 5 1/2 Years of Your Life.

'Mmm that's a bit different for 8:45.'

"These days, I suppose it doesn't matter whether you've read Thomas Mann or not."

'I haven't gained much weight...I'll bet I can still fit into the pants I wore in high school...'

Ha ha, here's me in the '70s. "Doreen".

Things are changing back like the old days!

"Don’t look now, Artie, but there’s a Starbucks where your favorite shrub used to be."

'It was good enough in 1905 it's good enough now.'

'This is one of the few things you still can't do off-line.'

Do you remember when all we had to do was go to the filing cabinet and take out the file?

"That was really funny, Gramps, what was it called?"

Subway Series

The Grave of the Manuscript

'Entering Simsdale.....'

"Even though I enjoy the convenience of online shopping, I really miss being a difficult customer."