I remember the brochures vaguely. Airtours D10, Air Transat and Nordic L10-11s, Balkan TU154s, Sunways and Onur's MD83s. Braathens, BA 1-11s and who can forget Gill's sheds. Air UK (my I'm showing my age!).
As much as I love the Airbus magic, I miss the olden days of obscure types, airlines and carriers from weird and wonderful places I'd never heard of. The noise and the smell. Waving relatives off from the observation deck. I even remember when the metro only went to Bank Foot and you had to get the bus! I still remember concorde's visit. Taking a look up to the airport with friends after school.
Now it's a shopping mall/huge pub with a handful of beige types and a couple of homogenous airlines. It's safer, cheaper and more reliable, but the excitement has certainly gone.
Them were day.