I keep telling myself I should buy a cheap corded phone to have on hand for use during power outages (when the base station cannot transmit to our cordless handsets). That wouldn't be a problem except ...

For many of us, corded landline telephones went out of fashion last century, replaced by more convenient, portable handsets - but for the royals they are still very much in vogue.

A poll of 2,000 adults found many long for the return of corded landline phones, while some say film cameras were ditched too ...

The sense of nostalgia also extends to vintage mobile phones, portable CD players, and even classic typewriters. However, four in ten admitted they view old-school tech through rose-tinted glasses.