When I were a lad

[slim_boy_fat]

and the 3 radiators.

They had radiators? Posh gits!

 

[brightspark]

They had radiators? Posh gits!

we had central heating a paraffin heater in the middle of the floor

 

[cheb]

Casual racism, guesthouses had sign that read 'No blacks, no Irish'.
Not being able to get cash from any bank branch but your home branch.
Women who wanted contraception had to have a permission letter signed by their husband to give to the doctor.

 

[roofman]

Living in the docklands as a kid,there was that many cockroaches my old man used to put our bed legs in old paint tins filled halfway with water and i remember checking every morning to see if there was any in there.

 

[Onoff]

'No blacks, no Irish'.

My 80 year old mate from Glasgow came down as a 15 year to work. Said there were signs saying "No blacks, Irish, dogs....or Scots".

Lived with his mate in a caravan in the yard of the scaffolding firm they worked for.

 

[Greeves246]

I’m old enough to remember only one channel.BBC. Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben and Muffin the Mule were the children‘s tv choice. Interludes whilst they moved the camera from one studio to another, the Potters wheel was one. We got it in time for the Coronation, house was full of neighbours, about a 12 inch screen I guess

 

[brightspark]

was it on and old 405 line screen or a 625

 

[ajlelectronics]

Casual racism, guesthouses had sign that read 'No blacks, no Irish'.
Not being able to get cash from any bank branch but your home branch.
Women who wanted contraception had to have a permission letter signed by their husband to give to the doctor.

Not the 70s - 80s though? I didn't say that life was perfect by any means, but the good bits were certainly preferable to life today.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben and Muffin the Mule

Innocent times. Now you can be arrested for the latter.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

we had central heating a paraffin heater in the middle of the floor

Nowt has changed.

Blasting away.

I was nice and toasty.

 

[dobbslc]

Living in the docklands as a kid,there was that many cockroaches my old man used to put our bed legs in old paint tins filled halfway with water and i remember checking every morning to see if there was any in there.

Cockroaches that far north! They musta been hard barstards

 

[ajlelectronics]

Nowt has changed.

70s furnishing styles were not a high point. We went from chocolate and custard paint, to psychedelic patterns everywhere which made it feel like everything was moving.

 

[premmington]

Casual racism, guesthouses had sign that read 'No blacks, no Irish'.
Not being able to get cash from any bank branch but your home branch.
Women who wanted contraception had to have a permission letter signed by their husband to give to the doctor.

You can't read mate - the signs said "No Blacks, no Irish, no dogs".

 

[redlig]

The good old days were sh*te.
We live longer. The calorie intake per person across the world's population has increased. We don't look and dress like our fathers or grandfathers.
The only retrograde step has been the loss of Concorde.

Living longer isn't all that much fun ask anyone over 75 and a high % would say not. More calorie = over weight . Clothes as in comfortable and kept the rain out and did n't look like a failed wannabe celeb. Agree with concorde .

 

[redlig]

Casual racism, guesthouses had sign that read 'No blacks, no Irish'.
Not being able to get cash from any bank branch but your home branch.
Women who wanted contraception had to have a permission letter signed by their husband to give to the doctor.

Cash from my local branch you must be joking my local branch is moving farther away faster than I can save up to buy the petrol to get to it.

 

[redlig]

You can't read mate - the signs said "No Blacks, no Irish, no dogs".

You'd be bu**ered if you had a black Irish wolfhound.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Fairly on topic (1961), the body of Greyfriars Bobby has now been found and taken to be re-interred. This is the actor who stood in for the original dog from 1872 or whenever it was.

 

[premmington]

You'd be bu**ered if you had a black Irish wolfhound.

Society has moved on - people are more excepting. It is a good thing...

You can now pay thru the nose now for a "dog friendly holiday cottage".

 

[ajlelectronics]

You can now pay thru the nose now for a "dog friendly holiday cottage".

Quite right too. People can't help who they fall in love with.

 

[premmington]

Quite right too. People can't help who they fall in love with.

I got the joke (just - had to think about it)....