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Rare Bird
11-02-2012, 18:26
For people going around the bend? I cannot get through life in todays world!! I have to decorate my home circa late 1960's to get some sort of perspective (at great expence). I detest anything past early 1970's..I refuse to watch TV etc..Anything that can conjures up any influence past given era gets flushed down the bog.I hate online but it's the only way to source my accessories :steam:
This might give you something to watch fella ;)
Space: 1999 returning to TV? (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/10/space_1999_re_imagination/)
Rare Bird
11-02-2012, 18:39
No thanks was too late for me anyway, more of a UFO man.
On a serious note i'm finding it hard getting though life these days.
chris@panteg
11-02-2012, 18:47
No thanks was too late for me anyway, more of a UFO man.
On a serious note i'm finding it hard getting though life these days.
Hi Andre
What gets you down the most ? Is it just the way the modern world is or something else .
Rare Bird
11-02-2012, 18:59
Hi Andre
What gets you down the most ? Is it just the way the modern world is or something else .
The 1960's excelled in everything. By the time decimalisation came, things crumbled imho (Feb 1971). the world ends there for me.You silly silly people talking about stands & cables altering sound, was unheard of :lol:
Jac Hawk
11-02-2012, 20:14
mate i know what you mean, what i do is get the slide projector out and go through the boxes of fotos my dad took when i was growing up, a nice healthy slab of nostalgia, reliving the summer holls in cornwall through the 70's puts a smile on my face
bogle111
11-02-2012, 21:42
Hi Andre,
At least you have the balls to admit it.
I sometimes feel like that, but hell, who knows what is just round the corner.
You have friends out here you know, you just haven't met 'em yet!!
PM me if interested, I have possibly just the fix. I have been in hospital with it when I was in late 20's. Haven't looked back since. Now 62.
Hello from Snowdonia
Regards
Pete
Andr'e - live in your own time, don't worry about what goes on around you if you're more comfortable surrounding yourself with 1960s things. However, the world outside you is real and there are people here who care about you regardless.
Andr'e - live in your own time, don't worry about what goes on around you if you're more comfortable surrounding yourself with 1960s things. However, the world outside you is real and there are people here who care about you regardless.
+1 :thumbsup:
I live in my own world most of the time
Spectral Morn
12-02-2012, 00:48
Andr'e - live in your own time, don't worry about what goes on around you if you're more comfortable surrounding yourself with 1960s things. However, the world outside you is real and there are people here who care about you regardless.
+ 2
Regards Neil
chris@panteg
12-02-2012, 08:11
The 1960's excelled in everything. By the time decimalisation came, things crumbled imho (Feb 1971). the world ends there for me.You silly silly people talking about stands & cables altering sound, was unheard of :lol:
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I Remember that :)
For me the world ended in 1970 at Leon , 2-3 :(
Totally agree with Martin
Please be gentle with yourself
!! I have to decorate my home circa late 1960's to get some sort of perspective (at great expence).
Seems to me you are trying to improve your internal reality by attempting to control external reality. That is putting the cart before the horse. You cannot take control of external reality, it will continue as it is regardless of your angst - But you can take control of your internal reality. If you have control of that then external reality will no longer bother you.
Grasshopper...;)
Andre can you talk to your Doctor if you really finding it difficult
Speaking as someone who grew up in the 60s, I have to say it wasn't all it's cracked up to be (music excepted). Many people were just as unhappy, poor, mixed up whatever then as now, plus there was no central heating.
Dunno whether that helps.
Rare Bird
12-02-2012, 12:31
Speaking as someone who grew up in the 60s, I have to say it wasn't all it's cracked up to be (music excepted). Many people were just as unhappy, poor, mixed up whatever then as now, plus there was no central heating.
Dunno whether that helps.
Here's a quick list of what doesnt happen these days.
Walk out of one job into another
Quality Beer as in Brown Ale
Quality Music
No tripe on the TV
No crap imports
Products that still work even today 40+ years on
A fraction of the cars on the road
Cars with character, every product had character
No greedy people
A hell of a lot more for your money
John:
I'm not i'll, i'm just sick & tired of modern society
It wont be long now where i can suceed in being near recluse, seclusion from the influences that surround me.
John:
I'm not i'll, i'm just sick & tired of modern society
It wont be long now where i can suceed in being near recluse, seclusion from the influences that surround me.
Understand and I apologies Andre guess just concerned when you said you found difficulty coping
For me modern life is modern life I just have to live with it and I have no prefences for any time period
All I can say is keep doing what you can sounds like it is helping
anthonyTD
12-02-2012, 12:41
Here's a quick list of what doesnt happen these days.
Walk out of one job into another
Quality Beer as in Brown Ale
Quality Music
No tripe on the TV
No crap imports
Products that still work even today 40+ years on
A fraction of the cars on the road
Cars with character, every product had character
No greedy people
A hell of a lot more for your money
John:
I'm not i'll, i'm just sick & tired of modern society
Hi Andre,
One thing above i will have to disagree with you on, there has always been and always will be Greedy people!
I think we all try to live in an era [in our minds anyway] that reflects back to a time when we seemed to be happiest, maybe before some major life changing episode happend, I also think that as others have said you can choose to live in that world while being in the confines of your own house and mind etc, however, when you open the door and step out you find the world is continualy moving on in a way that none of us are realy sure where it will take us.
You are not alone in your thinking, many many people are trying desperately to cope with modern life, its how you deal with it that makes us diffrent.
Hang in there, its already been said by others here, you never know whats round the corner, its a cliche i know but it gets me through when i have my doubts.:)
Regards,Anthony,TD...
BTH K10A
12-02-2012, 13:26
Speaking as someone who grew up in the 60s, I have to say it wasn't all it's cracked up to be (music excepted). Many people were just as unhappy, poor, mixed up whatever then as now, plus there was no central heating.
Dunno whether that helps.
No central heating :scratch: of course there was although I'd have to admit it was not as common as nowadays.
Conversely, where are the chimneys on most new houses? A good fire on a cold day makes a house warm and cuddly :D
Fortunately my house had central heating installed in the late 1900's and I still use the original radiators albeit with a hi tec boiler. They heat the house very well.
The best bit though is that on sub zero days like today, we have nine fireplaces we can use as well. Toasted some hot cross buns over the open fire this morning. :)
No central heating :scratch: of course there was although I'd have to admit it was not as common as nowadays.
Indeed. I grew up in the 60's and our house definately had central heating.
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I've no issue with the 60's, but the idea that it was some kind of golden age and society has been in steady decline ever since is, frankly, nonsense.
As far as 60's telly is concerned I think it's regarded more fondly than it actually deserves, apart from some stand out series & sit coms it was pretty dire & there was only two/three channels to choose from with quite short broadcasting hours.
Dominic Harper
12-02-2012, 15:50
I was born in 1971 so I dont remember any old money, and sometimes when my mum says something like thatcost 25 shilling, I think what is she taliking about? We don't have the community spirit as we had when I was a child groing up.
I don't go round to my neighbours for a cup of tea. How bad is this, My dad died on new years eve as some of you may know. But the neighbour at the back of Dom and I took great interest in how we were coping and looking after the bird we rescued. When I was at my dads funeral, I saw this person and thought to myself I know them. It was only the neighbour at that back of us and my dad had worked with the guy over 20 years before. I actually new who he was. Dom and I have lived at our current address for 5 years, yet not once did I chat about my family or anything going on in my life to this neighbour. Now years ago, that probably would never of happend, because there was a community spirit. Maybe it has somethig to do with living through wars and that sort of thing. Times have changed and moved on, sometimes it's a bad thing and sometimes it's a good thing.
I do wish I had been born in the 50s. I love the era and the fashions, everything about the 50s is appealing, plus we seemed to be learning all about electronics, hifi, television all the different electrical stuff.
Natalie;)
dave2010
12-02-2012, 17:28
No thanks was too late for me anyway, more of a UFO man.
On a serious note i'm finding it hard getting though life these days.Hang in there. Do you live alone or with others? Do you have a a dog or some other pet to pester you?
The 1960s were OK, and so were the 1950s, what I remember of them. Life was pretty straightforward then. We just about had radio - though dad was keen and we had one of the first FM sets. Not just any old set either, that one had a bass reflex cabinet. We were late with telephones, TVs, and we didn't have a car. The aged Ps didn't get a car until after I'd learned to drive and I must have been over 20 at the time - maybe even 21-22.
We did have a boiler to keep warm, and I think eventually they had central heating fitted, but I guess I'd already left. I remember single glazing, and frosted up windows, with pools of water on the inside as the water vapour condensed out.
Other things were fine. Concerts and theatres were OK. In quite a lot of ways life is better now, but people have silly expectations. We hardly ever had holidays, and certainly never went abroad. Now just about every kid of 10 and above has been abroad, been to Disneyland, and by the time they get to go to Uni - guess what - they take a gap year - and go round the world! It's not actually true for everyone though, and there are going to be a lot of kids coming along who'll have difficulty with school, difficulty getting into uni - if that's what they want to do, or to get a job (either with/without A levels and/or a degree).
I have been known to have a beer or two, though thankfully I didn't become alcoholic. I avoided cigarettes, cigars and pipes, though I did sample them. Money was also sometimes a problem, and I remember weekends when I had to live on almost nothing. On the other hand, I used to read, and go for walks, which helped to pass the time. I think there were whole years when I wasn't in great shape, and I was once unemployed for a while - though short by some standards today.
Anyway, returning to you - just hang in there, and try to do what you think is best for you.
I was born in 1971 so I dont remember any old money, and sometimes when my mum says something like thatcost 25 shilling, I think what is she taliking about?
I was 8 years old on 'D-Day' - 15th Feb 1971 - when decimal currency came in and remember the 'old money' very well. I remember trying to explain decimal currency to my grandparents before the change over. My grandma was entirely convinced that 'it wouldn't catch on' and we'd be back to £sd after a month or two :lol:
My great-grandma (who was in her eighties by then) never got the hang of decimal currency and even five years later would ask me to run errands for her and go shopping. I'd have to convert all the prices for her back to pounds, shillings and pence - she only carried 10p and 5p pieces in her purse as those were the only ones that directly related to the old values (2 shillings and 1 shilling).
She could add up old money in a flash though "18 shillings and 8 pence plus 7 shillings and 6 pence - that's £1, 6 shillings and tuppence I owe you Keith". I can't imaging the average person coping with mixed-base mental arithmetic on a daily basis nowadays.
We didn't have central heating until 1976 when we moved house. Prior to that it was just a coal fire in the living room and an immersion heater for hot water. We didn't have a telephone until we moved either.
I've no particular fondness for those days, to be honest.
I do wish I had been born in the 50s. I love the era and the fashions, everything about the 50s is appealing, plus we seemed to be learning all about electronics, hifi, television all the different electrical stuff.
Natalie;)
There's good and bad in all eras. I was born in '57, so avoided rationing but still leaned my musical vibes from our big Bush table radio (a wooden mains one, not the stylish transportable model), which was on every morning I recall, and also our much used Deccalian record player. "HiFi" was the preserve of Doctors, Lawyers and other very well off professionals, and not for the likes of "us," judging by the prices of the likes of Quad and Radford at any rate.
The education standards of the 60's was, in my opinion, blinkered and poor. OK, we learned everything by rote (times-tables for example), but teaching assistants/LSA's didn't exist and idiots like me, who could have done with a helping hand and/or an educational kick up the backside, were left to fester near the bottom of the class and, although we avoided the 11 Plus, there were plenty of intelligence tests and teachers in yr 5 and 6 who "encouraged" their favourites and, in my case, pushed the handful of sons and daughters of teachers in my class, even though I didn't feel they were any better than I (they still went to Grammar school though and I remember one getting worse results than I did, first time around - I believe he was forced to do re-sits.....).
Yeah, the jazz and "pop" music in the late 50's and 60's was all new and different, evolving as the Beatles did in their eight year life, so I have that to thank, but I really don't think we heard it as well back then as we can do now - IMO.
Enjoy the NOW is my recommendation and give thanks for the past. I'd be dead of a heart attack by now had I been twenty years older.....
Hi Andre
I'm with you M8.
If you've not read it I recommend this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Narrow-Boat-L-T-C-Rolt/dp/075245109X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329072793&sr=1-1
I lived on my narrowboat for about a year while getting my head together - saved my life. Still have her moored at the bottom of my garden.
Steve
Covenant
12-02-2012, 20:35
Bad things I remember about the late 50's and early 60's:
House freezing cold, curtains stuck to the windows with ice but the living room roasting with a real fire. Not enough ventilation in the living room because the window frame was painted in and didn't open, as soon as you sat down you fell asleep and woke up with a headache.
Going to the dentist was a living nightmare, bloody big needles and lots of pain.
Food in cafe's and restaurants was awful. Coffee was foul dishwater and hygiene was none existent.
Cars were crap because they rusted and didn't start. My dad used to send me out to try and turn over the engine of our Rover 90. They were incredibly dangerous because they had no safety features and the MOT was a joke.
Television, as previously mentioned was generally poor except for a few sit-coms and shows but the viewing experience was terrible. We has a posh Cossor TV in a big cabinet. When you opened the doors inside was a tiny black and white screen. You couldn't watch it when the woman next door dried her hair...
Bad things I remember about the late 50's and early 60's:
House freezing cold, curtains stuck to the windows with ice but the living room roasting with a real fire. Not enough ventilation in the living room because the window frame was painted in and didn't open, as soon as you sat down you fell asleep and woke up with a headache.
Going to the dentist was a living nightmare, bloody big needles and lots of pain.
Food in cafe's and restaurants was awful. Coffee was foul dishwater and hygiene was none existent.
Cars were crap because they rusted and didn't start. My dad used to send me out to try and turn over the engine of our Rover 90. They were incredibly dangerous because they had no safety features and the MOT was a joke.
Television, as previously mentioned was generally poor except for a few sit-coms and shows but the viewing experience was terrible. We has a posh Cossor TV in a big cabinet. When you opened the doors inside was a tiny black and white screen. You couldn't watch it when the woman next door dried her hair...
Yes but apart from that what did the Romans ever do for us? :)
Steve
Covenant
12-02-2012, 20:57
And what about the important stuff? If you were in a minority back then-you name it-poor, black, Asian, disabled, gay etc etc life was just hell. No, life now, for all its problems is better.
Reid Malenfant
12-02-2012, 21:01
Yes but apart from that what did the Romans ever do for us? :)
Steve
Well they built straighter roads than we appear to have these days :rfl:
I also remember spending my last thrupenny bit ;)
Dominic Harper
12-02-2012, 21:11
Hi Andre, do you what you should do, exactly what someone said earlier. Surround yourself with the things you enjoy and like. If that is the 60s style then go for it. I think you should turn your decorating into a project and post us some pics when you have finished.
I also think it is nice to know that there are some people out there that don't watch TV. I would sooner read a good book than watch TV.
I think you are very open honest and brave admitting that your feeling like you are, and asking advice. Someone mentioned going on a long boat holiday. That sounds like a great idea. No TV, no influence of the outside world, just you and the canal and the people that you meet on the way. I would love to do something like that, but I can't leave the cats:(.
I saw an advert for hiring caravans, and one the caravans for hire was based around the 50s and 60s. You could go off somewhere for a few days and take a caravan that has been based around those era's, this may even bring back a little nostalga for you.
It's funny though, you mentioning this, because when my dad first became ill in 2003, the dynamics of the family changed and we all seemed to lose a little of our identities within the family. What i'm trying to say is that when changes occur within our lives whether it is a global change or a personal change that cannot be helped, we have no control over this so we have to carry on and either adapt or if it's global ignore it and carry on as we are. I'm glad you brought this up Andre and I bet their are countless others who feel the same.
Natalie;)
Now here's something weird. Trying and failing to remember what TV schedules were like in the 1960s, I found a site related to Anglia TV, which included full listings for certain days. The first programme on the first day I checked was 'Holy Mass from Sacred Heart Church, Moreton'. Not only was that our local church, I was an altar boy at that very mass. Spooky, eh?
Link: http://www.78rpm.co.uk/anglia.htm#sched8
Rare Bird
13-02-2012, 13:31
Hi Andre, do you what you should do, exactly what someone said earlier. Surround yourself with the things you enjoy and like. If that is the 60s style then go for it. I think you should turn your decorating into a project and post us some pics when you have finished.
I also think it is nice to know that there are some people out there that don't watch TV. I would sooner read a good book than watch TV.
I think you are very open honest and brave admitting that your feeling like you are, and asking advice. Someone mentioned going on a long boat holiday. That sounds like a great idea. No TV, no influence of the outside world, just you and the canal and the people that you meet on the way. I would love to do something like that, but I can't leave the cats:(.
I saw an advert for hiring caravans, and one the caravans for hire was based around the 50s and 60s. You could go off somewhere for a few days and take a caravan that has been based around those era's, this may even bring back a little nostalga for you.
It's funny though, you mentioning this, because when my dad first became ill in 2003, the dynamics of the family changed and we all seemed to lose a little of our identities within the family. What i'm trying to say is that when changes occur within our lives whether it is a global change or a personal change that cannot be helped, we have no control over this so we have to carry on and either adapt or if it's global ignore it and carry on as we are. I'm glad you brought this up Andre and I bet their are countless others who feel the same.
Natalie;)
Thanks for that Natalie..I once thought about living on a canal boat :eyebrows: I feel better living in surroundings circa 1960's..Of course i have to think about the wife & respect that it's her home aswell as it is mine so i can get away with the period furniture, light fitting, ornaments etc from the cosen period but have to retain her newly fitted modern doors, chrome light switches, curtain poles etc but she happy with carpets & curtains to the colour schemes of the time.. O well another Bloody Mary & back to decorating :eyebrows:
Just one thing i've noticed & that like vintage Hi-Fi, vintage furniture, Glassware etc from the period warrants very high prices these days your talking £300.00-500.00 for a standard Ladderax or Cado system :mental:
Dominic Harper
13-02-2012, 13:53
Thanks for that Natalie..I once thought about living on a canal boat :eyebrows: I feel better living in surroundings circa 1960's..Of course i have to think about the wife & respect that it's her home aswell as it is mine so i can get away with the period furniture, light fitting, ornaments etc from the cosen period but have to retain her newly fitted modern doors, chrome light switches, curtain poles etc but she happy with carpets & curtains to the colour schemes of the time.. O well another Bloody Mary & back to decorating :eyebrows:
Just one thing i've noticed & that like vintage Hi-Fi, vintage furniture, Glassware etc from the period warrants very high prices these days your talking £300.00-500.00 for a standard Ladderax or Cado system :mental:
I know what you mean, but they are very beautiful though. I lived in an 1922 3 bedroom property that had all the original coving. I do love period styles in homes. Infact you should start an new thread on hifi fitting into your period homes. I mean some hifi looks gorgeous in certain surrounding. Sadly, I now live in a 1970s bungalow:( but the area is gorgeous. So I have to be greatful for small mercies.
You and your wife have probabley been together long enough to learn how to compromise. I bet if you did one room in your home based on a 60s theme, I bet she would love it, I know I would. Some of the modern stuff today is based on period styles. I mean look at IKEA, there style is very 60s with a lot of there things but has a bit of modern twist;)
Anyway, like I said let us know how you get on with things and post some pics if you do decide to do something different.
Natalie;)
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