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walpurgis
19-03-2016, 11:38
Of A Certain Age?
Do you remember?
The cast iron loo cistern up on the wall... When the baker and milkman were door to door with their horse & cart... Dion and Gene Vincent... Half Crowns, Farthings and big white £5 notes... Constellation, Viking and Brittania airliners... Sam Costa... Jamboree bags... Before colour TV... Posh people driving Armstrong Siddeley cars or big Humbers... Gilbert Harding... Listening to Radio Luxembourg... Watching Rag, Tag & Bobtail or Andy Pandy... When 'Tuff' shoes came out... Edmundo Ross... Saturday Night at The London Palladium... Alma Cogan... Steam rollers still being used for road surfacing... The conquering of Everest... Gerald Nabarro... Police on Velocette 'Noddy Bikes'... Needing to hold trousers up with braces... Listening to The Navy Lark... Mau Mau terrorists... Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Malcolm Sargent... The 'four minute mile'... The 'LP' and stereo records arriving... Wilfred Pickles... TV 'interludes' and the National Anthem playing each night on BBC... Brothel creepers, drainpipe trousers and winkle pickers... The lovely Katie Boyle... Panther motorcycles... Every bloke using 'Brylcreem'... Police boxes in the high street... Alec Guinness in 'The Horse's Mouth' film... Yellow AA motorbikes with sidecars... The country Tanganyika... Sainsburys being all wood and tiles... Teddy Boys... Listening to Ray's a Laugh... The Zeta Project... Arthur Askey... Travelling on steam trains... The Army Game on TV... The independance of India... Bus conductors and small coloured bus tickets that got clipped... The Derek Bentley hanging... Shouting 'open the box' during 'Take Your Pick' with Michael Miles... BSA and Rudge bicycles... Arthur Haynes... No Traffic Wardens or yellow lines... Princess Anne as a little girl... Trolley buses and trams... Harold Wilson's 'Gannex' coat... The laundry boiler & mangle in the kitchen... Watching I love Lucy... Only being able to buy shoes with leather soles... Gold top milk bottles... Wolseley 6/90 police cars with bells on... Chocolate bar machines at the station... The opening of the M1... The exploits of Hans and Lotte Hass... The opening of the Kariba Dam... Philip Harben cooking on TV... When motorways had no speed limit... Darning holed socks and jumper elbows... Allard cars... Having a larder... 'Ena Sharples'... Being given malt extract as a nipper... The launch of SS Canberra... WW2 gas mask bags being popular as school satchels... Mutton for dinner not Lamb... Tommy Trinder... Proper 'Dinky Toys'... Sunlight soap... Enjoying gooseberries every summer...
And so on........there are loads more I could add.
Feel free to contribute.
A good few yes...and mostly the country was better with em. Apart from winkle pickers and Arthur bloody Askey:eyebrows:
Aberdeen was one of the last to get rid of its trams. My dad had a humber super snipe but wiznae posh.
PS. I still love Alma Cogan....
Wish i was back there right now
jollyfix
19-03-2016, 12:04
I remember more than a good few too, but assume i am a wee bit younger than you guys.;)
narabdela
19-03-2016, 12:32
All of the above. :wheniwasaboy:
HackneyRF
19-03-2016, 12:40
I remember a few of those things growing up in the 60's and 70's. But not too many. However The Super Snipe was a car my old man had when I was really young. He worked for Roots from the early 50's and stayed with them all the way through Humber, Chrysler, Talbot, and then latterly Peugeot. He pretty much always had a company car during those times , so i've got some lovely memories of driving around in the Minx, Gazelle, Hunter, Avenger and the Imp. Happy days.
jandl100
19-03-2016, 13:03
What a nice thread, I'm not as old a geezer as I thought :D
Only these bits I can properly remember:
Before colour TV... Listening to Radio Luxembourg... Saturday Night at The London Palladium... TV 'interludes' and the National Anthem playing each night on BBC... Police boxes in the high street... Bus conductors ... Chocolate bar machines at the station... 'Ena Sharples'...
Most of it, however, I haven't even heard of... Geoff, old chap, you're officially ancient! :D ;)
Marco.
jollyfix
19-03-2016, 13:35
Hans and Lotte Hass, or the undersea adventures of Jacques Cousteau, both great Saturday Morning TV shows i used to enjoy, especially if there were sharks .
Spectral Morn
19-03-2016, 13:40
A wee bit before my time, but I have heard, am aware of much of it.
jollyfix
19-03-2016, 13:41
Chocolate bar,chewing gum, and cigarette machines outside of our local news agents. I remember on tour in Germany 1990 there were strings and drum stick dispensing machines outside of a music shop. Thought that was great, and very handy.
A wee bit before my time, but I have heard, am aware of much of it.
You were born on the same year as me, daftee, so you must remember the same stuff I quoted! ;)
Marco.
BTH K10A
19-03-2016, 14:12
Don't need to remember these as I still have them
The cast iron loo cistern up on the wall... Having a larder...
Actually those two are interesting, as we have a modern replica of the former in our bathroom, made by a company called Heritage, and the latter we'll be having installed in our new kitchen. Like you, we live in an old house and like traditional things.
However, I certainly don't remember them from the first time round...
Marco.
Had a larder in this house once but it was converted to a boiler...wasnt big... Ladt house had a big one and my parents house had one.. She had a mangle too and my grans house in aberdeen still had the wash house in garden with the boiler and tubs.mangles etc. Used to take all bloody day to do laundry. Her toilet was on the landing and shared. No bath. No kitchen, just a press.. No running hotvwater., just a gas geyser. A lovely flat it was too built of granite near holburn st. Police box opposite too lol
jollyfix
19-03-2016, 14:31
I remember them well. The toilet was a short walk down the garden, the larder,or the cold stone was a kind of flag stone box outside by back door. I was so glad when both moved inside. The thing i enjoyed was bathing in an old tin bath by the open fire, toasting bread on toasting fork, handing toast back to my mum ,she would spread jam on it and pass it back to me in the bath. Oh when we were lads. Feel a Python sketch coming.:lol:
brian2957
19-03-2016, 14:36
I remember my early days at primary school and the desks still had holes in them to take the ink wells for use with nib pens .
My dad used to make a big clootie dumpling with threepenny bits and sixpences inside at Christmas .
You could buy quite a lot with a sixpence then ( 2 1/2 pence in todays money IIRC ) :)
We were brought up in a large four bedroom house and I remember when there was a coal fire burning in every room . My dad later blocked them all off and it was bliddy freezing in the winter . We had to scrape the frost off the inside of the windows to see outside :rolleyes:
jollyfix
19-03-2016, 14:53
All the local villages had their own bakeries, the smell was wonderful. No shop out front ,or stainless steel, ovens etc, just small side entrance doors, old brick ovens. Each was known for specials, Quakers yard bakery for the Swansea loaf, Ystrad Mynach for the rolls etc.
I remember my early days at primary school and the desks still had holes in them to take the ink wells for use with nib pens .
My dad used to make a big clootie dumpling with threepenny bits and sixpences inside at Christmas .
You could buy quite a lot with a sixpence then ( 2 1/2 pence in todays money IIRC ) :)
We were brought up in a large four bedroom house and I remember when there was a coal fire burning in every room . My dad later blocked them all off and it was bliddy freezing in the winter . We had to scrape the frost off the inside of the windows to see outside :rolleyes:
Aye my desk had that too..we started using the damned contraptions initially... Being left handed and the nibs being right handed meant i scratched like a chicken and got belted several times a day for it... Teachers were old maids and viscious with it. Cant remambercwhen they were removed but it was a happy day.... Still write like a chicken though:lol:
Virtually everything, apart from the independence of India and the opening of the Kariba Dam.
Some others:
foot X-ray machines in shoe shops; bread delivery vans; electric milk delivery wagons guided by a 'tiller'; 'bubble' cars; 'bobbys' on the beat; 3-wheel Scammel trucks at railway stations; pig bins; gypsies selling pegs for washing lines; fish and chips wrapped in newspaper; electrical plugs which fitted into light sockets; large bulb fairy lights; Lyon's corner shops; railway station platform tickets; bus conductors; liquid medicine dispensed in glass bottles, wrapped in paper and sealed with sealing wax; ointment in lead tubes; mail delivered twice a day; cashiers in cash booths in shops; pneumatic cash and change delivery systems; overhead rail cash and change delivery systems in shops; having to draw the curtains if you wanted to watch TV in the daytime; the little white dot that remained for a minute or two after switching off the TV; telephones with a dial; dog licences; dog shit on the pavements; light switches that looked like a breast with a toggle nipple; when you could have pots, pans and electrical appliances repaired; the Black and White minstrel show; when TV finished at 23:00; Wimpy bars; Fry's 'Five Boys' chocolate bars; etc. etc. ......
walpurgis
19-03-2016, 15:16
You're as bad (or old) as me Barry! :)
I remember all that lot.
walpurgis
19-03-2016, 15:26
I remember my early days at primary school and the desks still had holes in them to take the ink wells for use with nib pens .
We had the inkwells and dip pens. Most kids went home with black fingers.
Green Shield Stamps, Reginald Bousanquet, London weekend Television, blackboards, 2p tickets on the bus, guests on panel shows and talk shows smoking on air, power cuts (they'll be back), Alsatian dogs everywhere, dogs of all sorts roaming the streets unaccompanied, strikes, supersonic air travel, taking the hovercraft across the channel, Grandstand, World of Sport, Dickie Davies, violence on television, piano tuners, whitewash, gravy salts, pet food in tins, liver and onions, porn mags in the bin at the bus stop, policemen directing traffic at intersections, jumpers for goalposts.
piano tuners, whitewash
Wossat about? :scratch:
Love the porn mags in the bin at bus stops! :D
What were you doing raking inside them, is the question - and moreover, did you take it home to have a 'wee chug' later? ;)
Marco.
brian2957
19-03-2016, 16:01
Spotty dog :lol:
When guys came to your door and asked if you wanted your knives sharpened .
When everybody had segs on their shoes .
Wossat about? :scratch:
Love the porn mags in the bin at bus stops! :D
What were you doing raking inside them, is the question? ;)
Marco.
They were always stuffed full of them. And ripped up ones in the hedges as well. Maybe it was just a Liverpool thing.
Haha... Yeah I know what you mean. Did you take them home afterwards for a secret five-finger shuffle? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Spotty dog :lol:
When guys came to your door and asked if you wanted your knives sharpened .
[B]When everybody had segs on their shoes. [B]
What are 'segs'?
They were always stuffed full of them. And ripped up ones in the hedges as well. Maybe it was just a Liverpool thing.
As long as they anit stuck to hedge their fair game eh? Didnae have porno when i was young...just h and e...
When everybody had segs on their shoes .
Ha - that's a belter! Probably a Scottish/Glasgow thing, though. I swerved that one, as I found it a bit chavvy... Besides, segs on 12-hole Docs didn't really go! Segs were for the wee roasters who wore slip-ons and thought they were pure gallus, clicking along the corridors like a fooking shire horse!! :wanker: :lol:
Marco.
What are 'segs'?
Metal studs that were stuck onto the soles of shoes, so that when you walked along, especially on school corridors, everyone could hear you coming!
Marco.
The Romans liked them too... Ha! Segs:doh: like fookin tap shoes:D
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160319/aed7253c672e8887ca3a5a2b494c3f9a.jpg
brian2957
19-03-2016, 16:20
What are 'segs'?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1311.R1.TR7.TRC2.A0.H0.Xseg s.TRS0&_nkw=segs&_sacat=0
hifi_dave
19-03-2016, 16:27
We used to call them "Blakeys" and only put them on the heels for a nice, sexy, click, clack.
Studded leather belt and Brylcreem were also part of the look.
Lol... Were you hit with the chicks then, Dave? :eyebrows:
Marco.
BTH K10A
19-03-2016, 16:49
Actually those two are interesting, as we have a modern replica of the former in our bathroom, made by a company called Heritage, and the latter we'll be having installed in our new kitchen. Like you, we live in an old house and like traditional things.
However, I certainly don't remember them from the first time round...
Marco.
What was the larder is now called the Pantry since the wife found the nameplate :eyebrows: although we do use it to store food and what was originally the butlers or glass pantry is now or utility room. Kitchen is all free standing with big pitch pine dressers
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_0852_zpst8yhbjqt.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_0852_zpst8yhbjqt.jpg.html)
The pantry was where bread was stored, a larder was a cool room storing food, used before the invention of refrigerators.
So did you have 'segs' on ya your shooz, back in the day, Bazza? ;)
Marco.
What was the larder is now called the Pantry since the wife found the nameplate :eyebrows: although we do use it to store food and what was originally the butlers or glass pantry is now or utility room. Kitchen is all free standing with big pitch pine dressers
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_0852_zpst8yhbjqt.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_0852_zpst8yhbjqt.jpg.html)
Here was me thinking that was her pants drawer:D
So did you have 'segs' in your shooz, back in the day, Bazza? ;)
Marco.
No, otherwise I would have known what they were. Think I might need them now: as a child I had to have a cobbler fit 'wedge' heels to prevent me growing up with 'knock knees'. They overdid it, as now I wear the outer edges of my heels quite quickly.
The only thing similar would have been the leather football studs nailed onto my leather football boots. Used to like making sparks off the nails by 'scuffing' along in the school cloister on the way back to the changing room. ;)
hifi_dave
19-03-2016, 17:32
Lol... Were you hit with the chicks then, Dave? :eyebrows:
Marco.
I had my moments but did better when I was a Mod.
walpurgis
19-03-2016, 18:28
I had my moments but did better when I was a Mod.
Oh dear. Wearing a parka whilst riding a Vespa GS? :D
BTH K10A
19-03-2016, 18:31
Blackjacks, fruit salads, bazooka joe, flying saucers.
noddy bikes, panda cars, mods, rockers, teddy boys, skinheads, suedeheads, hippies, CND
The Black Adder
19-03-2016, 19:09
Of A Certain Age?
Do you remember?
The cast iron loo cistern up on the wall... When the baker and milkman were door to door with their horse & cart... Dion and Gene Vincent... Half Crowns, Farthings and big white £5 notes... Constellation, Viking and Brittania airliners... Sam Costa... Jamboree bags... Before colour TV... Posh people driving Armstrong Siddeley cars or big Humbers... Gilbert Harding... Listening to Radio Luxembourg... Watching Rag, Tag & Bobtail or Andy Pandy... When 'Tuff' shoes came out... Edmundo Ross... Saturday Night at The London Palladium... Alma Cogan... Steam rollers still being used for road surfacing... The conquering of Everest... Gerald Nabarro... Police on Velocette 'Noddy Bikes'... Needing to hold trousers up with braces... Listening to The Navy Lark... Mau Mau terrorists... Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Malcolm Sargent... The 'four minute mile'... The 'LP' and stereo records arriving... Wilfred Pickles... TV 'interludes' and the National Anthem playing each night on BBC... Brothel creepers, drainpipe trousers and winkle pickers... The lovely Katie Boyle... Panther motorcycles... Every bloke using 'Brylcreem'... Police boxes in the high street... Alec Guinness in 'The Horse's Mouth' film... Yellow AA motorbikes with sidecars... The country Tanganyika... Sainsburys being all wood and tiles... Teddy Boys... Listening to Ray's a Laugh... The Zeta Project... Arthur Askey... Travelling on steam trains... The Army Game on TV... The independance of India... Bus conductors and small coloured bus tickets that got clipped... The Derek Bentley hanging... Shouting 'open the box' during 'Take Your Pick' with Michael Miles... BSA and Rudge bicycles... Arthur Haynes... No Traffic Wardens or yellow lines... Princess Anne as a little girl... Trolley buses and trams... Harold Wilson's 'Gannex' coat... The laundry boiler & mangle in the kitchen... Watching I love Lucy... Only being able to buy shoes with leather soles... Gold top milk bottles... Wolseley 6/90 police cars with bells on... Chocolate bar machines at the station... The opening of the M1... The exploits of Hans and Lotte Hass... The opening of the Kariba Dam... Philip Harben cooking on TV... When motorways had no speed limit... Darning holed socks and jumper elbows... Allard cars... Having a larder... 'Ena Sharples'... Being given malt extract as a nipper... The launch of SS Canberra... WW2 gas mask bags being popular as school satchels... Mutton for dinner not Lamb... Tommy Trinder... Proper 'Dinky Toys'... Sunlight soap... Enjoying gooseberries every summer...
And so on........there are loads more I could add.
Feel free to contribute.
I do remember some still back in the 70's and early 80's but mostly all before my time. But, in a way I do envy people who witnessed/experienced some of those things in history.
I do remember going to the outside loo at my grandma's house in the dark with snow on the ground because she didn't want me to go to the indoor toilet, it was a shrine and hardly used. lol
Newspaper on the floor when we walked in too... classic. She was great. :)
I had my moments but did better when I was a Mod.
Ah, if we'd been around in the same era, we've have been rivals, as I was a biker and loved kicking mods off their silly wee scooters, by smacking them in the centre of that daft target on their Parkas! :eyebrows: ;)
Marco.
In Mark Twain's words 'I'm pushing sixty; that's all the exercise I need'. (Actually I pushed past it last year).
My uncle owned a Humber Super Snipe and before that a Humber Imperial. At one time he was chauffeur to the US Consulate in Liverpool.
brian2957
20-03-2016, 00:12
My dad had a Humber Hawk which I drove occasionally The fuel cap doubled up as one of the rear reflectors . He loaned it to a mate who broke down with it because he couldn't find where to put the fuel in :)
Bench seats front and back , it could comfortably seat 6 . The old cross ply tyres ( who remembers those :) ) could be a bit dodgy too :)
Later I owned a Singer Gazelle . The starting handle was still in the boot when I bought it :D
walpurgis
20-03-2016, 00:22
My dad had a Humber Hawk which I drove occasionally The fuel cap doubled up as one of the rear reflectors . He loaned it to a mate who broke down with it because he couldn't find where to put the fuel in :)
Bench seats front and back , it could comfortably seat 6 . The old cross ply tyres ( who remembers those :) ) could be a bit dodgy too :)
I had one. A 1957 Humber Hawk estate. It was an old banger (bit like some girls I knew :)) when I bought it about 1970, but it was huge. I'd say to passengers 'welcome aboard'. The horizontal split in the rear loading hatch was handy, just like a Range Rover. It drank loads of juice and backfired a lot, but never let me down.
brian2957
20-03-2016, 00:26
I had one. A 1957 Humber Hawk estate. It was an old banger (bit like some girls I knew :)) when I bought it about 1970, but it was huge. I'd say to passengers 'welcome aboard'. The horizontal split in the rear loading hatch was handy, just like a Range Rover. It drank loads of juice and backfired a lot, but never let me down.
Hah ! I remember putting a quids worth of petrol in it and it lasted for a couple of days . :)
http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture2/rearseat.jpg
inside of a Snipe..... very similar to my dads.. think this is a mk1
brian2957
20-03-2016, 00:28
http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture2/rearseat.jpg
inside of a Snipe..... very similar to my dads.. think this is a mk1
Mines was very similar although it was a right hand drive . Column gear change with an overdrive on the dash board .
walpurgis
20-03-2016, 00:30
In Mark Twain's words 'I'm pushing sixty; that's all the exercise I need'. (Actually I pushed past it last year).
I'm pushing a bit more, but not ready to moderate my lifestyle much. Gave up the martial arts and motorbikes a while back though. Still pretty fit all the same (must work out more :)).
brian2957
20-03-2016, 00:31
Get to work on some of those turntables Geoff :)
walpurgis
20-03-2016, 00:32
inside of a Snipe..... very similar to my dads.. think this is a mk1
Looks like an Imperial.
walpurgis
20-03-2016, 00:36
Get to work on some of those turntables Geoff :)
Can't mate. Been stuck for the last two or three months decorating. Promised the family I'd do it. Not that that will stop them knocking everything about again. Back on (Hi-Fi) track again soonish hopefully. Got loads of TT and speaker projects in the pipeline.
brian2957
20-03-2016, 00:41
Well , sometimes you've got to get the head down and get on with it . I decorated the living room a couple of weeks ago . Now I'm in the middle of fitting UPVC cladding to the front porch .
It'll save money and leave me some to fund me '' habit '' .
Don't take on too much at once mate . After all you're '' knocking on a bit '' :lol:
spendorman
20-03-2016, 07:20
I remember nearly all those things. Wolseley 6/90, that was modern! Dad bought a 6/80 brand new.
Isetta Bubble car, owned one of those, the 300. 300cc
Later I owned a Singer Gazelle . The starting handle was still in the boot when I bought it :D
That's the first car I can recall my father owning. A white one. In 1972.
anthonyTD
20-03-2016, 09:57
Nope, i know nothing of those things you speak about on your list, i am far too young ;) :lol:
Its frighting realy to think, where has all the time gone. :(
Reading this thread reminds me of the exchange between Lawrence of Arabia and an elderly lady in the Middle East:
Elderly lady '96 in the shade today, Mr Lawrence, 96! What do you say to that?'
Lawrence: 'Many happy returns, madam'.
Good job it wasn't 69
69? I found it "wasn't enough" for me. :D '96' - now that's what I call safe sex.
What if '6' turns out to be '9' ?
What if '6' turns out to be '9' ?
Then you get a nice ice cream mate
spendorman
21-03-2016, 16:01
https://youtu.be/NZ3YrV-k4lw
A wee bit before my time, but I have heard, am aware of much of it.
You were born on the same year as me, daftee, so you must remember the same stuff I quoted! ;)
:popcorn: :popcorn:
Marco.
Rothchild
21-03-2016, 18:05
Wow, I had y'all down as a bunch of boomers, now I'm wondering if some of you aren't Roundheads or Cavaliers :lol:
https://youtu.be/NZ3YrV-k4lw
Nice one Alex....not seen that vid before although heard the track... Sure it was on top of the pops..
Wow, I had y'all down as a bunch of boomers, now I'm wondering if some of you aren't Roundheads or Cavaliers :lol:
Don't include me in the "boomers" category, as it's before my time. Incidentally, Marc, what age are you? :)
Marco.
Don't include me in the "boomers" category, as it's before my time. Incidentally, Marc, what age are you? :)
Marco.
yes, you would be a Jones's boy ;).... in fact actually you probably aint... forgot the years now but probably a gen x actually lol. I would likely be a Jones's
Rothchild
21-03-2016, 18:48
Generation Jones then?
I'm on the cusp between GenX and GenY - I think if I did any sort of 'character test' about it I would probably come out as GenX (certainly identify with X more than Y)
Rothchild
21-03-2016, 18:48
Blasted double posting.....
Covenant
21-03-2016, 18:48
My dad had a Rover 90. He called it the poor mans Rolls Royce. It had a lovely pull out tray beneath the glove compartment with nice chrome tools in. He had to start it with a handle on cold mornings though.
yes, you would be a Jones's boy ;).... in fact actually you probably aint... forgot the years now but probably a gen x actually lol. I would likely be a Jones's
Lol... Never heard of those terms. What does the "Jones" refer to? Besides, I hate being 'labelled' like that and placed into some arbitrary category I don't necessary agree with! Bollox to that pish ;)
Marco.
Generation Jones then?
I'm on the cusp between GenX and GenY - I think if I did any sort of 'character test' about it I would probably come out as GenX (certainly identify with X more than Y)
Unfortunately, that means nothing to me as I'm unfamiliar with the terms. Which year were you born? :)
Marco.
My dad had a Rover 90. He called it the poor mans Rolls Royce. It had a lovely pull out tray beneath the glove compartment with nice chrome tools in. He had to start it with a handle on cold mornings though.
Dad had one of those too... and a 101... good motors, and loved the style. He had lots of Rovers; twas his favorite car make.
Unfortunately, that means nothing to me as I'm unfamiliar with the terms. Which year were you born? :)
Marco.
presumably early 80's
What's this Jones thing all about then? :scratch:
Marco.
Dad had one of those too... and a 101... good motors, and loved the style. He had lots of Rovers; twas his favorite car make.
I still drive one!
Generation Jones is a term coined by the author Jonathan Pontell to describe the cohort of people born from approximately 1954 to 1965. It is said that Jonesers were given huge expectations as children in the 1960s, and then confronted with a different reality as they came of age during a long period of mass unemployment and when de-industrialization arrived full force in the mid to late 1970s and 1980s, leaving them with a certain unrequited "jonesing" quality for the more prosperous days in the past.
Generation Jones then?
I'm on the cusp between GenX and GenY - I think if I did any sort of 'character test' about it I would probably come out as GenX (certainly identify with X more than Y)
What is meant by, and who are 'Generation X'? (And 'Generation Y' for that matter.)
Cheers for that. First I've heard of it, or JP.
It is said that Jonesers were given huge expectations as children in the 1960s, and then confronted with a different reality as they came of age during a long period of mass unemployment and when de-industrialization arrived full force in the mid to late 1970s and 1980s, leaving them with a certain unrequited "jonesing" quality for the more prosperous days in the past.
Perhaps that's why I insist on living my life (as far as possible) in a way that encompasses the values of that era? :)
Marco.
What is meant by, and who are 'Generation X'? (And 'Generation Y' for that matter.)
+1. Who invents these silly descriptions?
Marco.
Rothchild
21-03-2016, 19:36
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/11002767/Gen-Z-Gen-Y-baby-boomers-a-guide-to-the-generations.html
Douglas Copeland wrote a book called Generation X which is quite famous, dunno who coined the others but the notion of baby boomers (due to the boom in childbirth after WW2) has been around for ages.
Yeah, they're labels, yeah they're crude but they are also quite an effective (shorthand) way of characterising and understanding generational differences
I guess that makes me a 'baby boomer'.
spendorman
21-03-2016, 21:56
Nice one Alex....not seen that vid before although heard the track... Sure it was on top of the pops..
Correct, watched that one first.
Generation X may be shallow, but at least they have tolerance and respect for all people
Lisa Simpson
Rothchild
22-03-2016, 09:29
Generation X may be shallow, but at least they have tolerance and respect for all people
Lisa Simpson
Yeah, that's me. Apart from the tolerance and respect bit....
Generation Jones is a term coined by the author Jonathan Pontell to describe the cohort of people born from approximately 1954 to 1965. It is said that Jonesers were given huge expectations as children in the 1960s, and then confronted with a different reality as they came of age during a long period of mass unemployment and when de-industrialization arrived full force in the mid to late 1970s and 1980s, leaving them with a certain unrequited "jonesing" quality for the more prosperous days in the past.
I just about scrape into that cohort.
I don't remember having 'huge expectations' as a child, and by a combination of dumb luck and cunning have never been unemployed, bar six months after graduating. I'm richer now than I've ever been, and thus have no wish to return to the more prosperous days of the past.
These categories are, IMO, mostly bollocks. Funnily enough they're usually coined by journalists and authors who float an article or book on the dubious premise that people born within a certain decade will have a similar outlook on life. It's like astrology, but marginally less credible.
I don't remember having 'huge expectations' as a child, and by a combination of dumb luck and cunning have never been unemployed, bar six months after graduating. I'm richer now than I've ever been, and thus have no wish to return to the more prosperous days of the past.
Me neither, but growing up during the 70s, (certainly in my circumstances, although the 80s were different), there existed a quality of life back then that is long gone now.
Everything was more relaxed and people had more time for each other, especially families, instead of as it is today, with folk running around like headless chickens trying to maintain a lifestyle that they think they 'deserve', but in reality can ill afford, to the detriment of bonding properly with their kids and achieving genuine fulfilment.
I'm not saying that's how it was or indeed is for you, but it was/is for many, and there have been rather interesting TV programmes on recently depicting precisely that, where modern day families were asked to go back in time and 'live through' various eras, from the 50s to the present day, and they were set up in homes to facilitate that. The views of the kids, in particular, afterwards, as to which era they preferred, were rather interesting to say the least! ;)
Therefore if you gauge "prosperous" in terms of the amount of quality time you have to spend with your friends and loves ones (count me in, as for me time is more important/precious than money, providing that one has enough to live on), then in many instances, people were happier and more (emotionally) "prosperous" during the "Jones" era in question, than they are now.
That's probably why I'm attracted to watching TV programmes, which factually depict life during the 60s, because combined with my childhood memories of the 70s, that's largely how I seek to live my life now, by embracing the values that were important back then, and shunning the lifestyle of many today, where those values are almost completely absent.
Marco.
Being the youngest in family i did suffer from this a bit. Older siblings got everything new and more of it etc..i got the cast downs(thats where my love of dresses came from;)) .... My brother got a stamp collection worth 10k then and i got some old coins worth ziltch etc... The list goes on. Much of it was down to finances getting tighter as time went on so yes it was a factor for many in my age group imo. (Had to slip that in)
That's quite common. As an only child, fortunately I had none of that. What I did have was an extremely close emotional bond/relationship with my parents, because they were always there for me and had my best interests at heart, which is why we've always been very close, even now, although sadly my mum passed away a couple of years ago.
Marco.
I was a 'middle child' (third of four), but there wasn't much money to go around anyway, so none of us got much more than the others. My brother and I got on very well, and used to share toys and, later on, records. I was slightly envious of my cousin, an only child, who had a huge room all to himself, loads of toys, and his own record player. What's more, his parents, though Catholics, weren't much bothered about going to church, so he had a lie-in on Sunday mornings when we were turfed out of bed to go to Mass.
I'm not at all nostalgic about the past, partly because I remember there was plenty of bad stuff amongst the good. On the other hand, I don't own a TV, so I guess I'm just regressing back a couple more decades!
Yup, I get that Joe. Our Catholic faith is one of the things that has bonded us closely together as a family, as we've always gone to church together, but not always on a Sunday morning. There are vigil masses on Saturday evenings for those who seek to have a lie in on a Sunday (at least there always have been since I was a kid) ;)
I totally agree that there was plenty of bad stuff amongst the good, during the 60s and 70s - and it's the same with life in any era.
However, what I'm saying is that I take the good bits from those eras and 'mould' them as best as I can into modern life. The good bits are the values people had back then, the slower pace of life, the satisfaction of simpler things and the comparative lack of commercialism and consumerism. Standards in certain valuable social and educational areas were also much higher than they are now.
All of which is why we divorce ourselves, as far as possible, from today's 'rat race' and live where the roads are quiet, the air is fresh, people say 'hello' to each other as they walk down the street, there is little hustle and bustle, you have TIME to do what you want when you want , life is FUN and you feel as if you're [I]living, rather than merely existing, which unfortunately is the case for so many people today, and crucially, you wake up in the morning with a smile on your face, looking forward to the day ahead, which many don't...
That, for me, is some of what "prosperous" is about :)
Marco.
. The good bits are the values people had back then, the slower pace of life, the satisfaction of simpler things and the comparative lack of commercialism and consumerism. .
Very true -although I'm sympathetic to Joe's point of view I don't think it is all nostalgia. life was simpler and better. We had a huge extended family all living nearby and we would get together all the time. My cousins were like brothers and sisters and aunties and uncles were surrogate parents. Now everyone is scattered to the four winds and doesn't have time. I feel sorry for my nieces and nephews that they will never have that sort of childhood.
Indeed - hear, hear! :thumbsup:
Thing is, if kids are brought up (from day one) in an environment that shuns the worst excesses of modern life, you've got more chance of changing their lives in future for the better. Quite simply, kids learn from and are influenced by their parents - and what you teach them at an early age, 'sticks'.
You can't just give in to 'how things are these days', and allow them to become victims of today's society, the same as everyone else; you have to fight against it (the system) and try your level best to instil in your kids the values that are most important to YOU, and what YOU believe is right.
It certainly isn't easy, especially during teenage years, when peer pressure is at its worst, but you have to tough it out, put up with the ensuing tantrums and everything else, when they don't get things all their own way (or all of the superficial material things other kids have), and hope that when they come out the other side, they'll have developed into free-thinking, well-adjusted, socially aware, properly educated adults.
Someone has to have the balls to buck the trend, lest all future generations completely lose the important values we were brought up with.
Marco.
Very true -although I'm sympathetic to Joe's point of view I don't think it is all nostalgia. life was simpler and better. We had a huge extended family all living nearby and we would get together all the time. My cousins were like brothers and sisters and aunties and uncles were surrogate parents. Now everyone is scattered to the four winds and doesn't have time. I feel sorry for my nieces and nephews that they will never have that sort of childhood.
It's partly because my mother used to go on all the time about how things were 'better' before WW2, when she was young (interspersed with stories about families whose children went barefoot or where the father was put inside every now and then for knocking the mother about). No doubt my grandmother in turn thought things had gone downhill after WW1.
spendorman
22-03-2016, 13:54
My dad had a Rover 90. He called it the poor mans Rolls Royce. It had a lovely pull out tray beneath the glove compartment with nice chrome tools in. He had to start it with a handle on cold mornings though.
King Dick adjustable spanner in that, I seem to remember.
You have to wonder how far back it goes. The Black Death, maybe? There must have been a point where people said - 'things were much worse in my day'.
Or perhaps we just forget the downsides?
Certainly my youth (when not in school) was one of untrammelled freedom, roaming the streets with my brothers and cousins, going to the fields to play footie or cricket. There was never any adult supervision, nor were the adults in the slightest bit interested in what we were getting up to.
No question in my mind that was better than how children have to live now.
King Dick adjustable spanner in that, I seem to remember.
What you used to do in the back seat of that car ,we don't want to know ;)
I recall my Ma going into the High street and taking her book into the shop below the Chinease restaurant , and ordering all the groceries for the van to drop off later that week.
walpurgis
22-03-2016, 15:09
King Dick adjustable spanner in that, I seem to remember.
Think I've still got one of those somewhere.
Spectral Morn
22-03-2016, 15:24
You were born on the same year as me, daftee, so you must remember the same stuff I quoted! ;)
Marco.
Some of it yes, but not all of it.
Ok, I'm curious to know the bits I've quoted you don't remember? :)
Marco.
Think I've still got one of those somewhere.
Is that in your 'alternative tool kit'? :eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
22-03-2016, 18:37
Is that in your 'alternative tool kit'? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Got to keep me nuts tight. Innit? :lol:
julesd68
22-03-2016, 18:41
I totally agree that there was plenty of bad stuff amongst the good, during the 60s and 70s - and it's the same with life in any era.
However, what I'm saying is that I take the good bits from those eras and 'mould' them as best as I can into modern life. The good bits are the values people had back then, the slower pace of life, the satisfaction of simpler things and the comparative lack of commercialism and consumerism. Standards in certain valuable social and educational areas were also much higher than they are now.
All of which is why we divorce ourselves, as far as possible, from today's 'rat race' and live where the roads are quiet, the air is fresh, people say 'hello' to each other as they walk down the street, there is little hustle and bustle, you have TIME to do what you want when you want , life is FUN and you feel as if you're [I]living, rather than merely existing, which unfortunately is the case for so many people today, and crucially, you wake up in the morning with a smile on your face, looking forward to the day ahead, which many don't...
I'd like to live somewhere like that ... My son has told us he would like to move to the country so I'll be dissapointed if we don't try that in the next few years. More than 20 years in London is enough for me now ...
walpurgis
22-03-2016, 19:04
I'd like to live somewhere like that ... My son has told us he would like to move to the country so I'll be dissapointed if we don't try that in the next few years. More than 20 years in London is enough for me now ...
It's the best thing you can do Julian. London is a cesspit now. There are no 'nice' parts left, just a few less bad parts.
julesd68
22-03-2016, 19:12
It's the best thing you can do Julian. London is a cesspit now. There are no 'nice' parts left, just a few less bad parts.
Surprised you haven't done a runner yet Geoff!
I really like where we live in Highgate, I wouldn't move anywhere else in London but of course it doesn't take you long to be in the cesspit areas ...
brian2957
22-03-2016, 19:19
Move up here Julian . Loadsa room . My back door looks out into the countryside and the only noise we hear most days is cows , geese , and owls at night :)
Plenty of fresh air too :D
weather aint so hot, but if you like "bracing" then you will like Scotland :lol:
its gonna be the death of me though :rolleyes:
Lol - nice one, Julian. Be careful though, to escape the 'rat race' down south where you are, and gain access to the type of lifestyle I'm referring to, you'll have to really go out into the sticks, with the high level of population that there is down there, and how everything is so 'built up'.
I've been in what seems like quaint little country villages in your neck of the woods, which superficially look idyllic, but when you scratch below the surface are just hives for London commuters, and so not the best places to 'get away from it all'.
To truly do that, you have to go where far less people live, and where commercialism and consumerism haven't hit as hard, and that means heading much further north. The best places to really get away from it all are most parts of Scotland, out with of the bigger cities (same applies with Ireland), and North and West Wales.
Marco.
julesd68
22-03-2016, 19:34
I couldn't agree more Marco - don't want to end up surrounded by snotty stockbrokers!
We would be very happy to move North as that would be closer to my mum who lives in Manchester. We also want 'proper' countryside, tranquility and fresh air ...
We also absolutely love Scotland! Best countryside in the world for me. Not been for many years but hoping to go back to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary this year ... :cool:
walpurgis
22-03-2016, 20:26
Move up here Julian . Loadsa room .
I hear the cart tracks are being replaced by the odd road or two these days. ;) :D
I hear the cart tracks are being replaced by the odd road or two these days. ;) :D
We have a few 2 lane carterways too
brian2957
22-03-2016, 20:32
Aye mate , sometimes I think my road was the original laid by General Wade :lol:
We just got new trams in Edinburgh so we're catching up :D
walpurgis
22-03-2016, 20:56
If you had trams here, they'd just get stolen. :D
brian2957
22-03-2016, 21:17
They just go over budget by tens of millions of pounds up here :rolleyes:
Going back to Geoff s original list, my favourite is radio Luxembourg who can ever forget the way the sound drifted away and then miraculously reappeared again ! One dj I do remember was Tony Prince " Your Royal Ruler " Boy did he like himself. DAB seems a bit souless by comparison
walpurgis
16-04-2016, 08:41
And when businessmen wore pinstriped suits and bowler hats. Morris Eights. Kids being given orange concentrate and cod liver oil from glass bottles by the teasponful as a vitamin booster. Kippers for breakfast. Val Parnell. Domino cigarettes in packs of four that schoolkids used to buy. Owning a crystal set. Russ Conway in the charts. Duckhams 20/50 oil coming onto the market. The Billy Cotton Show. Princess Margaret's wedding. The Fairy Delta 2 becoming the fastest jet plane ever and topping 1000 mph. The conquest of Mt. Everest.
Donald Trump in nappies !
Or when he had his own hair, instead of that ridiculous rug, which is now parked on his nut! :lol:
Marco.
Nice. Remember my dad being saluted army style by AA man as he passed by on his motorbike, after recognising the aa badge on our bonnet, how quaint was that ? Can you imagine that these days !
Civility/manners and respect for one's fellow man, these days, has all but died.
Marco.
Yes civility not servility b4 soneone asks :D. Good manners cost nothing.
Civility/manners and respect for one's fellow man, these days, has all but died.
Marco.
People always say that, doesn't make it true. Just the other day on the train some young bloke gave up his seat so my 75 year old mother could sit down.
Sure there are some nice mannered young folk too. I get lots helping me or offering. Tbh the biggest problem folk are middle aged who seem to have gone through life without need of them
People always say that, doesn't make it true. Just the other day on the train some young bloke gave up his seat so my 75 year old mother could sit down.
Yup, much will depend on your individual experience, but I'm talking about in general these days. Unfortunately, I see far more selfish behaviour, where folk are only interested in what's occurring within their own 'little bubble', and to hell with the rest, than I do acts of selflessness or civility.
Marco.
Yup, much will depend on your individual experience, but I'm talking about in general these days. Unfortunately, I see far more selfish behaviour, where folk are only interested in what's occurring within their own 'little bubble', and to hell with the rest, than I do acts of selflessness or civility.
Marco.
Don't you often talk about 'retreating into your own little bubble'?
Lol yes, in a political sense (I use the term the 'little island' I've created, to divorce myself from the rat race, etc). However, if I'm out and about, and I can help someone, I will, and indeed have done so many times. I always behave courteously when I'm out or driving, etc, as that's how I was brought up :)
Marco.
Audio Advent
19-04-2016, 19:28
Of A Certain Age?
Do you remember?
The cast iron loo cistern up on the wall...
Used to have one in a house share about 6 years ago, both outdoors and possibly in the inside loo too, perhaps not. The outdoor loo was something special; the cold, the severely bubbled layers of paint - the detail in that kind of patina is amazing and can never be replicated other than by real weathering and time, yet people want everything to be clean and devoid of any details, shame - being able to watch foxes in the garden from the open window whilst doing your business . Connects you to reality.
hifinutt
24-04-2016, 17:57
yes i see a few of those when i go to old folks house and have to use the loo !!
do you remember artex ?? well i am up to my neck in removing the stuff !!! like to get my hands on who invented it !:doh:
walpurgis
24-04-2016, 18:10
do you remember artex ?? well i am up to my neck in removing the stuff !!! like to get my hands on who invented it !:doh:
I had a friend who did his flat walls in it. Three inches thick and 'deep textured' with his fingers. You can imagine the sight! :rolleyes:
spendorman
24-04-2016, 18:28
yes i see a few of those when i go to old folks house and have to use the loo !!
do you remember artex ?? well i am up to my neck in removing the stuff !!! like to get my hands on who invented it !:doh:
Be careful, some had asbestos in it I seem to remember.
jandl100
24-04-2016, 18:50
60 now.
Got my first entrance fee concession the other day, to a museum - maybe I should have donated myself as an exhibit. :D
walpurgis
24-04-2016, 19:07
60 now.
Poor old sod. ;)
spendorman
24-04-2016, 19:11
Poor old sod. ;)
I'm 65 next month, and I think your older than me.
jandl100
24-04-2016, 19:15
It's OK - I knew Geoff was being ironic.
Now he's a really old geezer!
spendorman
24-04-2016, 19:17
It's OK - I knew Geoff was being ironic.
Now he's a really old geezer!
He doesn't look it though!
walpurgis
24-04-2016, 19:19
68 soon. :D
(still feel like a nineteen year old...........can't seem to find one though)
60 now.
Got my first entrance fee concession the other day, to a museum...
Bus pass next, Saga holidays and fur-lined slippers with velcro straps! :D
Marco.
spendorman
24-04-2016, 19:26
Bus pass next, Saga holidays and fur-lined slippers with velcro straps! :D
Marco.
I'm on my second bus pass.
jandl100
24-04-2016, 19:28
Bus pass - do I get one at 60? :eek:
walpurgis
24-04-2016, 19:31
Bus pass - do I get one at 60? :eek:
I think so. Never bothered to look into it. I don't use public transport. Might eventually get one as photo ID.
Your prescriptions will be free. Quite handy, as you'll be needing more of them as infirmity sets in! :lol:
spendorman
24-04-2016, 19:45
Bus pass - do I get one at 60? :eek:
Depends on your Council, most are a bit above 60, but some are much more than that.
spendorman
24-04-2016, 20:05
I think so. Never bothered to look into it. I don't use public transport. Might eventually get one as photo ID.
Your prescriptions will be free. Quite handy, as you'll be needing more of them as infirmity sets in! :lol:
Bus pass as a form of ID may not work. Wanted to change my GP surgery recently after over 60 years in the same area. New GP wanted identification, apparently, my birth certificate, non photo driving license, utility bills, National Insurance letter, medical card, photo bus pass, etc. etc. were not enough. Only a passport or photo driving license would be acceptable. I have no passport, was not amused, could not join new surgery.
walpurgis
14-06-2016, 10:25
Why does one's hair and whiskers do strange things as you get older?
Just had to trim the old eybrows. They get unruly after a week or two these days.
Once over forty, hair can sprout from ears, nostrils, bridge of nose and yet start disappearing from the top of the head and thinning on shins.
All part of life's little charms I suppose? :D
Yup, it pops out from everywhere.... Ears look bigger too, although im reliably told its because the head shrinks.
spendorman
14-06-2016, 10:45
Hands beginning to look wrinkly, I've noticed that.
Jeez - not reached that stage yet! :eek:
Marco.
walpurgis
14-06-2016, 10:47
Hands beginning to look wrinkly, I've noticed that.
Mine have looked a bit that way for over forty years. It came from years of working outside in freezing winter weather.
Skin on hands gets wrinkly and thin. Fortunately it doesnt happen everywhere:D
Jeez - not reached that stage yet! :eek:
Marco.
You will, Oscar, you will.
Actually my hands are smooth as a baby's bum, because I've mostly worked with my brain, such as it is.
I went from this
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To this
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Overnight coz of reading so posts on here
spendorman
14-06-2016, 10:55
Jeez - not reached that stage yet! :eek:
Marco.
It creeps up on one, and surprises.
spendorman
14-06-2016, 10:57
You will, Oscar, you will.
Actually my hands are smooth as a baby's bum, because I've mostly worked with my brain, such as it is.
That made me laugh, not sure if I was supposed to.
spendorman
14-06-2016, 11:01
A Quote from Mum at about 98 Years of age, just after having a cataract operation.
"This tea mug wasn't washed properly, what's all that rubbish on that chair over there? my arms look all crinkly"
walpurgis
13-12-2016, 12:08
Much chat on the forum about age related issues, so I thought I'd resurrect this thread and give everybody who may be inclined a place to say their piece.
As I pointed out to Grant earlier, I'm entering my second childhood, so anything could happen! :eek:
Check the first post and see if it rings any bells.
Clifford.T Ward
13-12-2016, 12:15
I looked at the first post and yes I remember many of those things .....I spent the first 40 years of my life growing up in the UK........strangely enough, 20 years here in The Netherlands seems also to have a similar situation where I remember things here that were here when I arrived and now are gone.
No matter the number... Think young, act young, look young - STAY YOUNG! Above all, *never* be old before your time... :nono:
:exactly:
Marco.
walpurgis
13-12-2016, 12:26
No matter the number... Think young, act young, look young - STAY YOUNG! Above all, *never* be old before your time... :nono:
:exactly:
Marco.
I do my best, but there are occasions, especially at this time of year, when I wonder if I can still find the energy! :)
If think weight also has a lot to do with it. We are all subject to gravity and the extra pounds really slow me down when I gain weight. The slimmer I am the better and younger I look and feel.
Lol.... No idea how I'll feel when (or if) I get to your age, mate, but I think you're giving it a bloody good go trying to stay young! :respect:
In all seriousness though, it's a recognised fact that much of the ageing process is psychological, and an attitude thing. Also, stress is the biggest ageing factor of all, so cut that out of your life, and most folk will live for another ten years...
Smiling more everyday helps, too. Miserable grumps die younger! :)
Marco.
If think weight also has a lot to do with it. We are all subject to gravity and the extra pounds really slow me down when I gain weight. The slimmer I am the better and younger I look and feel.
Absolutely, Andy. Regular fresh air an exercise, in that respect, is vital. When you're fitter, you have more energy, and when you have more energy you feel younger! It's all relative :)
I've been going out for a 5-mile brisk walk everyday, for the last month, and feel amazing better for it! :cool:
Marco.
Getting old is like maturing a good malt. Slow, but if done right, the results are worth waiting for. Agree with Marco. Smile if at all possible, it makes a difference to both yourself and everyone else
Firebottle
13-12-2016, 12:50
I've been going out for a 5-mile brisk walk everyday, for the last month, and feel amazing better for it! :cool:
Marco.
Good man. I've always considered brisk walking to be excellent exercise, plus seeing all that the outdoors can offer.
:)
Yup, not as hard on the joints, Alan, and like you say just as good for you as jogging. Fortunately, there's a nice big park just down from our house, so I can walk in the fresh air (minus inhaling vehicle fumes), and enjoy nature, too...
Also, you find stuff... I'm about £3.60, a dozen conkers and 60 hazelnuts up! :D
Nabbed a new set of rawplugs lying on the pavement the other day, too. Who needs to go into town to shop? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Gordon Steadman
13-12-2016, 13:11
Of A Certain Age?
Do you remember?
The cast iron loo cistern up on the wall... When the baker and milkman were door to door with their horse & cart... Dion and Gene Vincent... Half Crowns, Farthings and big white £5 notes... Constellation, Viking and Brittania airliners... Sam Costa... Jamboree bags... Before colour TV... Posh people driving Armstrong Siddeley cars or big Humbers... Gilbert Harding... Listening to Radio Luxembourg... Watching Rag, Tag & Bobtail or Andy Pandy... When 'Tuff' shoes came out... Edmundo Ross... Saturday Night at The London Palladium... Alma Cogan... Steam rollers still being used for road surfacing... The conquering of Everest... Gerald Nabarro... Police on Velocette 'Noddy Bikes'... Needing to hold trousers up with braces... Listening to The Navy Lark... Mau Mau terrorists... Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Malcolm Sargent... The 'four minute mile'... The 'LP' and stereo records arriving... Wilfred Pickles... TV 'interludes' and the National Anthem playing each night on BBC... Brothel creepers, drainpipe trousers and winkle pickers... The lovely Katie Boyle... Panther motorcycles... Every bloke using 'Brylcreem'... Police boxes in the high street... Alec Guinness in 'The Horse's Mouth' film... Yellow AA motorbikes with sidecars... The country Tanganyika... Sainsburys being all wood and tiles... Teddy Boys... Listening to Ray's a Laugh... The Zeta Project... Arthur Askey... Travelling on steam trains... The Army Game on TV... The independance of India... Bus conductors and small coloured bus tickets that got clipped... The Derek Bentley hanging... Shouting 'open the box' during 'Take Your Pick' with Michael Miles... BSA and Rudge bicycles... Arthur Haynes... No Traffic Wardens or yellow lines... Princess Anne as a little girl... Trolley buses and trams... Harold Wilson's 'Gannex' coat... The laundry boiler & mangle in the kitchen... Watching I love Lucy... Only being able to buy shoes with leather soles... Gold top milk bottles... Wolseley 6/90 police cars with bells on... Chocolate bar machines at the station... The opening of the M1... The exploits of Hans and Lotte Hass... The opening of the Kariba Dam... Philip Harben cooking on TV... When motorways had no speed limit... Darning holed socks and jumper elbows... Allard cars... Having a larder... 'Ena Sharples'... Being given malt extract as a nipper... The launch of SS Canberra... WW2 gas mask bags being popular as school satchels... Mutton for dinner not Lamb... Tommy Trinder... Proper 'Dinky Toys'... Sunlight soap... Enjoying gooseberries every summer...
And so on........there are loads more I could add.
Feel free to contribute.
All of the above but we still do the bold bit!! Overdose time. Pies, as is and especially....pounds and pounds of jam - delicious.
Cod liver oil and malt - still available
Kaolin and morphine for upset stomach. Magic liquid to get thoroughly hooked on.
Free milk and cod liver oil tablets at school
Shooting my sister in the eye with a bow and arrow before the elf and safety brigade came along:lol:
Smile if at all possible, it makes a difference to both yourself and everyone else
Yup. No-one likes a continually moaning old grump! Learn to be happy and contented with your 'lot' in life, or at least don't try dragging others down to your miserable level, as ultimately it'll just backfire on YOU! ;)
Marco.
Yup. No-one likes a continually moaning old grump! Learn to be happy and satisfied with your 'lot' in life, or at least don't try dragging others down to your miserable level, as ultimately it'll just backfire on YOU! ;)
Marco.
Wat you talkin' abou Willis? ;)
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Yup. No-one likes a continually moaning old grump! Learn to be happy and contented with your 'lot' in life, or at least don't try dragging others down to your miserable level, as ultimately it'll just backfire on YOU! ;)
Marco.
Yep, those people who are permanently angry with the world probably don't like themselves a whole lot and can even attract ill health as a result IMO. As you rightly say, stress is a definite ageing recipe.
No doubt a young and happy outgoing personality will help cope with life and can aid in fight off illness and disease. Positive thinking is important...ask your doc, he will agree. Might not save you but it will help
Yep, those people who are permanently angry with the world probably don't like themselves a whole lot and can even attract ill health as a result IMO. As you rightly say, stress is a definite ageing recipe.
Indeed, and some folk reading this who qualify for the above [you know who you are] would do well to heed it!
Marco.
I'm too lazy to be angry with the world. Anger is a very fatiguing emotion - it also ages you needlessly.
Gordon Steadman
13-12-2016, 14:45
So all those years of being called an immature twit have paid off then?
So all those years of being called an immature twit have paid off then?
Looks like it! :)
Stryder5
13-12-2016, 15:14
Sorry havn't read all the threads, but
Round the Horne, Sunday lunchtime
9" black and white tv
Outhouse with boiler and mangle.
Loo at bottom of garden.
No bathroom, tin bath in front of open fire (which I fell into twice) the fire not the bath.
Boiled chicken for Sunday dinner.......yuk.
Police Noddy bikes were Velocette LE's 200cc horizontal twin IIRC.
Clip round the ear by the local Bobby when being caught.......
Bootlace ties.
Stryder5
13-12-2016, 15:21
Izal toilet roll
Stryder5
13-12-2016, 15:25
Dad had one of those too... and a 101... good motors, and loved the style. He had lots of Rovers; twas his favorite car make.
You were posh and wealthy...lol. Only doctors in our area had Rovers.
Stryder5
13-12-2016, 15:35
My mom teaching me that a gentleman always walks on the outside of ladies on footpaths, and anywhere else where there was danger. My father died when I was nine.
Helping the paraffin lady on Saturday delivering in an A30 van, think I got paid 2 shillings, always smelling of paraffin that day.......ESSO BLUE I think
dantheman91
13-12-2016, 15:39
I may possibly be the youngest here 25 :lol:
Gordon Steadman
13-12-2016, 15:46
Ah...tin baths and outside loos!!
When we were kids - in a Yorkshire accent of course - we used to have a big tin bath that went on the stove in the scullery. I used to have to wait until my sister had her bath before I could get in. Probably explains why I always like the water scalding these days. The loo was outside behind the scullery.
I remember the building of a bathroom. They walled off a section of the middle floor landing, just room for the bath with loo at one end and sink the other. It even had a hot tap!!!
Stryder5
13-12-2016, 15:59
I may possibly be the youngest here 25 :lol:
And you live in Bournemouth......isn't the average age there 75 or so.........lol
Having just stumbled across this thread, I thought I'd add to it with a few of my own early memories:
Not seeing a large town until I was 6 years old, and it terrified me! Stripy brown and orange wallpaper, angel delight, thruppeny bits. Our first ever "proper" car, a Wolsey 15/60 which seemed like luxury at the time (still has one of the quietest engines on tickover I can ever remember, with exception of our current Lexus!); plaster ducks, no central heating but a coal fire in the downstairs dining room and living room; no upstairs heating and an outside loo (complete with cast iron cistern); a garden half turned over to growing veg (ours still is!); privet hedges in place of ugly fences; streets free of parked cars; no road rage and decent road surfaces; no TV until I was about 7 and then it was a 14 inch portable B&W set. Our first colour TV didn't come into the house until the 1980's!; valve radios, and Radio Luxembourg at night, which my father would come up and turn off if he caught me listening after I was meant to be asleep before school; first time seeing a bloke in huge flares with long hair, and wearing a rabbit skin coat and wondering if he was deranged or meant to look like that, on purpose; Green sheild stamps and my Mum saving for 5 years to redeem them against something like a tableside lamp! The cane at school and a headmaster who wore a mortar board and gown;
Things I don't miss from growing up: being caught up as a young child in the "troubles", bombing, seeing the front of a store front blown out almost in slow motion; witnessing terrible violence; army patrols; the IRA setting up temporary road checks in the sticks; having our house shot-up; Volkswagen beetles (the most detestable car we owned and the worst ever to travel in the back of; just why these horrible noisy underpowered , ill handling death traps were ever popular is beyond me).
Izal toilet roll
Oh jeez, Gary, I'd fogotten that one! Has there ever been a product less fit for pupose than Izal?
Used to get it in precut leafs flat packed for a wall unit. We had one for ever. Think it was still in my mums house til about 3 years b4 she died and you couldnt source the paper. Oddly it was never thought to be "no good" at time. Damn stuff could double for greaseproof paper :eyebrows:
Used to get it in precut leafs flat packed for a wall unit. We had one for ever. Think it was still in my mums house til about 3 years b4 she died and you couldnt source the paper. Oddly it was never thought to be "no good" at time. Damn stuff could double for greaseproof paper :eyebrows:
Apparently Izal is very popular in Switzerland. :scratch:
Lol.
Its certainly tough.. must be their mountain upbringing
Stryder5
19-12-2016, 18:23
Used to get it in precut leafs flat packed for a wall unit. We had one for ever. Think it was still in my mums house til about 3 years b4 she died and you couldnt source the paper. Oddly it was never thought to be "no good" at time. Damn stuff could double for greaseproof paper :eyebrows:
We had it in rolls at school, everybody must have thought it was useless, as the state of the wall decorations became interesting :mental:
walpurgis
19-12-2016, 18:25
Used to get it in precut leafs flat packed for a wall unit. We had one for ever. Think it was still in my mums house til about 3 years b4 she died and you couldnt source the paper. Oddly it was never thought to be "no good" at time. Damn stuff could double for greaseproof paper :eyebrows:
Yeah. You wouldn't get away with shiny bog paper these days. You'd never hear the last of it from the women. :eek:
Gordon Steadman
19-12-2016, 18:32
What with all this old git stuff and me being 70 next year, I can't help wondering where the time went but how come I had time to do so much. Was listening to this yesterday and it sort of rang a bell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZaZqx9v3dU
One of gods own, is willie... an alltime musical and life hero. That mans not only got talent but grit
Ninanina
19-12-2016, 21:29
I think at 54 I am definitely 'knocking on a bit'.... :doh:
I really didn't think I'd still be here to be honest.... that's true ;)
Firebottle
19-12-2016, 21:48
Bev, if you've been through something really bad and come through the other side, that is so much good news that it needs celebration :yesbruv:
We have a friend who has been to hell and back health wise about 15 years ago, she is 60 next month.
It is almost a miracle, with one of the first uses of stem cell technology, so hearing similar is so encouraging for the human spirit :)
walpurgis
01-04-2017, 16:38
Righto. I've put my carpet slippers on and I'm just going to try and tune the wireless to catch Cyril Fletcher on Radio Luxembourg while I have my sardines on toast with a mug of Ovaltine. Might see if Billy Cotton's on later. ;)
.
Lol... hey what am i laughin, aboot... ive got slippers! Not currently on mind but will be soon if no-one comes to save me
spendorman
01-04-2017, 16:56
I'm Horace Batchelor and you can send your money to Keynsham, spelt K E Y N S H A M
I'm way to young for that kind of link mate. ;) thats spelt TOO YOUNG :D
walpurgis
01-04-2017, 17:29
Later this evening, I'll be putting some Semprini and Edmundo Ros on the gramophone. Gone off Vince Hill, a bit too modern for me. :D
spendorman
01-04-2017, 17:45
I have some thorn needles for the 78's
Are they called that because no-one under the age of 78 is interested in them...?
still use a windup gramophone form my 78's.. now this thing uses a needle:eyebrows:
walpurgis
27-06-2017, 09:12
I'm still waiting for them to run 'Tugboat Annie' on TV again. :D
The who? Sounds like some dodgy Dutch porn film! :lol:
Marco.
walpurgis
27-06-2017, 09:21
The who? Sounds like some dodgy Dutch porn film! :lol:
Marco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXiahuN7-0
That's the movie, but it was developed into a TV series.
walpurgis
27-06-2017, 09:35
And I'm just waiting for the milk and bread to be delivered.
http://i68.tinypic.com/zyel5d.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/fv8zvb.jpg
spendorman
27-06-2017, 09:43
And I'm just waiting for the milk and bread to be delivered.
http://i68.tinypic.com/zyel5d.jpg http://i65.tinypic.com/fv8zvb.jpg
This is my road and our milkman in 196420641
walpurgis
27-06-2017, 09:45
Yes. The 'new fangled' electric floats came along about 1960. I remember the milkman hated them.
spendorman
27-06-2017, 09:48
That milkman had a horse drawn float some time before, I remember Mum giving me a sugar cube for his horse.
walpurgis
27-06-2017, 09:51
didnt do hills well:D
This one did! :lol:
http://i64.tinypic.com/bfns0i.jpg
Lol... What are you golden oldies like? Even in the 70s, when I was growing up, we got our milk from the local Co-Op!
Marco.
used to work on a milk float driven by my brother. got phased out in 70's as supermarkets appeared
spendorman
27-06-2017, 10:32
There is still milk delivered daily to this road by a milkman. I don't use this facility but a good friend and neighbour does.
hifinutt
27-06-2017, 11:03
yes my wife fell over recently and the milkman who was delivering in street picked her up which was very kind of him .
Did he really? Yesh, what a lurvely man... :eyebrows:
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You know what they say about milkmen... Watch out how many 'pints' they deliver! :D:D
spendorman
27-06-2017, 11:21
Ernie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1xvyTdBZI
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 08:55
Fish & chips wrapped in newspaper!
brian2957
28-06-2017, 09:03
Fish & chips wrapped in newspaper!
Gawd , I was thinking about that the other day Geoff . What a treat that was :)
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 09:10
Not seen battered Spam fritters for donkeys years either. I liked those. Dripping with grease, lovely! :D
brian2957
28-06-2017, 09:24
Hah ! my mum used to make them . I have 5 brothers and we were brought up on that kinda grub . It didn't do us any harm .
My wife on the other hand would laugh if I asked her to cook spam fritters . You've put me in the mood now Geoff , I might make some later :D
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 09:34
You've put me in the mood now Geoff , I might make some later :D
Can you still get 'proper' Spam now though? :)
spendorman
28-06-2017, 09:37
Seen some Spam like stuff in Lidl. Tried it a few years ago, was fine
brian2957
28-06-2017, 09:39
Can you still get 'proper' Spam now though? :)
Dunno mate , my wife wouldn't buy it if I asked her .
brian2957
28-06-2017, 09:40
Seen some Spam like stuff in Lidl. Tried it a few years ago, was fine
Thanks Alex , Lidl it is then :)
never liked spam. ghastly stuff.;) dad loved tripe and onions; that was much worse :stalks:
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 09:42
You could give it an interesting twist by using garlic luncheon meat. Tesco and Sainsbury sell it from their delicatessen counters, you'd probably need to ask for thick sliced though. I don't personally like garlic, but many do.
spendorman
28-06-2017, 09:42
Dripping on toast, Mum used to give that to me.
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 09:44
never liked spam. ghastly stuff.;) dad loved tripe and onions; that was much worse :stalks:
Hated the pong of liver or tripe being cooked. :eek:
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 09:46
Dripping on toast, Mum used to give that to me.
I liked that too.
spendorman
28-06-2017, 09:47
In the late 50's and 60's, I tended towards being a vegetarian, was generally thought of as not normal.
spendorman
28-06-2017, 09:53
Frozen Jubbly, I bet only a few remember these!
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 09:55
In the late 50's and 60's, I tended towards being a vegetarian, was generally thought of as not normal.
I've always largely been a non meat eater. Not a veggie as such. Just not keen on meat. And anyway, if I can get through the day without something having to die just to fill my plate, so much the better!
The old man forced me to eat roast beef and mutton when I was a nipper. I'd get a belt when I spat out lumps of disgusting, chewy gristle. In the end he gave up trying to make me eat the stuff.
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 09:57
Frozen Jubbly, I bet only a few remember these!
Got some in the freezer right now for the grand kids. The modern ones are half the size of the originals, still taste the same though.
brian2957
28-06-2017, 09:58
Frozen Jubbly, I bet only a few remember these!
That's a blast from the past ...and yes I do remember them :)
were those the triangular packets of juice?
I've always largely been a non meat eater. Not a veggie as such. Just not keen on meat. And anyway, if I can get through the day without something having to die just to fill my plate, so much the better!
The old man forced me to eat roast beef and mutton when I was a nipper. I'd get a belt when I spat out lumps of disgusting, chewy gristle. In the end he gave up trying to make me eat the stuff.
i was a big meat eater when younger; didnt like gristle tho... dont eat much meat now as it doesnt agree so much now. chicken and fish more and still like a bit of mince and onions and mash
spendorman
28-06-2017, 10:23
I've always largely been a non meat eater. Not a veggie as such. Just not keen on meat. And anyway, if I can get through the day without something having to die just to fill my plate, so much the better!
The old man forced me to eat roast beef and mutton when I was a nipper. I'd get a belt when I spat out lumps of disgusting, chewy gristle. In the end he gave up trying to make me eat the stuff.
I wonder if we had the same Dad!
walpurgis
28-06-2017, 10:26
I wonder if we had the same Dad!
What, stiff upper lip and very proper? ;)
spendorman
28-06-2017, 10:29
What, stiff upper lip and very proper? ;)
Sort of, but he came from Poland before WW2, very poor out there, so nothing could be wasted here including food on my plate.
walpurgis
07-11-2017, 11:25
Invalid carriages.
http://i67.tinypic.com/2lndzqe.jpg
And Bond three wheelers.
http://i67.tinypic.com/dno75g.jpg
I remember getting a regular lift to work in a Bond in the sixties. Funny little thing it was. Did the job though.
It's essentially a motorbike with a cage wrapped around it, isn't it? Might be fun to 'pimp'! :eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
07-11-2017, 11:34
The Bond had a 200cc Villiers two stroke bike engine if I recall. Top speed was about 40mph.
spendorman
07-11-2017, 11:44
My deluxe BMW one:
walpurgis
07-11-2017, 11:46
I had one in green.
spendorman
07-11-2017, 11:50
Bet you wish you still had it, worth big money now.
My one was red, painted by hand in house gloss. I rubbed it down, sprayed sealer, primer, many coats of gloss black, bored engine out to 350cc. Was a great little car. could top 70 MPH,
my sisters first boyfriend had a bubble-car. dad chased him away with his third degree antics:D he looked like herman from the hermits
walpurgis
07-11-2017, 11:55
Bet you wish you still had it, worth big money now
And the two Mk.I Jags I had. And the Mini Cooper. And the 3.0 Capri Ghia. Even my three Opel Manta GTE's would fetch a bob or two now.
Invalid carriages.
http://i67.tinypic.com/2lndzqe.jpg
The Latin teacher at my old prep school used to run around in one of those. He was Spanish, so we rather unkindly referred to it as the "Dagomobile". This was years before political correctness!
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