Tell Me Something............Anything!

**guy** · 21-02-2021, 16:36

Originally Posted by Marco

Lol... Out of interest, what year/era are you describing, Paul?

I'm pretty sure we had a colour TV from around the early 70s, simply because I can remember watching Dr Who (and John Pertwee) in colour, and we always had a phone in the hallway. We had central heating and (Everest) double glazing installed in the late 70s, so no frozen windows, and even before that I always had s small 'Dimplex' electric heater in my bedroom, so the room was never that cold, plus a coal fire in the lounge

And as for chippies, my dad had two of his own!

Marco.

Bloody posh bugger

Our TV couldn't receive BBC2 (405 line? instead of 625 I seem to remember, about 1969/70) - I had to put up with mates at secondary school going on about Rowan and Martin's laugh in and Mash and I didn't have a clue what they were going on about.
We also had one gas fire in the "front room", bloody awful paraffin heater in the kitchen and no heating upstairs - I used to look forward to scratching pictures in the ice on my bedroom window. Never felt that cold though; would have been 1962/63 with the ice, proper winters in those days.

try to tell people nowadays.......

**struth** · 21-02-2021, 16:48

i never got to watch tv much anyway.. during day i was out and in evening it was mums toy

**Pigmy Pony** · 21-02-2021, 17:14

77 Sunset Strip, Beverley Hillbillies, Mr Ed, Hawaiian Isle, Lost in Space, Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Batman, Man from UNCLE, and all the Gerry Anderson productions. I think that was about it as far as I remember.

Oh, and Preston 78475, that was our landline number in the 60s. Strange that I still remember that but can't recall what I had for tea yesterday.

And my dad worked for Telehire for a few years, so our telly was always something special. Oh and Marco, folk who couldn't afford to buy their TV outright (AKA most normal people) didn't get into debt for it, they just rented. With TVs being as dear and as unreliable as they were, it was the smart thing to do. Unless you had more money than sense and wanted to get ahead of the Joneses

**struth** · 21-02-2021, 17:17

Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

77 Sunset Strip, Beverley Hillbillies, Mr Ed, Hawaiian Isle, Lost in Space, Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Batman, Man from UNCLE, and all the Gerry Anderson productions. I think that was about it as far as I remember.

Oh, and Preston 78475, that was our landline number in the 60s. Strange that I still remember that but can't recall what I had for tea yesterday.

And my dad worked for Telehire for a few years, so our telly was always something special. Oh and Marco, folk who couldn't afford to buy their TV outright (AKA most normal people) didn't get into debt for it, they just rented. With TVs being as dear and as unreliable as they were, it was the smart thing to do. Unless you had more money than sense and wanted to get ahead of the Joneses

yup and kept me in a job for years until some bugger learned to make them reliable and both killed the rental business and 90% of the repair jobs

**Pigmy Pony** · 21-02-2021, 17:21

Originally Posted by struth

i never got to watch tv much anyway.. during day i was out and in evening it was mums toy

Telly for us kids was pretty much a tea time thing. Rest of the time was either outdoors, making and using weapons, playing with Meccano/Lego, drawing, or reading. I read quite a lot of books as a kid, you would be surprised to hear

**Marco** · 21-02-2021, 17:39

Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Oh and Marco, folk who couldn't afford to buy their TV outright (AKA most normal people) didn't get into debt for it, they just rented. With TVs being as dear and as unreliable as they were, it was the smart thing to do. Unless you had more money than sense and wanted to get ahead of the Joneses

Lol - what do you mean by "normal"? Who's "normal": yours or mine?

In any case, sure, but it wasn't me making those decisions - speak to my dad!

Anyway, it was never yours though, a bit like renting a property - you just keep paying for something that you'll never own (or be an asset), so I guess their decision to buy a TV ('sensible' or not) centered around their dislike for that type of thing.

They were always used to owning what they had, which is probably where I get it from. Be your own boss, stay in control and be beholden to no-one. That kinda shit. An overall healthy mentality, in my view, especially considering how the world has turned out since!

One thing's for sure though, their desire to own their TV (like they owned everything else, including their house/business premises and car outright) would've had feck all to do with 'keeping up with the Joneses', as they simply weren't wired that way

Rather like me, they did their own thing and didn't give a fuck what anyone else thought!

Marco.

**Pigmy Pony** · 21-02-2021, 18:07

Originally Posted by Marco

Lol - what do you mean by "normal"? Who's "normal": yours or mine?

Marco.

Since you took the trouble highlight it and ask the question, the answer is: my normal and almost everyone else in the sixties

You can't talk to us about your 60s life (central heating, own house, own telly, 2 shops and nothing on HP) and expect to be seen as normal by anyone but other posh folk

Fortunately for the rest of us you like a bit of rough

Gotta go now, my normal folk Chinese has just landed...

**Marco** · 21-02-2021, 18:21

Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Since you took the trouble highlight it and ask the question, the answer is: my normal and almost everyone else in the sixties

I'm not talking about the 60s though, I was really too young to remember any of it. I'm talking about the 70s onwards, which I can remember. "Normal" is simply what you're used to!

And we didn't consider ourselves as 'posh' - far from it.

My dad was fortunate to own a successful business, but had to work bloody hard for his money. And the money he earned was always spent on either his family or nice things for the house. He didn't smoke, gamble or drink to excess (much like me), which meant he had more disposable income than the folks with those unfortunate vices, who otherwise perhaps could've afforded the same...

Fortunately for the rest of us you like a bit of rough

How dare you refer to Del like that!

Lol, hope she's not reading this

She certainly isn't that....

Gotta go now, my normal folk Chinese has just landed...

Lol, do you live on Chinese food - don't you ever cook?

Marco.

**struth** · 21-02-2021, 18:23

Originally Posted by Marco

I'm not talking about the 60s though, I was really too young to remember any of it. I'm talking about the 70s onwards, which I can remember. "Normal" is simply what you're used to!

And we didn't consider ourselves as 'posh' - far from it.

My dad was fortunate to own a successful business, but had to work bloody hard for his money. And the money he earned was always spent on either his family or nice things for the house. He didn't smoke, gamble or drink to excess (much like me), which meant he had more disposable income than the folks with those unfortunate vices, who otherwise perhaps could've afforded the same...

How dare you refer to Del like that!

Lol, hope she's not reading this

She certainly isn't that....

Lol, do you live on Chinese food - don't you ever cook?

Marco.

indeed.. thats my niece your insulting

**Marco** · 21-02-2021, 18:38

Lol, Granty, could you *imagine* what princess Del would say to the notion of being my 'bit of rough'?

Marco.

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