Emperor Ming Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I was reading one of the threads about feeling old and started thinking When I was a kid Threepenny bits = coins A £ = 240 pennies We had 10 bob notes (50p to you whipper snappers) Pound notes half crowns and six pence's. We knew what avoirdupois meant. A Mini clubman estate brand spanking new was £655 (My old man bought one) Most cars wouldn't do 80mph People respected the law and the clip from the bobby even more. Graffitti was done with chalk. Teachers could, and did, hit you. Kids could, and did, go out and PLAY!!!!!! Videos were Betamax or VHS toploaders and had great big silver switches on the front. Telly's were black and white. Pictures had a main feature and a B movie - usually British. Winters were long and VERY cold. Drugs were reserved for Rock Stars You pushed lawn mowers. People really did wash their front step. People walked to the phone box. Mobile phones only existed on Sci Fi movies. Just a few ramblings Ming the Thoughtful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 What are you talking about? I know you are called ming but I didnt think you really were from another planet...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 at Christmas... The Morcombe and Wise Show and everything else you mentioned, we must be a similar vintage The past is always better no matter what age you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev946 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Crap TV - No decent programs and no choice Crap Cars - slow, crap brakes, always braking down and rust No Internet, PC's etc. No gadgets...microwave, iPods etc. etc. Being bored Thank god for progress..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 FIREBALL XL5 the gerry anderson stuff was way ahead of its time and what happened to white dog crap, you dont see that now they all eat a well balanced diet ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Crap TV - No decent programs and no choice Thank god for progress..... you had 3 channels ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 As kids we used to play out. Didnt do the vandal bit as the local copper would give us a slap. Sunday afternoons was Captain Pugwash. ( had an effect) Could walk home from school without the aid of an MPV. Music was better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Ming Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 What are you talking about? I know you are called ming but I didnt think you really were from another planet...... Cheeky young whipper snapper. LOL Ming the Ancient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinbad Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 People really did wash their front step. People walked to the phone box. definately remember them days. plus it would take ages to get a car started and warmed up, you'd have to mess with the "pull out" choke for half an hour. meanwhile you froze your go-nads off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 What are you talking about? I know you are called ming but I didnt think you really were from another planet...... Cheeky young whipper snapper. LOL Ming the Ancient just teasing mate, I'm in denial thats all. Age hits us all, like a truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 ask nixy........... she will remember....!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 A really good night out for a fiver and that included putting petrol in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Crap TV - No decent programs and no choiceCrap Cars - slow, crap brakes, always braking down and rust No Internet, PC's etc. No gadgets...microwave, iPods etc. etc. Being bored Thank god for progress..... Sorry mate, cannot remember ever being bored as a kid, if we couldn't play outside we read books, nowadays with all your ipods, PC's etc half the kids can't bloody read!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 A really good night out for a fiver and that included putting petrol in the car. Beer at 1s 7d a pint (8p) when I first started drinking, no wonder I was always legless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 polos were 2p a packet......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 ask nixy........... she will remember....!!!!!!! I'll deal with you later......... But one thing that does stick in my mind was that we used to play outside in the road and if a car came you just shouted "CAR" moved your cricket stumps, ball, bat whatever you were playing with, let the car past then just carried on playing in the street again! Oh, and running home at lunchtime from school to watch kids programs because kids TV wasn't on all the time like it is now. I used to like Pipkins and Jamie and the magic torch! Sweets, crisps and fizzy drink were not part of your mum's weekly shop either, we got them once a week with our pocket money from the village shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 A really good night out for a fiver and that included putting petrol in the car. Beer at 1s 7d a pint (8p) when I first started drinking, no wonder I was always legless That was lager - beer was only 1s 4d when I worked in the union bar in my first year at university. You could have a good night out, including a fish supper on the way home, from a ten bob note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 at Christmas... The Morcombe and Wise Show and everything else you mentioned, we must be a similar vintage The past is always better no matter what age you are That would be Morecambe and Wise, Tim. I seem to remember we could all spell better in those days too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I was reading one of the threads about feeling old and started thinkingWhen I was a kid Winters were long and VERY cold. Ming the Thoughtful My old man made my first sledge when I was about 5, and I remember using it every year - it snowed by December most years, and often lasted until March, on and off. I also did a lot of skiing in the late 1960s - no problems wondering if it would snow then either. I think it was in 1969 that we went to Aviemore late on in the season - late April or early May - went skiing in the morning, back down at lunchtime and it was warm enough for a swim in Loch Morlich in the afternoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stez Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I remember playing Thunder and Lightning as a kid, jublee's at playing football all day, scrumping for apples and strawberries in the Churchyard, sugar sandwiches, and when I got a older getting into a nightclub, 10 No6 cigarettes and a pint of bitter all for a quid on a saturday night!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I was reading one of the threads about feeling old and started thinkingWhen I was a kid Winters were long and VERY cold. Ming the Thoughtful I also did a lot of skiing in the late 1960s - no problems wondering if it would snow then either. I think it was in 1969 that we went to Aviemore late on in the season - late April or early May - went skiing in the morning, back down at lunchtime and it was warm enough for a swim in Loch Morlich in the afternoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 bunch of old gits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 bunch of old gits Exactly what i was thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 stuff i remember when i was small was thomas the tank engine, fireman sam, master systems with alex kidd, volvo 740 estates, um...random crap like that by young i mean like 5 to 10 years old, not under 20 like most of you lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 at Christmas... The Morcombe and Wise Show and everything else you mentioned, we must be a similar vintage The past is always better no matter what age you are That would be Morecambe and Wise, Tim. I seem to remember we could all spell better in those days too! Whoooops spell checker let that one go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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