Yes, enjoyed it enormously, brionon.
Stacks of decent pay rises, decent interest rates for the hard-pressed saver, with individuals and companies forced to be more prudent when the cost of borrowing was realistic. Yes, I did have a mortgage during that time, but was still much better off than I am now.
What we have now is similar (or higher) inflation rates to those you mention, but artificially depressed by the method of measurement, and concomitant low interest rates and pay deals.
Once again, having lived through both scenarios, I know which I prefer.