From reading posts on here.....

[Jeza]

I gather there are a lot of 'Well to do' people. What I would like to know is how many 'council house kids' there are.

I was born in lodgings and moved to a new council house at the age of 18 months in 1952. Dad had a good job, was never out of work but could never afford to buy.

We now own our own home but I've never forgotten my roots, and never will.

So what about you?

[Mick-Talbot]

What views , wardlaw?

[ummmm]

Mick, I think it's gone over his head ...

[Mick-Talbot]

I guess it has, ummmm.
Maybe when he has a re-read in the morning.

[wardlaw]

///give it up wardlaw....you are the same as me. Counsel (spelling?) dwelling, no rent paying criminal.......High has you bang to rights.///

[ummmm]

Mick was just repeating what 'High' said.

[wardlaw]

Hands up. Pax tibi I'm sorry!

[ummmm]

:-)

[wardlaw]

Ok sorted. Off to bed. Goodnight :o)

[stewey]

Well, I never! I realize that I am imparting my opinion towards the end of this diatribe; however, "Well to do" is so mediocre, so abysmally lower middle class. I will have you all be aware of the fact that I am quite posh: my shack is no longer condemned. I got my buddies to put stilts under it, and now it don't float as much.

[friedgreentomato]

Grew up in the forces travelling around rent privately as it allows me to live in homes that I could never afford to buy

[EvianBaby]

My Dad was in the RAF so we lived in RAF housing until he retired. But that meant there were 9 people (2 parents, 7 kids) sharing a 4 bed house. Both Mum and Dad usually had two jobs going at a time to keep us all in food and clothes.

Dad ran a pub for about 10 years when he retired and went from having no money to being rich to going bankrupt. He always says now he knows how it felt to have money he's glad he doesn't have any.

[friedgreentomato]

Evian did you travel much with dad? Ever stationed in Norfolk?

[friedgreentomato]

I loved RAF housing we were so lucky very happy childhood on the base we lived.

[EvianBaby]

I didn't really FGT, as the youngest I was born in Stafford, moved to Valley then when I was 5 moved to High Wycombe where we stayed til Dad retired. Still in that area now.

The rest of them moved a lot, mostly to a from Germany and Wales I think. Not sure they were ever in Norfolk.

I've got some really happy memories of RAF life too.

[friedgreentomato]

We lived in Scotland, Norfolk and Hong Kong and dad travelled whilst we stayed stationery.

[EvianBaby]

Yeah, same with our Dad. Feels like he spent a life time in Italy and the Falklands. He lived in HK too. Wish we'd been posted there with him!

[zebo]

Late commer to this "discussion", I was born in a council house, my parents never received benefits, when my father had serious surgery in the early '50s, my mother went back to work in a mill, she had to take me and brother, 2 and 4, to the nursery, walking both ways and it wasn't round the corner. Even then, there were people in our avenue who didn't work but to label all people in council houses and/or on benefits as feckless is offensive.
As far as the RAF brats are concerned, would Germany be Gutesloh and Norfolk Mildenhall, down the road from here?

[friedgreentomato]

Zeno Norfolk was RAF Coltishall