The Good Old Days

[NoMercy]

When 20 Ransom were £1.36, Liebfraumilch was around £2, meaning I'd still have change from my £5 pocket money.

What do you miss from the good old days...?

[stewey]

Actually, I just made that up. The closest I've come to a farthing are the ones in my fathers coin collection:)

[andres]

You would need a police escort to walk through our small town at midnight and seeing as how the police station is now 4 miles away that could be difficult. !

[pixie373]

You've obviously related to it, aog.

[joeluke]

The time before political correctness

[EdmundD]

As a student in the late 60s I used to draw £5.00.00 (pounds, shilling and pence, that is) and that did me for food and entertainment for the week. Don't know what that would equate to now, whether it's good or bad.

Not so good where I was - pub landlords who didn't want long-haired students in their pubs and gangs of skinheads who quite often beat up any students they came across (nothing else to do). Local girls didn't want that much to do with you because you didn't belong. Police v. suspicious.

But at least you didn't hear about post code stabbings and getting revenge for 'disrespect'.

If a policeman told you to go home you did. A policeman could walk into a pub and have a look around if he wanted to. Police used to be visible and knew their beats.

When I moved to London in the early 70's I used to walk from centre of town late at night/early morning (no night buses) out to the suburb I lived in and not be bothered about a thing. Wouldn't do it now even if I was a young man.

Perhaps there was more respect for law and order. Also if a person went to court for committing an offence they knew it wouldn't be community service.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// I know you're trying to get yr pint across but you originally made a comment which was out of kilter with the mood of the thread which there was no need for in CB. ///

this was the comment I made, for which I was later criticised for, since we were talking about the good old days, what is wrong with that?

*** I could walk home alone after taking a girl home from a late night dance, and on my way home i would pass various groups of men, who would just say "goodnight mate" in their passing. ***

*** You would never get that today. ***

[DaisyNonna]

The dining car on a train.

[Sipowicz]

The little blue bag of salt in a bag of crisps.

[whiskeryron]

Real comedians, most of the lot who are on TV nowadays do not raise a giggle.

WR.

[ummmm]

You can still get them, Sip, the are Walkers Salt and Shake...

[Sipowicz]

Thanks Ummmm, I'll look out for them.

[DaisyNonna]

1shilling to get in the Boys' entrance at Villa Park.
The pancake and coffee houses where teenagers could meet and spend ages just chatting.

[ummmm]

White and blue bag. I eat them without the salt :-)

[Baby_Sham]

I very rarely buy chocolate, but bought myself a Mars Bar yesterday.
SEVENTY PENCE!! I thought they were 25p-ish, and it was 'fun' size too. Why have they shrunk?

[WELSHYORKIE]

Kids out playing in the park, Playing footie or out on their bikes and getting proper exercise. People talking to each other and not texting or BBMing or FBing.............

[WELSHYORKIE]

Stepdads Bedford Dormobile and days out at Scarborough with as many kids as we could cram in the back........

[overthetop]

Being able to walk out of a job one day and into a new one the next.