TAFKARM Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 The ever present threat of geothermal nuclear apocalypse. Quote
jeff oakley Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 The ever present threat of geothermal nuclear apocalypse. That was no problem. We were taught at school that all you needed was to quickly build a shelter from a table and doors, cover with blankets and get under, we would be fine. And we had the skills to do that all in less than two minutes without moaning. If you told kids today that....... 2 Quote
SootySport Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 If you told kids today that.......they would run to mother and mother would tell them to call a helpline 0800xxxxxxxxxxx Quote
John K Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Sitting in the boot of your dads estate car, facing the following traffic whilst driving to Scotland for the family holiday. Fishing permits..! And a bobby on a bike who would check them. Got a slap on the ear for telling one I wanted to report a crime. Somebody had stolen all the fish. Got home complained to my dad, who slapped my other ear for being cheeky to the police. Refresher chews, 2p bags of crisps Listening to House of the Rising Sun for the first time Bits of cardboard in your bike spokes to sound like a motorbike (or a Red top powered Westie...) Three channels on the TV ...and I had crossed over into early 70's. I'm a 60 year old in a 46 year old body... Quote
Gerry H Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 2P!!! 2p!!! Surely you mean tuppence?? Dear old L.s.d. was the currency of the day. And weren't crisps 4d with a blue bag of salt and any flavour you wanted so long as it was plain? Kids! Who'd 'ave 'em? Quote
AdamR Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Ice on the inside of your bedroom window in winter I had that as a child of the 90s Dear old L.s.d. was the currency of the day. You used to use Limited Slip Diffs as currency? Wouldn't that make your wallet REALLY heavy? Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 just off to order me a set of them rose tinted glasses 1 Quote
John K Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 just off to order me a set of them rose tinted glasses I thought they were mandatory for Westie ownership... Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Lot of it about. But with gas only, you could have a fridge. And I'm sure petrol was 4/11 a gallon, or 5 bob with a shot of Redex. That must be after the Arabs and Israelis kicked off, or would it have been Suez? But the music and the cars were far better I ran a 1947 Morris Ten Series 'M' from late 1962 and it drank bog standard petrol at 4/4d a gallon. Super Dooper High Octane was 5/0d or a halfpenny more, and normal juice was (I think) 4/7d. That would have been after Suez 'cos I only vaguely recall my Dad wondering if eau de nil paint was still a Good Idea! Lots of us 'had' girlfriends (although not as many as boasted as much) but nobody got any of them in the Club - we had too much respect for them and for our parents. There was only 30mph limits when I started driving (possibly the odd new idea 40 limit) but no 70 anywhere. After a while I got a better car just in time for Barbara Castle to introduce the 70 limit. Quote
DonPeffers Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Cons--car vinyl seats burning in summer and freezing in winter; having to do hand signals during the driving test for indicating ie. turn left/right/slow down (and nowt to do with the popular hand signals too often seen on todays roads); servicing every 3000 miles and still no guarantee of reliability; smog. Pros--very simple motors and few tools needed; able to enjoy clear, uncongested roads which were maintained in a good condition. 1 Quote
M444TTB Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Sounds like some people are still smoking the same stuff they were in the 60s! 1 Quote
pistonbroke Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Doing U turns on the M6 No breathaliser Coppers in Anglias , no chance No MOT parking free everywhere Mini Skirts ( but it was sussies when i was adolescent) Jaqueline Hewitt ( what a sport) all night sessions at the cavern Club Acker Bilk casey footballs would brake today's lots legs long hot summers ( no global warming ) long COLD winters , lots of snow 1 Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 M6? What M6? I was driving when the new Preston bypass started to break up a few weeks after it opened! That eventually became the M6 didn't it Bernie? Quote
SootySport Posted April 18, 2015 Author Posted April 18, 2015 Talking of the first motorways, do you remember having a picnic on the M1. I did with my uncle on the central reservation, motorists were a bit 'Green' then. Quote
iain m Posted April 18, 2015 Posted April 18, 2015 Mini skirts before some twisted sod invented tights Banging the inside of the car when the indicator arm would not go up and again when it would not go down. Four gallons of 4 star and 4 shots of Redex for a proper pound. The AA man on his motorcycle and box saluting. No traffic police, plod rode a bike and the Sweeny had a Wolseley with a shiny bell. Riding a motorcycle without a helmet. Coming out of the local cinema with a hot date having borrowed the family Jag to find a plod on a bike about to give an interrogation on ownership. Comparatively better off than my children and grandchildren are today, the country was a safer friendlier and happier place, we were all told technology would result in us retiring at 55, problem was no one applied income tax and NI to these machines to pay our pensions?????? Quote
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