Those over 50 this is for you\u201a those of you under 25\u201a well tough you missed out on a great up bringing. The pop wagon\u201a bus conductors\u201a house doors left open by neighbours\u201a the daily milkman\u201a dustbin men carrying metal bins on their backs\u201a corner shops\u201a bakers\u201a hardware stores\u201a buying vinyl records whilst listening in booths in major stores\u201a English manufactured cars with localised registrations so you knew where they were from\u201a picnics\u201a yes families use to do that together\u201a going for a walk with your dad in the woods\u201a not allowed now you may look like a peadi\u201a going fishing\u201a flying a kite\u201a making Airfix models\u201a no mobiles\u201a telephone boxes that worked\u201a stamps you could understand\u201a the YMCA for activities\u201a scouts\u201a boys brigade\u201a cubs\u201a brownies\u201a girl guides\u201a sixties bands\u201a Beatles\u201a Rolling Stones\u201a Kinks\u201a I could go on you all remember them\u201a we won the World Cup at football\u201a Union Jacks use to fly off Town Halls\u201a teachers were in charge\u201a we could read and write at 5\u201a we played out until dark\u201a tin can squat\u201a and other games passed down\u201a school sportsdays\u201a the office trip\u201a drinking at dinner time and going back to work\u201a foggy towns and cities\u201a smokey chimneys\u201a older men in hats\u201a football rattles\u201a women in hats\u201a no tea bags\u201a no curries or takeaways\u201a fish and chip shops on all streets\u201a the Co-OP and the divi stamp\u201a Green Shield Stamps\u201a Luncheon Vouchers\u201a walking to school\u201a going on trolley buses\u201a Youth Clubs\u201a Billy Cotton\u201a Black & White Minstrels\u201a Morcambe & Wise\u201a Dave Allen\u201a The Val Doonican show\u201a Eurovision when it was a song contest\u201a Come Dancing\u201a The Lone Ranger\u201a Andy Pandy\u201a Bill & Ben\u201a Hamy Hamster\u201a Magic Roundabout\u201a Test Match Cricket with John Arlott and Peter West\u201a Pans People\u201a Animal Magic\u201a The Avengers\u201a The Pursuaders\u201a Monty Python\u201a last orders were at 10.30pm on a Sunday\u201a just 3 TV Channels\u201a memories of getting your first colour television\u201a no political correctness\u201a women know your place\u201a most people spoke English\u201a and there I better leave it\u201a that is unless you want to add any more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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