benjamin1945 16,118 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 most of us recall the hard times our parents had 50 or 60 years ago,and i think we are duty bound to ensure our kids and Grandkids know of them aswell,so they fully appreciate all the advantages they have today. heres just a few, getting the coal in, chopping wood to make the fire, wash day,with a dolly tub and ponch, oven shelf for a water bottle, make do and mend, rations, no telly, no double glazing no central heating, i am sure you can add many more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Keeping milk in summer in a bucket of cold water under the kitchen sink. Ice on the inside of my bedroom window in winter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 The phone was not in your pocket, it was in a red box at the end of the road! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 How did people manage to walk along the street without having to keep looking down at their phone all the time? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 On Facebook I have friends in their twenties who long for their own 'good old days' when they were young. It will never end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 most of us recall the hard times our parents had 50 or 60 years ago,and i think we are duty bound to ensure our kids and Grandkids know of them aswell,so they fully appreciate all the advantages they have today. heres just a few, getting the coal in, chopping wood to make the fire, wash day,with a dolly tub and ponch, oven shelf for a water bottle, make do and mend, rations, no telly, no double glazing no central heating, i am sure you can add many more! As I have solid fuel central heating - I still get the coal in (well coke anyway) I still chop wood to make the fire - keeps you warm twice - once when you are cutting/chopping it and again when you are burning it! No telly? Might as well not have one when you look at the *** that is on it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Winding the living room clock up every night, and winding the alarm clock in the bedroom up. "Backing" the fire up with slack before going to bed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 No car. No inside privy. No hot running water. Tin bathtub hanging on the wall outside. No supermarkets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 No telephone - of any kind! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Reading the squares of newspaper while sitting on the "throne".. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I had a mate who swore blind that outside loos did not & never existed !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Good grief! Where did he grow up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 He must have had a posh upbringing...LOL Hell!!! Even our house at Clifton Estate had one outside loo and the one upstairs in the bathroom when we were relocated from the Meadows in the early 70's.... The Meadows house had only one outside loo, my parents around the corner on Kirke-White Street had an outside loo......He must have been posh...LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 our house at Clifton Estate had one outside loo and the one upstairs in the bathroom Likewise. That was luxury. Two aunts who lived on Garden Street in Radford only had access to one toilet which was outside in the yard and it was shared by several other houses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 When my Mum took on being Manageress of the new Lady Bay shop on Alfred Street South in the late 50's, it was my first introduction to a bathroom and inside loo. The original loo for the house was down the bottom of the long shared back yard, and it was a set of shared loos, two houses to one loo.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Bobs for the gas & leccy meters, two bobs for the telly. (Dad taking back off telly to bypass meter) Esso blue (boom boom boom) paraffin for the smelly heater thing. Getting into a freezing cold bed. Putting newspaper in front of the fire to draw it, & panic when it caught fire. Outside toilet freezing up. Red marks on legs from standing too close to the fire. Chilblains. More when I remember.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Chilblains, God, they were horrible, and hot aches, chapped lips, wrinkly toes cos they had been wet all day at school. Kids with purple blobs on their head, impetigo , styes, boils. Oh Lord, aren't kids lucky today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Gas man coming to empty the meter, counting out the pennies, and after giving mum the rebate coiling them into paper rolls, god his leather satchel must have been heavy by the end of the day. When your computer was called a ..............................brain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I used to get told off for toasting my toes in front of the fire, "that'll give you chilblains" Mam trilled. They did go red & hurt but don't think I had full blown chilblains, probably hot aches. Always seemed to be kids with cotton wool sticking out of their tabs.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Nah - that was their brains falling out ! Having said that I used to suffer appalling earache at times ("otitis media" the doctor wrote on the note for school). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Starting handles for cars. Our first radio ran on an accumulator which periodically dad had to take to a little shop off Alfred St to get charged up. It looked like a glass car battery. Any of you electrical experts know what it was. Sugar in blue paper bags that went crusty because the larder was damp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Going to goose fair where all the rides were playing different records, & when the ride started the lights dimmed & the record slowed down with the voltage drop from the starting load. Radio Luxembourg fading in & out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 They still make lead acid batteries with glass cases basfordlad, all the telephone exchange batteries we used at collieries had those six volt types set up as a 48 volt battery as power back up. Easy to see the electrolyte levels. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I remember putting PP9 batteries in the oven to make then last a bit longer, wonder they didn't go bang.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Telling the rent man "Mams not in" while she was hiding in the kitchen.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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