manclad
Well-Known Member
I drove to Villa Park in an Austin Mini Metro 1.0L.
No aircon,no elec.windows,no CD player,not even a radio.
And petrol was about 50p a GALLON.
I had just bought a terraced house in Middleton Junction for £12,300.
And my mortgage was £10,000.(I can't remember what the monthly payments were but it seemed alot at the time).
If you wanted to see a bit of porn,you bought a copy of Fiesta or Escort.
Only well off people had a video recorder - I didn't get one until the following year.
No mobile phones or internet.My landline phone still had a dialling wheel - no push buttons.
If you wanted to find somewhere like Villa park you used a map or asked for directions(or followed other cars and coaches full of City fans).
Everything was paid for in cash(no debit cards)or for larger items a cheque was written out.And I still had £1 notes in my pocket as £1 coins came into circulation in 1983.
And lastly I was still a single man.I got married to my good lady wife on April 18th 1981 the week after we beat Ipswich Town.
Our 30th wedding anniversary is 2 days after we play United.
The world has certainly changed alot in the last 30 years.
My undying love for Manchester City Football Club has not.
No aircon,no elec.windows,no CD player,not even a radio.
And petrol was about 50p a GALLON.
I had just bought a terraced house in Middleton Junction for £12,300.
And my mortgage was £10,000.(I can't remember what the monthly payments were but it seemed alot at the time).
If you wanted to see a bit of porn,you bought a copy of Fiesta or Escort.
Only well off people had a video recorder - I didn't get one until the following year.
No mobile phones or internet.My landline phone still had a dialling wheel - no push buttons.
If you wanted to find somewhere like Villa park you used a map or asked for directions(or followed other cars and coaches full of City fans).
Everything was paid for in cash(no debit cards)or for larger items a cheque was written out.And I still had £1 notes in my pocket as £1 coins came into circulation in 1983.
And lastly I was still a single man.I got married to my good lady wife on April 18th 1981 the week after we beat Ipswich Town.
Our 30th wedding anniversary is 2 days after we play United.
The world has certainly changed alot in the last 30 years.
My undying love for Manchester City Football Club has not.