Was anything better in days gone by?

[AlgarveBlu]

get a grip of your Mrs.

She wouldn't be seen dead with me not even with a sombrero covering her face

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Kids of today.pffft. not one of them could Master the fine art of blowing up a telephone box with an air bomb repeater

 

[Blue Tooth]

Sweets

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Park drive in fives

 

[mac]

Dying from the Black Death was better back in the good old days

 

[mccity]

The smog was fuller and more colourful back in the day.

 

[KS55]

The sense of community ..... i grew up on a street where front door keys were rusted in their locks ... where neighbours would knock and let themselves in . Where kids all played out till 9 / 10 at night without fear. Where the elderly were looked after.


Then Thatcher

Yes, I remember her passing the Key Act which made it illegal to let your key rust in the door.,
And then there was the Neighbourly Act under which if you knocked at your neighbour's door, you had to wait for a written invitation before entering.

 

[oldhamblue]

Fannies.....trimmed bushes far better than that shaven nonsense...

Agreed. Used to like a delve in a hairy beaver. Sometimes you'd find a few bits of crisps or a boiled sweet stuck in there.

 

[KS55]

Fannies.....trimmed bushes far better than that shaven nonsense...

All Thatcher's fault. She once said "There's no such thing as society or female pubic hair"

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Music.

Music is never any better or worse through any era. It’s just what the record companies push to the masses that changes.

These days good music is anything from alternative to completely underground.

You can discover bands you’ve never heard of that have 4000 views on YouTube, never in the charts, never on the radio, never on tele, but be blown away at how good they are.

There’s only one good radio station (BBC Radio 6 Music) in the country and even then they don’t pick up on a sea of decent bands that are out there. There are no decent music tv channels. There’s no John Peel or Tony Wilson around championing the alternative/underground anymore so it remains underground.