Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
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Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
Please list & compare. For me:
1 Travelling to away matches. Had to be at Stamford Bridge at Midnight to catch the coach to : Sunderland, Huddersfield, Stoke, Liverpool etc.
2 Cold houses, in my house only one or two rooms were heated. Had to have a hot water bottle in Winter. Net curtains often froze to window pane.
3 Sweets were rationed, in 1950 the ration went down to 4oz / week
4 Winter evenings, no TV until as was 9 ( that was fairly early for most ). My mum & her cousin did embroidery or sewing whilst listening to the radio
5 Food was boring. Meat & cheese were rationed. Could only get Government Cheddar Cheese.
What hardships do you remember?
1 Travelling to away matches. Had to be at Stamford Bridge at Midnight to catch the coach to : Sunderland, Huddersfield, Stoke, Liverpool etc.
2 Cold houses, in my house only one or two rooms were heated. Had to have a hot water bottle in Winter. Net curtains often froze to window pane.
3 Sweets were rationed, in 1950 the ration went down to 4oz / week
4 Winter evenings, no TV until as was 9 ( that was fairly early for most ). My mum & her cousin did embroidery or sewing whilst listening to the radio
5 Food was boring. Meat & cheese were rationed. Could only get Government Cheddar Cheese.
What hardships do you remember?
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Re: Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
My greatest hardship was when penny carmels went up to tuppence. I was incandescent with rage.
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Re: Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
we didnt have to carry the fizzy drinks bottles back to get 5 pence back .
Plastic is so much easier to throw away in a bin &
will eventually break down in a million years time
Plastic is so much easier to throw away in a bin &
will eventually break down in a million years time
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Re: Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
Great point. Watching euro 96 re runs, it was entertaining but no one could string 2 passes together. Drinan would have started alongside Shearer had he been around then!
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Re: Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
Even though hes Irish?Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:51 pmGreat point. Watching euro 96 re runs, it was entertaining but no one could string 2 passes together. Drinan would have started alongside Shearer had he been around then!
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Re: Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
If Jackie grealish can do it…Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:52 pmEven though hes Irish?Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:51 pmGreat point. Watching euro 96 re runs, it was entertaining but no one could string 2 passes together. Drinan would have started alongside Shearer had he been around then!
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Re: Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
Fun runs for all. From Peoples Marathons and Half Marathons in the eighties to Park Runs now . Truly wonderful.
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Soft toilet paper.that izal stuff was rough and slippery
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Re: Improvements Since You Were a Youngster
Decent beer in the South, only ever got a good pint at away games like Blackburn.
That was apart from Youngs or Fullers, not an over abundance of their pubs North of the Thames.
That was apart from Youngs or Fullers, not an over abundance of their pubs North of the Thames.
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