Hummingbird wrote:Nucks wrote:no seat belts
Do you remember Jimmy Saville doing the 'Clunk Click Every Trip' advert?
In hindsight, such a poor choice.....
He also did adverts for the introduction of the HST (Intercity 125). 'This is the age of the train', IIRC.
And then there was Jim'll Fix It.
Nucks wrote:When I was a kid:
only 3 channels on tv and no remote
people smoked everywhere
rotary dial phones
nearly every kid walked to school unless they lived far away and took a bus
we went home for lunch
soda was a treat
people rarely ate while walking about
no helmets while riding bicycles
no seat belts
All that, other than going home for lunch, as the school was too far away.
Half pence pieces, old five and ten pence pieces, one pound notes.
10p stamps were all you needed to send a letter.
No mobile phones, internet, tablets etc.
Dial up broadband.
Paraffin lamps.
Frequent power cuts (sometimes lasting days) in the countryside.
Being snowed in for a week, in south Devon
. 1980/81 IIRC.
The mother of all heatwaves (summer 1976).
The great storm (1987).
Red telephone boxes even in large urban areas.
It took 4 hours getting from Totnes to London by train until the Class 43 (HST) arrived, shaving a whole hour off the travel time.