Jingsamichty

... parents let their teenage kids leave home for London and only expected to hear from them for a few minutes every Sunday night.

Yorkiechef

........you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!


Sorry, couldn't resist! 😎

magnumpi

We Going Roger Waters gig in Oct at the ACC Toronto for the Us & Them tour

Yorkiechef

Jammy sod, might have to look for some tickets...

scrubbedexpat133

Remember when...

You would go round and knock on your mates door instead of text FB etc

Getting battered in the park or beach on a Friday night - don't see much of that here. Is that the same in the UK?

I remember my first year at college 1998. 24 of us in the class 2 had a mobile phone. By the end of the second year everyone had one!

not2old

The Baths

78 gramophone records

Rediffusion Radio box circa 1950's

Two TV channels in Black & White

Pounds, shillings, pence & farthings

dave_j

....and only 405 lines and an aerial that always seemed to be in the wrong place and lost a signal every time someone moved... oh.. and those annoying flyback lines and the white dot.

Novocastrian

Two channels? When my Dad bought our first TV, there was only one channel.

ITV didn't start in Newcastle until 1956, (1955 in London, but who gives a sh*t about London?).

Shard

Television? Luxury! We only had a one valve radio with a broken tuner and worn out speaker. Them were the days.

scrubbedexpat091

I remember when one could fly affordably... Suppose one can still can in some countries, just not Canada...

mikelincs

Making your own crystal set..

BristolUK

Making your own crystal meth

scrubbedexpat091

Growing up in San Diego in the 80's we were the meth capital of North America for much of the decade, so I suppose many were likely making it...

Now you cannot buy certain cold medications without asking the pharmacist who then has to see and record your ID for record keeping.

dave_j

A crystal set.. Height of luxury.. We had to make do with carrier pidgeon!

Davita

Windows all taped-up to prevent bomb blast. Spam, cod-liver oil and tripe. Anderson shelters in the dug-out garden. Air-raid sirens and the all-clear. Ration books. Metal railings removed. No street lamps.

And then it was over....the joy of neighbors and community getting together to celebrate. A returning soldier with a black banana. The street-lamp gas-lighter with trailing kids. Edible food.

But the fun of having any childhood.....all gone!