We Often Talk Of The Good Old Days , But We’re They?

[Bobbisox1]

Making a bed…smooth fitted sheet, throw on flat sheet and then duvet ,smooth both
Yesteryear , strip bed, turn mattress , pair of striped sheets , two satin edged blankets in the Winter then the Candlewick bedspread, oh and a bolster then two pillows
What else is soooo easy now?

[douglas9401]

Contacting people anywhere in the world at any time.

[RandyMarsh]

Casual sex is a lot easier these days.

[douglas9401]

Aye, the paperwork for formal sex was a nightmare.

[Bobbisox1]

Never did get you humour RM

[jno]

yeah, now it's just a simple signed consent form witnessed by a JP

[Old_Geezer]

You turned the mattress every time then, but not now ?

[welshtanner]

The invention of washing machines and dishwashers. No more standing in front of the sink for hours or grappling with a mangle.

[Togo]

//You turned the mattress every time then, but not now ?//

Mattresses were stuffed with straw or horse hair when Bobbs was a lass. :))

[Buenchico]

Sometimes it's the simplest things that are now a lot simpler ;-)
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[MargoTester]

Outside lavvy that froze up in the winter. No central heating and suffering from chilblains because you sat too close to the fire

[Bobbisox1]

Haha Togo ( ya right)
I hoover the mattress now 0_ G, we have a gel mattress
Margo I recall them so well , New of the Workd cut up in squares , we must have walked around with printers ink all over our botties haha

[Bobbisox1]

Nice to see you Welshie, ( waves)

[MargoTester]

We must have been posh - we had tracing paper in a little box ( izal toilet paper remember that)

[Togo]

Who still polishes the Lino? Or the sideboard come to that. Red Cardinal or a donkey stone for the front step. A clout round the ear if you stood on the step! What were steps for then?

[campbellking]

Don’t miss sweating to death with bri nylon sheets but did used to quite enjoy writing on the frost inside of the windows

[Arksided]

Ready meals... I'm so lazy I don't have to make an effort.

[Bobbisox1]

Hated bri- nylon sheets, Camp, your toe nails clicked on them

[Yeoma]

Don't forget that back then it was ok to take longer on daily household chores. Housewives did not have to hurry to spend time on social media or going out with others who lunched. The wage earner would pass over housekeeping money and it was sorted out according to needs. Housewives would go shopping, on foot and not by car, to various local shops and buy sparingly for a balanced meal. No on-line deliveries, no perusing retail opportunities and paying by plastic. Then it was a question of saving up and buying what you could afford once you had saved enough, often second hand. Mums stayed at home to bring up their children rather than paying someone else to have that responsibility.

I think it is a shame we have lost some of the old values and practices.

[Canary42]

People knew the difference between Their, There, and They're.

Not to mention where, were and we're.

[Tilly2]

I want to know when the 'good old days' were. I think I might have missed them.