I am younger, but not by far, than you two but I do almost remember punch cards.
DHSS national Insurance records were needed for some types of benefit claims. We had a weird machine to use to contact HQ each night. Things did progress from there but at a snail's pace.
The computer that I use at Oxfam is a Dell, an old one with an ancient version of word.
I am on the hunt for used stamps, we sell them online at the Oxfam website.
Night gentlemen, canines and felines
Susan, Frankie and Princess Merlin