Those were the days

anotheoldgit | 12:21 Thu 27th Oct 2011 | ChatterBank

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http://www.dailymail....onic-scenes-past.html

Were we made of stronger stuff in days gone by?

I like this one, today they send them home if the heating goes off.

http://i.dailymail.co...00578-928_634x331.jpg

Haloween

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Stephen_G

I like this one. A new Lurpak Christmas campaign perhaps?!!!

http://i.dailymail.co...00578-820_306x423.jpg

Zeuhl

steve

I suppose we are all creatures of our own era.

<cringe> at the bad parts but comforted by the good parts that have now gone.

I was only thinking this morning about my own kids now in their 20s and trying to objectively gauge whether life was less stressful 30 years ago - it certainly seems so to me.

rowanwitch

the stresses were different... more about keeping up... these days its more about keeping afloat

sandyRoe

I remember when you could buy enough tripe to feed a family of 5 for a week for 2p three farthings. Great old days, they were.

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LoftyLottie

AOG. I had totally forgotton about night watchmen in their little tents with a fire. That did bring back memories.

Zeuhl

<<I remember when you could buy enough tripe to feed a family of 5 for a week for 2p three farthings.>>

Now Sky charge us £20 a month for it.

anotheoldgit

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DrFilth

/// some didn't even have any clogs here is one young lad having a drink of water stood on cold wet cobblestones ///

Ah, those cast-iron drinking fountains, but that lad is taking a risk, we would never drink out of the chain attached cup, you didn't know what blue painted scabby mouth had drank out of it previously.

We would cup our hands, and catch the water in them, the trick was releasing the spring operated knob and catching the flow of water before it was shut off on the knobs return.

pa___ul3

aah see, in your day you may have been tougher, but our lot have more nouse! I'd get my mate to push the knob in while I cupped my hands!... and that's something I never thought I'd type!!

mccfluff

lol paul, i'll bet you didn;t

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LoftyLottie

Ah yes, wasn't it lovely on a cold winter's night, gathering around the brazier chatting to the old night watchman.

Ah, the innocence of childhood, no scary tales of kids and paedophiles in those days, to persuade us not to talk to strangers.

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DrFilth

>> Ah yes, wasn't it lovely on a cold winter's night, gathering around the brazier chatting to the old night watchman. <<

3 kids at the front chatting to the watchman 2 round back putting big lumps of coal and some wood on the bogie

DrFilth

for any young ones click the link and scroll down the page and you will see some kids on a bogie

http://manchesterhist...GHT/GAMES/games2.html

Psybbo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2KODZtjOIPg

anotheoldgit

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DrFilth

bogie is that what you called them? we called them 'Trolleys'

Good site though.

DrFilth

the book they have taken some photographs from, i am in it, i have the book

i actually remember her taking the photos, there were 2 people around the same time taking photos of the area. 1 male 1 female.

now i know i am getting old :)