The middle aged thread

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Who's got life insurance?

me

and a pension policy..

and a will

Who has still got one of these???

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Who's got life insurance?

You've got kids, haven't you?

Men were proper men back then...

L to R: B&D, Pip...err...Pip, B&D

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You've got kids, haven't you?

Can't afford life insurance and pension plan anymore, but I pay some money in an investment fund and have a couple of properties abroad. That should do.

Who's got more hair in ears and nose combined than on their head?

i just comb the hair on my back up 'n over. works a treat.

school tv program "how we used to live"

no central heating, no heating except open fire in front room and rayburn in kitchen.
being made to saw logs when getting home from school or there would be no fire to keep warm.
spudding in the school holidays.

Childrens TV designed to give you nightmares

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IF-0XNKlhk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87NHueHBHwY

L to R: B&D, Pip...err...Pip, B&D

Saucy fucker...

forgot all about picture box. that bloke was well scary.
did tom baker do jackanory? or was it book tower? he was brilliant in that, he used to pause and engage the camera in a rather spooky way.

Writing on your the sole of your slipper with a biro.

This was a fortune:

Churchill's funeral.
Black buildings all over London
The opening of the Victoria Line
The last steam trains
The launch of the QE2
Independence ceremonies all over the Empire
The Vietnam War on the news every night
Casual and universal racism/sexism etc
Everlasting strips
Blackjacks
Penny chews (Old pennies that is)
Thrupenny pieces

This was a fortune:

no memory of tenners. fivers were special. we were poor.

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no memory of tenners. fivers were special. we were poor.

That's ten Shillings not pounds.

You probably don't remember shillings do you?

Callow youth.

Eamon Andrews presenting CrackerJack

That's ten Shillings not pounds.

You probably don't remember shillings do you?

Callow youth.

no. but george VI shillings remained as 10p pieces for quite a while.

Casual and universal racism/sexism etc

My wife's words:

Corner shops run by English
Pizzerias and ice cream vans run by Italians
Being turned away from the pub or restaurant for being black (even on a school trip)
Being punched in the face repeatedly by an interviewing officer in the Paddington police station
Being casually dragged out of the car and beaten by police for being black and then told that you're being watched

And this:

Centre partings or 'fanny heads'...

You wouldn't smoke or swear on the street as a kid, because there will always be a stranger who'd pull your ear. You'd be scared of adults.

saying please and thankyou, not speaking until being spoken to, standing when women/older people entered the room, holding doors open for people.

You wouldn't smoke or swear on the street as a kid, because there will always be a stranger who'd pull your ear. You'd be scared of adults.

You also would not cycle on the pavement or cycle without lights for the same reasons.