Would you go back

[Mr Bones]

Would I like to go back?
Frost and ice inside the bedroom window, one open fire downstairs to heat the whole house, outside loo. Hmmm, I wouldn't go back for that but probably would for less traffic.

[Snadger]

I think that as children our happiness wasn't dependant on wealth. These days I wouldn't like to be a parent with young children trying to keep up with the joneses. Capitalism has a lot to answer for.

[JanieB]

Would I like to go back?
Frost and ice inside the bedroom window, one open fire downstairs to heat the whole house, outside loo. Hmmm, I wouldn't go back for that but probably would for less traffic.

Oh. I so remember this from my first marital home. However, in the summer it was lovely, very Darling Buds of Mayish. At one time I worked for the local paper and someone came in to place an ad and he lived in a house I’d lived in when growing up. He invited me to visit it. I should not have gone there but I did. I should have remembered it as it was.

[veggiechicken]

Would I go back....yes I would..
The world and it's people were nicer.
You had nrighbours who looked out for each other.
You could allow your children out to play safely.
You could leave your door unlocked in the certainty that it was safe to do so,
No, we didn't have so much material wealth.
What we lost in the name of progress, we will never get back.

Most of that still happens here.
I'm not 100% sure where the front door key is

It was like that where I had my little cottage down west. I could go away for weeks leaving the house unlocked and the only visitors would be neighbours leaving me gifts for my return.
Cars were left with the keys in the ignition.

I won't say where it was in case there are any nogoodboyos looking in.

[rary]

I wouldn't go back permanently, but if you could nip back to see steam engines hauling mainline trains

And when you had to ensure the carriage door window was shut or you were coughing and spluttering when the reek blew in the window

I’m getting itchy fingers too, particularly when it’s too dark and wet to be on the plot!
As for going back, I have often been curious as to how my life would have been had I lived in earlier times, and would love to try out a week or a year in a historical re- creation - but only if I had the option to come back to 2018 if I found I didn’t like it or got seriously ill ! I suspect I would very quickly realise how much I miss modern comforts like hot water on tap, if I didn’t have any for a while....

Getting water on tap in the house was a great comfort never mind hot water

Would I like to go back?
Frost and ice inside the bedroom window, one open fire downstairs to heat the whole house, outside loo. Hmmm, I wouldn't go back for that but probably would for less traffic.

Yes I experienced the frost and ice and one fire, and having Togo out in freezing conditions to top up the coal pail, but one point I should say there was less asthmatic problems then as the dust etc. went up the chimney

[lottie dolly]

If i were to go back,i would BIFF all that took the micky out of me,4eyed golly wool?,for 1,those so called adults at work who used to come in front of my machine,bend down and started blinking at me,and those in later life who thought i was fair game at work,age related,i only ever retaliated twice,1 had a scrape in the street on the way home from juniors,and 1 at senior school,after another micky take session,it was ME that got caught with a chair in the air,and ended up in bother,you see those days,you were just tolled to ignore them,am pleased that aspect is in better controll,oh and leave home a heck of a lot earlier,am not sorry for myself these days,my backbone is a lot stronger,heheheheeheheheheh,you did ask

[Aberdeenplotter]

Would I like to go back?
Frost and ice inside the bedroom window, one open fire downstairs to heat the whole house, outside loo. Hmmm, I wouldn't go back for that but probably would for less traffic.

and linoleum of the bedroom floor. I remember my dad spreading his ww 2 army great coat on the bed to keep us warm. We sometimes even got a brick warmed up in the oven and wrapped in a towel inside the covers as well. We thought these things were normal.

[Aberdeenplotter]

There were no supermarkets when I was a wee boy but eventually Coopers(which later became Coopers Fine Fare and my first employer as a message boy complete with bicycle with a basket in front) converted the grocers shop from counter service where everything was tallied used the brain and a pencil to self service. Veg was sold unwashed and nobody died as a result. There were no security guards at the shop door.

Having said that, I'm now a convert to "scan as you shop". Lifting our groceries of the shelf and into the bag in the trolley. No more putting stuff in the trolley then unloading it onto the conveyor belt at the till where it would be lifted off again and scanned and then lifted again by us and packed into the bag in the trolley. One lot of handling instead of four.

[Thelma Sanders]

and linoleum of the bedroom floor. I remember my dad spreading his ww 2 army great coat on the bed to keep us warm. We sometimes even got a brick warmed up in the oven and wrapped in a towel inside the covers as well. We thought these things were normal.

They were

[rary]

^^^^^ they were normal, what we had was a carpet square with a linoleum border which had to be waxed every week and did you also have the hairy army blankets on your bed, now that kept you warm

[veggiechicken]

and linoleum of the bedroom floor. I remember my dad spreading his ww 2 army great coat on the bed to keep us warm. We sometimes even got a brick warmed up in the oven and wrapped in a towel inside the covers as well. We thought these things were normal.

That's the thing - we thought it was normal and knew no different. Everyone we knew lived the same way. I thought people were wealthy if they had an indoor toilet and a plumbed in bath.
Over the years we've become "soft" and spoilt. I'd find it hard to be without these basic comforts now but not so hard to do without the "gadgets" that kids seem to need for entertainment.
Just give me a book and I'm happy.

[Thelma Sanders]

did you also have the hairy army blankets on your bed,

Yes, my mum used to sew patchwork pieces to one side, so our friends thought they were new patchwork quilts They were lovely and warm as long as they didn't actually touch your skin - if they did they made me itch like anything

[veggiechicken]

Those grey army blankets with red flecks and blanket stitch edging. On the bed in winter and as picnic blankets in summer.

[Nicos]

Would I like to go back?
Frost and ice inside the bedroom window, one open fire downstairs to heat the whole house.

It was OK...we survived!
Memories of hugging cold damp clothes in bed to warm them before dressing in the morning.
What was wrong with that?

Wouldn't like going back as far as to having to draw icy water from a well and heating it over a fire which needed lighting even earlier....nah, hot water on tap was one of the best creations ever!!!

Toothache? Can you imagine no dentists/pain relief/antibiotics?

[rary]

. I thought people were wealthy if they had an indoor toilet and a plumbed in bath.

Wow when did they start putting toilets indoors

It was OK...we survived!
Toothache? Can you imagine no dentists/pain relief/antibiotics?

But there was always a bottle of whisky, a length of thread and a slammed door