Dad your'e Joking

[Cloud]

I was talking to my children today about the current "Credit Crunch" and tanker drivers strike ect.
So I went into Old Man mode you know "When I was your age" and tried to tell them about the mid 70's and the three day week,petrol rationing[anyone remember] bread and sugar shortage ect.
Then I told them that when I first started work I earned £15.00 per week with which they replied"You must be joking we get that in pocket money every week".Cor how times change.

[Two_Sheds]

Be nice to your kids. They choose your nursing home !

[Nicos]

Homework by candlelight during the electricity strikes.......

[Cloud]

Nicos you must be a similar age to me.Old.LOL.

[scarey55]

I was there too during the electricity cuts - good thing we only had one "real" fuel fire in the house and hadn't got used to central heating.
My first job was in a bank and I earned the princely sum of £14, a bit different to the wages I had in my last job.
I also remember having a thruppeny bit for my pocket money and thought I was soooo rich.
Aaah, happy times

[Cloud]

Yeah we were lucky cos we had a rayburn to cook on and also heat the water but not much good with no light.TV didn't matter cos we didn't have one!!!!!

[BarleySugar]

I too remember the homework by candlelight and playing card games. It was then that we first made bread, when there was none to be had in the shops. Not much fun when there were 7 kids and 2 parents to feed. I used to have to call into the shops on the way home from school everynight to buy any flour and yeast I could get hold of. We lived in a small village, and there was nothing there. Good job my parents were into veg gardening.
Does anyone remember the firemen's strikes too? I had to walk past the firestation, and mum used to give me a few eggs from the hens sometimes to put in the donations bin.

[squashysu]

i remember the fireman strike and how bad that was, i was only ten in 1977!! how the good times were, i remember going to the shop with 10p and feeling so rich and my first paper round delivered the free local paper on a thursday and i got 84p a week for that and for the same paper now about £50 a month!!!!

My first job was a YTS - remember those in the 80's and i earned £26 per week and had to pay my mum her family allowance that she lost and my bus fare and clothes and drink etc etc.....i cant even fill my car up for that now!

I will say that petrol and diesel are the most ridiculous prices and they should come down, good on them for striking!

SS

[Cloud]

Can anyone remember penny chews when they were 1d !

[squashysu]

sorry Cloud, you are showing your age here! ha ha ha !!

i was a late 60's child, but do remember 2 chews for 1/2p....

[BarleySugar]

Black jacks and fruit salads and Jamboree bags, they were expensive 3d!

[squashysu]

ooooooooo i could murder a fruit salad, love them !!!

[di]

my teeth remember them all!!!I hate the kids having chewy sweets & have to laugh(or not)when my parents try to say the "they never did you any harm".I used to get 50p a week pocket money(i think i'm a yung'n compared to some of you!)&can remeber buying my mum a brass owl with my 1st lot!what age did you all start giving pocket money?mine are 4&nearly 6 & as they've not mentioned it yet they dont get any!

[sallyw]

If its reminiscing you want, richard digance is the one for that, he sings songs about the 'good old days' and its great to hear about all the old sweets and things that you have forgotten about, did you have the corona man come round your streets on a saturday night selling bottles of pop and then taking the glass bottles back to him and getting back the deposit , you could earn yourself a bit of pocket money!!

[Cloud]

Yeah Richard Digance and Spangles classic!!!