Me auld fella used to love brawn with homemade chipsHad my usual 1970s salad : cheese, onion, tomatoes, sausage roll, beetroot, lettuce, egg. I also had something which I've never had before - brawn - boiled pig's head don't you know. Now eating 1930s salad.
As a very young kid, growing up in Old Swan, we still had cast iron lampposts and I used to climb them like that (until my mother noticed, of course).
Remember spending hours playing in old empty houses which were waiting to be knocked down. I used to get my Mom's cleaning clothes and go and wipe the kitchen down
, occasionally you would be surprised by an old Tramp sleeping rough.
If I havenāt got the cashā¦..I canāt afford itBeing the antediluvian that I am, I always use cash ; what do you use predominantly ?
Fewer than half of Britons carry wallets as digital payments surge
New research shows fewer than half of Britons carry a wallet as smartphones and watches become the default way to pay, though experts warn over-reliance on digital systems leaves consumers vulnerable to outages.bmmagazine.co.uk
Remember spending hours playing in old empty houses which were waiting to be knocked down. I used to get my Mom's cleaning clothes and go and wipe the kitchen down
Grew up on a 'new' council estate. ours was one of the first few houses built so the giant building site around us was our playground. frightening to look back now but recall jumping off 3 story flats into a huge pile of sand and taking a swim in foundation trenches filled in by the rain. Became quite an expert on scaffolding aged 8.Happier times.ā¦.similar in Everton, Sue, except the derilict houses were called ābombiesā, probably a reference to the Liverpool WW2 blitz. We spend lots of the day in the ābombiesā, knocking holes through the attic walls to connect them and often just lying on the old slate roofs.
Nobody thought anything of it, imagine letting your kids do that these days
Great pickings for Bonfire Night.ā¦.similar in Everton, Sue, except the derilict houses were called ābombiesā, probably a reference to the Liverpool WW2 blitz. We spend lots of the day in the ābombiesā, knocking holes through the attic walls to connect them and often just lying on the old slate roofs.
Nobody thought anything of it, imagine letting your kids do that these days
I grew up in old swan, Hurst gardens, big old flats,pure poverty .
Yes Bonfires we made our own massive & at the base under it we made a den - branches gained form a local wood a few miles away - & every old house in the neighbourhood - asked any old furniture for the bomb fire - we got loads - probably worth a fortune on bargain hunt now all went up in smoke - & a penny for the Guy -
You need a card now in some places to go too the toilet. Even the little children's rides at shopping centres. Nuts! You will need a card soon to feed the ducks!
I was talking to a member of staff in The Range a few weeks ago and he told me that they were planning to go cashless in the near future. Still not convinced that it will work without losing some trade.
And yet a lot of small businesses prefer cash so they donāt have to pay card transaction fees
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