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[degsy]

Sorry mate, really enjoying hearing how tough you had it. Sounds like I’ve touched a nerve x

Right, Stop all that !
Let's go with the original (and also credit to Tim Brooke Taylor and Marty Feldman) and put all this 'who done what' to rest.

 

[mahermi1]

No mate. 0500hrs before school. Proper Winters then lid. Fibbed about my age to start serving our capitalist overlords as early as I could.

Good on you pal, I only fibbed about my age to get in the Woolton Cinema to watch the Excorcist. Didn't really pay off as I was quite sick afterwards. Oh and lied to get in the pub earlier, people like me made Capitalists like Peteblue a lot richer it seems....

 

[mahermi1]

Right, Stop all that !
Let's go with the original (and also credit to Tim Brooke Taylor and Marty Feldman) and put all this 'who done what' to rest.

Haha brilliant you've shut me up !

 

[mahermi1]

Haha brilliant you've shut me up !

Cheers Degsy, what are you trying to say. lol

 

[degsy]

Cheers Degsy, what are you trying to say. lol

Beggered if I know, The law of unintended consequences strikes again.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

On the topic of previous generations, the average house price was around four times average earnings at the start of this century, rising to seven times by 2007 and is now eight times earnings. That was doable when interest rates were practically nothing, but that's not something we're currently seeing.

 

[spectateur]

On the topic of previous generations, the average house price was around four times average earnings at the start of this century, rising to seven times by 2007 and is now eight times earnings. That was doable when interest rates were practically nothing, but that's not something we're currently seeing.

Go back to 1962, I bought my first house for £2200, my salary was just over £1100 p.a. as a works chemist in the textile processing industry. Wife's wage was not taken into account in those days.
Irrelevent I know but interesting from a historical point of view.

 

[mahermi1]

On the topic of previous generations, the average house price was around four times average earnings at the start of this century, rising to seven times by 2007 and is now eight times earnings. That was doable when interest rates were practically nothing, but that's not something we're currently seeing.

Agree with you on that house prices are just ridiculous but what's the solution would it be possible to say halve the cost of houses, or would that be impossible.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Agree with you on that house prices are just ridiculous but what's the solution would it be possible to say halve the cost of houses, or would that be impossible.

Build more houses is the obvious answer.

 

[mahermi1]

Build more houses is the obvious answer.

Would that mean council houses, housing association places ? Because building more private housing would not solve this.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Chaps while it's incredibly interesting to hear how a diet of tripe, relaxed Health and safety legislation and a laissez faire attitude to sexual assault by celebrities moulded you into the man you are today, we aren't talking about the merits of two outstanding Tory candidates and we've turned this into the Golden Age nostalgia bollocks thread...

Thread 'Nostalgia and 'A Golden Age' Crap' https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/nostalgia-and-a-golden-age-crap.114532/

Can we get back to calling Tories fascists and posting Twitter links about ridiculous policies please?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Would that mean council houses, housing association places ? Because building more private housing would not solve this.

64% of homes in the UK are owner-occupied, so I'm not sure that's true.

 

[mahermi1]

64% of homes in the UK are owner-occupied, so I'm not sure that's true.

Building more private homes would not make them cheaper surely, smaller homes maybe.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Building more private homes would not make them cheaper surely, smaller homes maybe.

Simple supply and demand. If you want homes to be cheaper, you need to make more of them.

 

[peteblue]

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So basically your parents had it tough. Thanks for confirming exactly what I thought

There‘s no need lad, these are just facts of life. Everyone has a tough period in life but different ages had differing priorities. I see kids of today moaning about house prices but they take out pcp contracts on flash cars, enjoy holidays abroad and eating out. Our priorities were to find a home, full stop. You take your choice and determine what you really want. Anyway, today is a special day as I now have a grandson born to my daughter early this morning, so I shall leave you to try and cheer up……