The Oldies Thread

[Joey66]

beers not been 1/-6d since alex parker was playing, your memories playing tricks on you mate...but I take the general point in principle

My first pint in a bar 1p cheaper than the lounge was 14p in 1971 for a pint of bitter, there was about 12 of us in a small bar all under age the owner barman (glad for the influx of trade asked where are you lot from) when our smallest member of the group piped up from the back we are from the new under 18 team up the road - he smiled and carried on pulling the pints lollol

 

[Brendan Janus]

It was, but everything was just going up and up, especially food and petrol.

I was too young to appreciate what was going on, but there was plenty I worked with at the time were in a bad way with their mortgages etc. They had a fund set up in work, similar to a credit union, to bale people out.

Nowadays nobody wants two hours overtime, overtime is a swear word !!

 

[degsy]

Nowadays nobody wants two hours overtime, overtime is a swear word !!

not in my house, nor was the holy grail of...Double Bubble.

 

[Brendan Janus]

not in my house, nor was the holy grail of...Double Bubble.

We are in the era of more pay for less hours !!

 

[degsy]

We are in the era of more pay for less hours !!

which may be why the economic situation is a tad less than cushdie

 

[Brendan Janus]

which may be why the economic situation is a tad less than cushdie

The economy is shot to pieces Frankie, you still with us kid !!

 

[degsy]

The economy is shot to pieces Frankie, you still with us kid !!

I was with the woolwich back in the day if that's any consolation

 

[paultheblue]

My first pint in a bar 1p cheaper than the lounge was 14p in 1971 for a pint of bitter, there was about 12 of us in a small bar all under age the owner barman (glad for the influx of trade asked where are you lot from) when our smallest member of the group piped up from the back we are from the new under 18 team up the road - he smiled and carried on pulling the pints lollol

I remember going out for a pint Sunday lunch with a quid which would get you 6 pints and 20 fags.

 

[Joey66]

..my old Mum regularly made that for me. Remember it was all in different sachets, including a little one with the soy sauce.

 

[Brisan123]

..a bucket of water to keep the milk bottles in.

I remember my gran doing that and being told to change the water 3 or 4 times a day.

 

[PITA]

You can still buy them in some supermarkets!

Names, I need names.

 

[Brisan123]

That's the difference between our childhood and today . Like you last bit states we WERE always doing something outside . Tea was usually made when we got home from school , then straight out for football ( or whatever ) till it went too dark . The only exercise the kids get today is when they get off their fat arses to get some more crisps as they play Call of Duty

Exactly
If you stayed in your mam would complain that you were under her feet and give you chores so you went out and stayed out
She never worried if I was out from 10 am till 10 pm in the summer
He’ll come home when he’s hungry she’d say
Often got sandwiches in each other’s house for lunch ( better if there were 2 or 3 of you so whoever lived there wouldn’t be kept in ) and dinner kept warm in the oven till you came in
Peas would dry up and a crust on the mash but you’d eat it up with relish.
Hunger was good sauce

 

[Brisan123]

It's all relative really, it's low now and a 1% raise is a big percentage jump
But from 1970 to the early 90's if you got below 8% you were on a winner, but you'd never find that. Maggie/Lawson had it up to 16% about 82

I remember paying 18% interest in my first mortgage
Borrowed 18 grand over 20 years and paid back 280 a month
I earned 130 a week for working 5x8 he night shifts as a sparks
Dark days them , paid 58% tax and 7% PRSI ( stamp ) on anything over 80/90 quid gross
Still done the overtime even though you only got a third of it because every penny counted
That was 1982

 

[peteblue]

beers not been 1/-6d since alex parker was playing, your memories playing tricks on you mate...but I take the general point in principle

It was in the Catholic club.....

 

[Brisan123]

not in my house, nor was the holy grail of...Double Bubble.

Job a knock on a sat or Sunday
Get paid for 8 hrs and bust your testicles to get the job done in 6.
Although it was 14 hrs pay for sat and 16 for a Sunday