Do you remember when..............

I can remember when cigarettes cost less than ten pence for twenty. One shilling and eleven pence halfpenny to be exact. That's how much they cost when I quit smoking.

I remember bus conductors, and the Inspector, I remember the telephone call box going from four pennies with button A & B to a sixpenny coin slot.

I remember Doctor Who police boxes, and I remember when every cyclist had lights on their bike at night.

I remember Locarno Ballrooms, and the B films at the cinema. I remember high street stores, long forgotten names like Singer, Burtons, Allders & Owen Owen and so many more.

I remember garages selling fuel by the gallon and I can remember garages before self service.

I remember when the only fast food was fish & chips, well maybe pie & mash too, but you wouldn't know pie & mash unless you are a Londoner.

I remember a time before betting shops, and when the pubs closed at ten thirty, except Sundays when they closed at ten.

I remember when the only thing allowed in a maths exam was your logarithm book. I remember when teachers wore black gowns and schools inflicted corporal punishment.

And I can remember all that without ever knowing that one day something called Wikipedia would be there for reference.

Going to bed after being out to a club all Saturday night and staying there till Monday morning.
My mum used to get so cross because I didn't get up for my dinner

Going straight into work at RCA Records in London from a party. Outrageous. Now I'm happy if I can walk up the stairs to the loo without making old lady noises! Oh, youth is wasted upon the young innit?

Come in at 4am and get up for work a few hours later...

Pick up something from the floor without groaning and wondering what else I can do while I'm down there.

...I could kneel on the floor without my knees complaining loudly afterwards.

...I didn't have to watch out for chin hairs (need my glasses on to see them). And didn't have to make sure I always have tweezers with me, in case I've missed one and only discover it when off out somewhere.

What fun Agran.

When we used to say things were 'swinging' or 'grotty'.

So pleased for you Granwiththelongname but not keen on your Gransnet name!

I hope you enjoy your grandchild as much as we are enjoying ours - he arrived in May!

Congratulations Agranbytheendofthesummer

I am now a gran!

See anything without my glasses ?

All of the above except I'm a night owl, & I ditched the hair dye every 4 weeks letting the grey loose, (like it actually), still wish the night sweats would bugger off, as they're definitely not the menopause at almost 72, oh, & can I have my lovely husband back, I miss the old fart and his ability to make me laugh even when I was mad at him!

This thread made me laugh so much, it's so true! Recently had my first pedicure ever. Wasn't looking forward to someone touching my feet, but just can't cut the toenails anymore without hammer and chisel. Pedicure was amazing, cut and painted toenails, sandpapered and buffed feet and finished with a foot massage. Excellent, and cheaper than the blimmin chiropodist.

When I could listen to talking on radio and TV without being totally distracted and incensed by the plonky plink piano sounds or strange drone in the background. I have some hearing loss now so maybe it is even worse than I am actually experiencing!

I can honestly say all of the above with the exception of a weak bladder and periods. At 39 I don't have much going for me!

I wear high heals - in my wheelchair ?

Thinking that you needed the loo but being able to hang on for half an hour or so. But these days, as soon as the thought "I think I need the loo" enters my head, it's almost too late!

Dance around without needing to go to the loo.
Remember where you put stuff, keys glasses etc.

TV programmes weren’t scattered with the F word or worse ?

When I could get into ,and out of , a sports car

I could wear heels at all! Even a low heel!
Paint my own toenails without exhausting myself for the day.

... when it didn't matter if life was shit, because time was on my side and I was confident that the best was yet to come!

Aww love all these posts they are so apt for many of us

Be able to get out without checking accessibility of restaurants, cafes and not feeling am in the way!

My happy memory is of a time when I'd never heard the unutterably ugly word "brexit"

All these things, plus when I didn't need the subtitles on television.

Get through a whole day without something or other aching!