The good old days

[colin_p]

Absolutely no apologies for the Daily Mail link at all.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-75...

Bring back 1953 I say.

[Eric Mc]

I still watch it on You Tube.

[gregs656]

Doesn’t surprise me.

Our happiness is relative to what is happening around us.

The periods after the wars were times of optimism, can you imagine the weight off your shoulders coming out of WW1? Even if you had experienced great tragedy at least the war was over.

Not a chance I would go back to the 50s. It would be much better if people focussed on all the things they should be happy about living as we do which get taken totally for granted.

[Blue62]

gregs656 said:

Doesn’t surprise me.

Our happiness is relative to what is happening around us.

The periods after the wars were times of optimism, can you imagine the weight off your shoulders coming out of WW1? Even if you had experienced great tragedy at least the war was over.

Not a chance I would go back to the 50s. It would be much better if people focussed on all the things they should be happy about living as we do which get taken totally for granted.

I couldn't agree more. I shudder when I see the ridiculous memes about how great things were back in the day; playing out till dark, walking to school, conkers, world wars, blah blah. It's just revisionist bull by sad old gits who can't find their place in the world; Ricketts, TB death rates, Jimmy Savile, telly broke down every five minutes, Dan Air, power cuts, 3 lane A roads, electric blankets FFS, one bathroom and four bloody sisters, yeah it was great back then.

[Eric Mc]

Oi - leave Dan Air out of it. Give me a Dan Air Comet over a Ryan Air Boeing 737-800 any day.

[Blue62]

Eric Mc said:

Oi - leave Dan Air out of it. Give me a Dan Air Comet over a Ryan Air Boeing 737-800 any day.

I see your Dan Air and raise you Freddie Laker?

[crankedup]

Blue62 said:

I couldn't agree more. I shudder when I see the ridiculous memes about how great things were back in the day; playing out till dark, walking to school, conkers, world wars, blah blah. It's just revisionist bull by sad old gits who can't find their place in the world; Ricketts, TB death rates, Jimmy Savile, telly broke down every five minutes, Dan Air, power cuts, 3 lane A roads, electric blankets FFS, one bathroom and four bloody sisters, yeah it was great back then.

You missed out the most important feature of all - yellow sulphurous smog, ouldnt see more than two yards in front of the nose

[The Li-ion King]

Blue62 said:

I couldn't agree more. I shudder when I see the ridiculous memes about how great things were back in the day; playing out till dark, walking to school, conkers, world wars, blah blah. It's just revisionist bull by sad old gits who can't find their place in the world; Ricketts, TB death rates, Jimmy Savile, telly broke down every five minutes, Dan Air, power cuts, 3 lane A roads, electric blankets FFS, one bathroom and four bloody sisters, yeah it was great back then.

Are you a Virgin Media customer too?

[TTwiggy]

Eric Mc said:

Oi - leave Dan Air out of it. Give me a Dan Air Comet over a Ryan Air Boeing 737-800 any day.

I remember flying Dan Dare as a kid. As we walked out to the parked plane I asked my dad why there were patches all over the nose of the aircraft.

[Eric Mc]

I miss walking out to aeroplanes at airports. There's nothing like the whistle of an APU (not that a Dan Air Comet would bother itself with such an encumbrance) and the smell of jet fuel to make you feel like you are going somewhere special.

[Derek Smith]

Blue62 said:

gregs656 said:

Doesn’t surprise me.

Our happiness is relative to what is happening around us.

The periods after the wars were times of optimism, can you imagine the weight off your shoulders coming out of WW1? Even if you had experienced great tragedy at least the war was over.

Not a chance I would go back to the 50s. It would be much better if people focussed on all the things they should be happy about living as we do which get taken totally for granted.

I couldn't agree more. I shudder when I see the ridiculous memes about how great things were back in the day; playing out till dark, walking to school, conkers, world wars, blah blah. It's just revisionist bull by sad old gits who can't find their place in the world; Ricketts, TB death rates, Jimmy Savile, telly broke down every five minutes, Dan Air, power cuts, 3 lane A roads, electric blankets FFS, one bathroom and four bloody sisters, yeah it was great back then.

On the other hand: short skirts, the pill, inspiring graphic design, hardly a speed trap to be seen, speed limits that depended on your car, walking around the paddock on grand prix day. One thing that it certainly was, was better than my parents' youth. They'd been brought up between the wars, with the severe deprivation, coal in short supply. My uncle nipping into the shunting yards to steal coal while my dad created a distraction. My gran taking in washing to make ends meet.

Journey Into Space, Sputnik and on from there.

I remember Stones and Beatles records coming out, seeing the Stones live at Eel Pie Island, Manfred Mann at the Green Man on Blackheath.

But there were massive downsides. Brutal teachers, the illnesses, deaths at an early age, and so many more (four sisters and one bathroom = not good).

I enjoyed my time as a kid, despite remembering rationing coming to an end. I went to Blackheath recently and there was a tree where I used to pull the lump of cheese out of my pocket, pick the bits off it, and then eat it. It's as in all things though: good and bad.

Tuning into Radio Luxembourg with the cat's whiskers. TV was rubbish, but who cared, there was radio. I remember seeing Robin Hood on ITV, getting all excited and then, after a few episodes, thinking it was rubbish. Just like now. The best bit was the 405 lines, so imagination filled in the blanks.

I used to play along the river bank. There was a ship moored, a tug, and I was ticking it off my Eye Spy book. A bloke with a heavy accent, Polish I discovered, asked if I wanted to come on board. He and other crew showed me over the boat and then took me for a ride, pushing lighters about, returning me to the dock about four hours later, fully fed after a goulash. They couldn't return to Poland and were homesick for family life. Nowadays, there'd be a police investigation. I was in the wheelroom when the tug was coming alongside a lighter.

Good and bad; it is always thus.

[bitchstewie]

Eric Mc said:

I miss walking out to aeroplanes at airports. There's nothing like the whistle of an APU (not that a Dan Air Comet would bother itself with such an encumbrance) and the smell of jet fuel to make you feel like you are going somewhere special.

Never flown Easyjet or into Frankfurt Eric?

[crankedup]

Derek Smith said:

Blue62 said:

gregs656 said:

Doesn’t surprise me.

Our happiness is relative to what is happening around us.

The periods after the wars were times of optimism, can you imagine the weight off your shoulders coming out of WW1? Even if you had experienced great tragedy at least the war was over.

Not a chance I would go back to the 50s. It would be much better if people focussed on all the things they should be happy about living as we do which get taken totally for granted.

I couldn't agree more. I shudder when I see the ridiculous memes about how great things were back in the day; playing out till dark, walking to school, conkers, world wars, blah blah. It's just revisionist bull by sad old gits who can't find their place in the world; Ricketts, TB death rates, Jimmy Savile, telly broke down every five minutes, Dan Air, power cuts, 3 lane A roads, electric blankets FFS, one bathroom and four bloody sisters, yeah it was great back then.

On the other hand: short skirts, the pill, inspiring graphic design, hardly a speed trap to be seen, speed limits that depended on your car, walking around the paddock on grand prix day. One thing that it certainly was, was better than my parents' youth. They'd been brought up between the wars, with the severe deprivation, coal in short supply. My uncle nipping into the shunting yards to steal coal while my dad created a distraction. My gran taking in washing to make ends meet.

Journey Into Space, Sputnik and on from there.

I remember Stones and Beatles records coming out, seeing the Stones live at Eel Pie Island, Manfred Mann at the Green Man on Blackheath.

But there were massive downsides. Brutal teachers, the illnesses, deaths at an early age, and so many more (four sisters and one bathroom = not good).

I enjoyed my time as a kid, despite remembering rationing coming to an end. I went to Blackheath recently and there was a tree where I used to pull the lump of cheese out of my pocket, pick the bits off it, and then eat it. It's as in all things though: good and bad.

Tuning into Radio Luxembourg with the cat's whiskers. TV was rubbish, but who cared, there was radio. I remember seeing Robin Hood on ITV, getting all excited and then, after a few episodes, thinking it was rubbish. Just like now. The best bit was the 405 lines, so imagination filled in the blanks.

I used to play along the river bank. There was a ship moored, a tug, and I was ticking it off my Eye Spy book. A bloke with a heavy accent, Polish I discovered, asked if I wanted to come on board. He and other crew showed me over the boat and then took me for a ride, pushing lighters about, returning me to the dock about four hours later, fully fed after a goulash. They couldn't return to Poland and were homesick for family life. Nowadays, there'd be a police investigation. I was in the wheelroom when the tug was coming alongside a lighter.

Good and bad; it is always thus.

Jeeeezzzz! the Rolling Stones are still gigging!!!! amazing.
Nice write up BTW, different World.

[eldar]

bhstewie said:

Never flown Easyjet or into Frankfurt Eric?

Or East Midlands, depending n the parking.

[CobolMan]

Dan Air Comet 4c was the smoothest aircraft I've flown on. Spent many happy hours in the cockpit of their 1-11s as a kid including sitting in the jump seat for landing up at Newcastle.

[paulguitar]

TTwiggy said:

I remember flying Dan Dare as a kid. As we walked out to the parked plane I asked my dad why there were patches all over the nose of the aircraft.

When I was about 10 we flew back from the Canaries on Dan Air. On the return leg, our 727 crashed, killing everyone onboard.

[TTwiggy]

paulguitar said:

TTwiggy said:

I remember flying Dan Dare as a kid. As we walked out to the parked plane I asked my dad why there were patches all over the nose of the aircraft.

When I was about 10 we flew back from the Canaries on Dan Air. On the return leg, our 727 crashed, killing everyone onboard.

Bloody hell!

[CobolMan]

Yep, flight 1008, my old man lost friends on both the flight and cabin crew in that one.

[Blue62]

paulguitar said:

When I was about 10 we flew back from the Canaries on Dan Air. On the return leg, our 727 crashed, killing everyone onboard.

That's when you know you're times not up just yet.

[Blue62]

CobolMan said:

Yep, flight 1008, my old man lost friends on both the flight and cabin crew in that one.

We are all showing our age here, but Cobolman!! Why not PL/1guy?

Was that the flight that collided mid air into Tenerife?