Nostalgia

[mikejee]

I remember bicycle clips for trousers, But not for skirts, as mentioned. Not quite clear how these would work

 

[Astoness]

I remember bicycle clips for trousers, But not for skirts, as mentioned. Not quite clear how these would work

i was also wondering that mike

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[AnnS]

Can you still buy bicycle clips?

 

[Morturn]

Can you still buy bicycle clips?

You can indeed, but most bikes today have chain guards and we don't wear bell bottoms to ride

 

[Richard Dye]

You can indeed, but most bikes today have chain guards and we don't wear bell bottoms to ride

You must be living retro Mort

 

[Richard Dye]

During the war when sweets were on ration, my Mom used to give my sister and me a small cup with cocoa and sugar in it, to dip our fingers in and lick.

Judy

My mom did that after the war, if I was lucky I got a stick of rhubarb to put in the sugar!

 

[Richard Dye]

Remember the 1950s…

Very very good, a great reminder! However in never remember getting out of school at 3.30. It was 3.45 or 4.00pm at primary school and 4.30pm at secondary school.

 

[Richard Dye]

I remember bicycle clips for trousers, But not for skirts, as mentioned. Not quite clear how these would work

I remember bicycle clips because I always managed to loose one. I tried two types, the one that went around your leg and the other that looked like a large hair pin!

 

[Richard Dye]

This is great thread with great contributions, a great read!

 

[Richard Dye]

The above video comes from what looks to be a relatively new site Postcards from Britannia. This one is Life in 1960s Britain, 7 cities that lost their soul. Birmingham is the first one featured.

Another good one!

 

[johnny082]

What memories have been stirred. Would be good if every modern day child was to see this. Perhaps make them more thankful for what they have

 

[Richard Dye]

What memories have been stirred. Would be good if every modern day child was to see this. Perhaps make them more thankful for what they have

Exactly what great memories have been stirred! Thank you..........

 

[Pedrocut]

Think this has been on the Forum but can’t find where. Drive through Birmingham in December 1987…

 

[MWS]

What memories have been stirred. Would be good if every modern day child was to see this. Perhaps make them more thankful for what they have

No generation of children have ever, nor ever will, appreciation the advantages they have over their parents' generation.

 

[Richard Dye]

No generation of children have ever, nor ever will, appreciation the advantages they have over their parents' generation.

So very very true! We look at our grandchildren who we love dearly, they have no idea of what we dealt with. They are all embroiled is the here and now, and to be fair that’s what we did! However it would be a great learning experience for them to look back 50 years and see the revolutionary changes that have occurred, I think more than any other time in history, so far!

 

[MWS]

I'm probably a generation younger than most posters on here.

I can look back now and imagine that it was probably quite hard for my dad and step mom when they were growing up - probably less so for my mom - and, even though my mom left when I was 4 and we were far from well off, I can appreciate that I had it so much better. But I never gave it any thought when I was child or even when I was in my 20s.

And I'd guess that my grandparents had an even harder childhood - for a start I never had to deal with a sibling's death.

Even if they didn't have much, you'd like to think that they grew up in a loving household, though I don't think that was particularly the case for my step mom or my maternal grandmother.

 

[Richard Dye]

I'm probably a generation younger than most posters on here.

I can look back now and imagine that it was probably quite hard for my dad and step mom when they were growing up - probably less so for my mom - and, even though my mom left when I was 4 and we were far from well off, I can appreciate that I had it so much better. But I never gave it any thought when I was child or even when I was in my 20s.

And I'd guess that my grandparents had an even harder childhood - for a start I never had to deal with a sibling's death.

Even if they didn't have much, you'd like to think that they grew up in a loving household, though I don't think that was particularly the case for my step mom or my maternal grandmother.

Very well said!
I think that most families lived within themselves, not all but more than today. We/I knew what my lot was and for the most part lived within, not that we did not have aspirations of grandeur! If you just look in a modern kitchen, microwave, ice maker (ours makes craft ice), 8 burner stove, self cleaning over, those things weren’t even dreamt of when I was going on. And look at cars!
And look in the mirror, some of us were the facilitators of those things. Keep dreaming, it’s good for the soul. I think!