Do you remember when?

[FatCat]

you had to wait days to get photographs developed and then half of them would be rubbish or dark or too light (with phones we don’t have this issue)

remeber when you could smoke at work, in the office at your desk.

there was a fizzy drinks van (what was that all about) could people not buy themselves from the shops or was it cheaper?

when Alf Garnett and such comedy was deemed perfectly acceptable.

when there were three channels and you couldn’t record anything.

All entries welcome!

 

[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

you had to wait days to get photographs developed and then half of them would be rubbish or dark or too light (with phones we don’t have this issue)

remeber when you could smoke at work, in the office at your desk.

there was a fizzy drinks van (what was that all about) could people not buy themselves from the shops or was it cheaper?

when Alf Garnett and such comedy was deemed perfectly acceptable.

when there were three channels and you couldn’t record anything.

All entries welcome!

Peter Kay called, he wants his act back.

 

[spanishman]

Do you remember when people could spell remember?

 

[FatCat]

Do you remember when people could spell remember?

Do you remember when people could spell remember?

Corrected, thanks!

 

[spanishman]

Corrected, thanks!

You are welcome.

 

[FatCat]

You are welcome.

Do you have any nostalgia you want to share?

 

[spanishman]

When I got 6 monthly pay rises just after I started work in 1980. With one of them being more than 20%.

 

[FatCat]

When I got 6 monthly pay rises just after I started work in 1980. With one of them being more than 20%.

in 2000 I started a new job at the time they paid two bonuses a year plus share options, also six months gardening leave if you left to go to a competitor. The following year all this was gone so I never benefitted from it:-(

 

[Erimus74]

in 2000 I started a new job at the time they paid two bonuses a year plus share options, also six months gardening leave if you left to go to a competitor. The following year all this was gone so I never benefitted from it:-(

Do you remember when the TV finished for the night & you watched the dot on the screen, did anyone tape it back then

 

[FatCat]

Do you remember when the TV finished for the night & you watched the dot on the screen, did anyone tape it back then

I always remember waking up to that high pitched tone and a fuzzy screen or worse the test card.

 

[spanishman]

in 2000 I started a new job at the time they paid two bonuses a year plus share options, also six months gardening leave if you left to go to a competitor. The following year all this was gone so I never benefitted from it:-(

In 1987 I moved to a different company. The package included:

- more money;
- 6 weeks annual leave compared with 4 weeks at my old company;
- a 9 day fortnight - where if I worked 65 hours in 9 days I could take every second Friday off as extra annual leave;
- if I worked on the extra Friday I was paid overtime at 150% of my daily rate;
- the following year I could claim holiday overtime - if I took more than a week off as holiday I got paid overtime while I was on leave. They averaged out the overtime I had claimed from the previous year. Then gave me overtime at that weekly rate. I would come back from holiday and put in an overtime claim form.

I lost the 9 day fortnight, overtime and holiday overtime when I eventually accepted an executive post (for a lot more money, a bonus scheme and a company car).

 

[SocraTees]

Remember when the last programme of the night was The Epilogue.

 

[The_Unicorn]

you had to wait days to get photographs developed and then half of them would be rubbish or dark or too light (with phones we don’t have this issue)

remeber when you could smoke at work, in the office at your desk.

there was a fizzy drinks van (what was that all about) could people not buy themselves from the shops or was it cheaper?

when Alf Garnett and such comedy was deemed perfectly acceptable.

when there were three channels and you couldn’t record anything.

All entries welcome!

Getting wages in cash - on a Thursday

Going for a pint at lunch break

 

[NZBoro1]

You played outside all Summer, and your mam would lean out the door to shout you in if it got dark and you hadn't gone home.

Also, playing down the tip at Brotton was a favourite - what would health & safety say now?

 

[dooderooni]

I remember when you could turn the picture on your Redifusion TV off but keep the sound on via that little bakelite box.

I remember that the Alpine bottles looked far more modern than their Lowcocks competitors.

I remember when you had to add a flash cube to your camera if you wanted to take pictures in low light.

 

[FatCat]

Remember when the last programme of the night was The Epilogue.

flash cubes - ohh yeah I remember them!

 

[HundredRoom]

Peter Kay just got some free material

 

[Zoophonic]

When one toy, a board game, a selection box and a couple of nuts was regarded as a treat by children for Christmas

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

When watching European games on the telly in the 70s and 80s, you could see boards around the pitch advertised exotic brands such as Rifle Jeans, Tylo sauna, Metaxa, Wampum jeans, Yankie bars, Granini etc

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

You could dial a number and get footie stories, an automated voice telling you the time, and a nice lady to rifle through a directory to find the number for you of a local Indian restaurant. Oh and don’t forget dial - a - disc!