You were lucky. We used to dream of livin’ in a box! We lived for three months in a newspaper in a septic tank. We used to have to get up every morning at six o'clock, clean the newspaper, go to work down the mill: fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt! And you try to tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you.
Thank you for the link - and the info - I've just chuckled through it, especially as I'd just had one of those "the youth of today" conversations with a fellow dog walker :) Still chuckling
It sure was a different world back then! I remember riding in the back of Dad's pickup truck with my siblings. We absolutely loved it and nobody thought anything was wrong with it, but he would be deep trouble nowadays. I remember when the gas prices started skyrocketing. Here in the States, they started rationing it and there were long lines to fill up. Did you guys have that, too?
We were lucky to have a farm though. Dad always put in a half acre of potatoes. We had LOTS of vegetables with dinner! 🍅🍆🍆🥔🥕🌽🌶🥒🥦🍄🥜
I remember petrol rationing. I can't remember if my parents still owned the garage then or if they'd sold it. But I do remember people being cross when fuel reached £1 per gallon and said they'd stop driving. Now it is £1.40 per litre here which is about £6 or 7 per gallon!!
Do listen to Matt's link that he's put on those about "the four Yorkshiremen" as it does show how easily we could all fall into the "the youth of today don't know they're born".
I must write about more about the horrors my sister and I went through when my mum went through what we called her "country wife" phase where we ate lots of home grown or foraged produce. It seemed very uncool when we were in our teens :)
I remember watching that skit a long time ago. Very, very funny! I actually think my childhood was a lot more fun than most modern kids get to experience, growing up on a farm with all the critters to play with and the woods for adventures.
I would love to hear about your mother's "country wife" phase! My mom really was a country wife and we loved all the homegrown food! Though Mom and I were the only fans of foraged mushrooms - we'd go out to the woods to pick them and she'd fry them up as a nice treat. We foraged wild Concord grapes which she turned into jam and wine, dandelion flowers (for wine), and nuts. Mom froze and canned everything, so we always had plenty of chickens, eggs, fruits, veggies, and potatoes. She even made her own root beer (though there was one unfortunate incident when something went wrong, and all the bottles exploded - it was a huge, sticky mess)! There was a recession in the '70s and Dad got laid off - we didn't have much money, but we always had plenty to eat! I didn't mind because I've been uncool since the day I was born. 😎
Meat, potatoes and TWO veg! My, you were fancy!
That's when we twerent living in t'cardboard box :)
You were lucky. We used to dream of livin’ in a box! We lived for three months in a newspaper in a septic tank. We used to have to get up every morning at six o'clock, clean the newspaper, go to work down the mill: fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt! And you try to tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k (I had no idea it predated Monty Python, and the original featured Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor!)
Thank you for the link - and the info - I've just chuckled through it, especially as I'd just had one of those "the youth of today" conversations with a fellow dog walker :) Still chuckling
Also, I forgot to say, cool hat!
It sure was a different world back then! I remember riding in the back of Dad's pickup truck with my siblings. We absolutely loved it and nobody thought anything was wrong with it, but he would be deep trouble nowadays. I remember when the gas prices started skyrocketing. Here in the States, they started rationing it and there were long lines to fill up. Did you guys have that, too?
We were lucky to have a farm though. Dad always put in a half acre of potatoes. We had LOTS of vegetables with dinner! 🍅🍆🍆🥔🥕🌽🌶🥒🥦🍄🥜
I remember petrol rationing. I can't remember if my parents still owned the garage then or if they'd sold it. But I do remember people being cross when fuel reached £1 per gallon and said they'd stop driving. Now it is £1.40 per litre here which is about £6 or 7 per gallon!!
Do listen to Matt's link that he's put on those about "the four Yorkshiremen" as it does show how easily we could all fall into the "the youth of today don't know they're born".
I must write about more about the horrors my sister and I went through when my mum went through what we called her "country wife" phase where we ate lots of home grown or foraged produce. It seemed very uncool when we were in our teens :)
I remember watching that skit a long time ago. Very, very funny! I actually think my childhood was a lot more fun than most modern kids get to experience, growing up on a farm with all the critters to play with and the woods for adventures.
I would love to hear about your mother's "country wife" phase! My mom really was a country wife and we loved all the homegrown food! Though Mom and I were the only fans of foraged mushrooms - we'd go out to the woods to pick them and she'd fry them up as a nice treat. We foraged wild Concord grapes which she turned into jam and wine, dandelion flowers (for wine), and nuts. Mom froze and canned everything, so we always had plenty of chickens, eggs, fruits, veggies, and potatoes. She even made her own root beer (though there was one unfortunate incident when something went wrong, and all the bottles exploded - it was a huge, sticky mess)! There was a recession in the '70s and Dad got laid off - we didn't have much money, but we always had plenty to eat! I didn't mind because I've been uncool since the day I was born. 😎