Things you never see anymore

[Heathrow fox]

1 minute ago, Leicesterpool said:

I was a very clip from 1970s and it was like news insert about Shrewsbury Town. They were playing in the third tier at the time which is league one. On turnstile admissions it said... adults 80p! So tried to work out inflation so thats about £8 today. So imagine paying £8 to watch a league one game. To do at £8 you cant watch a southern league game for that. Shows hows football has gone from being world class sport.

Bare in mind spectators back then sat on wooden benches,peed up walls and watched a far inferior version of the game.Players earn more now all the way down the pyramid and someone has to pay for it.

[Free Falling Foxes]

On 13/04/2025 at 17:33, Torquay Gunner said:

Apparently worth around £93 in today’s money, so more than I thought. 

 

On 13/04/2025 at 17:38, davieG said:

What do you an apprentice would be earning today. I’d guess more than the minimum wage at an engineering job 

 

On 13/04/2025 at 17:39, davieG said:

People aspired to £20/wk back then

I've just used the bank of England inflation calculator to work out todays equivalent cost of our first house.

It cost £14 000 in 1980. Todays value, according to the calculator, is just under £60 000.

However, those houses are currently going for over £230 000!

[Parafox]

On 15/04/2025 at 22:43, Free Falling Foxes said:

 

 

I've just used the bank of England inflation calculator to work out todays equivalent cost of our first house.

It cost £14 000 in 1980. Todays value, according to the calculator, is just under £60 000.

However, those houses are currently going for over £230 000!

 

We bought our first house (on a mortgage) for £17,500 in 1983, A traditional terraced property in need of work.

 

We sold it in 1988 for £56,000 

 

Now it's valued at £125,000.

 

We bought our current house, a modest 4 bed detached, for £85,000, now valued at nearly half a million!

 

Bonkers.

[davieG]

[Torquay Gunner]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

Miniature doodlebug? 

[davieG]

[adam1]

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[FerrisBueller]

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[SecretPro]

Left wing people over the age of 60.

Edited 23 May 2025 by SecretPro

[bovril]

21 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

Left wing people over the age of 60.

There is still a large Guardian-reading liberal bourgeoisie out in the shires I find. My parents for example, who go to film club every week with other retirees who like Emma Thompson and Gary Lineker and hate Boris Johnson. 

[SecretPro]

11 minutes ago, bovril said:

There is still a large Guardian-reading liberal bourgeoisie out in the shires I find. My parents for example, who go to film club every week with other retirees who like Emma Thompson and Gary Lineker and hate Boris Johnson. 

Sounds nice.

 

My parents were liberal until they retired and started reading the Daily Mail. I can’t be in their presence for too long these days because they just start talking about 'the boat people'. I can't be round there visiting if the news is on either.

Edited 23 May 2025 by SecretPro

[Free Falling Foxes]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

First thing my wife knitted for me when she first learnt to knit. In my defence, I cycled a long way to work and it was bloody cold in the winter, so it was welcome(ish).

Balaclavas are making a comeback with youngsters I note. Seen some young lads wearing them and they also have their hoods up over their heads. They must be really feeling the cold. Strange thing is though, everyone else are in T shirts/summer clothes.

[SecretPro]

Just now, Free Falling Foxes said:

First thing my wife knitted for me when she first learnt to knit. In my defence, I cycled a long way to work and it was bloody cold in the winter, so it was welcome(ish).

Balaclavas are making a comeback with youngsters I note. Seen some young lads wearing them and they also have their hoods up over their heads. They must be really feeling the cold. Strange thing is though, everyone else are in T shirts/summer clothes.

Little bellends are always wearing masks and clavas now. Just plain weird.

[jgtuk]

22 minutes ago, bovril said:

There is still a large Guardian-reading liberal bourgeoisie out in the shires I find. My parents for example, who go to film club every week with other retirees who like Emma Thompson and Gary Lineker and hate Boris Johnson. 

He said left wing though

 

 

[bovril]

15 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

He said left wing though

 

 

Yeah I thought someone was going to reply with like "urgh sounds disgustingly centrist". It's more left wing than most in England and certainly more left wing than a lot of the old working class areas that seem to be embracing ****ing Farage

[bovril]

1 hour ago, SecretPro said:

Sounds nice.

 

My parents were liberal until they retired and started reading the Daily Mail. I can’t be in their presence for too long these days because they just start talking about 'the boat people'. I can't be round there visiting if the news is on either.

The focus on the boat stuff is a bit weird but I'm guessing some of it is cognitive dissonance from people who voted for the government that increased legal immigration to its highest level ever.

[bovril]

I feel like left wingdom in England is more of a vibe now, doesn't seem to really exist here in the same way as in Europe. Perhaps down to us moving closer culturally to America.

[simFox]

On 16/04/2025 at 23:47, Parafox said:

 

We bought our first house (on a mortgage) for £17,500 in 1983, A traditional terraced property in need of work.

 

We sold it in 1988 for £56,000 

 

Now it's valued at £125,000.

 

We bought our current house, a modest 4 bed detached, for £85,000, now valued at nearly half a million!

 

Bonkers.

And no one is wealthier for it, just numbers on a piece of paper. 

 

Then the government get it back on inheritance tax. Meanwhile, our children can't afford to buy a house.

 

My house was 260, now worth 550, but the houses we're looking at are 750-800, plus 40k stamp duty! I could do an extension but it will cost 130k and my house will be worth 650k, so losing out whatever I do. 

 

 

Edited 28 May 2025 by simFox

[Torquay Gunner]

[davieG]

[Free Falling Foxes]

Flying bomb batteries. Much cheaper than Ever Ready but only lasted about 5 minutes. 

[davieG]

10 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Flying bomb batteries. Much cheaper than Ever Ready but only lasted about 5 minutes. 

Probably make Amazon's own batteries

[Torquay Gunner]

I must have been bought 3 or 4 of these belts as a kid.  I think most boys I knew had one. 
 

 

 

[jgtuk]

13 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

I must have been bought 3 or 4 of these belts as a kid.  I think most boys I knew had one. 
 

 

 

I still use one 😳

[Torquay Gunner]

21 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

I still use one 😳

As a belt? If so are you Mick Jagger?