Tide turning?

[SydneyRover]

But if you're a DRFC supporter you're good enough Steve, as you said before enjoy the football.

[scawsby steve]

But if you're a DRFC supporter you're good enough Steve, as you said before enjoy the football.

I can't Sydney, they've postponed the b*stard game.

[turnbull for england]

Lots of areas of social and indeed older private housing  was really basic in many areas till 80s and onward. I've worked all Doncaster since 89and most places had housing with what was basically an outside toilet off the kitchen or  a kitchen so small the cooker was in an offshot adjacent. I hadn't grown up like that so didn't know it existed, but doesn't mean it wasn't there

[Not Now Kato]

I'd like you to tell me. Where are you from?

Woodlands mara.  With family in Bentley.
 
Played for Don Valley Old Boys, our club house was the Railway Tavern in Bentley which wasn't too bad; the best thing about Bentley in the 60's was Jazz Night at the Drum.  Nothing else in Bentley to write home about back then; same with Woodlands.

[i_ateallthepies]

What's wrong with Bentley West End like?

Nowt wrong with it BB, lived there myself for about seven years back in the 70s, Washington Grove.  The pfft comment was aimed at Steve saying they had central heating, double glazing and colour TV there in the 60s.

[Bentley Bullet]

I'd like you to tell me. Where are you from?

Woodlands mara.  With family in Bentley.
 
Played for Don Valley Old Boys, our club house was the Railway Tavern in Bentley which wasn't too bad; the best thing about Bentley in the 60's was Jazz Night at the Drum.  Nothing else in Bentley to write home about back then; same with Woodlands.

Yes, but that's not telling me what's wrong with Bentley West End. When you said "You mean you don't know?",  I admit I don't know, so I want you to tell me.

[scawsby steve]

What's wrong with Bentley West End like?

Nowt wrong with it BB, lived there myself for about seven years back in the 70s, Washington Grove.  The pfft comment was aimed at Steve saying they had central heating, double glazing and colour TV there in the 60s.

You've just contradicted yourself mate. You've said you lived there in the 70s, and yet you're trying to dictate about what happened in the 60s.

As regards the price of colour TVs, it wasn't applicable then, as most people rented their TVs.

Another point is that the old man never drove a car; he cycled everywhere, which is why he was able to spend more money in the house.

[i_ateallthepies]

No contradiction at all.  We were talking about the sixties and that's what my comments were based on.  Washington Grove BTW did have air raid shelters in back gardens in the 70s.

[SydneyRover]

SS, I cannot find data to say whether a majority bought or rented their tvs in the 6os but I did find a couple of interesting pieces.

''Colour TV sets did not outnumber black-and-white sets until 1976, mainly due to the high price of the early colour sets. Colour receivers were almost as expensive in real terms as the early black and white sets had been; the monthly rental for a large-screen receiver was £8. In March, 1969, there were only 100,000 colour TV sets in use; by the end of 1969 this had doubled to 200,000; and by 1972 there were 1.6 million''

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/colour-television-britain/

We didn't get a fridge (second hand) till the mid 60s and our first aid to 'doing the washing' was a spin dryer which looked similar to a paraffin heater (remember those, that was our first central heating system standing on the landing at night stinking the house out) and was again second hand stand alone unit.

[SydneyRover]

I did find this letter amongst others on the following page:

''A very clear memory is the winter of 1962/63. I was still at junior school and forced to wear short trousers to school. I can still remember my sore legs. We were sent home from school on a regular basis. The snow was there from the end of December until March. It was frozen and made great slides that never thawed. It was great fun. We had no central heating at home, just one coal fire in the lounge. The bedrooms were freezing and I remember being pulled out of my warm bed to go to school.''
Charles Day, Doncaster

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6707451.stm

[IDM]

For what it’s worth I remember our house (a relatively modern maybe 60s new estate bungalow) being fitted with central heating in the early 69s - hasn’t had it when built.

We also didn’t have a colour TV, until the mid 69s and then that was rented until into the 80s.

I remember going next door to watch princess Anne’s wedding in 1973, because they had a colour tv.

Both my parents were working full time and we had a 5 year old second hand car and took one uk holiday in the summer.

Looking back, it feels like we were well off.!

[Bentley Bullet]

I got my first guitar in the summer of 69. Played it till my fingers bled.

[turnbull for england]

must resist joke about an early 69,  must resist joke about early 69s ....

[Filo]

For what it’s worth I remember our house (a relatively modern maybe 60s new estate bungalow) being fitted with central heating in the early 69s - hasn’t had it when built.

We also didn’t have a colour TV, until the mid 69s and then that was rented until into the 80s.

I remember going next door to watch princess Anne’s wedding in 1973, because they had a colour tv.

Both my parents were working full time and we had a 5 year old second hand car and took one uk holiday in the summer.

Looking back, it feels like we were well off.!

Fitties at Cleethorpes was our annual holiday, then my Dad had a bad accident at work in 1973, got enough compo to pay his house off, buy a brand new car and touring Caravan and pay for our first holiday abroad taking the Caravan to Spain in 1976, happy days 😂😂😂

[scawsby steve]

For what it’s worth I remember our house (a relatively modern maybe 60s new estate bungalow) being fitted with central heating in the early 69s - hasn’t had it when built.

We also didn’t have a colour TV, until the mid 69s and then that was rented until into the 80s.

I remember going next door to watch princess Anne’s wedding in 1973, because they had a colour tv.

Both my parents were working full time and we had a 5 year old second hand car and took one uk holiday in the summer.

Looking back, it feels like we were well off.!

In terms of a time scale, that's the nearest post to mine IDM.

[Donnywolf]

Fitties - 279 Ozone !

Got sunstroke there in June 61 or 62. Three of us well overdid it. Last time I looked it was still there - Ozone that is not the Sunstroke (although that could explain a lot)

Used to hire a caravan from a Stainy woman Mr Campbell before staying in Ozone - and they still had Gas Mantles for the lights !

Saw my first Telly in about 59 (Aunties house) and same Auntie got first colour Telly I had ever seen as well

Seem to think the Man City Leicester (1-0 Neil Young) was first colour Final I saw. I thought it was first but Wiki says Everton WBA the previous year

[scawsby steve]

Fitties - 279 Ozone !

Got sunstroke there in June 61 or 62. Three of us well overdid it. Last time I looked it was still there - Ozone that is not the Sunstroke (although that could explain a lot)

Used to hire a caravan from a Stainy woman Mr Campbell before staying in Ozone - and they still had Gas Mantles for the lights !

Saw my first Telly in about 59 (Aunties house) and same Auntie got first colour Telly I had ever seen as well

Seem to think the Man City Leicester (1-0 Neil Young) was first colour Final I saw. I thought it was first but Wiki says Everton WBA the previous year

Dead right Wolfie. Everton v WBA 1968; Man City v Leicester 1969. Jeff Astle scored the winner for WBA.

[SydneyRover]

Little steps in regards to world order but still a good outcome, astonishing really.

''Blow to Amazon as Seattle socialist looks to have triumphed in key vote

Kshama Sawant seems to have beaten Amazon-backed Egan Orion in council race despite vast financial effort from tech giant's

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/09/seattle-amazon-kshama-sawant-socialist-elections