Olden days were the best or summat...

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7335

Amazonian wrote:

WHEN WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER - well, firstly we clearly weren't taught proper grammar, for a start. It also raises a smirk that the Mail is claiming this to be something fresh and new when any old Facebook status for at least five months has been churning out this sort of babble from the hospital bed.

Step forward the estimable SewerUrchin, who somehow refrained from vomiting when posting this on the "Facebook Statuses" thread at the start of September LAST YEAR:

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If you watched Grange Hill, had 4 TV channels, played in the woods, made a den, fell out of trees, a game was Kerby or Bulldog with not a computer in sight, rode your bike, used jumpers for goal posts, had to be in before dark, got grounded if you were late, not even the home phone was mobile, vandalism was scratching the school desk with a compass, you recorded the top 40 off the radio, got 10 sweets in a 10p mix and you turned out ok, then re-post, THIS IS WHEN BRITAIN WAS GREAT

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Oh, yeah. Fresh and new.

Grounded?? Hadn't been invented until Neighbours or something.

Try riding your bike now and see how the mailites love you.

Gourami · **Joined:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:51 pm **Posts:** 2005

I saw a young boy on the train this week, maybe 10 or so, who excitedly pointed out good locations in which one could build a den as the train trundled along. I think I may have even seen kids on bikes and playing football too. :roll:

ezinra · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:23 pm

The Who's Who of criminals from 1909... and not a hoodie in sight: Police scrapbook of smartly dressed rogues up for sale

Fings were different in them days.

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Simon Roberts, from Bonhams, said: '… The scrapbook shows that in 100 years, little changes and criminals are still the same as they are today.'

Or not.

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A far more disciplined era.You can tell by the beautiful handwriting.

- Maldwyn, Carmarthen, 27/2/2012 19:45 Rating 5

And by the criminal behaviour.

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Those were the Days when the Baddies feared the ROPE .

- Alan, London ., 27/2/2012 15:43 Rating 90

Alan conveniently ignores that there are repeat offenders in the scrapbook.

Congratulations to Anne, worst-rated as usual:

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Clearly the possibility of severe punishment did not act as a deterrent, thank goodness we live in more enlightened times.

- Anne, West Midlands EU, 27/2/2012 16:02 Rating 68

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:33 pm

Depends on what you use as the source for your "news", Pete!

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- Anne, West Midlands EU, 27/2/2012 16:02 "Clearly the possibility of severe punishment did not act as a deterrent, thank goodness we live in more enlightened times." -- How do you know? Things probably would have been a lot worse then, crimewise, had they the liberal attitudes prevalent nowdays. And you think these are enlightened times? Look at just a single day's news...
- Peter, Kingston, Surrey, 27/2/2012 17:24

Paul · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:44 pm

ezinra wrote:

The Who's Who of criminals from 1909... and not a hoodie in sight: Police scrapbook of smartly dressed rogues up for sale

Fings were different in them days.

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Simon Roberts, from Bonhams, said: '… The scrapbook shows that in 100 years, little changes and criminals are still the same as they are today.'

Or not.

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A far more disciplined era.You can tell by the beautiful handwriting.

- Maldwyn, Carmarthen, 27/2/2012 19:45 Rating 5

And by the criminal behaviour.

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Those were the Days when the Baddies feared the ROPE .

- Alan, London ., 27/2/2012 15:43 Rating 90

Alan conveniently ignores that there are repeat offenders in the scrapbook.

Congratulations to Anne, worst-rated as usual:

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Clearly the possibility of severe punishment did not act as a deterrent, thank goodness we live in more enlightened times.

- Anne, West Midlands EU, 27/2/2012 16:02 Rating 68

Paul · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:58 pm

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Well thank you for voting me down with red arrows. In the bizarre, topsy-turvy parallel universe inhabited by some
D M readers , stupidity is a virtue and the opinions of sane, civilised, intelligent people account for nothing at all, looking at all the red voted comments. Green what you like, you will just be frustrated, as Britain is essentially a very liberal Country, despite what the keyboard warriors would have people believe.

- Anne, West Midlands EU, 27/2/2012 13:54
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1neYqztUZ

Anne seems a bit pissed off !

Bails · **Joined:** Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:16 am **Posts:** 957

I'm sure there's a thread just for this, but I can't find it. I know it's been mentioned before about how all old people fought in the war....the passengers on the Costa ship that lost power apparently relied on "Blitz spirit" to get them through it. The headline in the Mail put it in quote marks, as if someone had said it, but there was no mention of it in the article.

And even if there was, the oldest person they mentioned was 65, which would mean he was born in 1947. Which would suggest he doesn't have much first hnd experience of 'blitz spirit'.

Fflaps · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:32 pm

This guy isn't particularly smartly dressed for 1909

And the guy wearing the derby hat (in the second picture) is dressed in something of a 'flash Harry' style for the time. Just because they're not wearing tracksuits doesn't mean they didn't look dodgy to their contemporaries - all men wore some variation on the suit back then but there were plenty of variations that instantly marked you out as a scruff, a dandy, a 'respectable' sort etc and that's before you even get to the colours and patterns.

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7335

Not THE Sam L Jackson.

Once a badass motherfucker always a badass motherfucker.

Fflaps · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:18 pm

'I want these motherf**kin' snakes off this motherf**kin' omnibus!!'

cycloon · **Joined:** Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:07 pm **Posts:** 3246

My mum once said she spoke to some chap who used to police, or something, and how he said 'modern' criminals are much scummier than the old types.

I'm sure:

A) That was a comfort to you, if they stuck your guts with a knife.
and
B) There was not one badly dressed, ill-spoken crim in his cells
and
C) I think the act, not the 'who', is the real issue, non?

Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2839

Dancing Queen, Raleigh Choppers and space hoppers: How 1976 was the best summer to be a child in Britain

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1pa9DkVPH

ezinra · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:57 pm

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Hotting up: The hot summer heat of 1979 meant had adults sunbathing in parks and near fountains while children were out playing with their friends from early in the morning until they had to come home for their tea

Tom_UK · **Joined:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:14 pm **Posts:** 3168

Without even reading the article I've found three errors.

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Happiness factor: Hours spent outside on the bike of the day - the Raleigh Chopper made children much happier in 1976, than playing games on a console at home did in 2011

Not a Raleigh Chopper.

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Hotting up: The hot summer heat of 1979 meant had adults sunbathing in parks and near fountains while children were out playing with their friends from early in the morning until they had to come home for their tea

(as spotted above) I thought we were talking about '76.

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Not only did youngsters in 1976 experience the hottest summer for more than 350 years - the temperature reached 80 degrees every day between 22 June 22 and July 16.

22 June 22?

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:44 pm

I've not read it properly, either. The inclusion of Choppers was enough to put me off. I'd put good money a number of twats mentioning Olde English Spangles, though. :roll:

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