Olden days were the best or summat...

Althea · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:30 pm

I think Will Self, a few weeks/months ago on Question Time did have a semi-relevant point about this sort of stuff.

There's a lot more cars on the roads now (and a lot more roads for cars!), so it's much harder for kids to safely sojourn off on their lonesome like they used to. On top of that, we're much more aware of pollutants in water and so on and so forth, so it's less we're not letting kids do this stuff, but we're much more aware of the dangers out there PLUS the natural expansion and advancement of man has made certain things a lot more dangerous.

Thing is, the parents who want to chuck their kids into piles of broken glass (just like the good ol' days) will be the first to cry foul to a Major National Newspaper and pose with a mighty sadface if something happens to their little angels.

Arnold · **Posted:** Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:12 pm

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From the Laurel and Hardy school of motoring: Fascinating photos capture the thrills... and spills of the golden age of American motoring

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1wwKb23V0

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:37 pm

Arnold wrote:

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From the Laurel and Hardy school of motoring: Fascinating photos capture the thrills... and spills of the golden age of American motoring

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1wwKb23V0

They've ran that on at least two previous occasions.

And with this comment.

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All these smashes occurred before cars were designed with crumple-zones, seat-belts, side impact protection, collapsing steering columns and airbags. The injuries must have been horrendous .....
- Sleuth, East of Eden, 05/6/2012 13:01

I think it's entirely appropriate to say, "No shit, Sherlock".

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

The scene of an accident in 1935. Information with the photo reveals a car stolen by joyriding children crashed into a lawyer's car, killing him

This is my favourite one. Not only does it fly in the face of their constant "elf 'n' safety is bad" rhetoric (as do many of the photos of horrifically mangled wrecks), but it turns out the car was stolen by feral joyriding yoofs. That's Teh Olden Dayz for you, when children knew their place and respected their elders, and everything was good clean fun.

Althea · **Posted:** Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:22 pm

I've seen LEGO sets that are sturdier.

Paul · **Posted:** Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:30 pm

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32,788 died on the roads across America in 2010 – with one killed every 16 minutes. Source DM 1 April 2011.

- Anne, West Midlands EU, 05/6/2012 18:27

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1wz5QQ7Ou

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:24 pm

Looks like our feral yoof have been at it again:

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... ho-lost-it

That's grand! Youths chase after £1,000 in banknotes blown down Manchester street - and hand it all back to man who lost it

Paul · **Posted:** Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:06 pm

Grandfather who watched £1,000 cash blow away after he tripped outside bank stunned as kind strangers return almost every penny

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1y7OBs2VD

Onlookers - mainly teenagers and young people - began grabbing the notes and managed to collect all but £20
Grandfather says the kindness shows 'there is still some decency' in the world

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A wonderful story. It really shows how the youth are given a bad name nowadays because of a minority.

- Matt, Northampton, 16/6/2012 15:40
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davidjay · **Joined:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:24 pm **Posts:** 3837

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So many unanswered questions - Why would insurance for a 54-year-old be £1000, unless he has a very powerful car, or a very poor driving record? Why would anybody taking a large sum of cash from a bank not put it in an envelope then into their pocket? And who, in this day and age, pays a premium in cash - debit card, cheque, or direct debit are surely all more secure forms of payment?
- David, High Wycombe, 17/6/2012 8:46

Fuck off David.

hel · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:28 pm

My mum used to work in insurance and had a few elderly customers who always paid in cash because they "didn't trust the banks."

Arnold · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:40 am

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Surgeon's assistant, miner and 'drug dealer': Census study reveals the bizarre summer jobs teenagers had in Victorian times

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z21R9KyM00
Typical DM research.

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The school leaving age in the 1970's was 15. It was younger in Victorian times. Those youngsters would not have been in summer jobs, they were their full time occupations.
- Truth Is, South of There, 23/7/2012 06:10

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The 1851 census was taken on 31st March. "Truth Is, South of There" is correct. These were NOT summer jobs.
- Jean, Southend, 23/7/2012 09:28

Fflaps · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:09 am

Also, school wasn't compulsory in 1851.

Arnold · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:41 pm

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Conical bras, minuscule waists - and VERY short skirts: Sexy secretaries from the Thirties to the Swinging Sixties reveal how office girls looked in decades past (obligitory cigarette and all)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... z25mrXvW5Y

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Well seated: Two female assistants get comfortable on some retro-style furniture

oboogie · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:45 pm

Pictures of Lily?

Abernathy · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:47 pm

What the fuck's going on here ?

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