The Oldies Thread

[DualityNSNO]

Why not both mate?

Didn't mean that to sound so rude @heatmeiser , soz mate x

Realistically I'm 'only' almost 31 but growing up in a Comecon/"ex"-Soviet/"Second World" country meant I'd seen/lived through a lot of crap things as a child that I only realised or learned were crap later on, or without a lot of things and privileges people in Europe had while I was growing up in the late 90s/early 00s. I should be the last person to point at anyone's misfortunes or situations hah

 

[goldfinchmule]

When next doors had a coal delivery our old man used to tell me and my sister to have a fall out with their kids so they would throw coal at us,happy days.

 

[davids]

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My old Dad liked his pint so I had an extensive collection.

 

[davids]

We used to have a 50p leccy meter and coal central heating until my teens. In fact I think they still had the coal abomination until I moved out.

Does that qualify me as old? Or just poor?

Bit of both. We should start a Four Yorkshiremen thread...coal central heating. We dreamed of having coal central heating.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Bit of both. We should start a Four Yorkshiremen thread...coal central heating. We dreamed of having coal central heating.

 

[davids]

….bit of cheating, but hey ho.

The young lady sitting in front of Elsie Tanner is her daughter Linda (played by Anne Cunningham who is still alive, aged 87). Ida & Frank Barlow (Ken’s parents) are next to Minnie Caldwell on the back row. David Barlow (played by Alan Rothwell) is in the centre of the back row next to Jack Walker.

Elsie Lappin was the original corner shop owner and is attributed as saying the very first lines in the show, maybe behind Ken Barlow on the pic. Sitting next to Ken is his university girlfriend, Susan Cunningham. Martha Longhurst. Vera Lomax, )I guess that’s her on the right of the middle row. Christine Appleby on Ena’s left.

Harry Hewitt, extreme left with pipe. Esther Hayes and Lucy Hewitt are originals. May Hardman, maybe over Ken’s left shoulder. Leonard Swindley played by Arthur Lowe and Tony Booth were originals but I can’t see either on the pic. Concepta Riley is a familiar name, the original Rovers barmaid. The big bloke on the back row is Harry Bailey played by Ray Mort.

Made me think of milk stout,my guilty pleasure.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Made me think of milk stout,my guilty pleasure.

My grandad comeing back from pub with a couple of bottles of mackeson.

 

[carlos21]

Didn't mean that to sound so rude @heatmeiser , soz mate x

Realistically I'm 'only' almost 31 but growing up in a Comecon/"ex"-Soviet/"Second World" country meant I'd seen/lived through a lot of crap things as a child that I only realised or learned were crap later on, or without a lot of things and privileges people in Europe had while I was growing up in the late 90s/early 00s. I should be the last person to point at anyone's misfortunes or situations hah

Hi duality will you always be here for Carlos.

 

[heatmeiser]

Didn't mean that to sound so rude @heatmeiser , soz mate x

Realistically I'm 'only' almost 31 but growing up in a Comecon/"ex"-Soviet/"Second World" country meant I'd seen/lived through a lot of crap things as a child that I only realised or learned were crap later on, or without a lot of things and privileges people in Europe had while I was growing up in the late 90s/early 00s. I should be the last person to point at anyone's misfortunes or situations hah

Haha didn't think it was rude for a second.

Tbf we only had coal because my old man worked for the NCB and we got it all free

 

[Tommy Chong]

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But seriously, we've now reached a point where the youth don't even know what a landline is!

 

[DualityNSNO]

But seriously, we've now reached a point where the youth don't even know what a landline is!

Which is normal, times change, technology changes, necessities change.

The reverse of the older generation not being good with tech despite having landlines (which as a technology are going away worldwide currently) also works after all

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

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I was always allowed a Babycham on Xmas day from me Nan’s hamper.

 

[Tommy Chong]

Which is normal, times change, technology changes, necessities change.

The reverse of the older generation not being good with tech despite having landlines (which as a technology are going away worldwide currently) also works after all

Indeed...

The culture moves on mate, the culture moves on.

I didn't know how old I was until I was at a family occasion earlier this year, chatting to some of my younger cousins who are in the 15 -20 year old range...

Trying to explain to them what a VHS tape is, and in the old days before and in the early stages of the internet, there was no such thing as streaming. If we wanted to watch a new release movie at home, we'd have to go and rent it from a video store like Blockbuster.

They looked at me like I was joking and they laughed! And they still had the cheek to call me an old man, FFS!

 

[DualityNSNO]

Indeed...

The culture moves on mate, the culture moves on.

I didn't know how old I was until I was at a family occasion earlier this year, chatting to some of my younger cousins who are in the 15 -20 year old range...

Trying to explain to them what a VHS tape is, and in the old days before and in the early stages of the internet, there was no such thing as streaming. If we wanted to watch a new release movie at home, we'd have to go and rent it from a video store like Blockbuster.

They looked at me like I was joking and they laughed! And they still had the cheek to call me an old man, FFS!

Ahhh I hate those meetings. Nephews are 15-20 years younger and they always make me feel ancient

In a way I can see how I was the same little knobhead by accident to our family and friends when I was their age hahah

 

[Tommy Chong]

Realistically I'm 'only' almost 31

Ahhh I hate those meetings. Nephews are 15-20 years younger and they always make me feel ancient

In a way I can see how I was the same little knobhead by accident to our family and friends when I was their age hahah

For reference, I'm in my late 30's pushing 40...

So to my younger cousins, anyone born in the last century is an old person.

It's a rite of passage I guess... Going from being the young knobhead who thinks he's the shiznit, to becoming the old man who's 'yelling at the clouds'.