What would you tell an 18 year old that he wouldn't believe.....

[arbboy]

People who had no cash (coins obviously) on them but needed to use a phone box (wtf is a phone box!) used to phone the operator (wtf is the operator!) and reverse the charges to the person's phone bill you were going to call so they paid.

[bobAlike]

You didn't need a mortgage to fill up your car with fuel.

There were beat bobby's patrolling you neighbourhood.

A copper could give you a clip round the ear without fear of recrimination.

Your next door neighbours would say hello to you.

Dog shit was white.

[Woodsey]

When I was a kid we owned the house but rented the TV.

Radio rentals 

[JohnCharver]

Post actually come in the morning.

Only tattoos you saw were green, faded and usually containing a small bird.

Think the thing that would shock them most in gambling sphere is smoke/smoking in pubs, bookies, casino dickheads who hung tabs right over table when looking at their cards.

[arbboy]

Post actually come in the morning.

Only tattoos you saw were green, faded and usually containing a small bird.

Think the thing that would shock them most in gambling sphere is smoke/smoking in pubs, bookies, casino dickheads who hung tabs right over table when looking at their cards.

What percentage of birds aged 18-25 in 1987 had a tattoo do you reckon compared to today?

[bobAlike]

Post actually come in the morning.

Only tattoos you saw were green, faded and usually containing a small bird.

Think the thing that would shock them most in gambling sphere is smoke/smoking in pubs, bookies, casino dickheads who hung tabs right over table when looking at their cards.

and there were 2 postal deliveries Mon-Fri.

[JohnCharver]

Post actually come in the morning.

Only tattoos you saw were green, faded and usually containing a small bird.

Think the thing that would shock them most in gambling sphere is smoke/smoking in pubs, bookies, casino dickheads who hung tabs right over table when looking at their cards.

What percentage of birds aged 18-25 in 1987 had a tattoo do you reckon compared to today?

less than 5%?

[celtic]

Anyone else get the impression that Arbboy's life has been one big gamble sesh?

[ripple11]

When I was a kid we owned the house but rented the TV.

Radio rentals 

At its peak, Radio Rentals claimed it had more than 2 million customers, over 500 shops and employed 3600 technicians, 2700 skilled installers plus a large ancillary staff.

like phones nowadays, you upgraded every couple of years 

[Steve Swift]

TV's  used to be B and W
Bath once a week, on a Sunday night, shared water, big tin in front of the fire.
Hammer house of horror was scary.

[Woodsey]

When I was a kid we owned the house but rented the TV.

Radio rentals 

At its peak, Radio Rentals claimed it had more than 2 million customers, over 500 shops and employed 3600 technicians, 2700 skilled installers plus a large ancillary staff.

like phones nowadays, you upgraded every couple of years 

Yup that's exactly what my dad did....

[redsimon]

When I was a kid we owned the house but rented the TV.

Radio rentals 

At its peak, Radio Rentals claimed it had more than 2 million customers, over 500 shops and employed 3600 technicians, 2700 skilled installers plus a large ancillary staff.

like phones nowadays, you upgraded every couple of years 

I had one in my first house and didn't buy a proper TV of my own until 1999, god knows how many times I paid for the rented one over the years!

[strak33]

Searching the internet for the keys to press on create-a-tone on your phone.

Once you found them keying them into phone and then you would have your ne paw ringtone.

Beverly Hills cop theme tune was a fave.

[Graham C]

Had to wait until after 6pm to make a call from home as it was much cheaper

[redsimon]

Had to wait until after 6pm to make a call from home as it was much cheaper

If you was lucky enough, remember my mum having to go on a 2 year waiting list from the "Post Office" to get a phone in the late 1970s