Originally Posted by
Baz46
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The long, long ago days of the late 1950s and early 1960s when the following was part of life in those days:
Free milk daily at school in one-third of a pint bottles
Free orange juice daily (in one-third of a pint bottles with green printing on the bottle?)
Free cod liver oil capsules taken daily
Free malt extract taken daily
Getting soaked walking to school, having to sit in wet clothes until they dried
Trams rather than buses
When families sat round the dining room table and ate together
We knew what day it was by the meal that was served
Receiving an apple, orange, crayons and other small items for presents at Christmas
Coal fires with a coal scuttle for the spare coal no central heating in those days
Bakers, butchers, greengrocers shops in every town, no supermarkets
Refrigerators they were luxuries in those days, no freezers
Shops closing half a day every week, often on Thursdays and didnt open Sundays
Returning empty cordial bottles to get the refund on them
The horse and cart used by milkmen in those days
The Rag & Bone man in horse and cart
A man on a bicycle selling winkles and other seafoods
Fish & Chips were the only takeaways
The first burger places Wimpy bars
Cross country running as part of regular PE lessons