Re: What the hell have we done to our lives???
 

one word springs to mind
APATHY we would never have sat back and allowed
all these so called beneficial measures if inflicted upon
us by a hitlerite or stalinist government

Re: What the hell have we done to our lives???
 

The question was asked of the people in the area who are still alive and in a position to give a sensible answer....It was not meant as a history lesson nor was it intended to attract a reaction from the living dead from the 'Smoke'
(That is a joke) :D:D:D Alice

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So dead people arn't allowed to reply? Charming.... they will be turning in there graves :)

Re: What the hell have we done to our lives???
 

Possible exemption........Dead from't neck up :)

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I am so tempted... But no one would talk to me again :)

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Go for it........I will lend you a can opener:alright:

Re: What the hell have we done to our lives???
 

Besides the dog and stock car racing, you can still find all the things you've mentioned in Ossy, and I've certainly never been abused whilst out and about here.

Re: What the hell have we done to our lives???
 

After 1957 it would be about the time we started letting immigrants in large numbers from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh into our country. You said it Garinda ;):)

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Because of the chronic labour shortages, the first wave of post war immigration to 'the mother country', started in 1948, with the arrival of Empire Windrush.

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I said in large numbers after Suez or the end of the Commonwealth as such.

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For anyone who's interested here is the history:

Empire Windrush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Please read my post again does it mention anything about West Indians !!!:p

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I sometimes think that time and distance lend a little bit of distortion to our memories. It doesn't matter how old you are right now, you will always look back and think that things were better back then(when you were young and in your prime)......I'm sure our grandparents said much the same things.
Having said that, there have been vast changes in social and economic areas in my lifetime. I'm glad that i had my childhood during the fifties.....I think it was a good time to be growing up. But then if you ask a child of the eighties, i am pretty sure they would feel the same.......perspective, all about perspective.

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I don't think it is about perspective ... I think it is about clogs ... all of us who wore clogs and can remember visits to the clogger are right about what we say ... all others are full of s**t;)

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I remember clogs, but didn't wear them...my Gran wore them to the mill because they were comfortable footwear and lasted a long time....you could get the rubber soles replaced cheaply (they were not allowed to have the metal soled clogs due to the risk of sparks setting fire to the 'dawn' under the looms).
So you must be a bit older than me if you wore clogs to school/work/where-ever.