remember when Sundays were total boredom?

MargaretR · 29-04-2007, 15:53

There were no sports played. The Odeon was open for one evening showing (queues round the block). No shops opened. The 2 channels on TV were filled with 'god stuff'. Even the pubs had very limited opening hours. My husband's auntie told me off for hanging out washing.
One seventh of life wasted! -unless you just liked country rambling, which was allowed.

maxwell silver · 29-04-2007, 16:40

Yes i remember when the sabbath was literally the day of rest.Absolute boredom especially if the weather was bad & we could'nt play out.At least we had the sunday dinner to look foward to & a sleepless night worrying about school the next day

Oh yes & it felt like Sunday lasted a week.These days we wish it would last a week.

WillowTheWhisp · 29-04-2007, 18:30

It used to be my total chill-out day when I was at school. I even tried to have all my homework done so my Sunday could be totally lazy!

No chance thee days between havings lessons to teach ay church and kids to chase after to make sure they are prepared for Monday, and Busman's Sunday lunch to eat (that's a major task in itself as he doesn't do things by halves)

flashy · 29-04-2007, 18:41

my gran used to always take us on a walk on sundays after church, i remember them well, long darn trecks down through jacksons farm,across the canal and down into rishton, down through the dip, up the main road and back down the canal...them where't days

cashman · 29-04-2007, 19:12

they were more than total boredom they were a nightmare, licensing hours 12-00 - 2-00, then 5 hrs till opening 7-00 - 10-30, not boredom NIGHTMARE.

Wynonie Harris · 29-04-2007, 19:18

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Originally Posted by cashman

licensing hours 12-00 - 2-00, then 5 hrs till opening 7-00 - 10-30, not boredom NIGHTMARE.

I'll second that, it gives me the shivers even thinking about it!!

shillelagh · 29-04-2007, 19:59

Why? Sundays used to be the only day that we were altogether as a family. I loved sundays that was the day to go out to Blackpool or Morecambe or the Lake District or Dads 'Mystery Tour' or if we didnt go out it was the day for doing the garden or reading a book or playing out with your mates or even doing the homework that you should have done last week and it had to be in Monday morning!!!

By the way dads mystery tour was setting off in the car and you didnt know where we were going to end up. Could end up in Blackpool, St Annes, York, farmyard we ended up all over the place. The only thing me & mum were certain of we'd end up at Salmesburys Kentucky Fried Chicken! and there'd be a churchyard somewhere around. He used to love going rooting through old churchyards and mum would sit down somewhere and me & dad would go through the churchyard and have a race on who could find the oldest gravestone.

davo69 · 29-04-2007, 20:03

sunday for me was best day familey day meal days out now sunday just like every day .

grego · 29-04-2007, 20:17

As a child Sundays were spent at the riding stables, well from being about 10 so no boredom a bit older and it was the day to go to the launderette, if it was my turn. Then after a Saturday night out didn't used to get up till lunchtime, have something to eat, have a bath and go out again

Much prefer it these days, at least now you have the option of going to the shops or pub.

MargaretR · 29-04-2007, 20:41

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Originally Posted by grego

As a child Sundays were spent at the riding stables, well from being about 10 so no boredom a bit older and it was the day to go to the launderette, if it was my turn. Then after a Saturday night out didn't used to get up till lunchtime, have something to eat, have a bath and go out again

Much prefer it these days, at least now you have the option of going to the shops or pub.

In my time of boring Sundays launderettes hadn't been invented

grego · 29-04-2007, 20:45

You're the lucky one Margaret, I hated it when it was my turn, the only good thing learnt how to get my 20p back from the dryer so had money to spend at the sweet shop

steeljack · 30-04-2007, 03:19

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The Odeon was open for one evening showing (queues round the block). .

yep , that was a real male ego buster , waiting to see if the lass you had met the night before turned up for a second go around.

Alan Gilmartin · 30-04-2007, 08:05

I was thinking the same thing Steelo, got stud up a couple of times but most of the time they turned up. they might have been thinking the same. Dont forget Sunday nights at Burnley Mecca. that made Sundays special.

Alan Gilmartin · 30-04-2007, 08:07

Does anybody remember the O'Mara girls from Huncoat, I took Kathleen out a couple of times, does anybody remember the other sisters.

lettie · 30-04-2007, 09:09

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Originally Posted by grego

As a child Sundays were spent at the riding stables, well from being about 10 so no boredom a bit older and it was the day to go to the launderette, if it was my turn. Then after a Saturday night out didn't used to get up till lunchtime, have something to eat, have a bath and go out again

Much prefer it these days, at least now you have the option of going to the shops or pub.

Aaaah, laundry day. I hated it, we used to argue for hours about whose turn it was. When we were really little, my dad would sometimes take us on a mystery tour on Sundays. We didn't have a car so the tour would be on foot. We normally ended up outside various car showrooms so that my dad could oggle all of the cars that we couldn't afford.
Sometimes we would end up back at my Nan's for tea. We weren't allowed to run around at my Nan's house so we found it boring, she made good pies though. Sunday was always the longest day of the week.