Things you didn't have as a kid...

[HomerJSimpson]

Was lucky. Felt I had a good childhood and can't really remember going without too much, especially sweets but there again my dad did have a newsagents!! From a golfing perspective I had to buy my own clubs with my national savings stamps and could only get a half set and had to buy the rest club by club. Hardly the end of the world looking back but I did feel inferior to the other juniors with their full bag of clubs

 

[SocketRocket]

I think we had the Corona van...we used to try and "find" empty bottles to get a couple of pence back!

Dandelion & Burdock from the Corona Lorry was a real treat

 

[SocketRocket]

Two halfpennies to rub together or a pot to pee in.

 

[Fade and Die]

Two halfpennies to rub together or a pot to pee in.

And if you asked what was for dinner it was invariably with sugar on!

 

[SocketRocket]

And if you asked what was for dinner it was invariably with sugar on!

Always with two choices. Like it or lump it.

 

[clubchamp98]

And if you asked what was for dinner it was invariably with sugar on!

You had Sugar ?

 

[AmandaJR]

You had Sugar ?

In sandwiches. No chocolate spread

 

[Fade and Die]

In sandwiches. No chocolate spread

Grew up on Brown sauce sammidges…. Still partial to one every now and again, much to the disgust of my wife and kids

 

[AmandaJR]

Grew up on Brown sauce sammidges…. Still partial to one every now and again, much to the disgust of my wife and kids

Me too. Golden syrup ones too!

 

[williamalex1]

Grew up on Brown sauce sammidges…. Still partial to one every now and again, much to the disgust of my wife and kids

I stlll have brown sauce smeared over my cheese dreams , 2 slices of bread with cheese in-between dipped in egg then fried till crispy.
Only on the odd occasion as its probably about 2000 calories .

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Foreign holidays......nearest we got were the Isles of Wight and Man...
We frequented the usual UK destinations instead.
Might be a reason why I'm not a great lover of foreign travel.....

Huh ..........I never even had a UK holiday until I was 22 years old.
Mind you we did live in a very special place so it probably would have been a disappointment.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

And another thing…

When a kid my dad would tell me quite often that I might be clever but I had no common sense.

 

[pendodave]

You had Sugar ?

Sugar use was rampant back in the day.
In tea, on cornflakes, in sandwiches.
i guess the amount hidden in processed foods nowadays makes up for it.
Also on food (born in the mid 60s for context), the only pasta I ever encountered growing up was spaghetti hoops; I have no recollection of ever eating a pizza; olive oil was in a small bottle from boots for medicinal purposes.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

And if you asked what was for dinner it was invariably with sugar on!

Even when we had a salad we’d put sugar on the lettuce…is/was that just a Scottish thing?

 

[clubchamp98]

Sugar use was rampant back in the day.
In tea, on cornflakes, in sandwiches.
i guess the amount hidden in processed foods nowadays makes up for it.
Also on food (born in the mid 60s for context), the only pasta I ever encountered growing up was spaghetti hoops; I have no recollection of ever eating a pizza; olive oil was in a small bottle from boots for medicinal purposes.

She was also Popeyes girlfriend

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Even when we had a salad we’d put sugar on the lettuce…is/was that just a Scottish thing?

Yes . Remind me, why are heart attacks such a big killer in Scotland?

 

[chrisd]

After "liking" Lord Tyrions" post i'd better state that my recent heart attack had nothing to do with sugar as I haven't used any for more than 50 years in tea, coffee, cereal or on lettuce

 

[CliveW]

Sugar was rationed until 1953 so when the restrictions were lifted folk went mad with the amount they used.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Sugar was rationed until 1953 so when the restrictions were lifted folk went mad with the amount they used.

I might have been better off if we also had a sugar shortage in the 1950s as well.

Speaking of the early fifties, I remember seeing an episode of The Honeymooners
in which Jackie Gleason (as lead character Ralph Kramden) made a reference to "Princess Elizabeth."

I've obviously stuck around too long.

 

[Bazz]

Holidays (you can't count a day at Rhyl as a holiday)
My own bike, had to share with my brother who is 6 years older, many times I crushed my most important bits on the bar because it was too big
Any named brand clothes, just wasn't the money for it.

I make sure my kids have all of that, wouldn't want them feeling like they're missing out like I did. Hard to find the balance between providing the luxuries and not spoiling them completely.