Quote Originally Posted by gWaPito View Post
I remember when next door got a colour TV..it was for the 1970 world cup...I remember if it was yesterday..I was 10yo..I was one of the selected bunch to watch the tournament ...Poor old Vic worked 7 days a week to retire early....here certainly retired early...he went to the grave at 64yo

Didn't get a phone until 1972.....Dad had an allotment where veggies were grown...I remember helping out most weekends....They didn't get central heating fitted until mum was 60 which was 22 years ago....it didn't do her any harm being without...she's still going strong
Easy to tell who had a colour telly when they first came out.

...The houses with the front room curtains drawn back so all the neighbours could see it.

We didn't get one til they'd been out about 5 years (and I'd left home anyway).

That 8 shillings a week from Granada was pretty steep...or was that for a Black and White ?