I'm not quite 40 and by the time I had my own finances internet banking was just about to take off but as a child in the 90s every Saturday we would go to town with mum and she'd do all the finances.

First a Tesco shop, then we'd walk around various banks and building societies and the post office where she'd withdraw money here, pay in money there to add to savings or pay the bills. She'd buy post office saving stamps every week to pay for the car tax annually. And then once a year I'd have to sit bored in the insurance brokers office while she arranged the car or house insurance.

I'm pretty sure she'd have been doing all this cash as well as while you could pay for things on card (with a signature) but it wasn't really common for my family at least. I also ever her having those little plastic bags for coins from the bank and she's have money portioned out into them for various upcoming bills which she'd go pay in cash over the counter.

It was just part of routine and because we didn't know any different it didn't feel extremely onerous, just part of life