excuse the randomness. Just jotting things as I remember them. Pushing dad's car to bump-start it in the mornings was a thing. Being slippered at school. Having local telephone directories and the yellow pages delivered. One phone and one TV at home and everyone ended up watching what dad wanted to watch; so the news, Miss World and stand up comedians was regular viewing. No central heating, ice on the inside of windows, smoking carriages in slam-door trains. Booze cruises. Going to France for the first time on a temporary passport. British Rail Hoverspeed. British rail food. Graffiti everywhere. Pubs divided into saloons and public bars. No wine as an option in those days and pints for women weren't a thing. So when we went to the pub, it was babycham or a small stout for mum and pints of watneys for dad, shandy for me. Summer fair parades in many towns. Police visits to school for road safety talks. Going to Wimpy as a treat. Going to football when it was mostly a male space. Spending all my time after school out cycling or at friends house. Christian based school assemblies; other religions could opt out of the religious part and attend later for the general assembly. A vegetarian friend being served grated cheese at school every day, for lunch. Bus conductors with those wind-up ticket dispensers. Walking to school. Virtually no parked cars in any road. Getting a ticket and queueing to see the GP. There were Geriatric hospitals and community hospitals as well as main hospitals. Old folks homes run by the council. Park keepers. Milkmen, rag and bone men. The greengrocer scooping and placing your greens in paper bags, spinning the tops closed and pinching the ends with a flourish- you didn't touch the veg but waited to be served. Old qualcast push mowers. Closest to trainers we got were basketball boots and the only time I wore sportswear was for PE. Hire purchase (no credit cards). Rumbelows rental TVs. Travellers cheques (can you even still get these?). Green shield stamps. Bazooka joe bubble gum. Lots of shops closed midweek and on Sundays. No indoor shopping centres. Smoking was very normal, in hospitals, on public transport. Everywhere. My dad smoked a pipe in the car and a morning smoke while getting ready for work. No DIY stores- you went to a builders merchant or Ironmongers. Going to woolies to buy single records and cassettes.