Can you tell me what it was like in the 1970's recession?

PasturesNew

MrsE wrote: »

Was it just poor people?

Lots of my family & my friends familes used them

We weren't wealthy by a long shot, but we weren't that poor either (we usually had two cars, even then).

I don't know, I only knew poor people.

PasturesNew

Grade_A_Reject wrote: »

BBC used to come on around 3pm for the kids TV then "shutdown" around midnight with the national anthem.
I stayed up all night for the one off "all-night" TV thing on Channel 4. It was pretty ground breaking stuff at the time.

Channel 4 was launched on 2 November 1982l.

I don't know when the one-off all night TV was that you watched, but the first all night programming started in 1987 with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Network

PasturesNew

mumps wrote: »

... in birmingham we definitely knew what Muslims were in the 70s.

I've always lived in 99.99% white areas. I've not had any kind on non-white friend.

I hadn't even heard the word Divali until the last few years when suddenly it started being mentioned. I think it was about 3 years after first seeing the word that I actually looked it up to find out what it was.

I still don't know what a Muslim is. Obviously I've heard of the religion, but I couldn't answer any questions on it. But I couldn't answer many questions on most religions, even CofE/etc, so that's not surprising. I just know the vital dates that mean we get days off from work!

kennyboy66_2

amcluesent wrote: »

Not very many people of colour about of course and I don't believe anyone outside of London knew what a Muslim was.

You truly are obsessed with Muslims.

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've always lived in 99.99% white areas. I've not had any kind on non-white friend.

I hadn't even heard the word Divali until the last few years when suddenly it started being mentioned. I think it was about 3 years after first seeing the word that I actually looked it up to find out what it was.

I still don't know what a Muslim is. Obviously I've heard of the religion, but I couldn't answer any questions on it. But I couldn't answer many questions on most religions, even CofE/etc, so that's not surprising. I just know the vital dates that mean we get days off from work!

It's no different to living in any other area.

You get a more diverse selection of shops (food and clothing really) but that's about the main difference.

People and families are all the same...you get 'nice' ones and 'not so nice' ones.

I went to school in New Cross from '71 -' 79 and walking down the main road, I would sometimes be 'the minority' race.

I loved it when we bought our 1st derelict house and moved areas...we moved from a 'white' area (Nil by Mouth Estate) to an 'Asian' area and it was great.....I didn't notice the different races but I noticed a stronger sense of community, each looking out for their neighbours ~(regardless of race or religion) and a pride in looking after our tiny, very expensive Victorian houses.

Because of my industry, I deal with lots of different people from all diff rfeligions and races....makes no difference at all.....just people with the same aspirations and business dreams.

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've always lived in 99.99% white areas. I've not had any kind on non-white friend.

I hadn't even heard the word Divali until the last few years when suddenly it started being mentioned. I think it was about 3 years after first seeing the word that I actually looked it up to find out what it was.

I still don't know what a Muslim is. Obviously I've heard of the religion, but I couldn't answer any questions on it. But I couldn't answer many questions on most religions, even CofE/etc, so that's not surprising. I just know the vital dates that mean we get days off from work!

My son celbrated Diwali every year at state primary school.....he had the best of both worlds...all the Christian celebrations, then all the others too.

PasturesNew

fc123 wrote: »

My son celbrated Diwali every year at state primary school.....he had the best of both worlds...all the Christian celebrations, then all the others too.

I just realised, I didn't even spell it right did I!

bo_drinker

Love thy neighbour on the box and Spaghetti hoops for tea. Oh how we laughed.

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

I just realised, I didn't even spell it right did I!

That's all I can do...spell it...it involved candles I think perhaps 12? He used to make something of of cardboard...I can' remember..it was 15 years ago.:rolleyes:

ETA It's pronounced Divali I think

cheap_charlie

bo_drinker wrote: »

Love thy neighbour on the box and Spaghetti hoops for tea. Oh how we laughed.

Speak for yourself