it used to be posh but now it ain't

apprentice_tycoon

Greenstuff wrote:

I still remember going to a friends house after school, her Mum was using a yellow duster and I thought she was so rich as my Mum used my Dads old underpants!
I guess old underpants are just as good.

This comment in the Obvious Tips thread from Greenstuff (thanks Greenstuff) brought so many memories of what I thought 'rich' people had when I was a kid in the 1960's - all these things are so commonplace now - like

electric lawnmowers
chocolate biscuits wrapped in foil
fridge
car
bedside lamps
rubber gloves
outside taps for a hose
matching saucepans
steam iron
matching undies
potato peeler
freezer
colour TV
more than one TV
bought dishcloths (not home knitted!)


edit - they're all rushing back now - what about

proper cream, not Carnation
showers
bubble bath
shampoo -Fairy Liquid did for both of these
fresh salmon


anyone else got any memories of what used to be posh but today is taken for granted?

lady_lucan

Types 0f food - Walls Vienetta, sun dried tomatoes, ciabatta, roast duck, thai...

elona

Bedside telephone and fitted carpets.

Pure Hollywood!

Spendless

coffee
prawn sandwiches
2nd car
holidays abroad

Nile

We had/have rich relatives (they still live in a very posh area) who had a colour television in a mahogany cabinet with doors.......ours was black & white, no fancy cabinet. They also had a bedside telephone. They used sponges to wash with, not a flannel like us. They had a proper large dining table in a dining room........we had a small kitchen table.

MrsMW

Central heating and double glazing.

elona

Walk in larder fridge and fitted carpets.

chickadee

Automatic washing machine and tumble drier - my mum had a twin tub until I was about 20!
Central heating - I thought it was quite normal to have frost on the inside of our bedroom window; social services would be involved if this happened today.
Inside toilet
Shower
Duvets
Fitted sheets
Shower gel
Toilet paper in a colour to match the bathroom
Gym membership
A PC at home
A 'music centre' in a huge cabinet in a corner of the lounge
A Patio (as opposed to a back yard)

Funny though, we were very happy as kids and didn't feel at all deprived! Wonder how our kids would feel about these things now?

:rotfl: :rotfl:

nightsong

This is a fun thread :T

Thinking back to my childhood, my rich friends' families had -

fitted kitchens
automatic washing machines
jumpers from M&S instead of hand-knitted ones
soft loo paper :eek:
vinyl flooring in the kitchen rather than lino
a freezer
ice-cream in it
foreign holidays
colour TV
modern furniture (Ercol, G Plan) instead of granny's Edwardiana
two cars - my best friend's mother racketed around in a Mini which I thought was wonderfully glamorous

culpepper

A bathroom
Indoor loo (we shared an outdoor loo with 3 other families)
Car
Bought clothes
Handy Andies(packets of tissue)
colour telly
A piano
school uniform in the infants(you didnt have to have it)
toilet paper not newspaper squares
more than one pair of shoes
childrens clubs(cubs/swimming/cadets etc)
school trips abroad
musical instrument lessons


posh food
broccoli and kale

fairylights_2

New clothes (can you tell I am youngest of three?!?!)
Carrier bags (we had those little nylon zip up affairs carried in mum's handbag)
Jammie dodgers
Fizzy drinks
Microwaves
A video machine
a shower

mmmm seems like a blissful childhood - how did we manage?!