Thread: What is new since 1948

Starlight · 20-09-2007, 11:36 PM

I was born in 1951 but don't remember the Coronation. I must have been asleep.

I do remember the power cuts every year and having candles all around the house.

slizzy · 21-09-2007, 12:24 AM

Starlight, I don't wonder that you can't remember the coronation you were only 2 Weren't the power cuts in the sixties or seventies? I think they were about 72. I remember each area was on a rota system and when it was your turn to be switched off it was for 4 hours, what grim days they were. Do you recall the petrol strikes? they were disruptive too.

Starlight · 21-09-2007, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by er indoors

Although I was born in 1951 my 1st memory is the coronation, was still a baby really so quite strange. Remember clearly the street party the rows of tables down both sides of the street, the piano playing and crates of beer under the tables, I swear it rained however, older people than me who were there on the day do not remember.

Maybe my memory isn't as good or because I was born a couple of days before the new year. I do remember the power cuts as a child though. I was working before the seventies and I think they were over by then.

petal · 21-09-2007, 12:01 PM

I remember the power cuts.......was in the 60's I think. I had electric cooker but at least they used to tell us when it was out turn to be switched off. Normally meant it was dinner time so we had a lot of beans on toast, jacket potatos and soup all done on the open fire before we had the luxury of central heating. Mind you, if I'd had that and no open fire I'd have been a bit stuck. I have a feeling we had some more power cuts in the 70's. I'd moved then and had a gas cooker so long as we didn't run out of candles we were ok.

Starlight · 21-09-2007, 12:27 PM

We had a gas cooker. I think nearly everyone else in the road must have had an electric one. Mum spent most of her time boiling water so that the neighbours had boiled water to make up their babies feeds.

I remember now why I missed any power cuts it the seventies. I was nursing and living at the hospital. We had our own generator which was connected. At first there was a gap of several minutes which seemed like a lifetime before the power came on. This meant that important equiptment stopped working. After a couple of years things improved and we only noticed a dip in the power before the generator turned on automatically.

petal · 21-09-2007, 03:31 PM

http://www.methleys.org.uk/life/history/1960s.html

This is an interesting site on life through the decades from 1940 onwards. Well worth a look

paulettewinter · 21-09-2007, 08:30 PM

hi all, indoors, yes i can not remember much about that song ,but i can remember singing sweet molly malone,bobby shafto, was a favourite of mine all things bright and beautiful, and morning as broken,

20-09-2007, 11:36 PM	#51 (permalink)
Starlight Ancestry Aid Manager Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Essex Posts: 16,350 Total Awards: 8	Re: What is new since 1948 I was born in 1951 but don't remember the Coronation. I must have been asleep. I do remember the power cuts every year and having candles all around the house.
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21-09-2007, 12:24 AM	#52 (permalink)
slizzy Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 16,197 Total Awards: 8	Re: What is new since 1948 Starlight, I don't wonder that you can't remember the coronation you were only 2 Weren't the power cuts in the sixties or seventies? I think they were about 72. I remember each area was on a rota system and when it was your turn to be switched off it was for 4 hours, what grim days they were. Do you recall the petrol strikes? they were disruptive too.

21-09-2007, 12:01 PM	#54 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,637 Total Awards: 5	Re: What is new since 1948 I remember the power cuts.......was in the 60's I think. I had electric cooker but at least they used to tell us when it was out turn to be switched off. Normally meant it was dinner time so we had a lot of beans on toast, jacket potatos and soup all done on the open fire before we had the luxury of central heating. Mind you, if I'd had that and no open fire I'd have been a bit stuck. I have a feeling we had some more power cuts in the 70's. I'd moved then and had a gas cooker so long as we didn't run out of candles we were ok.
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

21-09-2007, 12:27 PM	#55 (permalink)
Starlight Ancestry Aid Manager Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Essex Posts: 16,350 Total Awards: 8	Re: What is new since 1948 We had a gas cooker. I think nearly everyone else in the road must have had an electric one. Mum spent most of her time boiling water so that the neighbours had boiled water to make up their babies feeds. I remember now why I missed any power cuts it the seventies. I was nursing and living at the hospital. We had our own generator which was connected. At first there was a gap of several minutes which seemed like a lifetime before the power came on. This meant that important equiptment stopped working. After a couple of years things improved and we only noticed a dip in the power before the generator turned on automatically.
	Starlight Ancestry Aid Manager Hampshire:- Barks, Bartholomew, Carpenter, Cousens, Cousins, Dumper, Gallagher, Goodchild, Glasspool, Hoskins, Light, Mason, Monday, Mundy, Pearce, Pitt, Shepherd, Spreadbury, Staniford, Terrill, Thornton, Warne, Webb, Woodford & many more. Top Tip: Use the forum search engine

21-09-2007, 03:31 PM	#56 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,637 Total Awards: 5	Re: What is new since 1948 http://www.methleys.org.uk/life/history/1960s.html This is an interesting site on life through the decades from 1940 onwards. Well worth a look
	(AKA Mary) How beautiful it is to do nothing and rest afterwards...

21-09-2007, 08:30 PM	#57 (permalink)
paulettewinter Super Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: i live in guisborough a nice little town in north yorkshire Posts: 1,098 Total Awards: 1	Re: What is new since 1948 hi all, indoors, yes i can not remember much about that song ,but i can remember singing sweet molly malone,bobby shafto, was a favourite of mine all things bright and beautiful, and morning as broken,