Dropping pennies on the pavement behind hedges in the dark when some of the locals returned from the pub early on winter evenings...we enjoyed watching the search....
When you could walk the streets with your head held high in a smart attire,,,,NOT with a baseball hat back to front ,and a can or bottle of booze in your hand ,,,to look like "Jack the Lad " .
When ambulances and fire engines had bells to warn you when they were coming. West Yorkshire had their fire engines painted white for a while before the Home Office made them paint them red again.
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