An "It was better back then" thread....

[LondonLogCo]

Electric fires.

[malumbu]

East Dulwich was rough as fack when I moved into SE London. I used to enjoy the EDC (aka South of the River - you must be joking? - the cabbies' saying when refusing a client) before the EDT got too poncy and made upstairs into a restaurant. Downstairs in the EDT used to be a place to avoid and had a particularly menacing feel after football.

Lordship Lane was also known as Hardship Lane. Ahh the good old days!

[Gidget]

Telephones in cold hallways.

[Otta]

malumbu Wrote:

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> East Dulwich was rough as fack when I moved into

> SE London. I used to enjoy the EDC (aka South of

> the River - you must be joking? - the cabbies'

> saying when refusing a client) before the EDT got

> too poncy and made upstairs into a restaurant.

> Downstairs in the EDT used to be a place to avoid

> and had a particularly menacing feel after

> football.

>

> Lordship Lane was also known as Hardship Lane.

> Ahh the good old days!

When I was approaching the age where I could get served in a pub, my dad always told me to avoid the Mag. You would not recognise ANYTHING of the old Magdalla now.

['bout now]

A Question of Sport.

[Alan Medic]

FA Cup Final day.

[????]

Oh yes Mr Medic...that was one of my favourite days of the year until the 1990s

[maxxi]

Similarly - Derby Day when it was a Wednesday (which was half the fun).

[Mick Mac]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> FA Cup Final day.

Good call Dec. In 1977 the morning viewing started with Tommy Doherty getting out of his hotel bed in his boxers. Still remember it.

[Mick Mac]

The sporting duels....

The Rumble in the Jungle

The thrilla in Manilla

The Duel in the Sun....

[Jah Lush]

Eh? The Duel In The Sun. What the feck was that?

[????]

Golf Jah, golf. watson V Nicklaus I think in the hot sumerr 1976?

[????]

I'd add some classic tennis ones too but Nadal Federer has been good inrecnt times too

[Jah Lush]

Ah! Never been big fan of golf. Summer of '76 though. Phew! What a scorcher! You don't get summers like that anymore.

[Otta]

There have been some bloody good sporting duels since the 70s.

Eubank Benn anyone?

[maxxi]

Otta Wrote:

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> There have been some bloody good sporting duels

> since the 70s.

Superstars - Keegan, Hemery, Conteh, SuperMac, then that Brian Jacks bloke doing hundreds of shoulder dips.