And we never had so much pub time to lose, with the miserable opening hours we had back then.
Lockdown ‘83
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And we never had so much pub time to lose, with the miserable opening hours we had back then.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
What was there to be bored about? Life was great as a teenager. I’d probably be riding my tracker bike off jumps down the woods .
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Julia9054
Guru
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- Knaresborough
One word. Sundays
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Ah was your life based around shops? For many of us it wasn’t. I’d be found in the local mountains on Sundays
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Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Yeah - I was 15 and lived on a council estate in Preston. Mountains weren't something I had discovered back then
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Yes, when some American pilot mistakes Chipping Norton for Leningrad.
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Julia9054
Guru
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- Knaresborough
My point.
We were probably better at making our own entertainment. Adults were busy and had less time for us. We made our own entertainment.
steveindenmark
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My mum would be saying "Stop being soft. Get your duffle coat and balaclava on and get out. You will be fine". We were harder back then. 😊
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
But don’t kids make their own entertainment now? Just that it’s gone online.
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Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Better for a lockdown situation for sure
I think as teens we would have been much more isolated
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I moved to Manchester in autumn '83 to go to university - electronic engineering is a very demanding degree so there was lots to learn. I suppose the university itself would have been closed though, and there wasn't the possibility of online learning then. I would have done my best to wade through my textbooks unaided, which would have been hard work.
I would have read the Guardian and Manchester Evening News to keep up with events. I didn't watch TV as a student but I had the radio on for 4 or 5 hours every evening so the radio news would have been another source.
I spent my 3 student years socially distanced in my own flat in the city centre several kms away from the university and student accommodation, so it wouldn't have felt that odd not being allowed out.
I bought myself a BBC micro to take to university so I would have been playing games and writing software on that.
The internet is a massive thing in my life now though. I would hate to be in this situation without it. Having a powerful laptop and a 16 Mb/s broadband connection is fantastic!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I was 18 in 1974, I was too busy boozing and NOT getting my leg over to worry about what what was going on around me!
I must have been a digital pioneer, or maybe a digital mountain man. Digital puritan is a bit extreme.
1983, desktop publishing was in full swing with an Apple computer xxxxx
That was 1984 onwards xxxx
information was spread through fan magazine type things and stickers in phone boxes. Hedge publishing was also a popular distribution method.
1983, desktop publishing was in full swing with an Apple computer xxxxx
That was 1984 onwards xxxx
information was spread through fan magazine type things and stickers in phone boxes. Hedge publishing was also a popular distribution method.