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Showing posts with label UK domestic life 60s and 70s. Show all posts

Showing posts with label UK domestic life 60s and 70s. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Did You Know… Life In 1960s/70s Britain: You Had to Put Money Into a Coin Meter for Electricity?

For many households in Britain there was a time when paying for electricity did not involve monthly bills, online accounts, or direct debits...

Thursday, December 18, 2025

The Twelve Posts of Christmas 2025 - Day Five: Shopping like It's The 1970s

It’s Christmas, 2025 , but yesterday out shopping, I was reminded of the 1970s . No, it wasn’t the sound of Slade or Wizard singing about ...

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: People Would Phone the Speaking Clock, Known As TIM (and some still do)?

So yes, did you know people really did phone the Speaking Clock — thousands of calls a day — just to set the time? Another wonderfully pe...

Friday, November 21, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Central Heating Wasn't Common in British Homes Until the Late 1970s?

So yes, did you know that for most UK households , central heating didn’t become the norm until the late 1970s? Many of us grew up in c...

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