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Ashdown · Jun 21, 2018

Touched a few nerves here ..........Just remind me, how much did you pay for your £300,000 house, was it between £3000 and £7,000 ?? I hope you enjoyed that free education too and did the best you could in a country that was teeming with high paid ' jobs for life' for decades !! Pensions did you say...............oh yeah that's those things people used to be able to put money into at the end of each month and then go back to your warmed slippers and hot dinner made by a wife who didn't HAVE to go out to work just to make ends meet !!

ajsccfc · Jun 21, 2018

Truth hurts!!!!!!!

matesx · Jun 21, 2018

Ashdown said:
Touched a few nerves here ..........Just remind me, how much did you pay for your £300,000 house, was it between £3000 and £7,000 ?? I hope you enjoyed that free education too and did the best you could in a country that was teeming with high paid ' jobs for life' for decades !! Pensions did you say...............oh yeah that's those things people used to be able to put money into at the end of each month and then go back to your warmed slippers and hot dinner made by a wife who didn't HAVE to go out to work just to make ends meet !!

that's a top notch rant Sir

Old Warwickshire lad · Jun 21, 2018

Ashdown said:
Touched a few nerves here ..........Just remind me, how much did you pay for your £300,000 house, was it between £3000 and £7,000 ?? I hope you enjoyed that free education too and did the best you could in a country that was teeming with high paid ' jobs for life' for decades !! Pensions did you say...............oh yeah that's those things people used to be able to put money into at the end of each month and then go back to your warmed slippers and hot dinner made by a wife who didn't HAVE to go out to work just to make ends meet !!

Wow just for the record, when houses were £7000 people were earning £26 a week. Mind you some people who bought at those prices were lucky enough to get £1 an hour for working on the track at jag.

wingy · Jun 21, 2018

3 bed semi in Eastern Green could be had for 6K while earning £22-23 in 63-64 .
Do the sums someone what they sell for now
All on one salary .
Even though that's turned out a winner the truth is the system is rigged
All the second salary gains have been sucked up by the economist policy makers.
Can't have too many wealthy folk ,no one will get up and out to do all that work for the controllers .
I think the current generation have got a point.

Grendel · Jun 21, 2018

Terry Gibson's perm said:
Only your generation Otis people from now on will leave their jobs in a box they will be that old

I’m calling it a day next year I think

Ashdown · Jun 21, 2018

wingy said:
3 bed semi in Eastern Green could be had for 6K while earning £22-23 in 63-64 .
Do the sums someone what they sell for now
All on one salary .
Even though that's turned out a winner the truth is the system is rigged
All the second salary gains have been sucked up by the economist policy makers.
Can't have too many wealthy folk ,no one will get up and out to do all that work for the controllers .
I think the current generation have got a point.

I'm only on the wind up really......I'm not that much younger than some of the buggers I'm poking at, . Born 1967, so also benefitted a little with some stuff discussed.

David O'Day · Jun 21, 2018

Grendel said:
I’m calling it a day next year I think

They kicking you off the dole?

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Grendel · Jun 21, 2018

David O'Day said:
They kicking you off the dole?

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No David I’m taking my DBS in its entirety

Deleted member 4439 · Jun 21, 2018

Ashdown said:
Touched a few nerves here ..........Just remind me, how much did you pay for your £300,000 house, was it between £3000 and £7,000 ?? I hope you enjoyed that free education too and did the best you could in a country that was teeming with high paid ' jobs for life' for decades !! Pensions did you say...............oh yeah that's those things people used to be able to put money into at the end of each month and then go back to your warmed slippers and hot dinner made by a wife who didn't HAVE to go out to work just to make ends meet !!

Whilst without doubt getting on the house ladder these days is extremely difficult for couples, let alone single folk, much of the above is bollox.

First of all, buying a house has never been easy for the average person, and has always meant considerable sacrifices.

My folks paid 3K for their house in the 50s, a time when it was still somewhat unusual for working class people to buy rather than rent. They knew it would be a stretch. Both went to work but there were very few luxuries around, even though 70s inflation meant that it would have been paid off comfortably by the end of the mortgage time. I don't think the house was even properly furnished until the late seventies. And btw, neither of my folks, smoked, drank, gambled or in any other way frittered away their money.

I bought my house for 30K in 87. At the time I was a track operative at Peugeot bringing home £105 quid a week, and at a time when interest rates were always around 7-9 per cent. I remember looking at my monthly incoming and outgoing on Black Wednesday in 92 - when the bank interest rate went from 11% to 15% in a day,- and working out that after outgoings and food allowance I had enough for 4 tinnies. My house is now worth 300K, so great, I still have to live somewhere, and I worked in crap jobs for 25 sodding years to have it.

On education, in the mid-70s, 7% of the population went to Uni, the majority of whom were from private school. Very few even went on to do A-levels. I went to a decent compo yet only two of my class of 30 went on to do A levels. Along with the rest I left school at 16 (which was a darn sight better than the age my folks left school at, aged 14), which meant we were paying into the system 5 years earlier then the 40% now.

On a personal level, I got my first degree by part time study (I paid the tuition fees), which meant studying for modules in the work loos whilst on night shift and other wsie using my holiday allowance to take day modules and exams. The irony is that having spent 30 years paying into the system, I took a break from work in 98 to do a second but FT 3 year degree, just when they had removed grants.

On jobs, this can be a bit variable according to region, but by the end of the 70s apprenticeships and factory jobs were on their way out. The eighties were shite for many people (I ended up on 40 quid week community gis us a job scheme, planting trees, when Peugeot made a load redundant), and a good number of people further struggled in the 90s recession.

I'm by no means saying that you've never had it so good, just that if you really think you've never had it so bad then you know nothing about recent social history, and you do nothing to counter the badge of 'entitlement'. Try fighting Austerity instead - I'm sure you're old enough have some idea of what happened in 2008, and where all the money went to. If not, try Mark Blyth's "Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea"., and why today's agenda is no longer about class but about intra-class divide and nationalism.

CovInEssex · Jun 21, 2018

The fuck happened to this thread?

wingy · Jun 21, 2018

Cookie said:
The fuck happened to this thread?

The old folks piped up with a social history lesson.
Good points all round though from either perspective!!

Ashdown · Jun 21, 2018

dubed said:
Whilst without doubt getting on the house ladder these days is extremely difficult for couples, let alone single folk, much of the above is bollox.

First of all, buying a house has never been easy for the average person, and has always meant considerable sacrifices.

My folks paid 3K for their house in the 50s, a time when it was still somewhat unusual for working class people to buy rather than rent. They knew it would be a stretch. Both went to work but there were very few luxuries around, even though 70s inflation meant that it would have been paid off comfortably by the end of the mortgage time. I don't think the house was even properly furnished until the late seventies. And btw, neither of my folks, smoked, drank, gambled or in any other way frittered away their money.

I bought my house for 30K in 87. At the time I was a track operative at Peugeot bringing home £105 quid a week, and at a time when interest rates were always around 7-9 per cent. I remember looking at my monthly incoming and outgoing on Black Wednesday in 92 - when the bank interest rate went from 11% to 15% in a day,- and working out that after outgoings and food allowance I had enough for 4 tinnies. My house is now worth 300K, so great, I still have to live somewhere, and I worked in crap jobs for 25 sodding years to have it.

On education, in the mid-70s, 7% of the population went to Uni, the majority of whom were from private school. Very few even went on to do A-levels. I went to a decent compo yet only two of my class of 30 went on to do A levels. Along with the rest I left school at 16 (which was a darn sight better than the age my folks left school at, aged 14), which meant we were paying into the system 5 years earlier then the 40% now.

On a personal level, I got my first degree by part time study (I paid the tuition fees), which meant studying for modules in the work loos whilst on night shift and other wsie using my holiday allowance to take day modules and exams. The irony is that having spent 30 years paying into the system, I took a break from work in 98 to do a second but FT 3 year degree, just when they had removed grants.

On jobs, this can be a bit variable according to region, but by the end of the 70s apprenticeships and factory jobs were on their way out. The eighties were shite for many people (I ended up on 40 quid week community gis us a job scheme, planting trees, when Peugeot made a load redundant), and a good number of people further struggled in the 90s recession.

I'm by no means saying that you've never had it so good, just that if you really think you've never had it so bad then you know nothing about recent social history, and you do nothing to counter the badge of 'entitlement'. Try fighting Austerity instead - I'm sure you're old enough have some idea of what happened in 2008, and where all the money went to. If not, try Mark Blyth's "Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea"., and why today's agenda is no longer about class but about intra-class divide and nationalism.

Fucksake, thanks for your entire life story !

Deleted member 4439 · Jun 21, 2018

Ashdown said:
Fucksake, thanks for your entire life story !

You're most welcome. And thanks for entitlement whinge as a springboard.

westcountry_skyblue · Jun 21, 2018

Back on track lads,Ive just purchased one Block 16.
First one since I moved here 15 years ago!!

Sky Blue Harry H · Jun 21, 2018

westcountry_skyblue said:
Back on track lads,Ive just purchased one Block 16.
First one since I moved here 15 years ago!!

Now watch SISU announce we're moving to Carlisle to groundshare!

westcountry_skyblue · Jun 21, 2018

Sky Blue Harry H said:
Now watch SISU announce we're moving to Carlisle to groundshare!

Probably Ross county knowing them!!

Old Warwickshire lad · Jun 22, 2018

When do we get cards ? Had to change seats as got 2 new JSB,s with me this season.

GaryJones · Jun 22, 2018

Next Week I think.

clint van damme · Jun 22, 2018

GaryJones said:
Next Week I think.

You shouldn't take pleasure in other peoples misfortune but every time I see your avatar I have a little smile to myself.

matesx · Jun 22, 2018

wonder if we went past the 6k mark?

Mcbean · Jun 22, 2018

clint van damme said:
You shouldn't take pleasure in other peoples misfortune but every time I see your avatar I have a little smile to myself.

I also smile when i look at that Twat - he's going to be a model for River Island

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · Jun 22, 2018

westcountry_skyblue said:
Probably Ross county knowing them!!

That's fine.

Jim O'Brien plays for them so count me in!

matesx · Jun 28, 2018

I see the club are promoting season tickets today on Offal

confirms over 6000 sold

Nick · Jun 28, 2018

Otis · Jun 28, 2018

matesx said:
I see the club are promoting season tickets today on Offal

confirms over 6000 sold

Good stuff.

I know some will still say it's crap, but as many of us keep saying, we were so poor for so long and so far down in the doldrums it is going to take time to rebuild that trust and belief.

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · Jun 28, 2018

I’m gonna miss a good season aren’t I!?

TheDube · Jun 28, 2018

Otis said:
Good stuff.

I know some will still say it's crap, but as many of us keep saying, we were so poor for so long and so far down in the doldrums it is going to take time to rebuild that trust and belief.

It's took me 6 years to want to come back as a season ticket holder, used to have one from 1997 until I went to uni in 2012

matesx · Jun 28, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
I’m gonna miss a good season aren’t I!?

what do you mean?

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · Jun 28, 2018

matesx said:
what do you mean?

Not having a ST at City. Looks set we may be in and get our few years in the ‘sun’.

matesx · Jun 28, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Not having a ST at City. Looks set we may be in and get our few years in the ‘sun’.

I cant commit to an ST so went for the 12 match package.

May i ask why no ST for your good self?

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · Jun 28, 2018

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Not having a ST at City. Looks set we may be in and get our few years in the ‘sun’.

You're getting a Wasps season ticket aren't you?

Get him lads!

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · Jun 28, 2018

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
You're getting a Wasps season ticket aren't you?

Get him lads!

Funnily enough purchased my first Cov Rugby ST unfortunately big clash in Home fixtures for both

matesx said:
I cant commit to an ST so went for the 12 match package.

May i ask why no ST for your good self?

IrishSkyBlue · Jun 28, 2018

207,000 pounds in the bag for season tickets so far on just adult tickets i think im prob miles off lol

shmmeee · Jun 28, 2018

Warwickshire lad said:
Wow just for the record, when houses were £7000 people were earning £26 a week. Mind you some people who bought at those prices were lucky enough to get £1 an hour for working on the track at jag.

The price to income ratio has changed massively. Don’t pull that crap. Find me a house South of Birmingham for three times average income today!

If you think housing hasn’t got more expensive and been a massive lottery win for the older generation I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

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