They might not have lived very long, but at least they were fit and happy while they were alive.
I'd imagine if you were a middle-class, middle-aged, white, straight, male things probably weren't too bad.
Not so great for everybody else though.
There was still plenty of misery and misfortune in the same sections of society then, it's just things such as racism, homophobia and sexism were much more rampant than they are today.
Some people get the notion that the 'olden days' were better just because they remember them as being more familiar in a very progressive and changing world. You need to be careful not to associate blissfully ignorant comfort for what's necessarily 'right'.
Yes. I'm certainly happier living now than I imagine I would be in a year which still had rationing and food shortages and in which medication and health standards (as well as standards of living) were significantly lower. Are you unhappy today? If so, why?
I'd imagine if you were a middle-class, middle-aged, white, straight, male things probably weren't too bad.
Not so great for everybody else though.
There was still plenty of misery and misfortune in the same sections of society then, it's just things such as racism, homophobia and sexism were much more rampant than they are today.
Some people get the notion that the 'olden days' were better just because they remember them as being more familiar in a very progressive and changing world. You need to be careful not to associate blissfully ignorant comfort for what's necessarily 'right'.
What utter rubbish, yes rotten days when we actually made stuff and had almost full employment. I'd stake my life that if you did a straw poll of 'are you happy with your lot?' The 1954 one would score higher.
What utter rubbish, yes rotten days when we actually made stuff and had almost full employment. I'd stake my life that if you did a straw poll of 'are you happy with your lot?' The 1954 one would score higher.
But that's just assumption. I'm curious as to where the idea that people were happier in 1954 is actually coming from. It just seems to be nostalgia. Every generation thinks that preceding generations were golden ages. I'd stake my life that people in 1954 probably thought that people in the pre-war years were much happier.
Yes. I'm certainly happier living now than I imagine I would be in a year which still had rationing and food shortages and in which medication and health standards (as well as standards of living) were significantly lower. Are you unhappy today? If so, why?
I'm quite happy with my lot thanks, but you'd think otherwise reading all of the posts by the hand wringing left wing social injustice brigade on here.
You might not have been happy in 1954 though, you might have to do physically demanding hard work in a factory that actually made stuff.
I'm quite happy with my lot thanks, but you'd think otherwise reading all of the posts by the hand wringing left wing social injustice brigade on here.
You might not have been happy in 1954 though, you might have to do physically demanding hard work in a factory that actually made stuff.
The hand wringing left wing social injustice brigade? Are they a division of the Bleeding Heart Army or the Liberal Do Gooder Defence Force? Either way, I do hope they're not going multicultural mad and breaking soft touch Britain.
But that's just assumption. I'm curious as to where the idea that people were happier in 1954 is actually coming from. It just seems to be nostalgia. Every generation thinks that preceding generations were golden ages. I'd stake my life that people in 1954 probably thought that people in the pre-war years were much happier.
So if we're happier now, why are you continually camped on here moaning about unemployment,under employment, social injustice and poverty?
So if we're happier now, why are you continually on here moaning about unemployment,under employment, social injustice and poverty?
Am I? News to me. I don't want to stand in the way of a good rant, though.
Incidentally, if you're so happy with your lot, I'm not sure why you'd be here complaining about how unhappy we all ought to be and how much better off we'd be in 1954. Curiouser and curiouser.
Given that it was the year Alan Turing committed suicide after being chemically castrated for being a homosexual I'm surprised you even asked that question.
My dear departed Grandmother used to laugh at people who harked for the good old days, as having lived through them she was never scared to say they were shite and the present day so much better.
in 1954 though, you might have to do physically demanding hard work in a factory that actually made stuff.
In other words, we're much better off now.
I've done "physically demanding hard work in a factory" and much prefer "physically demanding hard work" in a computer room (with the benefits of the Factories Act and Health and Safety at Work Act.)
What utter rubbish, yes rotten days when we actually made stuff and had almost full employment. I'd stake my life that if you did a straw poll of 'are you happy with your lot?' The 1954 one would score higher.
But that's just assumption. I'm curious as to where the idea that people were happier in 1954 is actually coming from. It just seems to be nostalgia. Every generation thinks that preceding generations were golden ages. I'd stake my life that people in 1954 probably thought that people in the pre-war years were much happier.
I'm quite happy with my lot thanks, but you'd think otherwise reading all of the posts by the hand wringing left wing social injustice brigade on here.
You might not have been happy in 1954 though, you might have to do physically demanding hard work in a factory that actually made stuff.
Am I? News to me. I don't want to stand in the way of a good rant, though.
Incidentally, if you're so happy with your lot, I'm not sure why you'd be here complaining about how unhappy we all ought to be and how much better off we'd be in 1954. Curiouser and curiouser.
Indeed. It comes across as a bit ironic and bitter
He/she just sounds like my grandfather.. wants other people to suffer because he had to.
They might not have lived very long, but at least they were fit and happy while they were alive.
Were they? My mum was born to a single mother in 1948 and grew up in a small rural town, her whole childhood was spent being made to feel inferior by hypocritical snobs. If you were in the queue at a shop and local Minister's wife or similar came in they'd always be served before you. She couldn't wait to get away from the place.
The only people who could possibly think life in 1954 was better than now are people who read the Daily Mail and believe it to be the gospel of truth.
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Was Britain worse in 1954 then??
Um, yes? It was 1954
Man you are on fire tonight I reckon the poll ratings will be dropping while we type.
And some don't want him at all, funny old world isn't it.
And yet people were happier back then.
They might not have lived very long, but at least they were fit and happy while they were alive.
Were you around then then?
What makes you say that?
Do you think we're happier now then?
I'd imagine if you were a middle-class, middle-aged, white, straight, male things probably weren't too bad.
Not so great for everybody else though.
There was still plenty of misery and misfortune in the same sections of society then, it's just things such as racism, homophobia and sexism were much more rampant than they are today.
Some people get the notion that the 'olden days' were better just because they remember them as being more familiar in a very progressive and changing world. You need to be careful not to associate blissfully ignorant comfort for what's necessarily 'right'.
Yes. I'm certainly happier living now than I imagine I would be in a year which still had rationing and food shortages and in which medication and health standards (as well as standards of living) were significantly lower. Are you unhappy today? If so, why?
What utter rubbish, yes rotten days when we actually made stuff and had almost full employment. I'd stake my life that if you did a straw poll of 'are you happy with your lot?' The 1954 one would score higher.
But that's just assumption. I'm curious as to where the idea that people were happier in 1954 is actually coming from. It just seems to be nostalgia. Every generation thinks that preceding generations were golden ages. I'd stake my life that people in 1954 probably thought that people in the pre-war years were much happier.
There isn't anyone for all people, some people can't accept that.
I'm quite happy with my lot thanks, but you'd think otherwise reading all of the posts by the hand wringing left wing social injustice brigade on here.
You might not have been happy in 1954 though, you might have to do physically demanding hard work in a factory that actually made stuff.
The hand wringing left wing social injustice brigade? Are they a division of the Bleeding Heart Army or the Liberal Do Gooder Defence Force? Either way, I do hope they're not going multicultural mad and breaking soft touch Britain.
So if we're happier now, why are you continually camped on here moaning about unemployment,under employment, social injustice and poverty?
Am I? News to me. I don't want to stand in the way of a good rant, though.
Incidentally, if you're so happy with your lot, I'm not sure why you'd be here complaining about how unhappy we all ought to be and how much better off we'd be in 1954. Curiouser and curiouser.
Was for me. I wasn't around.
Given that it was the year Alan Turing committed suicide after being chemically castrated for being a homosexual I'm surprised you even asked that question.
My dear departed Grandmother used to laugh at people who harked for the good old days, as having lived through them she was never scared to say they were shite and the present day so much better.
In other words, we're much better off now.
I've done "physically demanding hard work in a factory" and much prefer "physically demanding hard work" in a computer room (with the benefits of the Factories Act and Health and Safety at Work Act.)
Conjecture at its finest.
This is very true.
So now you're contradicting yourself?
Indeed. It comes across as a bit ironic and bitter
He/she just sounds like my grandfather.. wants other people to suffer because he had to.
Things should get easier with every generation.
What are you on?
Were they? My mum was born to a single mother in 1948 and grew up in a small rural town, her whole childhood was spent being made to feel inferior by hypocritical snobs. If you were in the queue at a shop and local Minister's wife or similar came in they'd always be served before you. She couldn't wait to get away from the place.
The only people who could possibly think life in 1954 was better than now are people who read the Daily Mail and believe it to be the gospel of truth.