theaxeman
2:51 Sun Aug 9
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A lot more working people died for no real reason.
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WHU(Exeter)
2:26 Sun Aug 9
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saying all that, was chatting to a few mates about H&S then and now a couple of weeks back and how now kids get all these H&S lectures etcetc, but then someone pointed out that if anything the H&S on the tele back then (70s) was even more in your face...all those adverts on all the time about going near electric pylons (with kites usually!), the kid ending up electrocuted, not going near water, kids floating dead in pools, that one where 4 or 5 break into a farm and ending up injured/dead...maybe there was just as much then, but we didn't take too much notice of it?
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WHU(Exeter)
2:17 Sun Aug 9
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There was a building site opposite our house in the 70s and 80s that was there for years, they were building a health centre and taking their time about it.
Most nights as kids we'd each defend a mound of rubble, lobbing big clunks of mud at each other, with more than the odd stones mixed in with it, so you could have stones coming at you from 3 or 4 angles.
There were tunnels underneath that we'd explore and cordoned off parts were just there to be broken into and explored in broad daylight.
also remember a skateboard challenge thing where somebody would have to go through kids on both sides on a skateboard with mud/stones hitting them all the way.
Simpler times!
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Toe Rag
1:43 Sun Aug 9
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My family had a caravan down on the White cliffs near Dover which we used to spend our summers at.
Those cliffs are properly dangerous and honeycombed with all sorts of wartime diggings.
There were LOADS of old gun emplacements/pill boxes and some absolute vast underground tunnel complexes that were all open and easily accessible. Most of them now have been permanently sealed but there’s a fair few that urban explorers have been able to get into and film if you go on YouTube.
Yes, all those places ABSOLUTELY REEK OF PISS.
Got loads of .303 bullet cases that we found. Also used to find the pointy bits of the rounds up on the cliffs that we assumed was from the dog fights that were going on in the sky. Got a jar full of them as well.
Great, carefree days.
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only1billybonds
12:37 Sun Aug 9
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Stepney.ammer.
I went school on Ben Johnson Rd,used to pop over St Dunstans churchyard for a lunchtime fag.
My Sister and her then 10/11 year old mates used to knock on the doors of people with very young kids and ask if they could, 'take your baby over the park.' They very seldomly told no and they could be seen taking turns pushing a pram around Limehouse when the weather was good.
Building massive bonfires in the run up to Nov 5 and guarding them against would be arsonists from down the road.
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Gary Strodders shank
12:13 Sun Aug 9
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I worked as a warehouse assistant at an MFi store in the late 80s.
It was common practice in those days to stand on one arm of a fork lift and be lifted up 30 0r 40 foot to reach individual items on the top rack to save the driver having to bring the whole pallet down.
Anyone refusing to do this would be ridiculed and called a wuss by the lazy forklift drivers and in some cases junior management.
Shortly after I left a young student fell whilst carrying out this practice at another store suffering multiple injuries.
Despite this accident I was informed by former colleagues that this was still going on a year later
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In regards to what dangerous items you could purchase legally there was an army surplus come second hand shop in Harrow beck in the 70s 80s a veritable aladins cave where you could purchase all manner of evil looking knives & machetes as well as air rifles starting pistols catapults and bayonets.
These items were displayed proudly in the window next to items such as balaclavas combat gear and CS gas
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It was run by an ex boxer who was always open to negotiation re price on an item and had his own unique way of dealing with anyone who dared to shioplift.
The shop in question is now a Taste of Lahore restaurant a sign of the times I guess.
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11:51 Sun Aug 9
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Pre fabs, though small, were reasonably well appointed and unlike most houses/flats of that post war era had something resembling a fitted kitchen.
As for H&S whilst it has been good for eliminating or minimising the danger from industrial use of toxic substances you only have to witness SKY fitting a receiver dish more than ten foot above ground to realise the world has gone disproportionate in terms of personal safety.
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Dagenhammer
11:47 Sun Aug 9
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This is the ultimate in pre-Health and Safety. Most of you have probably seen it, but for those who haven't, this is John Nokes, a presenter on Blue Peter. This is truly mental.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-40086686/john-noakes-climbs-nelson-s-column
Nokes did all the mental stuff and his male presenter colleague, Peter Purves would do really dangerous stuff like learn to crotchet.
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Dagenhammer
11:38 Sun Aug 9
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Stepney.Ammer 9:36 Sun Aug 9
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Were those the prefabs built on the site of the old Halley Street school? My family lived in Carr Street and Eastfield Street.
I lived in Mile End and remember when they were demolishing all the old places, all the sites were easy and open access. We would often go and climb all over the partially demolished places and continue knocking them down.
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Far Cough
11:34 Sun Aug 9
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Atbog, where Fairlop Waters is now, used to be a WWII aerodrome, it was great place for us kids to play in the bomb craters and old pillboxes which always stunk of piss
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ATBOG
10:52 Sun Aug 9
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Our school didn’t have a playing field so games (football rugby and cricket) involved a coach journey to Fairlop playing fields. A rickety old double decker bus used to chug along aldborough road and when it hit the tight bends you had a full top deck of 12/13 yrs olds running to the opposite side shouting “LEAN” and trying to topple their own transportation over. We were a bright bunch for sure
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Far Cough
10:50 Sun Aug 9
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Stepney.Ammer 9:36 Sun Aug 9
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Lived in a prefab on Ben Johnson Road until I was 8 which backed onto a debris.
Would spend hours playing over there, usually with catapult in hand. A good few open manholes which you couldn't see due to it being over grown, not to mention plenty of other hazardous things.
Would never be allowed today.
Know that area somewhat, Prince of Wales or Kate Hodder's as it was known, was a decent pub
I lived on the Ocean Estate, it's where Billy Ocean got his name from
Good times
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BRANDED
10:35 Sun Aug 9
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H&S is mostly about avoiding being sued
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mashed in maryland
9:56 Sun Aug 9
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Anyone else remember a time when some council flats had exposed brickwork in the kitchen as standard?
Could potentially be a selling point of some new warehouse conversion these days. Saw a post on Instagram yesterday where someone was talking about it.
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Stepney.Ammer
9:36 Sun Aug 9
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Lived in a prefab on Ben Johnson Road until I was 8 which backed onto a debris.
Would spend hours playing over there, usually with catapult in hand. A good few open manholes which you couldn't see due to it being over grown, not to mention plenty of other hazardous things.
Would never be allowed today.
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Mace66
7:18 Sun Aug 9
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1970’s playgrounds
As Chim says, plenty of post war damaged derelict sites hanging around totally accessible to kids to have summer holidays full of fun on.
And the actual playgrounds consisting of lethal equipment such as metal roundabouts you could easily get stuck under or come flying off. Or the fearsome metal rocking horse that could mame or kill if you got in the way. The 20 foot high metal slides or climbing frames with no safety netting or runner matting to break a falll.
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Mace66
7:10 Sun Aug 9
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When I was a kid we all used to jump into the sea from the ferry terminal wall, nobody ever died or was seriously injured.
Over the years, the council has gradually tried to prevent access with various fences which successions of young teens have negotiated to carry on jumping
Now it’s totally inaccessible and quite sad to see it derelict of young kids enjoying themselves
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Alfs
3:18 Sun Aug 9
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Better, Exeter, is debatable as a lot of kids died hiding in dumped fridges as well as other atrocities.
I'm not quite sure how I was brainwashed by the time I was 6 but my memory is of freedom, bruised shins and shoplifting a pack of polos.
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WHU(Exeter)
2:34 Sun Aug 9
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yep, and there is no point arguing the points and preposition that they were better times, because you are up against 20 years or so of complete brainwashing.
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mallard
1:57 Sun Aug 9
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Peg-guns
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Hermit Road
1:48 Sun Aug 9
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We used to call them the debris. I’ve got a decent scar from a misadventure on one.
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