when we were taken to visit Grandparents/elderly relations in the early 60s we kept our coats on (cold),their rooms were dark, echoed and were sparse,clocks ticked and chimed each 15 minutes,taps dripped,no radios played,the kettle whistled and we'd have to wait 'til tea-time anyway to get any tea,adults didn't speak to us,we couldn't take any food offered 'til we had the nod from our Dad and he'd finished tinkling on their our of tune piano,we'd sometimes be given something recently bought from the Jumble to take home.......
Who cares......
Nowadays with almost everyone having a mobile phone we've become used to being able to make contact at will or make or receive a txt after even the shortest journey!but it wasn't always like that...... In 1972 our family went on a two week camping trip in Europe visiting France,Belgium,Luxembourg.Germany and Austria. My Mum and Dad,Brother and Sisters were in the Ford Zodiac towing our Sprite Major Caravan and I followed on my red and chrome BSA C15 250cc motorbike. My motorbike ran ok except for a couple of incidents....a puncture/split tyre as we approached the border of Luxembourg and a massive concrete pipe falling off of the back of a lorry just in front of the bike which luckily bounced over me,as we attempted to scale a hill to go into Switzerland. After the two weeks were up we eventually got back to Ramsgate where we would catch the Hovercraft back to England.When it was our turn to board,probably around midnight,my chain and sprockets were so worn that I only just...
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