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In reply to the discussion: I am amazed - really quite amazed - at some of the Brexit opinions I am reading here on DU [View all]Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)I remember the Pearlie Kings and Queens, the men selling hot chestnuts on London street corners. The rag and bone man. The milk man. The knife sharpening man. "Fresh strawberries, get your fresh strawberries". Street parties. No crime. No vandalism. No rubbish and dog shit everywhere. Children playing all over the place until it got dark. We left our babies in their prams outside the shops along with our dogs leads tied to the bins. We looked out for each other like we were a family.
We had imports from all over, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Denmark. A lot of our stuff was 'Empire Made'. And it wasn't all 'Hong Kong rubbish'.
We left school at 14 and then 15 because good paying jobs were abundant. Girls often worked in shops or factories and saved until they got married. Boys were apprentices. A man could be the sole bread winner. Girls were often sent off to college by their companies for extra education/training. At age 15 I worked at an American company called Texas Instruments. You'd need at least a four year degree to do what I did there now. My mother left school at 14 and worked until she was 65 at a good job, because she enjoyed it.
Now your going to tell me how rubbish it was pre-EU and I don't know any better because I'm an uneducated idiot. Those boys who fought and often died in the trenches were also uneducated 'ignorant fucks'. Toffs would be fucked without us.