Hello all,
I'm just editing a novel I'm writing, and I have a scene where a lad turns up to his gang's den with a McDonalds shake, and it's the first they've ever seen on this rough council estate where it's set. And it's nothing like the thin, powdery ones they've experienced in park cafes. The scene is set in the summer of 1979, outside Manchester.
Now, I don't really remember McDonalds in my life until 1984, but I had old-fashioned parents, so if it was there on the high street, we'd have been going elsewhere.
Research tells me they opened in Woolwich, London in 1974.
Anyone feel they had a thick McDonalds shake as early as 1979?
If they weren't available that early, I'll simply have to cut this scene and forget it. Be a shame though, as it's a good scene.
Cheers all.
...Jamo
I'm just editing a novel I'm writing, and I have a scene where a lad turns up to his gang's den with a McDonalds shake, and it's the first they've ever seen on this rough council estate where it's set. And it's nothing like the thin, powdery ones they've experienced in park cafes. The scene is set in the summer of 1979, outside Manchester.
Now, I don't really remember McDonalds in my life until 1984, but I had old-fashioned parents, so if it was there on the high street, we'd have been going elsewhere.
Research tells me they opened in Woolwich, London in 1974.
Anyone feel they had a thick McDonalds shake as early as 1979?
If they weren't available that early, I'll simply have to cut this scene and forget it. Be a shame though, as it's a good scene.
Cheers all.
...Jamo
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