Sunday evenings of yesteryear

[Arran]

A lot has been written about the daytime of Sundays of yesteryear but far less about the evening and its rituals. The time when the weekend was slipping away and Monday was approaching.

What were your experiences of Sunday evenings?

Were there any particular TV programmes you watched? Remember the 'God slot' with Songs of Praise and Highway!

Did anybody attend evening church services?

Did you leave your homework until Sunday evening or complete it earlier?

Was Sunday tea the classic fare of salmon and cucumber sandwiches with tinned fruit and evaporated milk for dessert followed by cakes, or did you eat something more exotic?

Were there any other regular rituals?

[zabadak]

Sunday night was bath night, not much on telly, sardines on toast for tea...

[Richard1978]

Bullseye was usually on a Sunday evening, as was Last Of The Summer Wine. Usually there was a Mum friendly drama like Howard's Way or Bergerac.

[Arran]

Sunday night was bath night, not much on telly, sardines on toast for tea...

Did you have a 7 day thermostat programmed to automatically heat a tankful of water on Sunday night or did you have to remember to switch the hot water on manually in the years before combi boilers? Or did you have one of those Ascot gas water heaters above the bath?

Have a read of the discussion about central heating.

https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/f...entral-heating