Britain in the 60s

[George 1978]

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I have a feeling that the records from the 1960s that my parents had probably ended up in local charity shops when I moved from the family home a few years ago.

[Richard1978]

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My Dad still has a lot of vinyl from the 1960s, though he sold some of the singles along the way, which he has regretted as some are now quite rare.

[darren]

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Did your parents not like the beatles or where there vinyl records to expensive to buy and sold out to quick.

Do u or your parents still have any of those 7 inchers.

I knew a fella who grew up in the sixties had hundreds and hundreds of vinyl records of many sizes such as the original soundtrack for war of the worlds and quite a few beatles ist release vinyls.

my parents used to collect 7 inch records from the 1960s and they had two boxes full of them - in the mid 1980s the seemed really old to me rather than playing something from the 1990s now.

I think that they had every band and singer going back then, except the beatles, ironically enough.

[zabadak]

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Telstar always reminds me of holidays in rhyl

#1 in the UK when I was born!

[Arran]

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My mother told me a story about how her parents knew a landlord of the Rachman variety back in the 1960s who rented properties to immigrants. He used to drive a Triumph 2000 and he had a 'gold' account with the Westminster Bank. He always returned tenant's deposits and overpaid rent with cheques (and possibly took delight in it as it was uncommon for a tenant to have a bank account and they rarely saw a cheque) and he boasted about the perks on his 'gold' account including meetings free of charge with the financial advisor in an office on the first floor.

[Richard1978]

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I did wonder if Girobank didn't charge for these services, as it was intended to get low earners open a bank account.

[Arran]

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My mother told me that back in the 1960s there were extra costs with using a bank account.

A tax of 2d was charged on every cheque. This was abolished when Britain changed to decimal currency.

Banks charged for many of their services and the charges did not just vary from bank to bank but between different branches of the same bank because bank managers had some freedom to set the charges themselves.

It was common for banks to add extra charges for using cheques on top of the 2d tax if the amount of money in the account was less than a certain amount.

Bank statements were rarely offered for free. On many accounts the holder had to specifically request a statement if they needed one.

There was a trend that the less money you had in your account the more you would be clobbered with charges. There were 'gold' accounts for customers with a large amount of savings that offered many perks and free services.

[tex]

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There's a great film full of fab actors free on Sky
Based on a true story ..

My week with Marilyn

Filmed all over England but set in 1956 .... maybe of interest to you ?


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Seen it, very good film

[tex]

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Decca used to have a blue record label, and I think that Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck's songs were on them. The Tornados also had that label as well - my parents had Telstar.

Telstar always reminds me of holidays in rhyl

[George 1978]

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Decca used to have a blue record label, and I think that Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck's songs were on them. The Tornados also had that label as well - my parents had Telstar.

[Moonraker]

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Talking about vynal records... My mother use to make televisions for Decca. I think it was in Battersea, London

[Richard1978]

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My parents used to collect 7 inch records from the 1960s and they had two boxes full of them - in the mid 1980s the seemed really old to me rather than playing something from the 1990s now. I think that they had every band and singer going back then, except the Beatles, ironically enough.

Yes things from before I was born seem a lot older. I remember in the 1980s a lot of things from the 1960s seemed from another world, but the equivalent things from the late 1990s don't seem so old.

[George 1978]

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My parents used to collect 7 inch records from the 1960s and they had two boxes full of them - in the mid 1980s the seemed really old to me rather than playing something from the 1990s now.

I think that they had every band and singer going back then, except the Beatles, ironically enough.

[Zincubus]

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Did your parents ever reflect on the 60s?, although i was born in 59 i was too young to remember much about the 60s culturally, i only have what i read and what i see on tv, obviously there are snippets of the decade that i recall but they are more in relation to school days,holidays and sweets. My parents never related back how it was bringing up a family of six children in the 60s and 70s or how they would spend the little leisure time they had (if any). They never spoke about the music or the fashions and i regret never asking about it. When i see programmes about the 60s i always feel i missed out on a great decade because i was simply too young to appreciate it

There's a great film full of fab actors free on Sky
Based on a true story ..

My week with Marilyn

Filmed all over England but set in 1956 .... maybe of interest to you ?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[tex]

Re: Britain in the 60s

Did your parents ever reflect on the 60s?, although i was born in 59 i was too young to remember much about the 60s culturally, i only have what i read and what i see on tv, obviously there are snippets of the decade that i recall but they are more in relation to school days,holidays and sweets. My parents never related back how it was bringing up a family of six children in the 60s and 70s or how they would spend the little leisure time they had (if any). They never spoke about the music or the fashions and i regret never asking about it. When i see programmes about the 60s i always feel i missed out on a great decade because i was simply too young to appreciate it