...when you could sell one of your four annual Travel Warrants for a fiver - and have enough money for a full tank of petrol - and non of your namby-pamby unleaded stuff, either!
...when you could Hitch-Hike in uniform (No. 1, No. 2 or even in a green plastic jacket) across the country and loads of people would stop as soon as they saw you get out of a car at a Traffic Island/Junction.
...when Fred Mulley (whatever happened to him?) gave us all 17% in one year's pay rise - and it wasn't enough!