Vin Rouge
It is obvious that you have never had to live as part of a family of 5 in a 2 bedroom flat in a street where a third of the houses had been destroyed by V weapons or conventional bombing. You will not have had the experience of walking to the local Store with sixpence (2 1/2 pence today) and your ration card wondering which colour boiled sweets you should buy. Even the clothes you were dressed in were rationed.
I doubt that many of the children in your school had no recollection of their Fathers - because their Fathers never returned from the War.
PS When the State Pension was introduced it was for Men only commencing at the age of 70.
PPS The first House I bought sold recently for 1200% of the price I paid when it was built.
Last edited by cazatou; 8th Sep 2011 at 13:28.