Just to give you my date of birth - its 28/12/1951 - which makes me 64 (65 in December).
When l was born, there was 2 TV channels, l used to pay money into our TV - coin slot telly.
Poverty, was big when l was brought up. Shops closed on a Sunday. When l grew up, we had to buy patches for trousers, the house l was brought up in. We had to boile the water, as the pipes were dirty.
Phone was a luxury, We got most of food from the waste of Hammersmith Market. We would go down on a Saturday night, when they threw all the food onto a pile. And had to push people out of the way to get the good stuff.
Plus there is more.
Yes, poverty was real and l made a vow to my Scottish wife, that l would NEVER go back to those days.
Sadly, those times are coming back.
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http://www.itv.com/news/border/updat...record-levels/
This is my main argument, DC spending millions on overseas aid.
There should be more to solve this problem