Exeter born Paul Alford, aka Pablo Alf tells the story of his life at 60, including school, work, drugs, rat patrol, prison, princess diana, dubai and spain...
No fridge, freezer, washing machine, central heating, colour television, car, foreign holidays, landline telephone, Internet or mobile phone. We had a choice of 3 television channels to choose from, and there was still f*ck all on aside from Top Of The Pops, a bunch of racist sitcoms and wrestling on a weekend...
Yes, but not 1950, this was 1970 and I was 8 years old. The (twin-tub) washing machine and spin dryer, colour television and telephones would have to wait until the 1980's. As for the foreign holidays and central heating; they would have to wait until I was 35 and 44 years old respectively. The car? Never happened but that was the norm in our family, and still is for me.