Feel Better:Complain About Anything

Originally posted by Joannie: ↑

No it isn’t us, just some random pic which I found on the internet.
Yes Greengrass was a terror, a very naughty man. But he always amused me when he tried, mostly unsuccesfuly to wriggle out of his latest escapade, then he would get all hot under the collar.
The coppers in the police station, take Ventris eg, he was always sitting around smoking fags and doing the minimum possible.
When I worked in offices in London, back in the day. Everyone was puffing away, ashtrays everywhere, it seems unbelievable now.
How things have changed.

Oh yes and I also had a blue Ford Anglia which were used in the series.
I now remember, that one of our headlights was damaged and I got pulled up by the police.
I had my poor old Nan in the front and my baby and two year old in the back.
They gave me a severe serve, I was so embarrassed.

But things were so different then in the early 70’s. We were skint and bought a bright yellow Austin A40 for 40 quid.
It had those funny little triangle windows in the front and after we had bought it, we found that when they were opened, they fell out lol.
Once we were pulled over in Regent St in the centre of London, because we had two stretchy elastic things holding down the bonnet and if they were removed, the bonnet would fly open and you couldn’t see where you were going, oh my God.
They let us off with a warning, this was before we had any kids.
Goodness me, all the old bangers which we bought.
I had a beige Ford Cortina which probably cost about 100 quid, I was pregnant shortly after.
It was a pretty good old car, except that when (my rather ample) younger sister sat in the rear seat and I had to brake hard, she shot forward and her arse fell into the void, oh what fun we had.

But getting back to heartbeat, it was a brilliant series

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@Joannie - it seems 'mankind' is the same everywhere, I remember people puffing away at their ciggies, when a child - then here in Australia I once worked in a large office, where all you had was a small partition between you and the next typist - and I was next to a woman who smoked incessantly - I am a non-smoker - I had to leave in the end, couldn't stand it, which was a good thing, because I got my next job at Parliament House - had to do a typing and grammar test and I was the best one of the lot - me a 'foreigner' - I couldn't believe when the guy in charge rang me and told me and I said to him: 'are you sure you didn't make a mistake? - I am the 'foreigner' - and he replied: 'I couldn't care less if you were from Lithuania, you were the best!'
We stayed friends, even though I migrated from his department to the Legislative Assembly.

Cars? I had my share of 'funny' cars too - remember a second-hand (or third or fourth, it was old) Beetle which I first used when driving to work - it had a 'list' to the left, and I always had to correct it, and there was always a draft from the front onto the steering wheel, and I 'froze' in winter. Luckily the journey wasn't too long, as we lived near Scarborough then and I always worked in 'the City' one place I worked at is now the Australian stock exchange, but it has been totally re-built.
Also: hubby was always building, renovating, and when he bought his last and big project, it meant he would be carrying materials etc. so what does he do? bought a cheap little Asian car but it had a small loading platform instead of passenger seats, in which car, when the two of us sat in the front seat, were almost squashed, and we weren't fat people, just tall - well he was tall. I wish someone had taken a photograph of us then, but alas, just a memory.
I loved that series, also loved 'Yes Minister' and that series with the upstart foreign factory owner who had bought the local gentry's country house? Cant' remember the name now.
Clever people, the Brits!
Tau
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