With everything that’s been going on in the world and the UK over that last decade or so, did anyone else think that life seemed more simple two decades ago? I’m talking about the 1990s...
To me life seemed so much more simple. Lots of people still had just the four channels( well at least in the early 90s anyway) , no mobile phones, no internet as such, not until the late 90s anyway. I remember the kids tv programmes seemed good at the time, maybe down to the fact there was less choice, but the BBC used to make decent kids dramas, like Byker Grove and Grange Hill. I remember starting secondary school and being terrified of the older kids ( 16 year olds seemed old when you are 11).
People seemed to live within their means more and if you couldn’t afford it you didn’t get it. I remember the early 90s when interest rates were really high, people were hard up but rode it out. Politics didn’t seem to be on the news constantly, and Brexit was a word that hadn’t even been thought of yet. John Major was the PM, but I can’t think of anything of significance that he did. People on benefits seemed to get left alone, unlike the constant scrutiny they have now.
I remember people used to collect CDs and people smoking in shopping centres and restaurants. People still paid for things with cheque books, town centres seemed busier( probably down to no amazon back then).
Euro 96 seemed to bring the country together like nothing else I’ve ever seen in my lifetime, it really was a great time. Then Tony Blair came into power, promising to change the country from a tired Tory Government. The D:Ream song things can only get better was the anthem for Labour. It seemed a turning point for the decade.
The summer holidays seemed to go on forever with decent summer weather.
Life just seemed generally easier back then, to apply for a job you could hand in a cv to a real person.
Anyone else miss the 90s?