So what has changed in 50 years?

[oldrider]

Communication & technology. Faxes came & went , mobile phones were for James Bond. Home computers were just a dream .
Could we have communicated like this 50 years ago. Nope we would have been out doing something productive.

Hmmm - sure you don't you mean sort of re-productive? - - - -

[pritch]

Radio has certainly changed. Back then in NZ there was only government owned radio and most of the sets we used had valves instead of transistors.

Originally "Eve of Destruction" was banned in NZ by those who considered they knew better than us. "The Universal Soldier" by Donovan and "Good News week" by Hedgehoppers Anonymous were banned at about the same time. The latter group were presumably deemed too radical by the people that ran our nanny state radio but were members of an RAF V bomber squadron. Not a place you'd normally associate with radicals.

[Oakie]

50 years ago you could only buy two types of milk.

Warm and cold?

And back then ... we had the milkman to bring milk to your gate and charge 4 cents a pint (well, after decimalisation in 1967 anyway).

[ellipsis]

Warm and cold?

And back then ... we had the milkman to bring milk to your gate and charge 4 cents a pint (well, after decimalisation in 1967 anyway).

...and you could leave your 70 cents weekly bill in the bottle at the gate for the milkman to pick up...

[awa355]

Empty 1 pint milk bottles were worth 2/- at the local dairy.



We had coloured milk tokens that were supposed to stop thefts of milk monies left out with the bottles.


Now we don't even have milkmen.

[FJRider]

Radio has certainly changed. Back then in NZ there was only government owned radio and most of the sets we used had valves instead of transistors.

My parents had an old valve radio ... I went to the local library to find out how to rig a decent aerial for the radio. Sitting next to the radio late at night ... slowly turning the tuning dial ... picking up the different stations ... and trying to figure out WHERE they were braordcasting from ....


There was ONE pirate radio station that was NOT Government approved ... and if conditions (at the bottom of the south island) were ok ..

[Maha]

Warm and cold?

And back then ... we had the milkman to bring milk to your gate and charge 4 cents a pint (well, after decimalisation in 1967 anyway).

Actually it's three, I left out Mothers milk, expressed naturally

[FJRider]

Actually it's three, I left out Mothers milk, expressed naturally

It was not available at (delivered to) the gate ... unless you were the postman ...

[FJRider]

50 years ago ... God save the Queen was played BEFORE EVERY MOVIE you paid to see ... and you stood up for it ...

[Maha]

Empty 1 pint milk bottles were worth 2/- at the local dairy.

Now we don't even have milkmen.

As a kid I helped out a work mate of Dad's that had a milk run, he had two jobs back then, the milk run before dawn and a carpet salesman during the day.

[Maha]

50 years ago ... God save the Queen was played BEFORE EVERY MOVIE you paid to see ... and you stood up for it ...

....and that got dropped for God Defend New Zealand.

[FJRider]

....and that got dropped for God Defend New Zealand.

After they grounded the Skyhsawks ... he was our only hope ...

[Oakie]

50 years ago ... God save the Queen was played BEFORE EVERY MOVIE you paid to see ... and you stood up for it ...

Yes, I remember going to the Majestic Theatre in Oamaru for the Saturday afternoon movies and my 20 cents getting me admission AND an ice cream. I can still picture the film of the band playing 'God Save the Queen' pre movie.

[FJRider]

Yes, I remember going to the Majestic Theatre in Oamaru for the Saturday afternoon movies and my 20 cents getting me admission AND an ice cream. I can still picture the film of the band playing 'God Save the Queen' pre movie.

Did you stand up ... or were you a "Rebel" ... ???

[J.A.W.]

Did you stand up ... or were you a "Rebel" ... ???

I'd only stand - if it was the bloody Sex Pistols playin' 'God save the Queen' - live..

'10 Years After' - did an apropos song back then too, 'I'd Love to Change the World - But I Don't Know What to Do"..