Mike Reads 1979 Pop Quiz - Got me thinking

[John Trebor]

The floating score?

20 quid that had been borrowed that many times on a Wednesday that nobody really knew who had lent it out in the 1st place!.
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I heard you would get lads at BSC picked their wages up at dinner time and lost them by teatime playing three card brag.

3 card brag. I remember one afternoon being pissed in the workies on Southfield Rd. Some older lads (I was about 18) asked if I wanted to go round their's for a game of brag until the pubs opened.
On the walk round I started to sober up a bit and realised I didn't know them and it was a bit odd they had asked me round.
I decided I was at risk of being robbed, being bummed, being murdered, or all 3. But it would be rude to back out now.
Turned out I needn't have worried.
They were decent lads and had plenty of food and booze to share. They were also shit at brag so I rinsed them 👍

[Norman_Conquest]

As an apprentice at Teesside Bridge in the 70s we used to get our wages on a Thursday dinner time in a little brown envelope. The wage was always rounded up or down to the nearest 50p and it had to be checked before opening and breaking the seal. Once checked it was straight over the road and into the navigation and a quick 2 pints in 30 minutes before the claxon sounded. Different times back then for sure.

Exactly the same routine fella except it was The Magnet not the Navvy for us.
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Massive change in the job I was doing couple of years ago. Random drinks and drugs tests that were stricter than drink driving limits. Having a couple of drinks then previous night was a definite no-no. If you tested positive you were out of a job.

When i first started at ICI we used to go out for a few pints on a Friday lunchtime as did half of Wilton. Like you say totally different now where i work now they had the random drugs and alcohol testers in after every England euro game the bloke in charge of security must love it whenever he gets someone the sack.

Smith's Dock would have buses run into South Bank to take the fellas for a drink and bring them back after lunch.  Could you imagine that now.

[BoroRedKen]

What blows my mind NC is we are not talking about 100s of years ago!

We are just about it only being a generation ago.

Its a bit like we will soon have a generation of pensioner females that are covered in tattoos! That to me feels mental!

[markmywords]

As an apprentice at Teesside Bridge in the 70s we used to get our wages on a Thursday dinner time in a little brown envelope. The wage was always rounded up or down to the nearest 50p and it had to be checked before opening and breaking the seal. Once checked it was straight over the road and into the navigation and a quick 2 pints in 30 minutes before the claxon sounded. Different times back then for sure.

Exactly the same routine fella except it was The Magnet not the Navvy for us.
🤣👍

Massive change in the job I was doing couple of years ago. Random drinks and drugs tests that were stricter than drink driving limits. Having a couple of drinks then previous night was a definite no-no. If you tested positive you were out of a job.

When i first started at ICI we used to go out for a few pints on a Friday lunchtime as did half of Wilton. Like you say totally different now where i work now they had the random drugs and alcohol testers in after every England euro game the bloke in charge of security must love it whenever he gets someone the sack.

Smith's Dock would have buses run into South Bank to take the fellas for a drink and bring them back after lunch.  Could you imagine that now.

Health and safety meltdown