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Hard to believe in less than two months it will be the 20's - 'again'. Scary to think some posters on here possibly may have been around in the last 20s. And some of us definitely have family who were.
Its actually equally scary to think its 20 years since the turn of this century.
What has changed in those 20 years that we take for granted and that kids now wouldn't believe we didn't have in 1999?
The internet was already around but I will start with smartphones...
What has changed in that 100 years? An even scarier question...
Its actually equally scary to think its 20 years since the turn of this century.
What has changed in those 20 years that we take for granted and that kids now wouldn't believe we didn't have in 1999?
The internet was already around but I will start with smartphones...
What has changed in that 100 years? An even scarier question...
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I still think of the 90s as not that long ago! Scary to think it's over 20 years.
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Scares me to death! I’ve sat with my phone in my hand all night watching TV, going to make that a New Years resolution to knock social media etc on the head throughout the week completely.
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Will we all be able too see things clearer?
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The 1920/21 season didn't exactly start well.......we lost the first three league games.
Then went on a 30 game unbeaten run before finishing as First Division Champions under the brilliant captaincy of Tommy Boyle.
Then went on a 30 game unbeaten run before finishing as First Division Champions under the brilliant captaincy of Tommy Boyle.
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It's not.jrgbfc wrote:I still think of the 90s as not that long ago! Scary to think it's over 20 years.
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Yet.
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Blue Monday by New Order is 36 years old.
More than a third of a century.
For me, stats like that put things into perspective.
More than a third of a century.
For me, stats like that put things into perspective.
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Debbie Harry is in her 75th year and pushing 95 in 20 years time.....omfg!ElectroClaret wrote:Blue Monday by New Order is 36 years old.
More than a third of a century.
For me, stats like that put things into perspective.
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But you still wouldtim_noone wrote:Debbie Harry is in her 75th year and pushing 95 in 20 years time.....omfg!
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Pimlico_Claret wrote:But you still would
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Some 18 year olds weren't alive when 9/11 happened, this I heard at work last week made me feel old.
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Some 18 year olds when 9/11 happened aren't alive today.claretburns wrote:Some 18 year olds weren't alive when 9/11 happened, this I heard at work last week made me feel old.
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Barring Mondays yes....Pimlico_Claret wrote:But you still would
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Elvis Presley celebrates his 85th birthday in January. It's 20 years since he retired from working in that chip shop!
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claretburns wrote:Some 18 year olds weren't alive when 9/11 happened, this I heard at work last week made me feel old.
Here’s another. Dwight McNeil wasn’t born when we signed Glen Little.
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Still got TB and rickets!!
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Some 18 year olds weren't around when Kennedy was assassinated.
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My Dad would have been 100 on Feb 28th 2020. He was born at 11.55 pm on Feb 28 in a leap year ! Huge Clarets fan.
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FCBurnley, I can still picture your dad Les, like it was yesterday. My dad would’ve been 100 later this month.
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My grandad would have been 100 on may 30th 2020, a day before my birthday. Some of the comments regarding the timescales on here is frightening. I remember 9/11 as clear as day, and still think it was only a few years ago.
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Hope you get better soon.mdd2 wrote:Still got TB and rickets!!
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It's 35 years since I joined my main band - most of the venues we played don't exist now. The real scary thing is that if I live long enough in another 35 years I'd be 100. FFS who started this thread?
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My Dad would have been 103 on 5th October... we lost him age 68 in 1985 to cancer.... lost Mum in 2013 aged 91 .... Losing Dad to Lung Cancer (a great incentive to quit smoking) and a brother to Bowel Cancer (only 57)...FCBurnley wrote:My Dad would have been 100 on Feb 28th 2020. He was born at 11.55 pm on Feb 28 in a leap year ! Huge Clarets fan.
Both of these prompted both me and my other Brother (who now comes to Burnley with me) to say boll**ks to working and retire early (luckily I have a decent pension pot to utilise and thanks to the changes in pension rules... it made it possible....) he quit age 55 and me at 58 years old..... so we might enjoy at least a few years of retirement
Both my Mum and Dad saw the changes in travel that had shrunk the world immensely.
My Grandmother on my Mums side had come to England to be with my Grandfather in 1912 by Sea (a journey of several months at the time....) Granddaddy had travelled to New Zealand in 1908 and met and married my Grandmother before returning to the UK to complete his theology degree and become a vicar.
You can hardly imagine how it must have felt to the pair of them, separating like that as newlyweds to spend almost 2 years and 12000 miles apart..... letters taking months to arrive etc etc
Mum and Dad both travelled to New Zealand to see relatives they had never met in the early 80's after Dad retired ... thankfully he got to do the things he wanted in his 2 years of reasonably healthy retirement.
Dad always used to tell me when I was a young boy, how he used to laugh at thoughts of men in going into space and flying around the world in the comic books and stories of the time... he loved the fact he had lived to see men walk on the Moon.... Eventually he actually flew to the other side of the World... he talked about that trip untill the day he died.
Yes the generation before mine had seen amazing things happen in the world in Technology etc etc that we all take for granted now.
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If its any consolation I thought you were closer to my agehouseboy wrote:It's 35 years since I joined my main band - most of the venues we played don't exist now. The real scary thing is that if I live long enough in another 35 years I'd be 100. FFS who started this thread?
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Amazing story. Especially about the letters and waiting. This generation couldnt wait 5 minutesBosscat wrote:My Dad would have been 103 on 5th October... we lost him age 68 in 1985 to cancer.... lost Mum in 2013 aged 91 .... Losing Dad to Lung Cancer (a great incentive to quit smoking) and a brother to Bowel Cancer (only 57)...
Both of these prompted both me and my other Brother (who now comes to Burnley with me) to say boll**ks to working and retire early (luckily I have a decent pension pot to utilise and thanks to the changes in pension rules... it made it possible....) he quit age 55 and me at 58 years old..... so we might enjoy at least a few years of retirement
Both my Mum and Dad saw the changes in travel that had shrunk the world immensely.
My Grandmother on my Mums side had come to England to be with my Grandfather in 1912 by Sea (a journey of several months at the time....) Granddaddy had travelled to New Zealand in 1908 and met and married my Grandmother before returning to the UK to complete his theology degree and become a vicar.
You can hardly imagine how it must have felt to the pair of them, separating like that as newlyweds to spend almost 2 years and 12000 miles apart..... letters taking months to arrive etc etc
Mum and Dad both travelled to New Zealand to see relatives they had never met in the early 80's after Dad retired ... thankfully he got to do the things he wanted in his 2 years of reasonably healthy retirement.
Dad always used to tell me when I was a young boy, how he used to laugh at thoughts of men in going into space and flying around the world in the comic books and stories of the time... he loved the fact he had lived to see men walk on the Moon.... Eventually he actually flew to the other side of the World... he talked about that trip untill the day he died.
Yes the generation before mine had seen amazing things happen in the world in Technology etc etc that we all take for granted now.
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Gonna have a party on his Birthday. Its nice that you can remember him. I remember your Mom Jean ? more than your dad. Hope you are well.Bfc wrote:FCBurnley, I can still picture your dad Les, like it was yesterday. My dad would’ve been 100 later this month.
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Dare I ask CC?cricketfieldclarets wrote:If its any consolation I thought you were closer to my age
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85.....houseboy wrote:Dare I ask CC?
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tim_noone wrote:85.....
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I wasn't alive when you started your bandhouseboy wrote:Dare I ask CC?
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Lovely post Boss.Bosscat wrote:My Dad would have been 103 on 5th October... we lost him age 68 in 1985 to cancer.... lost Mum in 2013 aged 91 .... Losing Dad to Lung Cancer (a great incentive to quit smoking) and a brother to Bowel Cancer (only 57)...
Both of these prompted both me and my other Brother (who now comes to Burnley with me) to say boll**ks to working and retire early (luckily I have a decent pension pot to utilise and thanks to the changes in pension rules... it made it possible....) he quit age 55 and me at 58 years old..... so we might enjoy at least a few years of retirement
Both my Mum and Dad saw the changes in travel that had shrunk the world immensely.
My Grandmother on my Mums side had come to England to be with my Grandfather in 1912 by Sea (a journey of several months at the time....) Granddaddy had travelled to New Zealand in 1908 and met and married my Grandmother before returning to the UK to complete his theology degree and become a vicar.
You can hardly imagine how it must have felt to the pair of them, separating like that as newlyweds to spend almost 2 years and 12000 miles apart..... letters taking months to arrive etc etc
Mum and Dad both travelled to New Zealand to see relatives they had never met in the early 80's after Dad retired ... thankfully he got to do the things he wanted in his 2 years of reasonably healthy retirement.
Dad always used to tell me when I was a young boy, how he used to laugh at thoughts of men in going into space and flying around the world in the comic books and stories of the time... he loved the fact he had lived to see men walk on the Moon.... Eventually he actually flew to the other side of the World... he talked about that trip untill the day he died.
Yes the generation before mine had seen amazing things happen in the world in Technology etc etc that we all take for granted now.
Quotes from my Dad:
What’s this rubbish? - when I was watching Monty Python.
What’s this rubbish? - ..........................The Prisoner.
What’s this rubbish - ........................... just about anything.
Nothing, just think what you’ll get if you do something wrong - when asked why he’d just whacked me round the head.
If anyone tries to bully you hit them, you might lose the battle but you’ll win the war - best advice he ever gave me.
Don’t be so bloody soft - whenever he thought I was being.
Hardly a day passes that I don’t miss him. He died at the age I am now (actually about 6 months younger).
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Next year my dad will have been born 100 years ago.
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My dad was 92 yesterday, bless him.
Mum will be 90 in January, bless her.
Looks like I may have a while to go yet, hopefully.
Mum will be 90 in January, bless her.
Looks like I may have a while to go yet, hopefully.
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Grandmother is 89 sounds like she is a spring chicken!
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Bought my first mobile phone -a Nokia in July 1999. In those days it was just a phone, and everyone in the house shared at it. whenever one of us left the house, the phone went along with them. Ah happy days.
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On further examination the 1920's was a more than interesting decade in BFC's history. We began as Champions of Division One in 1920/21, ended being relegated in 1929/30 and in between had our record home attendance of 54,775 in 1924, sold one of our most famous ever players Bob Kelly to Sunderland for a massive fee back then of £6,500 in 1925 and saw the demise of the legendary half-back line of Halley, Boyle & Watson.
The Turf itself has changed dramatically in these 100 years but the original Brunshaw Road Stand was already there as was the terracing at the Cricket Field End, but the Longside and Bee Hole End were still petty much ash covered.
The Turf itself has changed dramatically in these 100 years but the original Brunshaw Road Stand was already there as was the terracing at the Cricket Field End, but the Longside and Bee Hole End were still petty much ash covered.
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I know we've always had our worries - for me the threat of a nuclear holocaust was the main one in the 60s and 70s - but that was at least theoretically under our control. Now though we are facing something we have no control over - Climate Change. Now that is scary.cricketfieldclarets wrote:Hard to believe in less than two months it will be the 20's - 'again'. Scary to think some posters on here possibly may have been around in the last 20s. And some of us definitely have family who were.
Its actually equally scary to think its 20 years since the turn of this century.
What has changed in those 20 years that we take for granted and that kids now wouldn't believe we didn't have in 1999?
The internet was already around but I will start with smartphones...
What has changed in that 100 years? An even scarier question...
I'm fortunate though in that I've had some sort of life at 66 years old. The people I sympathise with are the likes of Macca's daughter - see her here:
http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboar ... =2&t=42968" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What future are we leaving for her?
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Royboy, I don't know how or even why you know everything you do but this forum is much better for it!Royboyclaret wrote:On further examination the 1920's was a more than interesting decade in BFC's history. We began as Champions of Division One in 1920/21, ended being relegated in 1929/30 and in between had our record home attendance of 54,775 in 1924, sold one of our most famous ever players Bob Kelly to Sunderland for a massive fee back then of £6,500 in 1925 and saw the demise of the legendary half-back line of Halley, Boyle & Watson.
The Turf itself has changed dramatically in these 100 years but the original Brunshaw Road Stand was already there as was the terracing at the Cricket Field End, but the Longside and Bee Hole End were still petty much ash covered.
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I hear that. But I for one am actually optimistic about the future. For two reasons.Hipper wrote:I know we've always had our worries - for me the threat of a nuclear holocaust was the main one in the 60s and 70s - but that was at least theoretically under our control. Now though we are facing something we have no control over - Climate Change. Now that is scary.
I'm fortunate though in that I've had some sort of life at 66 years old. The people I sympathise with are the likes of Macca's daughter - see her here:
http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboar ... =2&t=42968" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What future are we leaving for her?
1 - Technology is rapidly improving on a near daily basis. So we should have the technology to help address many of the issues we face
2 - I am really positive about the youth coming through today. They get a lot of stick (every generation of youth does) but I think they want to and will make a huge difference to the future and wont accept some of the **** we have done to the world!
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And leprosy has been back in Burnley for at least 10 years.mdd2 wrote:Still got TB and rickets!!
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When did we sign him?basil6345789 wrote:And leprosy has been back in Burnley for at least 10 years.
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My Nanna was Born in the 1800s I knew her well...it's probable I have and will have family member Spanning 4 centuries that I've known get your heads round that!!Cirrus_Minor wrote:Next year my dad will have been born 100 years ago.
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We sat around worrying that the 'Millenium Bug' was going to be a huge disaster and bring chaos to the world. Now we have to worry about global warming.
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Might need to check your maths there, we've all got family members going back centuries ....tim_noone wrote:My Nanna was Born in the 1800s I knew her well...it's probable I have and will have family member Spanning 4 centuries.get your heads round that!!
I know what you mean ..... my Grandmother was born in 1895, and died 6 months short of her 100th birthday. She met my son ( born 1986 ), so if he lives to be 90, ( he's a clean living lad ! ), and his great grand-children meet him in 2076, then they'll have known someone, who met a person born 181 years previously. It's like a child today meeting a relative who knew his Grannie, born in 1838, the year after Queen Victoria ascended the throne !!
Extraordinary !!
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No maths involved....4 centuries is my Lot.Clarets4me wrote:Might need to check your maths there, we've all got family members going back centuries ....
I know what you mean ..... my Grandmother was born in 1895, and died 6 months short of her 100th birthday. She met my son ( born 1986 ), so if he lives to be 90, ( he's a clean living lad ! ), and his great grand-children meet him in 2076, then they'll have known someone, who met a person born 181 years previously. It's like a child today meeting a relative who knew his Grannie, born in 1838, the year after Queen Victoria ascended the throne !!
Extraordinary !!