My nan was one of 18 too! #Ireland #BadOldDays

Just finished watching the excellent BBC drama ‘Mix Tape’.

So many people of a certain age (eg FB groups) always harking back to ‘the good old days’ 40+ yrs ago.

Then realised it is mainly straight, white men. They had it pretty good. Many others didn’t eg women, gay people.

#BadOldDays

Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards—and drove up the price of eggs 600 percent.

We are literally back in 1933.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

#tariffs #fascism #badolddays

Opta expects us to finish 4th.
The site I use predicts us finishing 5th.
#NUFC

I predict we'll finish. And we won't be relegated. Imagine if 6th place meant we went down. #BadOldDays

a picture of the presidents of the united states with the words " call me back when you win the war " ALT: a picture of the presidents of the united states with the words " call me back when you win the war "

Almost.

The goal is to return to slavery with only landed white males able to vote.

#BadOldDays

Vintage 1930s Art Deco Book - Marjorie May's 12th Birthday - Kotex - Mensuration Booklet - Puberty, Period, Antique, Sex-ed - Etsy This Literature & Fiction item is sold by Clutterina. Ships from Morgantown, WV. Listed on Mar 9, 2025

Maybe you'd like to teach a girl about the "facts of life" by using a 1930s booklet produced to sell Kotex! Um.. please don't.

Amusing piece of ephemera, to be sure.

#ephemera #factsoflife #1920s #1930s #kotex #badolddays #womenshistory

www.etsy.com/listing/1885...

This was published in dozens of comics in the late 1940s and early 1950s before the polio vaccine was developed.

Yeah, it was great being a kid in the 40s and 50s!

Don’t mix with new groups
Don’t get overtired
Don’t get chilled
Do Keep clean

Soon to be returning, I'm told.

#badolddays #Polio

The stark opposite of meritocracy.

#kakistocracy #oligarchy #robberbarons #badolddays do you remember the days of Standard Oil and Car? Well theyre back!