Disrespect of our Pensioner fan base

Cars and electrical goods were far more expensive relatively speaking in the 60's and 70's...
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/life...s-more-affordable-now-than-ever-before-372594
Holiday prices... very few working class families could afford to holiday abroad, for most people it was Blackpool or Bridlington etc, Pontins and Butlins were massive.. a week's holiday for a week's pay.
Household stuff... most people didn't have washing machines, my Mum like many others queued at the laundrette, which were all over the place, TV's were often rented from Wigfalls or Rediffusion. Having said all that, one reason they were relatively expensive is that most things were made by British workers who needed reasonable wages, so much stuff we buy now is dirt cheap (relatively) because it's often made in far east sweatshops. I do have a lot of sympathy for young people as far as housing goes, getting on the ladder is difficult, although tbf most people I grew up with were in Council houses, both my grandparents never owned houses and my missus was a Council house dweller all her life. Thatcher's Right to Buy scheme in the 80's in hindsight has really screwed over the young... these Homes Under the Hammer type programmes boil my p**s, where people buying up cheaper housing to turn into pure profit making tools in their 'portfolio' are treated as some kind of altruistic heroes rather than the absentee landlord money grabbing w***ers that a lot are.

 

Laundrettes were big business in years gone by... I can't say I've seen one for years outside London.

 

Not sure how he can have done that, afaik you're required to send verification of age.

 

Your mate is a selfish fraud

 

That's probably due to the fact that so much housing is being turned into one room HMO's.

 

It happens loads. Maybe the club should tighten up a bit.

 

There's a Laundrette at the Texaco garage in Birdwell.

 

Think they're called a car wash

 

Now that's a much better reason to get a discount - not because you're elderly!

 

Never mind that. Can he play Centre back?

 

I managed to get a season ticket on YTS wage of £29.50 per week back in the mid 90's.

It's no harder now for the youth of today than it was back then. Every single job at that time you went for probably had over 100 applicants. So easier to walk into employment these days. Trouble is a large cohort of people today think many jobs are beneath them so just complain that they can't be elevated up the ladder on day one rather than getting stuck in and building experience.

Edit - I think a season ticket then for the east stand upper was about £185 and soon went through the £200 mark. So in comparison, wages have increased far more than Barnsleys season ticket prices.

 

Really?

Out of interest how were you able to spend 1/8 of your annual income on a season ticket?

 

Anyone know how many season ticket holders currently get the discount that people feel is unfair?

 

I agree with your point.

As an aside, the article you've linked to is from 2019. I'd be interested to see whether it's still accurate today, just 5 years on, because I'm certain it wouldn't be. Used car and house prices have gone through the roof since then.

 

The car issue is pretty easy to see... lockdown and the war in Ukraine led to a shortage of electronics and it became a sellers market for a while, my mate had to wait 9 months for a new van and pay top price.. add to that the high prices paid for EV's and suddenly prices are zooming. I read an article in one of the car mags the other day saying it's likely the prices will drop like a stone as soon as the fleet market leased EV's hit the forecourts. As to house prices I'm not sure, but a friend works for one of the UK's largest estate agents and he was saying since Trussonomics screwed the interest rates its been quite depressed.

 

Used Car prices have been dropping for several months now and second hand dealers are trying to avoid EV cars like the plague.

 

Are they wearing masks?

 

I think you might find that the two may go hand in hand.

 

Spurs have stopped their pensioner discount g