I've still got on my shelf right next to me 2 Home Office booklets from 1980. One is Domestic Nuclear Shelters and the other is Protect and Survive. It makes for really scary reading. I reckon though here in my hidden valley I'll survive. You're welcome to drive down and join me!!!
I remember they used to test the nuclear sirens while we were at school. Once they did it during maths, and I genuinely thought that was it. You should visit the Secret Bunker in Fife one of these days - it's a decommissioned nuclear bunker that has a cinema room showing Protect and Survive on a loop. FUN!!
Well said! And imagine elders like me. My first phone number was Glencourt 28273 and many of my friends and families were on party lines! I do try to keep up with technology, but....
Yes I totally agree Lucy, I think about this a lot.
And so many of the series and things you mention are real touchstones for me too; Changes, Threads, Day of the Triffids. The terror!
I too was obsessed with the seemingly inevitable prospect of imminent nuclear armageddon - my mum was a member of CND and a Greenham Common-er and it was always in the air. It's hard not feel like we're back there again.
If you really think PEZ dispenser headgear will help I'll give it a go 👍
Oh and on the subject of Mad Max - I was nine when it came out, and from knowing nothing about it but the title and X-rating, for some reason I came to the conclusion it was about a sex maniac in a bi-plane 😳 (I still haven't seen it).
In my very rural part of Portugal cash is the main way of paying in the local cafes and corner shop. I was shocked when in the UK recently to see people waving cards and phones about to pay for things. I thought they have no idea how much money is left in their bank accounts and I too had the dystopia thought of a post techie world, with people wandering around aimlessly, like zombies, because they didn't know how to use cash or barter for things
Silo!!! How me like dat show, ohmegosh!!
I was just having this conversation with my friend, he was saying when there's a disaster, all communication... gone.
I've still got on my shelf right next to me 2 Home Office booklets from 1980. One is Domestic Nuclear Shelters and the other is Protect and Survive. It makes for really scary reading. I reckon though here in my hidden valley I'll survive. You're welcome to drive down and join me!!!
I remember the leaflets vividly. Quite horrid!
Also, deal… but I’m counting on you to grow the veggies, I’m an AWFUL gardener
I love your writing so much. Thank you for jump scares *and* chuckles.
I was OBSESSED with the John Wyndham books as a teenager - the school librarians thought I was quite strange as I worked my way along the shelf.
Thank you lovely. John Wyndham fan club NOW. (have you read trouble with lichen? That man was a decent feminist!)
I can’t remember the titles now sadly. There was one about telepathy though!
The Chrysalids, probably
I remember they used to test the nuclear sirens while we were at school. Once they did it during maths, and I genuinely thought that was it. You should visit the Secret Bunker in Fife one of these days - it's a decommissioned nuclear bunker that has a cinema room showing Protect and Survive on a loop. FUN!!
Holy shit, I would have shat myself
Well said! And imagine elders like me. My first phone number was Glencourt 28273 and many of my friends and families were on party lines! I do try to keep up with technology, but....
Yes I totally agree Lucy, I think about this a lot.
And so many of the series and things you mention are real touchstones for me too; Changes, Threads, Day of the Triffids. The terror!
I too was obsessed with the seemingly inevitable prospect of imminent nuclear armageddon - my mum was a member of CND and a Greenham Common-er and it was always in the air. It's hard not feel like we're back there again.
If you really think PEZ dispenser headgear will help I'll give it a go 👍
Oh and on the subject of Mad Max - I was nine when it came out, and from knowing nothing about it but the title and X-rating, for some reason I came to the conclusion it was about a sex maniac in a bi-plane 😳 (I still haven't seen it).
Hahahaha!
In my very rural part of Portugal cash is the main way of paying in the local cafes and corner shop. I was shocked when in the UK recently to see people waving cards and phones about to pay for things. I thought they have no idea how much money is left in their bank accounts and I too had the dystopia thought of a post techie world, with people wandering around aimlessly, like zombies, because they didn't know how to use cash or barter for things