‘What’s something that was never that good that British people get incredibly nostalgic about’ – 21 rose-tinted memories we need to forget about

13.

‘People often wax lyrical about the “golden era” of terrestrial television, romanticising the shared cultural moments of gathering around for shows on BBC1, BBC2, or ITV, but it wasn’t that great at all.’
–IkeTurn

14.

‘Lots of processed awful food. Angel delight, Sunny D, turkey drummers, Findus Crispy pancakes (packets of hot slime).’
–Kewgirl45

15.

‘The England football team at the 1990 World Cup.’
–EssexGuyUpNorth

16.

‘Bin men. Social media’s full of fake nostalgia about happy bin men who didn’t worry about your unsorted rubbish.

The reality was that metal bins were noisy, rusty, leaked stinking bin juice and maggots, and the job was thankless, back-breaking and badly paid.’
–theonetruethingfish

17.

‘The Stone Roses. Average band in their day. Way overhyped nowadays. First album is so overrated, and the current fanbase practically act like The Second Coming doesn’t exist.’
–Willing-Rest-758

18.

‘Some people look at house prices in the 80s and assume that everyone was living their best lives. In reality many of those houses had no central heating, no double glazing, you were renting a 16 inch TV that had 4 channels and dinner was chips and egg/cheap meat most nights of the week.

We had shit cars that regularly broke down, holidays were a week (maybe two) in a caravan, clothes were relatively much more expensive, you had to physically go to the bank for any financial service and a lot of people had to borrow money from loan sharks for any non minor purchase.’
–GlumAd9856

19.

‘The best I can do is tell them to watch This is England 86 etc but even that doesn’t show the worst of it. The 80s were just grim for many people and I laugh at people who think our local council estate is rough.’
–Fruitpicker15

20.

‘The Golden Age of armed bank jobs.’
–Dolphin_Spotter

21.

‘My god there was so much SHIT music in the eighties. No one’s resurrecting Keith Harris and Orville’s back catalogue for a REASON.’
–kittysparkled

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