Do you remember when

[Discoduck]

So many memories.
Having to get a girl home before the street lights went out (about 1am'ish).
TV (all stations) finished before midnight.
Guy Fawkes night mentioned already, and I remember even as a wee schoolboy maybe 6 or 7 buying my own crackers from the local hardware store. 1d bangers were the most expensive we could afford. Plenty of empty blocks around then to let them off (we were 5 miles from Adelaide GPO). Used to get what we called squibs, platted little tiny bangers, used to throw half a dozen at the feet of the bread cart horse; jolly thing would dance on the spot but never move off until the bread man got back and yelled at us.
There is absolutely no question that we had far more freedom then than people have today. Complacency allows the FGPs to continue stripping the freedom and rights we and our forebears fought and died for. (FGP = F...ing Grey People - the suited public servants that call the shots but are not voted in, don't know who they are. You get the idea).
Dogs played in the street with all us children. Nowadays a dog on the loose is seen as a bigger threat to our safety than ISIS.

[cancan]

I remember working weekends and public holidays and no such thing as penalty rates... that was part of my job and if i didn't want to do those hours you find another job. ..now i go for a walk with the hope of a beer and at one of the local cafes but they are all closed. .only presume it's not viable to open due to penalty rates

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[Terry W4]

I remember BEFORE TV was actually here in Australia - 1956 for Melbourne Olympics and then launched in Sydney later in the year.