Bit of a strange question, but I'd be interested to hear your views.
I left school in 1983 when there wasn't a lot of anything going on especially up this neck of the woods with pit closures and the steel industry on its last legs.

My Dad worked in Ebbw Vale steel works from 16 years old until he retired. My mother worked part time, while looking after my sister and me.
They changed their car every three years to a brand new Ford Escort.... the original Ford Focus 3> and we went abroad every summer.

My circumstances are quite a bit different to my parents. I'm single and have no kids to look after (loser I hear you cry)
I'm working in skilled work (HGV) for just above minimum wage. There's no way I could support two kids, buy a new Focus and fck off to Majorca.

How about you?