Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
I'm knocking on a bit now and can remember the biggest change in British culture, in my opinion, of modern times occurred during the early 1970s when Christianity, as measured by people attending churches and chapels, suddenly bombed in the space of a few years. When at school I knew of no-one who didn't have a mother and father who were married and lived together. I don't recall seeing a female of any age with a tattoo, and certainly no lumps of lard pushing a pram with one hand while puffing on a fag with the other.
The drugs culture at the time consisted of wacky baccy and nothing else. Crime was low level robbing sweets from shops and recreational violence at the football for some of the younger element who attended games. Home burglaries were unheard of, and so was carrying a knife (other than a small penknife for innocent purposes).
The late 70s and much of the 1980s saw millions unemployed as Britain deindustrialised. The Tories massaged the true jobless figures by gifting sickness benefits to perfectly able people while a great many young females caught on that they too could also give work a swerve for years on end, plus gain free housing, by dropping sprogs at intervals and maximise their benefits income by remaining single.
Nowadays around half of UK babies are born out of wedlock and the UK has either the highest or second highest number of single parent households with dependent children. Drugs are everywhere along with lemons addicted to them who plague towns and cities with their begging and antisocial behaviour along with the acquisitive crimes they commit by robbing people, shops and homes.
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