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Re: Child Benefit
I think you have hit the nail on the head.
Work was seen as honourable and no-one wanted to be on the 'nash' or the parish...it was seen as a failure and folk were embarrassed.
What couldn't be afforded was not bought.
My parents had a strong aversion to going into debt for anything.
We didn't often get new clothes.
The only time I remember being fully kitted out was with school uniform and this was bought at the Co-op with the summer 'divi' and the rebate from the gas meter.
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The world will not be destroyed by evil people...
It will be destroyed by those who stand by and do Nothing.
(a paraphrase on a quote by Albert Einstein)
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