Well, I was born in 1944 and it was a long time after I left school that it changed!
I was 10 when they deleted references to trams! (They returned
40 years later.)The Green Cross Code was introduced in 1970, when it replaced the Kerb Drill.
The Tufty Club for under five year olds had been introduced in
1961. I think we'd find the prospect of under 5's crossing the roads today rather alarming!
GB Shaw's Pygmalion. Professor Higgins could differentiate between the accents of adjacent streets.
Bill
When I say 'wondering whether to cross' I don't mean he is about to step into the road. His parents have expressly forbidden him to go to the other side of the Great North Road. But there is a great temptation over there. So he's trying to decide what to do. Of course he gives in to temptation, and that leads him into a dreadful situation which he only resolves many years later, as an adult.
Bill
In message <MQWKBGCmAtrdFwGd@jhall_nospamxx.co.uk>, John Hall <john snipped-for-privacy@jhall.co.uk> writes
IIRC, in 'My Fair Lady' Professor Henry Higgins claimed he could, by listening the way they spoke, place where people lived down to the nearest street. [Can't instantly find a Google reference.]
In message <n$zV$ snipped-for-privacy@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson snipped-for-privacy@g3ohx.co.uk> writes
Ah - here it is (from the script).
Simple phonetics. The science of speech.
That's my profession. Also my hobby.
Anyone can spot an lrishman
or a Yorkshireman by his brogue...
...but I can place a man within six miles.
I can place 'im within two miles in London.
Sometimes within two streets.
Ought to be ashamed of 'imself,
unmanly coward.
-Is there a living in that?
-Oh, yes.
Jim'll fix it ?
You beat me to it!
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