![]() ![]() In many aspects, things were a lot worse, as I will touch on below. But in most cases they weren’t better, but simply different. The so-called grumpy old men and women of this world complain that things were better back in their day. Confectionery manufacturers seem to regularly bring back new products. Despite the advent of streaming services and digital downloads vinyl records have still managed to make a comeback. ![]() Ageing rock bands re-form (sometimes with less than half their original line-up) and go on tour thereby cashing in on the older fans as well as the younger generation who have discovered their music retrospectively. There are radio stations which only play golden oldies. There are now entire TV channels dedicated to repeats of old shows where (if you have time on your hands) you can spend all day watching the likes of Columbo, Murder She Wrote, Kojak, Starsky & Hutch or The Sweeney. The nostalgia industry has become something of a lucrative business. ![]()
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