Originally Posted by
daveh
I don't know if we had a gun culture as such, but there certainly seemed to be a much greater ammount of common sense. Most blokes in their late 40's during the 1970's would have been WW2 veterans and I suppose if you've faced a mob of angry Germans wielding Mausers and intent on killing you, a few teenagers armed with an air rifle shooting cans, bottles and the odd really unlucky starling isn't going to press your panic button much. Even blokes in their 30's (most of our dads at that time) would have had a bout of national service under their belts. Guns just didn't hold the same mystery to most people as they do today.
The South of England has 2 good things, the M1 and the A1. Both will take you to Yorkshire.