This list was compiled in response to a question about those things one or other of our parents never lived to see.

Their eldest son reaching ‘maturity'

In-Car Stereo

CDs

The M25

Mobile Phones

Cable/Satellite TV

RoRo Car Ferries

Holidays outside Europe

In-car air-conditioning

The Channel Tunnel

Personal Computers

Families with more than one car

Concorde

The QE2 bridge, Dartford

Coaches with toilets

Remote control TVs

Remote car locks

‘No frills’ air lines

The UK getting ‘null points’ in the Eurovision Song Contest

Hand car washing in shoppers’ car parks

Privatised railways

Call centres (even in the UK, never mind India)

Debit cards

ATMs

Condoms in supermarkets

Satellite Navigation

Digital TV Recorders

Digital Cameras

Heated Car Seats

Docklands Light Railway

Electric Toothbrushes

Vibrators

Bank Closures

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