| Did anyone here... 16:26 - May 20 with 12449 views | chicoazul |
grow up in a rich family?
Talking 4 holidays a year including skiing, every Sunday at Le Talbooth, privately educated type thing.
What was it like? |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 21:41 - May 20 with 3593 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
There is rich and there is rich, isn't there?
I would have said yes to the first question. However, it is then no, no and yes.
Privately educated to believe I was better than poor people and taught to vote Conservative. It took me some time to learn what the world is really like. |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 21:41 - May 20 with 3595 views | caught-in-limbo |
| Did anyone here... on 16:32 - May 20 by BlueBadger |
I wouldn't say we had any money, but my parents would never let me watch ITV. |
Same here, believe it or not. |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 21:45 - May 20 with 3586 views | caught-in-limbo |
| Did anyone here... on 17:02 - May 20 by giant_stow |
Never that posh fella! I was sent to a comprehensive school (which my mum deeply regrets, but she was sticking to principals).
We did have a cottage in norfolk though - hence been a canaries fan and not a gooner. My guilty secret.
However, they both worked for the beeb and I had a nanny.
Go on, stick it to me! |
Is Stephen Fry your dad? | |
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| Did anyone here... on 21:57 - May 20 with 3557 views | footers |
| Did anyone here... on 21:45 - May 20 by caught-in-limbo |
Is Stephen Fry your dad? |
Not sure the Fry household is expecting any baby news soon... |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 22:01 - May 20 with 3548 views | giant_stow |
| Did anyone here... on 21:45 - May 20 by caught-in-limbo |
Is Stephen Fry your dad? |
Not that I'm aware of and that would make me posh in any case wouldn't it? I'm certainly not posh! |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 22:03 - May 20 with 3536 views | PJH |
| Did anyone here... on 17:14 - May 20 by giant_stow |
yeah I had a nanny!! Sowhat?!!
Mum and Dad both worked long hours, so me and my brother were picked up from school and looked after by the same woman for 12 years - she's like a second mother to me, but she prefers to think of herself as an older sister these days!
Its really not as posh as it sounds - she didn't have a silly uniform and taught us northern! |
Was that when your mum was training to be a racing driver? |  | | |
| Did anyone here... on 22:09 - May 20 with 3520 views | caught-in-limbo |
| Did anyone here... on 22:01 - May 20 by giant_stow |
Not that I'm aware of and that would make me posh in any case wouldn't it? I'm certainly not posh! |
A hushed up love-child probably wouldn't be posh. | |
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| Did anyone here... on 22:09 - May 20 with 3520 views | giant_stow |
| Did anyone here... on 22:03 - May 20 by PJH |
Was that when your mum was training to be a racing driver? |
I've over shared here recently innit. I'll shut up | |
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| Did anyone here... on 22:14 - May 20 with 3504 views | giant_stow |
| Did anyone here... on 22:09 - May 20 by caught-in-limbo |
A hushed up love-child probably wouldn't be posh. |
Good point. | |
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| Did anyone here... on 23:20 - May 20 with 3446 views | Churchman |
| Did anyone here... on 21:41 - May 20 by caught-in-limbo |
Same here, believe it or not. |
I do believe it. ITV was frowned upon when I was growing up with one exception - Match of the Week with Gerry Harrison! |  | | |
| Did anyone here... on 00:03 - May 21 with 3423 views | mos |
You seem to have a massive chip on your shoulder. |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 00:26 - May 21 with 3415 views | bluejake78 |
The only folk I knew who lived in a council house was the gardener and Mrs Woods,our cleaner.
Strict middle class. |  | | |
| Did anyone here... on 02:30 - May 21 with 3390 views | IPS_wich |
Middle class and rising.
Both parents were from working class families (Chantry and Castle Hill) but both passed 11+ and went to Northgate when is was a Grammar school. Both got good jobs at 16 and became professionals. Dad set up a successful business.
So grew up in a four bed detached in Rushmere St Andrew and went to St Johns Primary, then Copleston and then Ipswich School for Sixth Form. Two holidays a year overseas (Easter and Summer). Dad drove a Merc and Mum a new XR3i. Got some stick at Copleston for being the rich family - then at Ipswich School realised we were a long way away from rich.
With my Dad growing up on Chantry and starting his own business the one thing he taught we above all else was hard work. So I had part time jobs from the age of 14, got a very good degree and have had a good career. Now earn over 120k and my wife earns about 100k. Kids go to private school and we have a nice house - but still realise we are a long long way away from being rich - we drive 3-4 old Kias and haven't had a holiday in 3 years because all our disposable income goes on the mortgage and school fees. |  | | |
| Did anyone here... on 08:16 - May 21 with 3331 views | chicoazul |
| Did anyone here... on 21:29 - May 20 by IpswichKnight |
Very middle class here.
Private school education, grew up in South East London/North West Kent border. Both my parents worked in the NHS. Parents did buy a weekend house in Suffolk after I left home. They sold that and the house I grew up in for a huge place in Woodbridge to retire too. |
Excellent. How has being privately educated helped you in life? | |
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| Did anyone here... on 08:17 - May 21 with 3329 views | chicoazul |
| Did anyone here... on 00:03 - May 21 by mos |
You seem to have a massive chip on your shoulder. |
Who me? Absolutely. Havent you been paying attention? | |
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| Did anyone here... on 08:26 - May 21 with 3322 views | SomethingBlue |
I went to Ipswich School but there were far better-off families than ours lording it up around there, and I've come to learn it was relatively small fry in the public school game. | |
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| Did anyone here... on 08:58 - May 21 with 3289 views | Coastalblue |
I had a bit of a mixture, nothing ever like what was described in the OP but when I was younger we were often tight for money, my Dad had set his own business up though and that did better as I got older.
I would say probably from the age of about 15 life was a lot more comfortable and foreign holidays started, my Dad was able to loan me the money to buy my first car at 17 for example, a whole £450 for a car older than me lol. |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 09:28 - May 21 with 3268 views | Hong_Kong_Bluey |
| Did anyone here... on 16:49 - May 20 by crunchie1978 |
I ran away from home once after my mum brought home a pair of dunlops. |
Haha that just reminded me of something...........
At the age of around 11, I was bought a pair of Dunlop Greenflash, and was really happy to have them. I showed them to a fashionable schoolmate type who lived in the nicer area of Copleston catchment, and whilst wearing his Adidas All Blacks, he muttered that memorable word of the time "oof", and my Greenflashes were never to be seen in public again! |  | | |
| Did anyone here... on 09:32 - May 21 with 3263 views | J2BLUE |
| Did anyone here... on 02:30 - May 21 by IPS_wich |
Middle class and rising.
Both parents were from working class families (Chantry and Castle Hill) but both passed 11+ and went to Northgate when is was a Grammar school. Both got good jobs at 16 and became professionals. Dad set up a successful business.
So grew up in a four bed detached in Rushmere St Andrew and went to St Johns Primary, then Copleston and then Ipswich School for Sixth Form. Two holidays a year overseas (Easter and Summer). Dad drove a Merc and Mum a new XR3i. Got some stick at Copleston for being the rich family - then at Ipswich School realised we were a long way away from rich.
With my Dad growing up on Chantry and starting his own business the one thing he taught we above all else was hard work. So I had part time jobs from the age of 14, got a very good degree and have had a good career. Now earn over 120k and my wife earns about 100k. Kids go to private school and we have a nice house - but still realise we are a long long way away from being rich - we drive 3-4 old Kias and haven't had a holiday in 3 years because all our disposable income goes on the mortgage and school fees. |
Want us to have a whip round mate? |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 09:35 - May 21 with 3258 views | itfcjoe |
I went to private school but was on a scholarship and assisted place so wasn't rich. I went to Florida when I was 10 for 2 weeks, and then Spain for a week when I was 15 - they were my only family holidays bar Butlins and the like.
My parents are well off now, if they were as well off now as they were 25 years ago things may have been different but I grew up with plenty of people you speak about and all were good guys and gals nearly.
I think they struggle when they leave home though, in my experience especially the girls - going on holiday with Mum and Dad, staying in lush hotels and not wanting for anything. Spending hundreds on items of clothing or bags, to then getting a job in events and scraping by in London with a couple of hundred quid spare for all your socialising and holidays is a big difference.
EDIT - As per SomethingBlue's post, once you get out of Ipswich and Ipswich School you would barely even describe it as a 'public school' the way the press do with regards to Eton and the like. When you meet people from the very top schools it is a different world. [Post edited 21 May 2019 9:41]
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| Did anyone here... on 09:36 - May 21 with 3253 views | DanTheMan |
| Did anyone here... on 02:30 - May 21 by IPS_wich |
Middle class and rising.
Both parents were from working class families (Chantry and Castle Hill) but both passed 11+ and went to Northgate when is was a Grammar school. Both got good jobs at 16 and became professionals. Dad set up a successful business.
So grew up in a four bed detached in Rushmere St Andrew and went to St Johns Primary, then Copleston and then Ipswich School for Sixth Form. Two holidays a year overseas (Easter and Summer). Dad drove a Merc and Mum a new XR3i. Got some stick at Copleston for being the rich family - then at Ipswich School realised we were a long way away from rich.
With my Dad growing up on Chantry and starting his own business the one thing he taught we above all else was hard work. So I had part time jobs from the age of 14, got a very good degree and have had a good career. Now earn over 120k and my wife earns about 100k. Kids go to private school and we have a nice house - but still realise we are a long long way away from being rich - we drive 3-4 old Kias and haven't had a holiday in 3 years because all our disposable income goes on the mortgage and school fees. |
"We're not really rich, because we spend all our money". |  |
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| Did anyone here... on 09:38 - May 21 with 3243 views | J2BLUE |
| Did anyone here... on 09:36 - May 21 by DanTheMan |
"We're not really rich, because we spend all our money". |
Oh Dan, you just don't understand. Higher income = higher outgoings. It's non negotiable. | |
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| Did anyone here... on 09:54 - May 21 with 3202 views | dirtyboy |
4 bed detached house, villa in spain overlooking 6th green, boat worth considerably more than house, 3 or 4 holidays a year, I declined private education much to my fathers' disappointment as he's convinced it's what got him where he was (I suspect i'm more of a disappointment now).
Nice cars, new mercs, although I distinctly remember us going from a white lotus to a yellow skoda when I was young (when skoda jokes were in their prime) ....to a porsche soon after.
Back in the early 90's my old man bought PC's for £2-3k most years...that's a lot even by today's standards. I look back and realise how ridiculous it was.
Parents divorced about 12 years ago, his bonus that year was over £250k, mum got that lol!
They were never happy, still not, always want more.
I feel sorry for them to be honest. |  | | |
| Did anyone here... on 09:56 - May 21 with 3195 views | J2BLUE |
In the concluding part of our series, Judith Woods discovers how the Squeezed Middle are making ends meet as taxes and the cost of essentials keep rising
That has to be a joke surely? | |
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