It certainly was @Robbie I’ve said on here before I used to live in a terraced 2 up 2 down rented house just off Meadow Lane I used to pass the ground on the way to school, we had no central heating or bathroom the toilet was outside in the yard, me and my two brothers had a bucket for night time pees. The tin bath was hung on the wall outside in the yard. If we wanted a bath we had to fill the tin bath with hot water from kettles and have a bath in front of the fire in the living room. Or go to the Portland public baths.
Heating was by coal fire, frost used to form on the inside of the sash windows. Dad was a postman working long hours, mam had two jobs. We never had a car, neither did anyone else on our cobbled street, life was a struggle for mam and dad bringing up three boys with very little money.
Any food we had was pretty basic, going to a restaurant was unheard of, fresh veg and meat usually beef which was cheap, chicken was eaten on Christmas Day only, chips were cooked in lard on the stove. Bottles of pop were only drank as a treat at Christmas.
My parents and Grandparents would be amazed at the advances we’ve made since then, when I see people wasting food in restaurants, kids demanding things etc., I think how lucky they are to live in todays world.