"You try and tell that to the young people of today! Will they believe you? No!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Yorkshiremen_sketch

http://hrcasestudies.blogspot.com/2010/09/earning-50000-per-annum-is-essential.html

First mournful voice: We never had a house. We lived in a corridor...
Second voice: Oh, we used to dream of a corridor. We lived in a shoebox in the middle of the road!