No YT, bottles not cans. Tins were for peaches and condensed milk. Dad's beer was in bottles from Unwins off licence in the local parade of shops and he allowed me to return them so I could keep the refundable Penny.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

...and if you were really, really lucky you got a good slice off an ice cream brick in your glass of cream soda and half ate the cold, fizzy resultant mess with a spoon and drunk the other half.

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Talking of Soda, I recall as a kid being esctatic when we got a Soda Stream. I've no idea why it retrospect, it's just fizzy drink, nothing earth shattering . We didn't exactly have much cash to spare though growing up, so I guess it's the simple pleasures!

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Mild was usually used as a mixer - Mild & Bitter or Brown & Mild. In London Light & Bitter was popular because if you had a friendly barman you got more than a pint for your money.

Bet it tasted better than Charrington's Crown.