Time Travel 1: A broken boiler means we’re relying on a real fire for heat. Wonderful if you’re sitting in front of it – but then there’s that dreaded scuttle into the rest of the house and the shock of the cold kitchen. Not as bad as having to get out of a nice warm bed in the morning and into the icy chill. Still, at least we haven’t got the mottled legs from sitting too close to the fire. Yet.

Time Travel 2: Office workers are now apparently too busy to do the tea run for colleagues and it’s each for their own at the kettle.

For a brief time I worked in an office where a real live tea lady came round with a trolley every morning at 11.10am and every afternoon at 3.20pm. Nearly 40 years on, I still have fond memories.

On Mondays, as well as the usual biscuits, she brought an amazing selection of home-made cakes. I’m sure it was the main reason half of us made it into work after the weekend. Staff incentives, anyone?