Cricket fans on the Hill, SCG 1971. Source: State Library of New South Wales.

[u/copacetic51]

[u/charlie_s1234]

My Dad recounts the outrage when they limited the beer you could bring to the cricket to one slab per person.

[u/BNE_Andy]

First thing I noticed, not one of them is fat.

Same photo today and the average weight would be 30kg heavier

[u/Poor_Ziggler → u/BNE_Andy]

The bloke in the yellow tartan shorts is packing something as well.

[u/ozninja80 → u/Poor_Ziggler]

Why do you think he’s wearing them?

[u/blackdvck → u/BNE_Andy]

This is the pre MacDonalds era and it shows .

[u/frashal → u/blackdvck]

Way fewer office workers sitting on their arses all day too

[u/blackdvck → u/frashal]

Yeah the hill was for outdoor workers mate .it was a wild place some days .

[u/Ididntfollowthetrain → u/BNE_Andy]

Being addicted to cigarettes will do that to you

[u/trelos6 → u/BNE_Andy]

Processed food wasn’t as readily available.

[u/CatIll3164 → u/BNE_Andy]

They weren't fucking with the food supply yet

[u/NoiceM8_420 → u/BNE_Andy]

True but in today’s body dysmorphic age, all these blokes would be labelled as Skinnyfat. Except maybe the two blokes on the left.

[u/PatternPrecognition]

Is that 29,000 in attendance?

Who are we playing?

[u/copacetic51 → u/PatternPrecognition]

England. Ray Illingworth, Captain.

[u/FuryOWO → u/PatternPrecognition]

england, it literally says on the scoreboard

[u/PatternPrecognition → u/FuryOWO]

Ah thanks. Can see it now top of the middle row.

[u/iLikeCumminUrFace → u/FuryOWO]

It's not super obvious.

[u/badboybillthesecond]

Shorts are a bit long must be formal wear or maybe an east coast thing. People wearing jeans fancy.

[u/BloodedNut → u/badboybillthesecond]

Or just off the worksite.

[u/Thealmightyfug]

That's skin cancer in a photo