My kids refer to it as "back then". The horror on their faces when they found out we did not have cell phones and such. And not many people had cable. We had to **gasp** get up to turn the channel on the tv. And... gulp... GO. OUT. SIDE. to play.
On the way to school from where I lived the hill on hy street was very steep to walk down, and the street after that was very steep going up hill. On the way back it was down hill from school but up hill on my street!