For me the TT remains the same as it did since my first child hood memories of it in the 70s...... but that's because it always started with the commentary.
So I've got a question for the older people amongst us. Radio didn't come in I think until 1966 (read that somewhere) - so how could the experience have compared? To me it would have been like watching a practice session long after coverage has finished, a load of bikes riding around? I can't imagine watching a TT without that anticipation of waiting for them to reach a commentary position and to find out the position on corrected time etc? That said I would have loved to have experienced the sights, sounds and smells of those days.

My step son has been to the FOM twice, has a Guy Martin jacket, met Micky D in the paddock and JM at the Museum, he is as star struck and mesmerised by it all as I was - when he's 10 I've said I'll take him to a TT (that means 2 more years of peace, quiet and self indulgence........ oh bother...)