Ladybird larva, or ladybug larva, depending on where you are.

I hate to be that guy, but it should be Physiological needs at the bottom, not psychological.

Welfare unit for the contractors working on the street works project. It will have a loo, a break room, a kettle etc etc.

I think my equivalent at that age would have been going to a friend’s house to watch their newly acquired colour TV instead of our B/W one.

With just one photo to go from and without knowing what is under that lower arch, it’s really going to be a guess.

Looks 19th or early 20th century, so perhaps something industrial. Maybe a pumphouse of some kind if I had to guess.

What country? What is the environment around it: woodland? mountainous? Is that some kind of ditch or stream under the lower arch? Are there any other structures nearby?

‘Economical retribution’?

Back then I was living and working on an island nature reserve (great experience, but nothing like as idyllic as that sounds to a lot of people) and my marriage was going through a rough patch.

Since then I’ve changed roles, been promoted, moved back to the mainland - moved 3 times in fact - but am now settled and our marriage is going much more smoothly. Retirement is on the horizon.

I associate this with fascists and right-wingers going back a few generations as being broadly equivalent to ‘woke’ these days: i.e. anything vaguely progressive that they didn’t like.

So, without additional context, my reaction would be to assume that the person saying this was a fascist - and therefore to treat any further interactions accordingly - and to wear the term with honour.

• Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
• Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
• The Third Man (1949)
• The Ladykillers (1955)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Repo Man (1984)
• Stalker (1979)

Probably several others, but those are the first to come to mind.