UK Hydrographic Office Paper chart withdrawal

How did we manage before the advent of GPS with only paper charts?
I still remember navigating without GPS and one, non-stabilsed radar that was only allowed to be used at night time.
As Darth Vader so very nearly said - ‘Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed. The ability to build a GPS system is insignificant next to the power of the Sextant.’