General Chat

time/era and place to be alive?

my era I think - born in 1936 - too young really to be frightened in the war, no TV to bring it into your home - played lots of games, read books, spent hours out in the fresh air from dawn to dusk playing with friends across the field and in the woods, playing in the brook and making dens. Vey few unmarried mothers in those days that I knew of, we all listened to our parents and didn't do "it". Saved up to get married, not a costly wedding, all within budget, was able to live in rented accommodation while we saved for a deposit on a house - took four years. You certainly coulnd't afford to rent and save these days. Stayed home when my son was born - no maternity leave in those days - went back to work part time till he was old enough for me to take full time work. Mortgage paid off long before retirement.

Thanks Ann :-)

Hello lesley,

I have to agree with Ann, my parents were born in 1933 and 1934, Mum had a very hard childhood, Dad not quite as much,

But they both said life was so much simpler and people were happier,


Caz xxxx

I was going to say mine and then i read Ann's and realise my reasons were the same as hers although I was born 1940 a bit later.

For children the war and post was were not so bad, we didn't realise the struggles our parents had to find decent food, clothing etc. We had a lot of freedom, I used to play in the fields all day long with my friend when I was 8/9, no worries about paedophiles then although i do remember being told not to talk to men I didn't know.
looking back, life seemed so much simpler then. when we married there was not the pressure to buy all new furniture, it was accepted that you would have second hand and save for better later. We too lived in rented accommodation, then service accommodation for 18 months until we sold our car for the deposit on a bungalow .

Ann
Glos

1980's / 1990's - maybe that's because that's when I grew up, got married & had 2 (of 3) kids!!

Ails x

Mine the same as the two Anns.

But I did love the fashions of the late 1940's and 1950's.


Mo

me too - still have a fifties sack dress!! have no idea why I kept it - I'll have to try it on I think!

60's I am going for about 1967.....so I can dance round with flowers in my hair and wear short skirts...and do love ins...whatever they was...just souns fun...BC said.

I always wanted to be about in the 60's I would of made a brill hippy plus theres a the free love which would of been a bonus lol

Jax ....we could of been modettes together..linking arm in arm....wiggling along Blackpool front....

nothng's free Jax!!!!

Maybe we should do a 60's meet Hayley lol

Ann well I aint pigging paying for it ;o)

I havent got the legs for short skirts now sadly...anyway I did wear em in the 80's.....mum used to sayyou will get a right chill on your kidneys flashing your arse like that......

I think growing up in the 1960s in the countryside was good. I enjoyed the freedom to go off for hours at a time and to spend ages curled up with a good book if I wanted. Kids these days seem to belong to so many organised activities that they don't have so much time just to be kids and play. But my cousin died of leukaemia in the 1960s and he might have survived today.

I love my computer and HD TV, also my husband and my sister wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for modern medicines either. We hear such horror stories via the media but reading old newspapers has made me realise how dreadful life could be for so many in Victorian times and earlier.

It's much safer and healthier to be alive now than in the Middle Ages.

I'm really grateful that I can get glasses to sort out my really bad mixed astigmatism. One of my teeth has decided to spontaneously fall to bits since Friday so I'm looking forward to making an appointment with my excellent dentist tomorrow.

All in all........I think I'll stick where I am.

Sue
x

Ooooh Hayley.....................that word!!!!!
*panics and points*

what what..panics....short skirt......flashes...ermm kidneys whats up with kidneys ????

My mum and nan used to say that to me too about me crop tops so I used to go out with something over the top and stick it in me bag as soon as I was out the door lol

and another one of her sayings was....*waits for Kitty to brace herself **

n