many of us above in the fifties knew that evil existed.....but it did not at that point seem to be casting a monstrous shadow across the nation...centered on Washington D.C. and Hollywood...
I really do think the 50s were the high point for America. We didn’t have some of the modern medicine but at least we had anti-biotics and bacteria were not resistant to them.
The country’s morals were at a high point, Communism was hated by the average person even if there were many hidden ones just waiting to take over.
Cars were reliable and easy to repair. Gas was cheap. We went to Church twice on Sunday and also on Wednesday, and we were by no means unique in that.
The schools had little money yet were excellent.
Really.
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Don’t long for “the good old days.”
This is not wise.
And if you skinned your knee,your best friend was playing with someone else, or you just wanted a glass of (horrors) kool-aid you ran home to mom.
Stick & paper model airplanes and real hobby shops,
Saturday double features with a serial and 10 cartoons,
B.B. guns & pocket knives,
Boy Scout marksmanship training and my first .22 (Savage #15),
Family picnics in places you'd avoid today,
Camping that didn't require a $100,000 RV (bus),
"public lands" that were open to the public,
Grandparents and neighbors who would tell you precisely why they left the "old country",
Actually looking forward to your first job,
Respecting the president even when your folks had voted for the other guy,
Respecting your father 'cause he worked two jobs, insisted you apply to college & was OK with the one you chose...OK, that was the sixties and the omens were already bad.
Like I said, don't get me started.
It was. This, from a 63 year old curmudgeon.What we have now is the Eloi and the Morlocks. Not much in between...
FMCDH(BITS)
People born much later than I was won't be able to add that to their bucket list.
I think every generation yearns for their version of the “good old days”. I know I do.
What kind of spooks me is that today’s generation will do the same. Freedom is already so limited what is to come?
Mm mm the good ole days.
Polio.
Mumps.
Measles.
Jim Crow.
Lynchings.
Women relegated to serve as secretaries or teachers.
Air raid drills every Friday at noon. Duck and cover.
Yup. D’ems the good ol days.
Living for today isn’t bad. Working for a better future is good. Holding up a sterilized view of your youth is not healthy. Sure, it’s fun to remember. Just make sure you remember everything.
That would be sometime in the 1800's.
My wife grew up in a Communist country. Cramped apartments, shared bathrooms with everyone in the building, little or no meat, cold.
Yet she had a very happy childhood. She wasn’t aware of politics, they had food, the country was peace - and above all, her family, aunts, uncles, cousins were all together, and her parents loved and protected her.
She learned the reality of her nation later when becoming an adult. To have a happy childhood though, children mainly just need a strong, loving family.
Let’s see now—
WWII air raid drills-at home and school.
Food shortages.
Polio,scarlet fever etc.
Quarantines.
No phone.
Coal furnace.
Ice box,not refrigerator.
No car.
.
-Thank you, AE Housman....
The Fifties!
My greatest fear in 1958 was that my Grandparents would be too busy to let me spend Friday night with them. They never failed me.
Criminals and the incurably insane were put away so the rest of society could enjoy being outside.
The 70s were not perfect, but everybody I know was much happier then.