I’ve got one:
1955 -
My dad was in High School in an ‘inner-city’ high school in St. Louis in the 50’s. He was also in Boy Scouts.
He rode to school on a public transit bus with his .22 caliber rifle, where he made a new stock for it in his Shop Class with the help of his teacher.
Then he took the rifle on a public transit bus to the police station where the police helped him earn his Riflery Merit Badge.
True Story. When my kids heard the story, they couldn’t believe it.
In 1958 I was in High School in Tucson and was on the rifle team..yeah we had one. I also carried my .22 rifle on the city bus to and from school and no one thought a thing of it. Today carry a toy gun and it is the slammer......sad.
LOL, yes, and my mother alone could make her own scenarios, too!
Mom goes to ballet class from the edge of Baltimore to the center city, alone on a trolley.
1946: Mom gets to ballet class.
2007: Mom’s parents are arrested for neglect of young child: crossing dangerous city streets, surrounded by strangers who will do who knows what with no guardian or even friend, etc.