My grandfather had a great big attic fan in his house.
When he would cut that sucker on, every curtain in the house was waving in the breeze, wasn't that bad even at midday.
Not us, no fans I can recall.
Hey mom and dad had 5 kids, 2 boys, 3 girls in a 2 bedroom house plus the enclosed back porch -leaky when wet.
There was no hall, the bathroom was connected to one of the bedrooms. We had bunk beds, of course.
The family across the street had a huge front porch, it was the place all the kids hung out.