It was a great era.
You had practically no rules by the government——and no cell phones.
In other words,parents couldn’t reach you.
Seems like yesterday,
.
True our parents couldn’t reach us but we always went where we said we were going and our parents knew everyone else’s parents. But as I recall there was not a lot to do which got you in trouble. The worst things we did ever did was sneak a cigarette, contribute to the windows steaming up at the drive-in, or date a Catholic when you were not one. We never destroyed property unless it was at Halloween when we pushed over someone’s outdoor toilet or on the 4th of July and put a cherry bomb in a mailbox. Always home by Midnight on Friday and Saturday. Dating was not allowed when school was the next day. All the kids I knew worked all day Saturday.
Nobody randomly attacked anyone, we left our homes and cars unlocked with no fear of anyone breaking in or taking our property.
It was a great era.