Everyone knew who the school fruit was. No one cared...just a joke
Girls were adored and shotgun weddings “the rule”.
Lot’s of REALLY tough kids and adult male WW2 vets around.
Corporal punishment.
Cops would beat you up then you got the belt when you got home.
Rock music on radio 24/7. The Elvis revolution.
Yes, church every bloody Sunday.
Friday night fights...Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Kid Gavilan..
Bonanza, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman...
Saturday cartoons at the movies.
Popcorn at the movies.
Bob Hope, Jack Benny, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Stewart, Audie Murphy..
Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Debbie Reynolds, Audrey Hepburn..
Pea shooters.
Your first 22.
Discovering the joy of fishing.
And on and on. Truly halcyon years.
And you got a big piece of chocolate cake at the school cafeteria!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XGG1NouAzg
My male fourth grade teacher in 1960, Mr. Razman, was a take-no-prisoners type. He could hit you on the noggin with a piece of fastball chalk in a flash. He was probably a WW II vet.
At the start of the 1960s the WWII vets were running the country. I have often thought that our cultural decline began when the WWII generation began to lose their grip on the country as their offspring replaced them.