Phones all had exactly the same ring tone. People put iodine on cuts and butter on burns. Your dishwasher was the person in your house who was doing the washing up at the time.
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Then, when TV arrived, we all watched the same programmes as there was only one channel. We all listened to the same radio programmes. Olive oil came in tiny bottles and was kept in the medicine cabinet to be used for earache. Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves. Macaroni could be a pudding or a savoury (macaroni cheese was the only pasta dish I knew!). Spaghetti, cream, salmon, pineapple and peaches only came in tins. There are many similar lists and comparisons available on the Internet but this is my version.Įlectric plugs were brown and the cables were brown, cloth-covered and some were plaited.īaby teeth were worth 6d when the tooth fairy visited – 6d in ‘old UK money’ is equivalent to 2.5p in the current money system. This is just a fun post listing some of the things we kids of the 50s remember which were different.
7 Comments Merry Christmas from the 1950s. Tagged 1950s, 1960s, childhood, children, christmas, toys. In 1950s, 1960s, Category, celebrations, christmas, traditions If anyone objects to the use of any image in my posts, please contact me and I will remove it. It was so exciting to we three children to walk to the other side of the village to the Christmas morning service, sing carols, celebrate the Christmas story, see the extra decorations in the church and greet all our neighbours.Ĭredit to Google Images and Wikipedia. Many, many thanks to all of you! Have a great time.Ĭhurch was massively important at Christmas when I was young. Grannies, aunts, mums and teenaged girls all loved using them. Bath cubes were very common presents when I was young. A Beatles jumper was just a black polo-neck. One year I really wanted a Beatles sweater for Christmas and was bought one by my mum and dad. Perhaps the latest Beatles or Stones single (on a 45 vinyl) or a new album from my parents. The second half of the sixties were my teenage years and I remember the joy of being given records as presents. It was moulded plastic, hurt her head and made her frown but she didn’t mind. My sister was given a Beatles wig one Christmas which she loved. In the first half of the 60s, the Beatles arrived on the music scene. There was also a short-lived doll which was popular in the UK called Tressy. The Sindy doll was launched in the early 60s followed by Action Man in the late 60s. It was first televised in 1957 but we didn’t have a TV until 1962 when I was 10. And everything stopped for the Queen’s speech! In the fifties, in our house, this was listened to on the radio. There was always a circus on TV on Christmas Day in the afternoon. It’s amazing she has survived because she wasn’t a shelf doll, she was payed with for many years. I still have the one I was given for Christmas when I was about eight years old. Bigger dolls and baby dolls like mine were still made of pottery. Moving toys were mostly wind-up and, when I was little, often made of tin. I don’t remember any of our toys needing batteries or cables. Children were given art and craft sets too. Board games were hugely popular in homes and were often given as gifts. Gifts were mostly things you needed and were often home made. I remember making them at school and at home in the 50s and early 60s. Everyone made paper chains and paper lanterns. Chicken was still quite a luxury at that time, before the days of mass produced chicken, so that was often what people ate. Turkey wasn’t yet the UK’s main Christmas meat. I remember the Christmases of my childhood so clearly and every one was magical. People weren’t well off and there wasn’t the same choice of consumer goods as there is now. The war had only finished in 1945 and rationing was still in place in the early fifties. I’ve done similar ones before at Christmas but I didn’t want Christmas to pass without a mention. What follows is a brief summary of some thoughts and memories of Christmases when I was young. Also, I thought I would run out of ideas after the first year or so but every so often something strikes a chord and I think ‘I could do a blog post on that!’ Sometimes somebody suggests a topic I hadn’t thought of. That makes me very happy and is way beyond what I was expecting when I started it. .jpg "ice climbers nana catapult")
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