My Grandson asked the other day, 'What was your favourite ’fast food' when you were growing up?' 'We didn’t have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously.. Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'home,'' I explained. ! 'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, And if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.' By this time, the lad was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I'd figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore jeans, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country, or had a bank account, let alone a credit card. My parents never drove me to school, they never owned a car. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed (slow). If it snowed, I walked.
We didn't have a television in our house until I was about 10. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at 10 PM, after playing the national anthem and epilogue; it came back on the air at about 6 am. Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk and bread was. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers -- My brother delivered a newspaper, seven days a week. He had to get up at 6 every morning.
Central Heating??? I remember scraping ice off the inside of windows in the morning, and trying to keep warm at night by putting your overcoat on the bed. If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
My grandparents remembered when Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered flight in USA. 17th December 1903! It was fascinating talking about events, inventions and developments. Their grandparents remembered the American Civil War, 1861-1865!
The customer was always right.
I do remember having NO electricity one winter. Mum cooked a casserole on an open wood fire. We toasted bread and crumpets. Meat froze in the cold room and meat safe. Candles provided light and we were all snug wrapped up in duvets (yes we did have those). We all slept in the one room as the rest of the house was cold. Storage heaters would have provided the background heat. We washed in water heated by the fire. It was a memorable winter.
When the electricity was restored, about a week later, we were all able to have a long bath and normal meals. BUT we survived, as did the animals.
I remember all that too @Rustyfrog [@Happygirl] in the 50's we had paraffin heating and it made all the windows run with water and causing mildew on the walls. And what about the tin bath infront of the coal fire in the winter as it was too cold In the bathroom?
Loved that @Rustyfrog , took me back to my childhood and yes that ice on the inside of the windows in the morning too.
We had a coal fire and one day it caught alight, I will always remember being hustled out to the next door lady whilst the fire crew dealt with it.
Do you remember the test card ?
We also had to ask if we wanted a biscuit from the tin or a home made cake from the cupboard too, the answer was normally no outside of normal meal times.
We cycled to school too, 5 to 6 miles in all weather.
When i was a baby Dad had a motorbike and side car and i was terrified of him when he used to put these thick black goggles on, he looked like a big bumble Bee.
A trip down memory lane thank you so much our little froglet