When they say that life was slower “back in the day” they are probably right! It was slower because it took longer to do everything. I was thinking of that the other day when I warmed up lunch in the […]
Tag: 50s
Remembering life in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s — before technology
By Mary Ellen Shaw I recently came across an online article in which various people wrote about the way they remembered life from the 1930s into the ’50s. The general consensus is that everything was a lot more work back […]
The days of cows and horses
By Mary Ellen Shaw When you have lived long enough in the City of Rutland to remember the days of cows and horses then you know that you have been around for awhile! Back in the 50s there was still […]
Popular products from the 50s
Life was certainly different back in the 50s compared to today. I recently came across some ads from that era and they prompted me to take a look back at the products customers were enticed to buy and how the […]