50s thrift compared to now.

katieowl_2

Justamum wrote: »

Now I'm intrigued!

Oh God I hope I don't get into trouble.... Glory Hole.

Kate

Kirri

Itismehonest wrote: »

Everyone was Mr or Mrs ..... even the next door neighbours.
The only people called by their first names were really close friends or family. Children most definitely didn't call adults by their first names as it would have been considered rude,

Who remembers knitted swimwear? :eek:
We really felt life had come on when we graduated to that seersucker (bubbly material) stuff that didn't hold the water & so didn't end up stretching down to your knees. :cool:

I'd forgotten about calling neighbours by Mr or Mrs and when referring to the neighbours in my parents' road where I grew up, I still refer to them as that too without even thinking!!

I have pics of my nan in a knitted costume, must have been very uncomfortable especially when wet! Most pics taken around then though they are all fully dressed even on the beaches - lots of pics of relatives in suits in deckchairs!


I grew up in the 70's and much prefer it to now even with the strikes and bread shortages I seem to remember at one point. Anyway people were nicer and it was safer than it is in London now and we were out all the time as kids as long as it was daylight. I hate the whole consumerism thing going on today.

pollypenny

Remember school with a big stove in the corner of the classroom? 1950s

The milk was put there to thaw in the winter and occasionally we were allowed to take turns warming ourselves next to it.

Having an outside loo at home was one thing, but going across a frozen yard to the school loos was a nightmare! :mad:

Justamum

katieowl wrote: »

Oh God I hope I don't get into trouble.... Glory Hole.

Kate

And it's offensive because . . .? My mum used to describe my bedroom like that. I've never heard of that being offensive and it doesn't seem to be to me. Mind you almost anything can be seen as offensive by almost anybody these days it seems.

Need2bthrifty

katieowl wrote: »

Oh God I hope I don't get into trouble.... Glory Hole.

Kate

I know exactly what he meant, there were a couple of these in the house I grew up in but we referred to them and still do as a Cubby Hole....which now I think of it could be even worse :rotfl::rotfl:

katieowl_2

Justamum wrote: »

And it's offensive because . . .? My mum used to describe my bedroom like that. I've never heard of that being offensive and it doesn't seem to be to me. Mind you almost anything can be seen as offensive by almost anybody these days it seems.

Not offensive as such, just anyone under 25 seems to have it associated entirely with something quite different. It's a hole in the wall of a men's public toilet that is used for.... well :eek:

Sorry.... I did google the original meaning and it seems to be an old naval term for a storage place between two decks, but there is also a WW2 site with the same name.

I find urban dictionary online useful for translating new things I don't understand!!!

Kate

Mojisola

PipneyJane wrote: »

Who was it who mentioned e-coli and cattle dung? Yes, there was e-coli around in the 1950's, however the big difference was that people were taught to wash their hands. We were far more scrupulous about hygiene back then. I bet you never sat down to a meal without a wash and a clean up first.

In the 1950's, antibiotics were seen as miracle drugs and were widely available for the first time. However, the time before antibiotics was only 5-10 years in the past, so pretty much everyone knew someone who'd died because of a bacterial infection, or who suffered the complications such as rheumatic fever, scarlet fever or kidney failure due to glomerulonephritis (all complications of the immune response to a Strep B infection). The same goes for the mass vaccination programs that were introduced at the time for dyptheria, whooping cough, TB, etc. Yet another reason why cleanliness was so prized.

There are also new, more deadly strains of e coli and other bugs around now, partly as a result of the over-use of antibiotics.

Justamum

katieowl wrote: »

Not offensive as such, just anyone under 25 seems to have it associated entirely with something quite different. It's a hole in the wall of a men's public toilet that is used for.... well :eek:

I think it says more about the dirty minds of those under 25 then! If I said it and someone told me that it was rude I'd tell them to get a clean mind.

Justamum

PipneyJane wrote: »

Who was it who mentioned e-coli and cattle dung? Yes, there was e-coli around in the 1950's, however the big difference was that people were taught to wash their hands. We were far more scrupulous about hygiene back then. I bet you never sat down to a meal without a wash and a clean up first.

In one of James Herriot's books he talks about the children of the local knacker's yard owner. They played in the gunk and were the healthies children around!

Antibiotics have been over-used to the extent that many of them are now useless.

Bitsy_Beans

Justamum wrote: »

I think it says more about the dirty minds of those under 25 then! If I said it and someone told me that it was rude I'd tell them to get a clean mind.

I don't think that's entirely fair. Most modern houses don't have any space for a glory hole these days and the term isn't widely in use anymore. Just as Gay meant happy in the past it now refers to something different, likewise with glory hole. Not the fault of the under 25s just terminology has just moved on.