@not_for_salewrote:

I remember I went to a primary school fancy dress party all excited because my friend lent me a cowboy outfit. My teacher told me I was an embarrassment because I was too fat to be a cowboy. I was shattered and that's where my memory ends.


The teacher had clearly never seen Hoss in 'Bonanza'. Or a lot of genuine historic photos of cowboys either.  😉

 

I've seen photos of people dressed up as favourite TV characters (cosplay as it is now called) and some are very large or very skinny - ie nothing like the characters they are copying.  At first I thought it seemed crazy (I'm a large person and couldn't imagine squeezing myself into a costume of a favourite character, mostly for comfort reasons, let alone because of my shape or that I look nothing like the character). 

 

But now I get it - it's about the fun of dressing up...and to hell with other people's opinion.

milk was delivered by a man with a horse and cart

so was bread

butcher shops had sawdust on the floor to soak up the blood

our fast food shop was a fish n chip shop and you had to wait while they actually cooked the fish and the chips, no microwaved mush

once a year we blew ouselves up with fircrackers.

We had an armoury at my high school (army cadets) and no students were ever mowed down.

and, we had a fridge you needed to put a block of ice in to make it cold, i still remember dad going to the ice factory to get a new block of ice.

then came the big breakthru, coin operated ice machines!

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Children gave up their seat for adults on buses, trains & ferries.

You walked on the left side of a footpath.

You looked right, left & right again before you crossed the road. (in Oz)

You never spoke back to, or abused a cop.

When Fibro was regarded as the magical building product for fences & houses, and anything else you could find a use for.

( until they discovered that asbestos kills)

 

When you were sent to your room, and had nothing to do.

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My sister and I were naughty on purpose (and I am going quite a few years now!!) because that's where our books were.
To this day, we prefer reading over watching TV.


@the4masters2013wrote:
My sister and I were naughty on purpose (and I am going quite a few years now!!) because that's where our books were.
To this day, we prefer reading over watching TV.

Late sixties.  Got punished for some misdemeanour - no TV for a week.  After dinner I was banished to my room.  Only thing was, I had loads of books, the Barbie dolls and other toys, a small portable record player and and some records, and best of all a new gadget.....a little Panasonic transistor radio.  I had a great time. 

 

When the week was up I was allowed to watch TV again and I did....but not as much as I did before.  In truth I could hardly wait to return to the peace and quiet of my room with all my stuff.  I spent so much time in there my parents began to get worried....and ordered me back out to the lounge to 'sit with the family and watch TV'. 🙂

I remember breaking up bits of asbestos into smaller pieces with a rock to play hop scotch with.....Smiley Embarassed