adap2it
master brummie
I was born in 1940, so I became a teenager in the 50's. I feel that the 50's were a major turning point in society. In an earlier post in this thread, I alluded to the fact that popular music was the domain of 'grown ups' and that's what you listened to. Come the 50's...fashion became a domain of youth, and in particular, teenagers...We had the Edwardian look, more commonly know as Teddy boys. So, those of us that started work in the 50's had disposable income and were to become targeted in marketing terms. I remember having a pair of trousers 'tapered' at a local tailor shop. My dad disliked anything youth oriented, including music and fashion. The consequences were that I had to store my drainpipes at a friends house and change into them when going out looking for girls or other teen stuff. My dad never ever found out that I was doing this.I was born in 1946 and found the 1950's formal and rather stifling. Could well have been down to my parents, but when I started work in 1963 a lot of things had changed, including fashion - in the 1950's it seemed that we all had to conform, whereas as the sixties wore on we could wear just about what we liked, within reason. I also welcomed the expanded availability of entertainment, especially live music.
As I don't remember the War, perhaps my view of the 1950's is a bit one-sided, but that's how I recall life back then. I know our standard of living rose much faster in the 1960's than previously.
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Dave A