1950s / 60s / 70s Era

Although I share no nostalgia for past decades (that I have lived through), preferring the present, I thought I'd share some family photos from the 1950s and 1960s.

Life was tough in the past, for both sexes, but it was hard for women to work because of the expectations of society but also because domestic tasks were such hard work and took up such time.

Women were expected to marry and raise a family even if they didn't want to (which was true of my mother).

The 1970s continued the work that the pill began in the 1960s, liberating women including by domestic applicances, but in a miriad other ways.

My mum with my sister in the 50s:

My mum with my sister and me in the late 1960s (I am the littlest one).

Although I share no nostalgia for past decades (that I have lived through), preferring the present, I thought I'd share some family photos from the 1950s and 1960s.

Life was tough in the past, for both sexes, but it was hard for women to work because of the expectations of society but also because domestic tasks were such hard work and took up such time.

Women were expected to marry and raise a family even if they didn't want to (which was true of my mother).

The 1970s continued the work that the pill began in the 1960s, liberating women including by domestic applicances, but in a miriad other ways.

My mum with my sister in the 50s:

My mum with my sister and me in the late 1960s (I am the littlest one).

I've heard Germaine Greer say something like (I'm paraphrasing) that once women were slaves to their husbands but now they are slaves to their bosses (joining men).  The modern world is better in some ways but not  as many as you think.  I think modern Britain is the pits for most people in it.

Those pics are lovely ️