Up West
“We roamed all over the place and our free time was nowhere near as organized as kids’ time is today. Lucky children might have had riding lessons, music lessons or dance, but most did not. The freedom to roam was possible because there was so little traffic. Even in Central London, seeing a car coming towards you as you played hopscotch or football in the street was the exception rather than the rule.
If we weren’t at school, we spent very little time amusing ourselves at home. It wasn’t just a case of there being no such things as computers or video games; lots of people didn’t even have a television. Because television had been in its infancy when the war began, and the authorities had simply switched it off for the duration, it took a while to get going again. Most people had no access to one at all until Coronation year, 1953. Even if your family did own a TV, there was hardly anything on. In the fifties, broadcasting hours were very limited indeed. Toys were at a premium, too, be...cause materials and labour had been missing for so long.MoreLess
If we weren’t at school, we spent very little time amusing ourselves at home. It wasn’t just a case of there being no such things as computers or video games; lots of people didn’t even have a television. Because television had been in its infancy when the war began, and the authorities had simply switched it off for the duration, it took a while to get going again. Most people had no access to one at all until Coronation year, 1953. Even if your family did own a TV, there was hardly anything on. In the fifties, broadcasting hours were very limited indeed. Toys were at a premium, too, be...cause materials and labour had been missing for so long.MoreLess
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