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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29367, 21 November 1960, Page 24

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RANDOM REMINDER w i ", fcwl THE OLDEN DAYS One point that all the parents, who can still re- to be defrosted; how sewalarmists and excursion- member the time when ing machines sewed in ists about juvenile delin- .washing was done in only one direction; knita klnd of cauldron m a ting was done on two quency appear to have steamy dark little back pointed sticks; holes wore overlooked completely is room, should be careful in socks; and, horror of that the children of today in explaining this, for horrors, how radios could just do not appreciate how they might not be be- not be carried about, but tough life really was for lieved. sat on a shelf in one their parents. There might But there are plenty of room. be a lot less trouble, and other instances of hard- Father could explain, too, they would certainly think ship back in those pion- that cars once had no a lot more of their par- eering days that ought to such thing as heaters, that ents, if they were in- impress children. They the lawns were cut by formed of the hardships could be told how mother revolving blades pushed and toil and trouble used to go to the shop around by hand and that mother and father have and buy vegetables with it was necessary, before had to undergo. mud and leaves and not having a shave, to take a iaxe washing, for in- ice. still clinging to them. steel blade from its wrapstance. What would child- They could be told how per, remove the old ren think if their parents coffee was brewed in a blade from the razor and told them there was a pot on the stove; how the screw the new one into time when washing was floors were cleaned with place. taken wet from the wash- a sort of wax applied by There is a catch though ing machine, squeezed be- hand; how the old vacuum our children might not between revolving rollers cleaners, which did not lieve anyone could surand then hung outside un- float but had to be towed vive the rigors of that til it was dry? “Poor around had a dust bag in- sort of life and still be Mums,” they would think. side that had to be the wonderful parents we “I must do better.” Older emptied flfow fridges had are.