The One Percenters 

     Continued

     Of those born from 1930 to 1946...telephones were one to a house, often sharing party lines. Computers were called calculators, hand cranked. 

     Typewriters were driven by fingers, throwing the carriage and changing the ribbon. I earned a living doing that up through 1983, probably. Newspapers and magazines were written for adults. News was broadcast on radio each evening. 

     The Government gave returning vets the means to attend college, causing colleges to grow. Pent-up demand opened many factories for work. New highways brought jobs and mobility. 

     Veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics. The radio network exploded from 3 stations to thousands. Parents were free from the confines of the depression and the war and threw themselves into opportunities they had never imagined. 

     Those born in those years weren't neglected, but we weren't the all-consuming family focus. Looking back, that explains a lot. In some respects, I would cheerfully return to the 1950s.....Happy Days.

     Coming up, 3rd and final chapter of this series.

        Jimmy