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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 12:48:45
I'm hoping some of you will like this idea - I think it could be fun/interesting.
I was wondering how people used to spend their time before stuff like Twitter, Facebook, etc. So, leaving out family gatherings, anything classed as a duty, and work ... how did folk fill their leisure time, say 100 years ago.
I'll start off with:
Singing songs around the parlor piano.
Anyone else wanna play?
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| thefoxboy |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 23:34:33
My mum turned 80 yesterday, so not quite 100. She was working by the age of 4.
I remember one day my dad said to my mum, "you never write any letters to my family back home in Sicily". My mum's reply was, "why don't you write, at least you went to school for a year". 
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| Rovark |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 20:26:39
Men - Pub
Women - Gossiping while doing more chores
Children under 12/14 years old - playing games of imagination with basic wood/ fabric/ tin toys
Children over 12/14 (or younger if working class) - You're not children! you're just small grown-ups!! |
| clay |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 19:57:47
A young couple chatting on the porch swing. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 16:16:01
Writing romance novels, and putting on plays! |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 23:08:56
Sex |
| Beanmimo |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 22:06:05
Getting stuck into a good book like Howard's End and long walks. |
| Falken |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 21:40:54
Observing Halley's Comet. |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 20:32:39
Making Moonshine |
| Larry |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 20:00:41
Playing checkers. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 19:10:45
Music in the park. Most decent size parks had band shells. |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 18:40:37
Many many moons ago they would sit around a campfire and chat and maybe even dance. |
| Larry |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 18:26:40
Whittling.
Relaxing in the rocking chair on the front porch. |
| MguyX |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 17:51:30
Still sharecropping and getting exploited by the man. |
