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"three score and ten", a quote from long ago (when calendars were very different) but how appropriate today.Parenting,done,grandparenting,done.'bye',make room for others to go forth and multiply.STR

 

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Today's 80 y.o. are resilient because of their upbringing.Apart from the danger of bombs (when they were kids) they were also exposed to lead piping and paint, asbestos insulation, long-drop dunnies (especially evacuees). They played with mercury from broken thermometers and on dangerous bomb sites, many had no running water,electricity or gas. No parental comfort or love and no opportunity for respite with seaside holidays etc. Victorian values meant corporal punishment and hard work, carrying coal and water for the 'Copper' ie a large cauldron that was used for laundry,chopping sticks and even lighting fires in the hearth,(many a draw sheet or newspaper caught fire this way and had to be bundled up the chimney) still the practice went on.No one had cars so everywhere meant a walk to get there. Electrical safety was unheard of and light switches has brass covers which were prone to go LIVE if a wire touched resulting in a almighty shock for anyone tall enough to reach them. Today's parents would go spare if their children were exposed to anyone of these dangers. Happy Days.

Edited by minertone

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