[OpenMind]

The Queen's Coronation was two years before I was born.
The girls used to tuck their skirts or dresses into their knickers. This was at infants and juniors, not at seniors where they had proper gym slips. The boys all wore shorts until they went to seniors.
Slippering up to juniors and caning at seniors. I never got that myself though I was spanked by the head once at juniors.
One of us got the mumps and we all were made to get it. Funnily enough, I never caught it.
We used to make hides in the woods. We were able to play in the roads. We used to have play areas where the swings, roundabouts and iron horse were usable.
Didn't like letter prefixes on telephone numbers. Often had to guess the third letter and you lost your four old copper pennies if it was wrong.
Mum had a washing machine with a spin-drier. Before that, she had a copper boiler. She always used the copper stick, as it was called, to threaten us (though she never ever used anything other then her hand across the backs of our legs).
Everyone seemed to be in cub scouts or brownies.
I remember the first episode of Doctor Who.
Silver top, red top, and gold top for extra creamy.
I still have my parents 78s. I do have a 4-speed player. Does anyone know what 16rpm was used for (Spot excluded)?
I used to be able to go exploring with no fear of being kidnapped.
Saturday morning cinema, or I could go roller-skating among other things. Dr. Kildare. Perry Mason. Coronation Street never changed its characters. Hancock's half hour.