Here in Tomorrowland, I can remember getting our first telephone, a two party line. 2 rings for us and one ring for the other party. That would have have been around the mid 50's. Great fun listening in to the other line, THEY SWORE! Wasn't used to hearing that!!
Our first fridge was a huge Kelvinator with a wee freezer box at the top, and Mum used to make lovely ice cream, and I can also remember the excitement the day that arrived, probably also around the same time. When I say huge, I mean on the outside! The walls and door were about 4 inches thick!
It's amazing how many things we can remember from way back when something triggers our Memory.
When I retired I took a part time job in a local Retirement Village as Activities/Recreation person in the Dementia Unit.
Some of our "Reminiscing" sessions were fantastic! As as usual with dementia, couldn't remember what happened yesterday, but wow were they on the ball with amazing detail re their early days! (Sometimes quite raunchy little anecdotes too).
Sometime's I would begin with a teaser memory of my own to start them off, other times it would just be a spontaneous remark from someone and we would just run with it! Smell and music were great triggers too! Lucky I was old enough to know most of the good old war songs, and other popular singalong song from the "Old Days"!
I would start playing them on the piano, then away they went. Great fun. One lady resident came up to me one day and pushed me off the piano stool, then sat down, fiddled a bit, then struck up an amazing rendition of Seventy Six Trombones! Incredible, she was so good! Used to be able to get her to play again occasionally, but most times she looked at me as if I had three heads and said not to be so stupid, that she had no idea how to play that thing!
Of course the job had it's "moments", but on the whole I thought it the best most fun job I'd ever had!
Jeanne 😃
