Spring, 1962: A Day in the Life of a 7-Year-Old Boy (party lines, antenna TV, dirt roads)

[sl8]

Rabbit hole, inspired by Mike 03 post.

Spring, 1962: A Day in the Life of a 7-Year-Old Boy (party lines, antenna TV, dirt roads)

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Published on Sep 20, 2017

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[hedda_foil]

1. Thank you, si8. This is totally WONDERFUL!

PS. No seatbelts in 1962. They weren't mandated until '68 and then different states started requiring them in different years. You didn't have to use them though. That took a lot longer.

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2. De nada.

Not only were seatbelts something of a novelty, I think parents back then with a lot of kids were more creative in finding places where the kids could fit.

I can remember when I was small enough to fit on (in ? ) the back shelf in Mom's VW beetle. Of course, if you had a station wagon or pickup truck, you could fit nearly unlimited amounts of children in the back.

[yewberry]

3. Before my time

but we did have a party line at the house in Maine until the mid-70s. And the phone was one of the old big black bakelite wall-mounted rotaries. After that we upgraded to a plastic avocado green phone that matched the hideous orange and green vinyl wallpaper.