The 1950's were not all that great and they are not coming back

[FlaGranny]

92. I was a teen in the 50's.

My memories of that time include family and friends getting together frequently, especially in the early 50s. The entertainment was usually music. Back then most families I knew had many members who played musical instruments. People sang and danced and talked and ate together. After I married in the late 50s my first jobs were at Ft. Dix and Maguire AFB (civil service). I have worked since 1957 until just this spring. Coming from a farming community, there were many farmers. Some wives worked, others didn't. My father was self employed. For a while my mother had a job working in a munitions factory in town (Korean War). She had no desire to work but we needed the money. We knew everyone. I went to integrated schools. The first time I saw real discrimination, our family drove south for a vacation where I saw my first "white only" sign, which I remember as completely shocking. The 50s were good in my little part of the universe. Outside of there I later learned that things were not so great. But for me, the 50s (and 40s) were quite good.

I remember also that there were very few bills to pay. It was a simpler time.