Re: I remember the 1950s
Ah! the 50's (I must be a touch older than you) I remember the fear of polio when it struck an area, children at school with rickets and others with their heads shaved when they got lice. The rag and bone man on his horse and cart giving away goldfish or a bow and arrow in return for old clothes. running out to feed the horses of the milk and the bread man. Going door to door collecting old newspapers with the girl next door to take to the scrap merchant for a few copper coins
The minutes silence on the radio after the death of King George VI, the coronation parade in Cheltenham for Queen Elizabeth where the Centurion (?) tanks drove past and ripped up the road - then the roasting of a whole ox in Pitville Park afterwards. My coronation mug and piece of soap (was that a hint?) given to me at school and the Dinky toy coronation coach which was not a match for my collection of army Dinky toys and my wonderful collection of Meccano which were my pride and joy.
My really crap roller skates with metal wheels and the joy of being given some 'Jacko' skates with rubber wheels that allowed me to skate like a maniac.
Climbing over the fence at Folkestone Flower Show so we didn't have to pay and lazy days on the beach occasionally interrupted by a mine being washed up on the beach followed by the excitement of it being towed off shore and exploded. Likewise playing on so many bomb sites and streets being evacuated when rebuilding work revealed an unexploded bomb. Exploring areas like the Warren to find bits of downed fighters and bombers left over from the war (a complete tail fin of a bomb was a prized possession)
Holidays at Butlins or playing in the mud at Weston Super Mare... The terror of holidaying at Hunstanton after the 1953 floods (I thought it could happen again at any moment). Travelling for hours on dirty, smoky, trains to go on holiday, always having to go to the front of the train to have a look at the loco first, putting pennies or washers on the tracks to have them transformed into massive disks.
Yes, the 50s were fun but so was any decade when you were that age.