CHANGES IN LIVING MEMORYBY MADDISON SUMMERFIELD - HENRY

GREAT GRANDAD DENNIS (84)- NANA LISA (61) - AUNTY LAURA (35)

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. HOW HAS FASHION CHANGED SINCE YOU WAS GROWING UP?

2. HOW MUCH HAS FOOD CHANGED?

3. WHAT WERE CARS LIKE WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP?

4. HAS TECHNOLOGY CHANGED SINCE YOU WAS GROWING UP?

5. HAVE BUILDINGS CHANGED?

6. WHAT THINGS HAVE STAYED THE SAME

• Hair styles have changed so much in living memory

• The way we dress has changed a lot

• 1940’s Edwardian suits

• 1970’s fashion

• 1980’s fashion styles

• Modern fashion

FASHIONTHE WAY PEOPLE DRESS HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY

• 1940’S AND THE 1950’S THERE WAS NO SUPERMARKETS

• PEOPLE SHOPPED LOCALLY IN FISHMONGERS, BUTCHERS & BAKERIES

• DURING THE WAR PEOPLE HAD TO BUY RATIONS AS SOME FOODS WERE NOT AVAILABLE

• FAST FOOD RESTURANTS WERE NOT AROUND UNTIL THE 1980’S

FOOD THE WAY WE BUY FOOD HAS CHANGED IN PART BUT FOOD HAS STAYED MOSTLY THE SAME

SUPERMARKETS

• GRANDADS CAR DID NOT HAVE INDICATORS HE USED HAND SIGNALS

• IT ALSO HAD A STARTING HANDLE AND YOU HAD TO WIND UP THE CAR TO START IT

• NANA’S CAR HAD NO RADIO AND NO SEAT BELTS

• CARS ARE LESS SQUARE, MORE ROUNDED, SPORTY AND HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN LIVING MEMORY

CARSCARS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN LIVING MEMORY

• GRANDAD DID NOT HAVE COMPUTERS OR MOBILE PHONES GROWING UP

• HOUSEHOLDS HAD SHARED LANDLINE PHONES

• TV WAS IN BLACK & WHITE AND ONLY 2 OR 3 CHANNELS BBC1, BBC 2 & ITV

• AUNTY LAURA HAD A MOBILE PHONE IN THE 90’S BUT IT WAS BASIC AND HAD NO INTERNET.

• GRANDAD AND NANA DID NOT HAVE COMPUTERS

• AUNTY LAURA HAD A COMPUTER TO PLAY GAMES BUT IT WAS ALSO BASIC

TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED COMPLETELY IN LIVING MEMORY

• HOUSES USED TO BE BUILT WITH BRICKS BUT ARE NOW BUILT WITH CONCRETE BLOCKS AND PLASTER

• WALLPAPER WAS USUALLY BRIGHT COLOURS ORANGE & PURPLE

• CARPETS HAD SWIRLY DESIGNS (RETRO)

• OLD COTTAGES HAD THATCHED ROOFS

• PEOPLE HAD OUTSIDE TOILETS

BUILDINGS AND DECORATIONSHOUSES HAVE CHANGED A LOT IN LIVING MEMORY

HOW MUCH THE ANSWERS SURPRISED ME

I WAS SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE A DRIVING TEST AND CARS DID NOT HAVE SEATBELTS

TV DIDN’T HAVE MANY CHANNELS IT ONLY 2 OR 3 NOW WE HAVE 100’S

I DIDN’T EXPECT TO HEAR THAT MY GRANDPARENTS DID NOT SHOP AT SUPERMARKETS

I THINK THAT LIFE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH IN LIVING MEMORY, I WAS SUPRISED TO HEAR A LOT OF THE ANSERS, IT WAS NICE TO

TALK TO MY FAMILY AND FIND OUT LOT’S OF INTERESTING FACTS FROM THE PAST WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP.

BY MADDISON SUMMERFIELD-HENRY