How people lived: miscellanea, early-to-mid 20thC: Contents list
Scroll down for sections with clickable links to pages on what everyday life used to be like in the early-mid 20th century, told by people who were there at the time, with added research by the webmaster: women's issues, pre-digital, annual events, labour-saving devices, dying skills, death, random observations and more about the locations of contributors.
Women's Issues and Childcare
early-mid 20th Century
![mother and baby mid 20th century](home-pg-images/mother-baby-th.jpg)
Pre-digital Timing
and Weighing
![wall clock](home-pg-images/wall-clock.jpg)
Pre-digital Calculating,
Filing and Weather
Forecasting
![slide rule](home-pg-images/slide-rule.jpg)
Annual Events and Celebrations
early 20th Century
![adult gas mask](home-pg-images/christmas-pudding.jpg)
Some Innovations
1950s-70s
![tape recorder](home-pg-images/reel-to-reel-tape-rec.jpg)
Common then but not now
pre-1960s
![nylon-stockings](home-pg-images/nylons-th.jpg)
Hair care pre-1960s
![rag curlers](home-pg-images/rag-curlers.jpg)
Skills
![old skills](home-pg-images/old-skills.jpg)
Special Events
For still more, use the search box
sources: early 20th century material
sources: ww2 home front and other material
contact
the webmaster/author/researcher/editor
privacy policy