What do you think will go with us older generations?

StephLP

Collections of 'things' - crockery, ornaments etc that the younger generation currently have to deal with when sorting out the belongings of their family.

Apparently, as with all things, the pendulum is swinging back again and there is a new trend among the youngest generation of adults called maximalism - a direct reaction to minimalism. Their homes are a riot of colour with objets d’art on every available surface.

Honeysuckleberries

Common sense.

Oh dear, I fear that has mostly gone already!
Socks with sandals are not too bad, but men do tend to pull up their socks like their legs will get pneumonia and drop off if they dare to bare more skin!! And, tbh, most men's feet are not something I wish to see more of!

Pens!! We don't seem to need to actually write much these days as we all use phones and pads etc.

I think we do our children a disservice when we say things such as grammar, politeness and good manners will disappear with us - if my son and daughter in law and their friends are anything to go by.

Bank tellers, politeness, human face to face interaction, paper bus and train tickets, common sense !

Calendargirl

oryx1

Encyclopaedias. .my 17 year old Grandson pointed to my lovely collection the other day and said "What are those?".

Oh yes. I posted on GN some time ago, asking for advice on what I could do with my inherited set of Books Of Knowledge, never used now, but very heavy and taking up an entire bookshelf. Nobody wanted them.

Managed to offload them to a charity shop with a large book section. They said if they didn’t sell, they would be sent to be pulped.

Felt sad to see them go, but just a waste of time keeping them. Thought of Dad buying them with hard earned money back in the 50’s, hoping to help us become better educated.

I like to think someone with a large library bought them for a song to put on the bookshelf for appearance sake, even if they never opened them.

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My mother collected Heron books in the 1970s as she worked there. They are beautiful red or green books embellished with gold and she had Dickens, Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, Poetry. I have kept one bookshelf full, but gave a load of them to the local library. They were happy to have them.

I agree too. Children and young people have been exposed to so much more diversity than older generations and (in my experience) are much more comfortable around people who are not like themselves. I can't remember anyone when I was at school who had a disability or autism/learning disability for example. It just wasn't something I saw and I am a young Gransnetter. I actually cannot even remember anyone with an obvious disability living on my housing estate either!

Bellanonna

I wonder why so many people think good manners will go.
On the whole I find most younger people I know, or just come into contact with, are polite and kind. Tolerant too, more so than my generation. My 3 grandkids, all primary age, have good manners and are always very caring.

So I hope that aspect carries on.

Agreed

13Calendargirl
That is real sad ..never a waste of time .. so much knowledge in those books ..

Conversation. You know, the sort where you chat to someone about one thing and then that leads onto another thing and so on, and so on and you end up chatting for hours. It's a dying art.

Certainly not our monarchy if the enthusiasm for it to continue made so clear by the thousands young and old willing to sleep overnight on concrete just to get a 'glimpse' , is any indication.

Oh yes, "stuff". The younger generation jettison, pass on, or sell on EBay everything that the children have grown out of. I still have a loft full of old-fashioned, musty and possibly dangerous toys!

The night time bath ritual with babies. My DGC are bathed once or twice a week at the most. As babies, they were held in a tub once a week with olive oil and a dash of cream, but no soap. No talc (of course), no baby smells like baby oil or cream.

It's probably better for their skin, and better for the environment but what about that warm soft fragrant cuddle at bed time?

Collections of 'things' - crockery, ornaments etc that the younger generation currently have to deal with when sorting out the belongings of their family.

The future is a foreign country - they do things differently there. I’ve been out of step for donkey’s years and feel quite happy about that.

Certainly not Tea cosies in my house! I have several for different sized tea pots. A cup of tea just isn't the same unless made in a pot

volver

The monarchy.

Definitely not. I take it you are not enjoying this Jubilee weekend.

Germanshepherdsmum

Dining rooms and tablecloths.

No!!!

According to another thread, many of us oldies still like a tablecloth.

And I will stick my neck out and say, with rising energy prices, I predict a gradual return to the trend of smaller, separate rooms instead of large, open plan areas. So I think the demise of dining rooms will see a reversal in due course.

Dining rooms and tablecloths.

Lived experiences of

Playing in the street

Childrens games

Post war pig bins

Playing out all day, wandering around the countryside with no adult supervision - only going home when hungry.

Apple scrumping

Sunday best clothes

Sitting in front of a coal fire listening to the radio

Coupons for sweets

Canes used for punishment at school

Going to shops for mum - getting a stone of potatoes

Penny sweet box in local shop

Oh yes..my parents spent a lot of their hard earned wages and proudly bought us kids ‘Encyclopaedia Brittanica’ back in the 50s..I loved the books and the bookcase that came with them and only very reluctantly gave them to a house clearance firm when I moved.
I like Audible and similar, but there is nothing like sitting with a real book and turning pages! For me anyway?

Common Sense. Please and Thank You. Manners in general to be fair

I wonder why so many people think good manners will go.
On the whole I find most younger people I know, or just come into contact with, are polite and kind. Tolerant too, more so than my generation. My 3 grandkids, all primary age, have good manners and are always very caring.

So I hope that aspect carries on.

oryx1

Encyclopaedias. .my 17 year old Grandson pointed to my lovely collection the other day and said "What are those?".

Oh yes. I posted on GN some time ago, asking for advice on what I could do with my inherited set of Books Of Knowledge, never used now, but very heavy and taking up an entire bookshelf. Nobody wanted them.

Managed to offload them to a charity shop with a large book section. They said if they didn’t sell, they would be sent to be pulped.

Felt sad to see them go, but just a waste of time keeping them. Thought of Dad buying them with hard earned money back in the 50’s, hoping to help us become better educated.

I like to think someone with a large library bought them for a song to put on the bookshelf for appearance sake, even if they never opened them.

?????

One of the good things that will vanish with our generations is the memories of cigarette smoking being ubiquitous, acceptable and even encouraged. As an asthmatic lifelong non-smoker, the 2007 smoking ban was a dream come true.

Encyclopaedias. .my 17 year old Grandson pointed to my lovely collection the other day and said "What are those?".