What do you think will go with us older generations?

Setting the table properly

@Bijou I was thinking of links to a bygone age. My Nan lived with us when I was little and always saw a lot of her, so when I'm gone that will be a link to a Victorian that has gone, how she dressed, the first world war, etc. Ny children did know her and remember her but not the stories and how she lived and etc
Your memories must go back via family to a lot longer ago, my mum who would have been 96 this year remembered her great grandfather who was born in the 1850s
I know it was ever thus but what a big change from the Victorian era to what it is like nowadays

Hope not!

My grandmother remembered silent films, my mother’s piano teacher actually played the piano for them. My mother’s parents were among the many who bought a television for the coronation. We had a black and white rented TV until I was eleven. These memories and the links with living history they provide will be forgotten. My mother’s age group and older (she is eighty) and, perhaps, slightly younger, are the last to remember George VI and the Queen’s coronation.

@Bijou, I love reading your reminiscences. The fact that your mind is so razor sharp and that you are so up to date with modern technology at 99 is wonderful.

The

Planet

My book group gradually abandoned books for Kindles, then transferred to Audible spoken books. They are mostly back to real books again.

I never abandoned books.

Intelligence and independent thought will follow reading to oblivion.

Having said that, the Dark Ages never really left us. About five per cent of the population at any time know what’s what.

Musicgirl. My dad took me to the cinema every week from the age of three. Silent films. “What are they saying, Dad”. I saw the first bit of colour film. The ballroom scene in “The student Prince”. The audience stood up and cheered.
I am still a film fan but still prefer those of the thirties and forties.
My brain is OK but body not so good.

Free speech.

Oh no it’s gone already!
Is it ok to say that?

With the dumbing down of the English language through text speak I wonder if anyone will be able to read Dickens in the future. They simply won't understand it as the words have more than one syllable.

Making the bed - whats the point if your only going to get back into it?

Hand writing (apart from shopping lists)

Saving things like odd buttons, string, etc. Everything will be recycled or put in recycling bin

Visiting the GP (already gone)

Choirs. Sadly very few young people seem to join community choirs (…men participating is nearly always an issue!). Along with that is the loss of the shared sense of joy in singing together.

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

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.

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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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.

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

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?

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

Dining rooms and tablecloths.

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.

volver

The monarchy.

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

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