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[Sandy G]

Seems like people were virtually ALWAYS "Dressed Up" back then. Dunno how they stood it, A/C units were a LOT "Further & Far Between" then. Maybe EVERYWHERE wasn't quite as hot & sticky as we are in NE Tennessee.

[rca2000]

It was a different WORLD then Sandy. people were just FAR More "tough and self-sufficent" then...NOT constantly whining about things and demanding someone ELSE take care of things for them--like today... and they ALSO wanted to look NICE__pretty much EVERYWHERE they went too..

[zeno]

Well said. My mother wouldnt be caught dead at
mass without a fine dress, veil, hat & gloves. We had to wear
nice cloths & bow tie. Now they wear rags. Only the poor
folk dress nice now. We had a dress code at school. Rules as
to hair, cloths, shoes & more. Then the hippies came along &
got things changed. Now school looks like a bunch of rats &
prostitots.......

73 Zeno

Originally Posted by rca2000

It was a different WORLD then Sandy. people were just FAR More "tough and self-sufficent" then...NOT constantly whining about things and demanding someone ELSE take care of things for them--like today... and they ALSO wanted to look NICE__pretty much EVERYWHERE they went too..

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by zeno

Well said. My mother wouldnt be caught dead at
mass without a fine dress, veil, hat & gloves. We had to wear
nice cloths & bow tie. Now they wear rags. Only the poor
folk dress nice now. We had a dress code at school. Rules as
to hair, cloths, shoes & more. Then the hippies came along &
got things changed. Now school looks like a bunch of rats &
prostitots.......

73 Zeno

Hehehe... That's where us Presbyterians had it over you Catholics.. No veil, hat & gloves... Altho I remember the REALLY elderly ladies wore hats. Me & my sister stopped our Aunt from wearing a Hat. She came in one Sunday, had this chapeau on, that HONESTLY looked like somethin' Stan Laurel, or Ish Kabibble might have had on... Me & Mary Lou looked at each other, & both started Hee-Hawing. The people in the row in front of us asked what was goin' on, my Dad told 'em-HE was laughin', too, & then THEY started. I'm sure Susan's hat was Megabux, she ALWAYS spent a lot on clothes, but SOMEBODY shoulda had A Little Talk w/her..She NEVER wore it again, as well as I remember...

[Username1]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Seems like people were virtually ALWAYS "Dressed Up" back then. Dunno how they stood it, A/C units were a LOT "Further & Far Between" then. Maybe EVERYWHERE wasn't quite as hot & sticky as we are in NE Tennessee.

Yah, but look how thin they all are.... In good shape and thin, you don't feel
quite so bad in the heat. When I started really working in the sun all the
time, and lost a few tons myself, I loved the heat, didn't need, or want A/C.

Different times too. People cared about how the looked, much more than
today.... AssHoles like the Jersey Shore crowd would hide back then or get
stoned to death..... As it should be..... Today slobs are an entire culture, not
a sub culture.... Probly people who dress well are the sub culture today....
Where's my time machine dammit ! I love photos like that....

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