{"id":92568,"date":"2022-05-27T05:57:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T05:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=92568"},"modified":"2022-05-27T05:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T05:57:14","slug":"for-old-times-sake-by-des-kelly-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/for-old-times-sake-by-des-kelly-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR OLD TIME&#8217;S SAKE \u2013 by Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\"><strong>FOR OLD TIME&#8217;S SAKE&#8221; \u2013 by Des Kelly<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Think I&#8217;ve worked his name out to be Ivor de Novello (hopefully) aa the Author of this fascinating throwback that we frequently refer to, as the good old days. As usual, thank you also, Keith Bennett, for sending this story in for e&#8217;Lanka members in general. Certainly, they will enjoy reading about the past, when Sri Lanka was still Ceylon, and,as a matter of fact, many other Countries were also known by different names to the ones they are now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Enough said, so here it is folks. Please read &amp; reminisce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75857 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Desmond-Kelly160.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond-Kelly\" width=\"160\" height=\"228\" \/><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(Editor-in-Chief) e&#8217;Lanka.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">That is so true and we sure have seen a lot in our life time&#8230; recycled but some great memories<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">\u00a0Always nice to reflect<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92569\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FOR-OLD-TIMES-SAKE-\u2013-by-Des-Kelly-e1653630800349.jpg\" alt=\"That is so true and we sure have seen a lot in our life time... recycled but some great memories \u00a0Always nice to reflect\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<strong><em>T<\/em><\/strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">HIS is FASCINATING! &#8211; The 1% Age Group<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>This special group was born between 1930 &amp; 1947.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>In 2022, the age range is between 75 &amp; 92.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0Are you, or do you know, someone &#8220;still here?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Interesting Facts . . .<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You are the\u00a0<u>smallest group of children born since the early 1900&#8217;s<\/u>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war which\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You are the last to remember ration books for everything from\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 gas to sugar to shoes to stoves.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You saved tin foil and poured fried meat fat into tin cans.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You saw cars up on blocks because tires weren&#8217;t available.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0morning and placed in the &#8220;milk box&#8221; on the porch.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You are the last to see the gold stars in the front windows of<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0grieving neighbors whose sons died in the War.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You saw the &#8216;boys&#8217; home from the war, build their little houses.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You are the last generation who spent childhood\u00a0<u>without television<\/u>;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0instead, you &#8220;imagined&#8221; what you heard on the radio.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>With no TV\u00a0until the 1950&#8217;s, you spent your childhood &#8220;playing outside.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>There was no Little League.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>There was no city playground for kids.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>The lack of television in your early years meant that you had little real\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 understanding of what the world was like.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>On Saturday mornings and afternoons, the movie gave you newsreels\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><u>Telephones were one to a house, often shared (party lines),<\/u><\/em><em>\u00a0and hung\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 on the wall in the kitchen (no cares about privacy).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Computers were called calculators; they were hand cranked.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and changing the ribbon.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>&#8216;INTERNET&#8217; and &#8216;GOOGLE&#8217; were words which did not exist.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and the news was\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 broadcast on your radio in the evening.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>The Government gave returning Veterans the means to get an education\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and spurred colleges to grow. Loans fanned a housing boom.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pent up demand coupled with new installment payment plans opened\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0many factories for work. New highways would bring jobs and mobility.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>The Veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the war, and they threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0never imagined.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You weren&#8217;t neglected, but you weren&#8217;t today&#8217;s all-consuming family focus.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>They were glad you played by yourselves until the street lights came on.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>They were busy discovering the post war world.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves and felt secure in your future\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0although the depression poverty was deeply remembered.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You came of age in the 50&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s. You are the last generation to experience\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0an interlude when there were no threats to our homeland.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>The second world war was over and the cold war, terrorism, global warming,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with unease.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Only your generation can remember both a time of great war, and a time when\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>You are &#8220;The Last Ones.&#8221; More than 99 % of you are either retired or deceased,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and you should feel privileged to have &#8220;lived in the best of times!&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Amen!\u00a0 \u00a0<u>It&#8217;s great being part of the 1% Special Group<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR OLD TIME&#8217;S SAKE&#8221; \u2013 by Des Kelly Think I&#8217;ve worked his name out to be Ivor de Novello (hopefully) aa the Author of this fascinating throwback that we frequently refer to, as the good old days. As usual, thank you also, Keith Bennett, for sending this story in for e&#8217;Lanka members in general. 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