To wonder about sunburnt children before suncream was popularised?

I haven’t changed the way l eat.

I just don’t burn in U.K. sun.

Never wore it.

I burnt once l think. But l tend to go brown rather than red. Never wear it in the U.K. now either unless I’m out all day and it’s boiling out.

Never put it on sc on school days. They never got burnt.

Baby oil only until 1974. We fried, peeled, repeated. Not everything was better back in the day.

I'm a 70s child and got sunburn a few times every summer. I remember my skin peeling and not worrying about it. Don't remember using suncream. When I was older suncream was used on holiday only.

They did?

we stayed out in the sun all day and burnt! And then got smothered in calamine lotion if it was bad. Not sure about sun tan lotion being invented in the 70s? I remember in the 90s basically using factor 8 oil to increase the tanning rather than protect my skin!

In the 1960’s I was 12 and burnt so badly after a day on the beach in Devon, that the doctor had to be called to our caravan. I had to be sprayed from head to foot with an anaesthetic aerosol,
Im very fair skinned , never tan. It was hell.
I never sunbathe now .

Yes we expected to get burnt and have peeling skin and red noses !

Skin cancer rates were higher back then.
People covered up more.
Children burnt.

I was very often burnt (although born in the 80s) and was only thinking earlier about a time when I was 15 and burnt so badly across my back that I couldn't shower for 2 weeks, couldn't lie on my back, and had massive blisters. My mum didn't even take me to a doctor. I'm a social worker now and I've had less serious sun burn come across my desk for assessment purposes.

There’s some research and a chain of thought that sunburn in some people is actually caused by an interaction between UV rays, what you’re eating/putting into your body - refined carbohydrates, ultra-processed foods etc and the inflammation it causes. Some people who historically had burnt have reported that they no longer burn after changing the way they eat to either a low carbohydrate, ketogenic or carnivore/meat based diet.

We just burned! Put camomile lotion on afterwards sometimes.

I had some absolutely awful sunburns as a child - blistered and red raw. From a day at the beach with no protection. The most I’d be told was to pop a tshirt on to cover up.

No way would we have a day at the beach now without all of us wearing sunscreen.

Yep - it's scary that people still think a tan is healthy.

My DH is guilty of this and it worries me - his hobbies and job are all outdoors-based and he never puts enough cream on. It wouldn't shock me at all if he got skin cancer.

Definitely got burnt a few times as a child of the 70s. I also remember taking an old t-shirt on Spanish holidays specifically for swimming in though so maybe my parents understood a bit about sunburn risk factors!

We burned, maybe we got factor 3 if we were lucky. Some used baby oil. Peeling skin was common.
It’s catching up with our generation now with skin cancer/melanoma rates. Scary that it’s something we had no control over as children that could kill us now.

I am not that old but the rule was you stay in between 11 and 16 then off you go in the garden again til bedtime 🤣🤣

we also had very large hats and we needed to move or be under shade.

Sun cream was around but generally only used factor 3 or 4 abroad and nothing in the uk. I remember staying in the shade quite a bit and gradually increasing sun exposure until I had a good tan. Once I was tanned I didn't have to worry about burning.

You were lucky if you got to hover above the scorching vinyl seats… for me (youngest child in a big family), I was sitting on the floor of the car in the foot well, just behind the gap in between the two front seats. Imagine a four hour journey to the coast squished into a tiny gap… My husband (as a child) used to have to sit in the boot of the car… (estate car I’m presuming!)

Old leather handbag! 😂😅😂😅😂😅

Yet people are still on about
Building up colour
Base tan
You've got a good colour

it's still damage

I burned badly in Spain when I was 10 in 1986 and my mum cried over the subsequent blistering. After that I was kept safer in the sun.
I went to Australia when I was 20 and after seeing so many people with lumps cut out of them from melanoma I swore to use total sunblock from then on. It’s stood me well if I’m honest, my face looks younger than I am. I’m in Spain at the moment, covered in SPF50 and sitting in the shade. Been drummed into me that tanned skin is damaged skin.

The sun was less hot in black and white days. It was only when colour came in that it became a problem.

I'm 40 and my parents were pretty good about it as I'm a redhead but I did burn so badly one year that my shoulders and back were full of blisters

I remember mum getting really angry at school - they wanted us all outside all day long on sports day with no shade and it physically isn't possible for me, I get really unwell.
Eventually they let me go inside but i remember her saying shade is better than suncream and they cant expect children to do sports on the hottest day of the year from 9 - 3 with no shade

Brought up in 1970s. My partners were ultra careful. Things like couldn’t go swimming with friends until I was confident swimmer or not allowed in water for an hour after eating. Never allowed to stay at friend’s homes unless he knew parents. BUT we NEVER wore sun cream, although they did make us wear t shirts between 12-2pm. I was reasonably lucky as I have skin that, after initial redness, tanned quite well. My poor sibling had very pale skin and burned every year (even now they don’t tan). Every time we went outdoor swimming pool or beach, they expected to come home like a beetroot!

Are you me😂😂😂?