To having been born in the 1970s and see how much the world has changed?

[Deeperthantheocean]

Yes, so a '70s child so have lived through everything beyond the days of MN world, with advice and experiences of parents and grandparents.

I feel so fortunate to have embraced technology. I am in awe of how the world has been revolutionised it as mostly to the greater good of mankind in many ways.

Just from a personal perspective, I feel it's so sad that the school playgrounds we used to go to to play the sports with our friends are all now barricaded, the youth clubs we went to and had a 10p drink and 12p bag of crisps for a night our aged 13, also the innocent early 1980s school discos we did just dance and had fun with our dowdy outfits. My Mum made me a rara skirt from an old skirt to look more modern, amazing talent among so many others.

So, back to my title, oh boy the works has changed so much! My generation knows how much our parents' generation had it hard and those before then so much harder. Poverty was working to be able to work and buy food on rations, that was women also.

Now we do generally have to work as parents but please don't forget our Mums and grandmother's also did, but after looking after children. Unsociable hours, after hours, basically anytime husbands were home to listen out for anything.

@Sublunar I'm assuming you're not in the UK as IKEA didn't arrive in the UK until 1987, the Warrington branch.

A bit off subject but one of my DGM was born before the death of Queen Victoria and before she (DGM) died men had landed on the moon! Her generation lived through so many amazing changes.

No nostalgia for the '70's here. My dear friend did brilliantly at school and uni and was on the Civil Service Fast Track and decided to buy a flat.

In spite of her deposit and excellent prospects, her mortgage agreement needed to be signed by a man. And had the choice between a wastrel brother and wastrel father to sign, neither of whom could have afforded the payments nor had any chance of ever being able to afford to buy.

I think we were lucky to have know our grandparents generation, who went through so much.

Sadly the world hasn’t learned from their experience though 😢

I agree: those who were born before WWI and lived until, say, the ‘80s or ‘90s saw more major world events and political, social and technological change than any other generation, IMO.

No doubt historians could make a case for other periods - like the 19th century’s European wars and the Industrial Revolution, or even a life lived during the Roman Empire - but the lifetime period you mention is the one I’d argue saw the biggest changes.

Yeah I remember my nana telling me loads of stuff about decades of her life. Born 1898 died 1994 so she definitely saw big changes

You could also argue that the 70's were amazing for women with the outlawing of banks requesting male counter signees for loans and mortgages in 1974.

Generation X! 🥳