Children left school able to read and write..
Much of that was (in my school, at least) due to the better readers being put one-to-one with the poor readers, to help.
At school they didn’t receive the perverted attention of oversexed teachers.
But there were plenty of rumours, but it was something which was never mentioned in public.
We weren’t threatened with domestic or industrial power/energy cuts
Anyone who lived through the miners’ strike will vehemently disagree with that statement, and my village regularly suffered cuts in the 50s & 60s.
Food was plentiful but obesity was unknown
Only because the “posh” word was unknown; there were “fat” children (I was one,) who suffered teasing and bullying throughout their entire school lives.
Richard Doll had made plain the association between smoking and lung cancer. Smokers were quitting.
In the 50s’60s we all wanted to smoke, because it was adult; I didn’t because I couldn’t afford it, neither did most of my friends, but the one who really embraced it is still smoking at 70.
Swearing in public was unknown
No it wasn’t, since it was always heard on the shop floor, but swearing in front of (and by) women was taboo.
Eating or drinking in public was just as bad as swearing.
Largely because the pollution (aka “smog”) made the idea dangerous, even lethal. Pubs in my village had garden areas which were regularly used.
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