The golf was maybe of our location, there was a council course nearby. He took it up sometime in his 50s, and I guess 5 years after he left the council for the

The golf was maybe of our location, there was a council course nearby. He took it up sometime in his 50s, and I guess 5 years after he left the council for the private sector. Maybe it was to progress at work or just for the friends. We certainly weren't rich, going on the house and lifestyle, though with a car not poor either. That highlights another difference, he'd never talk about work much and money not at all. With our kids we were far more open about work, less so about money - they don't need to share mortgage worries. Of the rest I think you're entirely right, especially as he grew up in the 30s. The post war world would soon be unrecognisable. From the 30s through to the typical home of 1970, the changes were dramatic and fundamental moving from poverty to consumer society with healthcare.