My Normality

Many of us were brought up in a very different world where the norm was quite normal.
Here are some of my norms. Many are no longer with us, no longer tolerable to today's society but to me they were the norm and we accepted them. No doubt some people will add to them and others deplore them.....

My norm was.....
Children misbehaving publicly were chided by adults and if the child went home and told mum they were chided again.
Women stayed at home and looked after the home and the children.
Policemen patrolled the streets and were welcome by all except the wrongdoer. Children, for no real reason feared them.
Adults were mostly heterosexual and homosexuals kept private for fear of reprisal or prosecution.
Best butter and lamb came from New Zealand.
Couples in love got married to live together and raise a family.
We sent missionaries to Africa and other countries to convert people to Christianity.
We could put up stepladders to change light bulbs in public buildings and clean windows.
County sport teams comprised of players born in the county.
Oh yes, The England team manager was English and most professional sports teams were also the same nationality as the team name suggested.
Counties were a historical division of the country not affected by political make up.
When we grew up and left school we were young men and women, nurtured and helped until we became an adult at 21 and then were responsible citizens. At 18, fathers took their sons proudly into the local pub for their first pint.
Oh yes, drugs, heroin, etc. was what we read about in crime stories, films, etc.
The long summer holidays were to allow children to help their parents work in the fields, harvest, pick, etc.
Villages had a shop and a pub, a blacksmith, a carpenter and joiner, a wheelwright and a church and chapel which families went to on a Sunday and then straight into the pub afterwards.