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Born in the Forties and the younger years before
Welcome to everyone BORN in the 1940's, 1930's and 1920's.
The aim of the Born in the Forties is to give you a place to visit on the internet that you will enjoy.
It is easy to use, relevant to your life and offers a great variety of things to do.
The response to Born in the Forties since it's launch has been wonderful.
It is developing into an great online community to visit often.
The 1940's, 30's and 20's were a time of..................
Listening to the radio of an evening with the family.
The three R's were taught at school where you were a pupil not a student.
It was safe to play games like cricket or hopscotch with your friends in the street.
Billycarts, scooters and pedal cars were great fun.
What does Born in the Forties have for you?
You will find lots of interesting pages to visit.
You can read all the great comments already posted and post a few comments of your own.
You can
Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane
and relive great memories on the
Memory of the Month.
Remember your first job on the
Working
page or talk about places you have visited on
Holidays
.
The
Feeling Grumpy
page allows you to be a little grumpy if you like.
The
Coffee Shop
is a page to chat about any topic you like.
Post some details on the
Buy, Sell or Swap
or connect with old friends on the
Your Notices
page.
The
Sudoku and Crossword
puzzles change each day to give you a new challenge.
The various
Hints, Tips and Useful links
pages have some great information and are updated regularly.
The
Noticeboard
gives you an opportunity to tell everyone about an event happening in your local area.
The
Online Shop
stocks some different and unique items as well as goods we hope are relevant to those Born in the Forties or before.
All money made from the shop helps to cover the costs of running this website.
There is no cost involved or membership required so join in the fun of Born in the Forties.
Spend some time and wander through the pages to see what is available.
Our names are Robyn and Jeff.......In April 2010 we launched the Born in the Fifties website and quickly started receiving requests for a website that catered for people born before the 1950's. Here it is and we hope you all enjoy what has been created for you.
Don't forget to visit often and to tell your friends about Born in the Forties and the years before.
MAY 2012
COMMENT OF THE MONTH...........FEATURED PAGE
MAY.... featured page.........WORKING
Leave a comment teling us about the jobs you have had over your working life.
What was the first job you had after leaving school?
This month Valerie Barnes (you will find some of her very interesting comments posted on a number of our pages) has
kindly donated a copy of her book "A Foreign Affair" for the Comment of the Month.
It is very interesting reading about her career as an interpreter at the then newly formed United Nations.
The Comment selected for April was from....
Robert Knox......from Lake Macquarie, NSW ........Born 1942
Robert please contact us through the Feedback page with your address details so we can arrange to send you a small gift to say thank you.
Remember to visit each month and post a comment on the page featured for that month.
We will announce the details of the comment selected early the next month.
MEMORY OF THE MONTH
EVERYDAY APPLIANCES AND GADGETS
SURE WORKED DIFFERENTLY WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP?
How different are they to what we use today?
There was no remote to the TV.
The TELEPHONE had a large round dial.
How many stations did the TV and RADIO have, not many.
Join the fun and remember how different it was when you were growing up and how technology has changed.
ONLINE SHOP
NEW BIRTHDAY CARDS.
Some of the new Birthday Cards are now available in the Online Shop with more due to arrive this month. The cards are a little different and unique.
Keep the great comments coming............Robyn and Jeff - Born in the Forties .
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