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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

We were all poor but we didn't know it then

 

This documentary with the title "Morning In The Streets 1958" was filmed in England, but it could just as easily have been filmed in the post-war Germany I grew up in. Victors or vanquished - the differences weren't all that great!

Yes, their houses were still standing while we lived in bombed-out ruins with no running water and electricity, but we all had the same lean look that comes with scarcity. I challenge you to point to even ONE obese kid in this documentary! We were all poor but we didn't know it then.


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