Tag: 1950s

  • Time and Different Childhoods

    “See, I couldn’t have that childhood now. We wouldn’t have a beach hut like that. And our telly was black and white with one channel and no adverts. Free education, cold houses, shared-line phones that plugged into the wall, free healthcare, cooking your own food from scratch, laundry mangles, washing lines”… Have you finished, dear? …

  • Beach Huts

    “Do you remember the beach hut where that photo was taken, Mum?” Of course I do, dear. It belonged to a friend of your uncle. “The huts were on a spit of sand between the river and the sea. I remember wood splinters and cold sand on my feet when I walked between them.” “They…

  • Beach Clothes Complete

    Voila! Hat and sunglasses. Just like in the beach photo. Pretty good, dear … Yes?

  • Beach Clothes

    You must remember us going to the seaside. When you were little you would run around in your knickers and vest. We had a photo of you … holding up a fist full of wet sand, looking all pleased. I thought you were going to eat it. You were that kind of child. Always putting…

  • Clothes

    So is this all right, then ? “You’ve got clothes on.” Yes. At the end of your cartoon … you said that I had to put some clothes on.  I said I didn’t need clothes because I’m dead. And you said you couldn’t draw me with no clothes on. So I put this on. It’s…