Baby Boomer Memories

As one of the first post-WWII Baby Boomers, Jim Chambers' childhood and early teenage years were in the 1950s, a remarkable decade for the United States that saw enormous political, technological, and cultural changes. Although many books have covered the headline-making events of the era in great detail, few of these books give the reader a real feel for what daily life was like for Americans living in that decade, especially for kids growing up then. The author remembers the little nuts and bolts things of daily life for families during the fascinating decade known as the Fabulous Fifties. "Recollections" perfectly blends paying homage to the little day-to-day rituals with a larger scale examination of social issues and mores of the times, and it's equally entertaining on either level. "Recollections" is a warm, lovingly honest, and fascinating portrait of America in the mid-20th Century.

As I was preparing this work, I asked some young adults (early 20s of today) what they know about the baby boomers. One reply was, You had morals. Today, people dont. Another reply was, My grandmother is one, and she worries a lot. Then he qualified his statement with this idea, No, she really takes good care of us. Thus, he was implying that the baby boomers are very humanitarian. Naturally, each of these statements is a value judgment and is open to opinion, and everyone knows that every generation has good and bad people. However, I would qualify the statement that the first young man said with this idea: I do believe that the baby boom generation has been a generation of traditional values in a very special way that no others in modern times seem to have been. Another way to say that is to say that baby boomers followed their parents values in a way that no other generation of modern times has done.

“That Was Then” is a heart-warming and entertaining account of growing up in the fifties and sixties with a very special family—with a very special and unique father. Readers will laugh, cry, and relate to the author’s life. Ms. Groat’s first book “Teaching—30 Years of My Life,” depicted reflections of teaching in a public school and working with eighth graders. “That Was Then” is the rest of the story.

Do you remember washing in a tin bath by the fire, using outside lavatories and not having a television? Did you grow up in the 1950s and were you a teenager in the swinging sixties? If the Festival of Britain, food rationing and the Queen's coronation are among your earliest memories then you belong to the post-war baby boomer generation. How did we end up here, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, when it all just seems like yesterday? In this fascinating new trip down memory lane, Paul Feeney remembers what it has been like to live through the eventful second half of the twentieth century. This nostalgic journey through an era of change will resonate with anyone who began their innocent childhood years in austerity and has lived through a lifetime of ground-breaking events to the much changed Britain of today. There are also some wonderful pictures to help jog our memories of bygone days.

A look back at the last fifty years; growing up in the 60s and 70s, raising children in the 80s and 90s, headlines, and more?Ǫ all with a touch of humor and hope for the memories of tomorrow. For excerpts from the book and postings of the notes for "The Next Fifty Years" see Arthur's blog at http://babyboomermemories3.blogspot.com/

"That Was Then" is a heart-warming and entertaining account of growing up in the fifties and sixties with a very special family with a very special and unique father. Readers will laugh, cry, and relate to the author's life. Ms. Groat's first book "Teaching 30 Years of My Life," depicted reflections of teaching in a public school and working with eighth graders. "That Was Then" is the rest of the story.

Baby Boomers. "Thanks For The Memories" Journal; Trendy cover . An excellent keepsake of times with children; grandchildren, and great grand children. Or any other use you wish to put it to. It can be a notebook of reminiscences, recollections, nostalgia, anecdotes and yarns of yesteryear. But this journal can be used for get note taking, for to-do lists or plans for the future.- Handy 6"X 9" size. -120 Pages- School-Work-Journaling. An easy gift for birthdays