Dear Babyboomers
R wrote - Did I mention to you that about the same time we reconnected, I also found my best friend from highschool? Unlike you, she only lives 45 minutes away in my hometown. We've been spending time together getting to know each other again, reminiscing about our childhood. It's been so great to have a close friend who remembers my family, especially my mom. We share alot of common memories as well as fill in what the other one has forgot. We laugh alot just like we did 45 years ago. Yesterday we just drove around our hometown, looking at places we lived, where we went to school, where we worked. "SR has so much to do with having good friendships. Connecting with people you connect with."
Clara - That makes it about 1965 - that makes for a lot of catch up! How wonderful to still have so much in common. Did you find her through Facebook, like you found me (30 years later). I wish we lived around the corner - so many of my wonderful friends have moved away which is why I need them to COG occasionally ie Crazy Ole Girls connecting.
Were you Hippies or Rockers, did you protest against involvement in Vietnam or fight for Women's Rights?
60's Decade of Social Upheaval
Young people challenged the traditional values of their parent's generation and actively opposed the decisions of the government.
Women demanded equal rights - the Vietnam War galvanised women who protested alongside their male counterparts. Realising that they were not treated as equals by fellow male students and activists, they started to form their own activist movement that sought their own liberation. The contraceptive pill allowed women greater freedom in relationships and also allowed them to plan their lives more.
Others called for racial equality and a new consideration for the environment, with demonstrations against conscription and the nuclear industry. Advances in communications technology meant that revolutionary ideas and voices of dissent could rapidly be transmitted and received around the world.
Radical changes in society reflected in new fashions, hairstyles and styles of music. While rock 'n' roll retained its popularity, the rise of hippie culture permeated mainstream fashion and music.
Vietnam War - thanks Guys, sincerely. My Darling was in Vietnam and is revisiting as we speak.
To view or add your valued comment, click on comments at bottom of page or send an email - clara@babyboomerconnections.com.au
or visit my website at www.babyboomerconnections.com.au for more of the 60's. What were you doing? I think we were fortunate to be part of this dynamic period of change. My daughter said, "You were so lucky to experience the sixties, Mum -but how come you were such a nerd? .
Cheers Clara
ps - those close to me at the time, like your best friend at High School, would not have said that!
I am late tonight because I have been to a concert of Renaissance Music. Beautiful - young singers creating exquisite harmony with voice only.
I am late tonight because I have been to a concert of Renaissance Music. Beautiful - young singers creating exquisite harmony with voice only.
Dear C,
ReplyDeleteAh the 60's. In all honesty my current 60's are more exciting than THE 60's. I graduated from highschool in 1964 and went on to college at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It wasn't till my senior year there that things really started to heat up. I can remember seeing the famous Bascom Hill lined with white crosses and watching the protests on tv from my apartment. But for the most part I made my way quietly through the whole thing. In all honesty, I couldn't afford the luxury of being involved. I was too busy going to class, studying and working to support myself. Nary a whiff of tear gas reached my nose. In retrospect we now know that a very small (15%) of the students participated in the protests, those being wealthy students from the east and west coasts who had the time and the affluence.
Once I graduated, I went right to work as an occupational therapist. I married and the rest is history. No pyschedelic drugs for me. It wasn't that we didn't know or care what was happening but we chose to deal with it in a more controlled way. The closest I came to being a flower child was wearing a pair of bell bottoms that I made from a wild sunflower patterned fabric. Two big yellow flowers landed on my butt. So no doubt your daughter would lump me into the nerd category along with you.
Love
R
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ReplyDeleteAll I was going to say was I would have liked to see those bell bottoms!
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