In the 1950s modernism began to be built into new houses by making the rooms larger and more spacious and this look was beginning to percolate down the housing scale as a new phenomenon developed.
Previously, houses were simply boxes, unalterable in shape and design and in which the occupants simply lived until the time was right for a move to another house. This is the way that houses had always been used but the 1960s saw the birth of something that was to have a ripple effect that still lasts to this day.
In the UK, at least, people began to change the design of houses by making them more open plan.
The oral contraceptive, or ‘birth control pill’ as nearly everyone called it, appeared at the beginning of the 60s and, at one time or another, has been blamed for all the marvels or ills this decade is supposed to have created.
I make no apologies for yet another post on model train inspired ideas! One thing I particularly liked, but was never able to afford, was the scenery you can add to a model train set. In fact, I have to say that it interested me as much as did the trains!
Like most young men, I had a model train set by Hornby that, as far as I remember, had a nice steam engine and coaches but just went round and round on a track.
