NO SUPERMARKETS

Instead of going to a supermarket where you can buy everything you need, families would visit several smaller shops to buy their groceries and household items. For example, the butchers for meat, the bakers for bread, the greengrocers for vegetables and the newsagents for newspapers and sweets.

FEWER ELECTRIC LIGHTS

In the 1930’s many houses were still lit by gas lights. These all had to be lit individually by hand with a match and then blown out to turn them off.