I was alive and living in the 1950's. Nearly all homes had an indoor bathroom and toilet. A few people living in the country still had outhouses, but all of the people my family knew, lived in the country and had full bathrooms. At that time, bathtubs were used, and I really knew no one who had a shower in their home. Hardwood floors were popular in many homes, but some of the upper class people began to install "wall to wall" carpeting. There were no microwaves, and very few people had a telephone. My family got a television in 1954, but it was black and white and "snowy". To get a station to come in clear, one had to go outside the house and hand turn the antenna, while another person stayed inside and coached them when to stop. Many of the homes that people lived in during the 1950's are still standing. We had running water, but often the sink was free standing and not built into a cupboard like they are today. We had electricity, refrigerators, stove, etc. We did not have computers or Video Games.
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A typical Jamaican home is like many homes in the Miami, FL area. They are painted in bright colors or made of stucco. Most older homes are ranch style with the newer homes being two story.
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some people have houses like normal people in the poor parts some people live in huts.
obviously decorated very gaudy
The cast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the
they have just changed
They became predominant in the west during 1950s. Many homes still do not have them and world wide most homes do not
While televisions were available in the 1930s, the popularity only increased drastically in homes during the late 1940s to the 1950s.
Life in Liverpool in the 1950s was grim
Portable transistor radios were very popular in the 1950s along with the new televisions that were popping up in homes. Microchips and stored program computers were also popular at this time.
Many people built fallout shelters at their homes, and took classes to learn about radiation.
like homes from the gruomd up
big outgoing clothes
they looked dull and boring
Ranch homes are shaped like rectangles
A computer in the 1950's would have been the size of a house, so it was both expensive and impractical to own one