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In 1974 an American church bazaar was a shop that existed for one afternoon a year, and everything in it had been made by the congregation's women in…
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In 1975 the school carnival took over the whole gymnasium for one evening, with booths built from cardboard, plywood and crepe paper by parents the night before.
You…
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In 1975 the Memorial Day parade followed the same route it had followed for decades, and families stood on the same corners every year.
The veterans marched grouped…
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In 1976 you voted inside a steel machine by pulling a lever that closed a curtain behind you, moving small levers beside the names, and pulling the main…
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In 1976 the kerbs, benches, water towers and fire hydrants of an enormous number of American towns were repainted red, white and blue - and a great many…
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In 1974 a pep rally was compulsory. Lessons stopped, the whole school was marched into the gymnasium by year group, seated in blocks, and attendance was taken.
The…