Cedric, Not sure about the "working class" comment, Cedric. Maybe you were born a ponce. For me, being born in Briton in 50s I have experienced all of these first hand. As noted by 'LEM', The greatest danger these items posed was to the inept and the stupid. The electric knife for example is still safer than a razor sharp carving blade unless in the hands of a moron. As for the darts, if they were as dangerous as indicated 50% off all pub drinkers would be blind by now
Most of these are not really dangerous. An electric knife? I still have one now - it's a must have. Electric blanket - got that too. How is a chopper bike dangerous? I had one for years. Darts - you lead a sheltered life my friend. #5 - those kind of washing machines were long gone by the 70s. Anyway, good post! Good memories!
#5 There is story my mother used to tell about her great-grandmother being the unfortunate victim when her hand got caught while feeding the wringer. Her daughter had to slide her skin back on her hand like a glove and bandage it.
Some of these have no Cultural Reference to Americans but the Schwinn Stingray bike was Great! By the late sixties wringer washers were all but unheard of in favor of tumble dryers. The crank mixers can still be gotten at Williams Sonoma and are en vogue with silly @$$ hipsters.
Cedric, Not sure about the "working class" comment, Cedric. Maybe you were born a ponce. For me, being born in Briton in 50s I have experienced all of these first hand. As noted by 'LEM', The greatest danger these items posed was to the inept and the stupid. The electric knife for example is still safer than a razor sharp carving blade unless in the hands of a moron. As for the darts, if they were as dangerous as indicated 50% off all pub drinkers would be blind by now
Most of these are not really dangerous. An electric knife? I still have one now - it's a must have. Electric blanket - got that too. How is a chopper bike dangerous? I had one for years. Darts - you lead a sheltered life my friend. #5 - those kind of washing machines were long gone by the 70s. Anyway, good post! Good memories!
#5 There is story my mother used to tell about her great-grandmother being the unfortunate victim when her hand got caught while feeding the wringer. Her daughter had to slide her skin back on her hand like a glove and bandage it.
Some of these have no Cultural Reference to Americans but the Schwinn Stingray bike was Great! By the late sixties wringer washers were all but unheard of in favor of tumble dryers. The crank mixers can still be gotten at Williams Sonoma and are en vogue with silly @$$ hipsters.
Not sure about the "working class" comment, Cedric. Maybe you were born a ponce. For me, being born in Briton in 50s I have experienced all of these first hand. As noted by 'LEM', The greatest danger these items posed was to the inept and the stupid. The electric knife for example is still safer than a razor sharp carving blade unless in the hands of a moron. As for the darts, if they were as dangerous as indicated 50% off all pub drinkers would be blind by now
An electric knife? I still have one now - it's a must have.
Electric blanket - got that too.
How is a chopper bike dangerous? I had one for years.
Darts - you lead a sheltered life my friend.
#5 - those kind of washing machines were long gone by the 70s.
Anyway, good post! Good memories!
like a glove and bandage it.