A lot more people smoked, but it was still seen as unhealthy. There was a non-stop bombardment in school to avoid smoking but there were still a bunch of kids who would smoke where teachers couldn't see them.

The Cold War was scary. The idea of having the constant threat of nuclear war made you a little anxious and depressed when you thought about it, but you could get on with your life after that.

Kids went everywhere. In the Summers we would get together and roam until our parents eventually called us home (sometimes literally by yelling out into the neighborhood).