Growing up in New Zealand in the 1950s and 60s, things were nothing like they are today.
There was no television or, for that matter, very much else to stimulate the senses. A new music sheet for the piano in our household was seen as something of a highlight. The other high point of the week was on Monday nights when Life with Dexter, a long running family serial was broadcast, which saw the family gathered around the valve radio.
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/opinion/the-soap-box-if-the-catholic-church-knows-about-abuse-they-should-be-obliged-by-law-to-report-it/
There was no television or, for that matter, very much else to stimulate the senses. A new music sheet for the piano in our household was seen as something of a highlight. The other high point of the week was on Monday nights when Life with Dexter, a long running family serial was broadcast, which saw the family gathered around the valve radio.
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/opinion/the-soap-box-if-the-catholic-church-knows-about-abuse-they-should-be-obliged-by-law-to-report-it/