Lifestyle after WWII

 Today, I had a very interesting conversation with my grandparents and I would like to bring it closer to you.

     First thing worth poining out, is that my grandparents are Polish, and during their youth there was the Second World War in our country. Because of that, it's pretty hard to talk about things like shopping or electricity during their teenage. Luckily, after the War has ended, there was a campaign called "electrification of towns and countrysides". Still, few people had the access to electric current - and it was used only for light bulbs, irons, later also for radio and first TV.

     Preparation of meals was also much harder and time-consuming. Everything had to be made single-handedly and cooked, obviously things such as fast-food or even premade meals in shops did not exist. There was also no fridges. Still, overall eating was healthier and, let's say, "pro-ecologic" - artifactals weren't used yet and shops had only fresh food available. Right, shops! Only small, private shops with everything from soup to nuts on stock. Also, every Tuesday and Friday farmers came to towns to sell their products on a marketplace. 

     Transportation - horses, wagonettes as cabs. First electric trams in bigger cities. And that pretty much sums it up - in Łódź, there were only 3 cars, all of them used as limos for marriage ceremonies and similar events. Also, it was possible to take a train to move between cities, but those were still quite rare and expensive.

     And the last thing worth knowing is how trash and garbage were handled. Special places on yards designed to pile trash without any segregation, collected every few days. No sewers, only gutters, dross and slops were put to buckets. Luckily, plastic weren't as popular - most of bags were made of paper or cloth, people used to do shopping with wicker baskets...