I'm 63, and I can rember most of it. As for TV, there was no color TV, and in order to watch one of the 3 channels we had, I had to walk a block to my grand parents house. One of my most vivid memories of TV, was having the repair man come to our house (We finally got one) . He plugged in his vaccum tube tester, checked a few tubes, and threw one away, saying you don't need this one anyhow. The TV worked, so he charged my dad a service charge (less than $5.00) and left.