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A HUNDRED YEARS

Added on: 23rd Dec 2015

 

 

1915

 

EITHER YOUR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS

WERE LIVING DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

 

 

THE YEAR IS 1915

THIS WILL BOGGLE YOUR MIND!

 

THE YEAR IS 1915 “ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO”.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CENTURY MAKES!

 

HERE ARE SOME STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1915:

 

THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR MEN

WAS 47 YEARS.

 

FUEL FOR CARS WAS SOLD IN

CHEMISTS ONLY.

 

ONLY 14 PERCENT OF THE HOMES

HAD A BATH.

 

ONLY 8 PERCENT OF THE HOMES

HAD A TELEPHONE.

 

THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT IN MOST CITIES

WAS 10 MPH.

 

THE TALLEST STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD

WAS THE EIFFEL TOWER.

 

THE AVERAGE BRITISH WAGE IN 1915

WAS £15 PER YEAR!

 

A COMPETENT ACCOUNTANT COULD EXPECT TO EARN

£800 PER YEAR.

 

A DENTIST

£900 PER YEAR.

 

A VET BETWEEN

£600 AND £900 PER YEAR.

 

AND, A MECHANICAL ENGINEER ABOUT

£2000 PER YEAR.

 

MORE THAN 95 PERCENT OF ALL BIRTHS

TOOK PLACE AT HOME

 

NINETY PERCENT OF ALL DOCTORS

HAD NO UNIVERSITY EDUCATION!

 

INSTEAD, THEY ATTENDED SO-CALLED

MEDICAL SCHOOLS, MANY OF WHICH WERE

CONDEMNED IN THE PRESS AND THE

GOVERNMENT AS "SUBSTANDARD."

 

SUGAR COST TWO PENCE  A POUND.

 

EGGS WERE 10 PENCE A DOZEN.

 

COFFEE WAS FIVE PENCE A POUND.

 

MOST WOMEN ONLY WASHED THEIR HAIR

ONCE A MONTH, AND, USED BORAX OR

EGG YOLKS FOR SHAMPOO.

 

CANADA PASSED A LAW THAT PROHIBITED

POOR PEOPLE FROM ENTERING INTO THEIR

COUNTRY FOR ANY REASON.

 

THE FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH WERE:

 

1. PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA

2. TUBERCULOSIS

3. DIARRHOEA

4. HEART DISEASE

5. STROKE

 

THE AMERICAN FLAG

HAD 45 STARS.

 

THE POPULATION OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

WAS ONLY 30.

 

CROSSWORD PUZZLES, CANNED BEER

AND ICED TEA HADN'T BEEN INVENTED YET.

 

THERE WAS NEITHER A MOTHER'S DAY

NOR A FATHER'S DAY.

 

TWO OUT OF EVERY 10 ADULTS

COULDN'T READ OR WRITE AND

ONLY 6 PERCENT OF ALL BRITISH PUPILS

WENT TO UNIVERSTY.

 

MARIJUANA, HEROIN, AND MORPHINE WERE

ALL AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER AT

 

LOCAL CORNER CHEMISTS.

BACK THEN CHEMISTS SAID,

"HEROIN CLEARS THE COMPLEXION,

GIVES BUOYANCY TO THE MIND,

REGULATES THE STOMACH, BOWELS

AND IS, IN FACT, A PERFECT

GUARDIAN OF HEALTH!"

(SHOCKING?)

 

EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS

HAD AT LEAST ONE FULL-TIME

SERVANT OR DOMESTIC HELP...

 

THERE WERE ABOUT 230 REPORTED MURDERS

IN THE ENTIRE U.S.A.! IN 2014

THIS FIGURE HAS RISEN TO 14,249.

 

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THE ABOVE PHOTO DATED 1915 WAS TAKEN IN

STONY STRATFORD, ENGLAND AND SHOWS THE

MARKET SQUARE FULL OF REQUISITIONED HORSES

COLLECTED FOR THE ARMY.

 


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