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.
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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