1920s

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One Hundred Year Old Slang

Dawnsummer @misunderstood_zombie (8765) • United States 5 Jan 21

I recently watched a video on YouTube about popular words in the twenties. This was the beginning of a little freedom for women, especially in clothing, as their mothers and grandmothers had to deal with corsets and bustles,...

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Went to a Birthday / Halloween party....

****DANIELLE**** @VivaLaDani13 (60812) • Perth, Australia 12 Nov 20

My old neighbour (Leanne), I don't know if many of you would remember but she is the neighbour who my dad and I would often help with her shopping (surprising her with bags and bags full of groceries) or just straight out giving...

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Man convinces wife to pull teeth, proceeds to feed her soup.

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 3 Feb 20

Mr. Blau played "the meanest trick" that Judge Jonas had ever seen. Mr. Blau was a cunning type of man who convinced his wife to pull out all her teeth and then refused to buy her dentures. His reasoning? It was cheaper to feed...

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Can a trash can be worth $1000?

The Horse @TheHorse (238301) • Walnut Creek, California 1 Oct 18

When I was up on Montana this past Summer, an older friend of mine and I visited the cabin of my Grandfather, who was an MIT-educated engineer and miner. He was born in the late 19th Century, as was the cabin in which he lived...

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Excessive Speed on a Motor Cycle - A Family Story

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 5 May 18

While searching for something in an old newspaper online recently I decided to put in my father' name, as my sister and I had been trying to work out when he had come to live in our town. I loved what I found! In 1924 my father,...

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It Took 15 Years, But I Finally Found It!!!

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 27 Mar 12

The most wonderful thing happened, all thanks to the internet. I had a friend who used to host a fantastic old radio show on Easy 101 (CKOT FM 101.3) in Tillsonburg Ontario. I live in Guelph, so it's not super-easy to get the...

hits of the 1920sm

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People have givenme lots of comments about my hair.

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 15 Nov 11

The little bit of gray stayed in, but now the brown is coming back a little darker and very wavy. I had straight hair unless I curled it and the curls didn't last very long unless I had a perm. Now I have wavy hair all the...

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1920s Style

anna728 @anna728 (1499) • United States 22 Aug 09

Fitzerald was an important 1920s figure, and his books like "The Great Gatsby" were set in the Roaring Twenties, as it is called, as well. It was a time known for prohibition, economic prosperity, the charleston, joy that the war...

the great gatsby

the roaring twenties

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Do you think that the US is heading to another depression?

kaysue4 @kaysue4 (951) • United States 17 May 08

I have wondered because things are getting bad here in the states and I was wondering if there could possibly be another depression like in the 1920s. What are your thoughts on this topic?

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What age would you like to live in best?

Carl Halling @CarlHalling (3617) • United Kingdom 16 Jan 07

What age would you prefer to live in? This one, the '00s? Perhaps the swinging '60s? or the Roaring 1920s? Surely not the naughty 1890s!!! Which is your favourite era, age or epoch?

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