Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA (Circa 1964): When I was young, and for many generations before me, a right of passage was the gift of a pocket knife from "Dad"...

Sheffield, England (Circa 1965-1968): When I was a kid around seven, eight, and nine years of age, I used to live in dread of Tuesdays...

Sheffield, England (Circa 1963): When I was a young lad, there were only two channels on TV, and they were "live" for only a few hours a day...

Colorado, USA (Circa 1949): My brother and I got Dad to buy us "Cats whisker” crystal radio kits that were said to work without power...

Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA (Circa 1964-1968): Kids today often ask what we did for fun without computers, video games, mp3 players, cell phones, etc. Well, we played outside a lot, all year around...

Sheffield, England (Circa 1967): My granddad looked me in the eye and said: "Son, having a sharp knife has saved my life more times than I care to remember"...