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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Well, we did not have any really. Our parents had been the children of the first world war and were not in the habit of talking about what was going on. They considered nearly everything to be grown up talk so children were sent out of the room. In world war two things were not much better. There were posters telling us “CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES” and “KEEP MUM SHE’S NOT SO DUMB” (for those old enough to be courting beautiful women). News broadcasts on the radio were down to the facts and nearly always good or bad. We as children were uninformed. We were only told something on the need to know basis. At least we did not get into trouble for talking about the wrong things. This was where ignorance was bliss.

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