This is what the childhood of baby boomers looked like: bathing in a zinc tub, shivering around the coal stove and diluted gravy on your plate

In winter the frost flowers stood on the window and everyone huddled around the coal stove, shivering. On Saturday, a weekly wash in the zinc tub and diluted gravy from the frying pan over your potatoes. Anyone born right after the war grew up in a period of scarcity and ingenuity. No wonder boomers can pack a punch!

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