No television in every home, no computer console and certainly no mobile phone - life outside work and school in Bristol 80 years ago was very different from today.
It was a time when children would have to amuse themselves. And have fun, they did, with a whole range of activities such as dancing, singing and even ice-skating.
There were also many social groups in the city, running competitions on everything from the city’s strongest man to the best-looking babies.
So take a look through a selection of rarely-seen pictures offering a glimpse of life two generations ago in Bristol:
1. Ice skating
A group of schoolboys resting on the ice at the Henleaze swimming pool in 1933.
2. Snowdrops
A visitor to Blaise Castle Woods marvels at the first snowdrops of spring in 1936
3. Tiny Tots
The tiny tots at St. Werburgh’s Nursery School, Bristol, busy preparing for Christmas when they gave a concert to parents and friends. The children were aged from two to five years.
4. Lamb for tea
Farmer Mrs Maud Lee and her daughter Pat enjoy elevenses at their farmhouse in Keynsham with their pet lamb Betty in 1949