A certain vision of America seemed all about the future back then.

'69 must have been when I first became aware of it in some way via the TV. The Moon landing was a big deal & American comedy shows were also often on too...

American homes looked different to English homes and the people behaved differently too. Everybody seemed very middle class looking back, or rather everybody seemed to be classless or of the same class. I couldn't see any other hierarchy than the amount of money people seemed to have. When the boss came to dinner all you saw was an older guy who'd worked his way into that position.

I'm sure Americans saw it all differently.

The film Sabrina or Sabrina Fair is funny: The obviously rich/posh/whatever Larrabees just lived middle class life only on a grand scale. They only had money. Nothing more.

... And Peyton Place was a kind of symbol for all this too. Somehow. It was a new kind of community to us, full of newly made up rituals and new ways of being.

My Mum loved it!

To love it all you needed to be sharing a guilty pleasure with somebody else.  Maybe?

It's all crap - We all know that.

Old Ma Street is a bit poorly just now and so I'm thinking of her...

Campari (sp?) & Soda. Chanel No. 5. Cosmo. ... ... ... ...