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Were these plastic cups already standard back then?
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I think those might actually be frosted glass cups.
Here is the best copy I could find, and the flared edges do not look like plastic cups - also the shiny inside and matte outside looks more like glass frosted on the outside.
PP was not in commercial use until 1957 (not sure when it was first used for cups), PET disposable cups weren't a thing until the 70s. Disposable cups in the 50s would have been wax paper.
I'll take "What's classy when you're rich but not when you're poor?" for $100 Alex
Is it that classy?
Given the monarchy is the top class in a class system then yes: by definition.
Looks like someone wanted them to pose as such to make a funny photo
Is that a cigarette in his hands? He was 12 years old in 1955.
Well, the princess is downing a bottle of fortified wine, so it would seem that's just par for the course.
When I was 14, my parents ordered a bottle of wine in a restaurant and asked, if I wanted a glass. Nobody thought twice about it.
all around the world including in most US states minors are legally allowed alcohol with their parents consent.
In 8 US states minors can drink at restaurants with their parents permission but in practice you very rarely see it!
I was smoking at 12 in France in 1999, I told tobacconists I was buying them for my mom. Pulled the same thing off in the states when I moved there 2 years later. And I was far from alone. These are far more recent (terrible, obviously) habits than you might think.
Started smoking at 12 too, also in the 90s. Quit in high-school.
In 1955, basically everyone smoked. Like 65% of Europe were smokers, and I do mean 65% of living humans of all ages.
My dad was smoking at 6.
Rural Canada, 75 years ago. Still alive.
Yah, my uncle lived to 94, smoked for 89 of those years. Pretty sure if we'd had a nuclear war in the 60s, that fucker would have still made it into his 80s.
Cancer is nothing you can count on. For the bad and for the good.
Hope your dad stays healthy.
I'm sure they grew up to be normal, well-adjusted and down to earth kids.
This photo became the notorious cover image of Dinosaur Jr.'s Green Mind, as us older folks well remember.
Amateurs. I started my cocaine addiction at 5 years old when the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours came out.
Edit: again I need to learn doing correct grammar in English.
again I need to learn doing correct grammar in English.
It's pretty decent for someone nearing a half century coke habit.
I am getting all emotional, "snif".
13 going on 30
How can you still be prince from a county that has ceased to exist for centuries?
I read this as a non-rhetorical question, in a Nigerian accent
Me too, especially due to the use of the word 'ceased'. Reminded me of this video where a reverse scammer convinced the Nigerian scammers to record Monty python's dead parrot sketch, as he combines then he could get them a BBC grant.
I come from lower class but tbh reminds me of my early teens too. Booze and smokes.
Those sure were the days
Is she... Married?
I think even Euronobility stopped the practice of marrying their kids off THAT young a few centuries before.
Why the ring on the finger then?
Good point! But you can also just wear rings on any finger whenever you fancy
In Germany usually the wedding ring is on the right hand not on the left.