Nostalgia for the 60s

I will be the first to admit I´m a nostalgic type of chap.

I rarely watch current TV series or films, instead I stick to stuff from the 60s and 70s, including music and literature.

You could say this is due to my being born in the early 60s and that I´m simply trying to recapture my youth. I would agree, although I don´t think it´s just that.

When I watch those old films and think back, I can see the 60s and the 70s was a more innocent time. People had high hopes for the future, moral values were first. Christianity was present and the importance of the family unit was set in stone.

There was genuine social interaction due to the absence of the internet, social media and smartphones.

Technology at the time connected people instead of isolating everyone like nowadays.

Today, technology has made a lot of things easier, but people are closed off, absorbed in a virtual world.

The sense of adventure and spontaneity in life has all but disappeared. It seems the only thing people care about is narcissistic pursuits like fame and instant notoriety via social media and so called 'reality' television shows.

When I was a youngster, I remember watching a black and white TV with mum and dad, gazing in wonder as Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. I remember being taken to the pictures on my birthday to

Sense of adventure and spontaneity in life has all but disappeared

see 'The Sound of Music', and wearing out the long player of the soundtrack.

I will be the first to admit I'm the nostalgic type.

Anthony Fenlon

Bursledon Road

Waterlooville