Now we get taken back in time, not just the hundred years Charlie refers to, but the further eighty years since he penned his words !  It is interesting to learn the close detail of farming and family life almost a century ago then, the conditions that pertained and the rural life that was in no way exceptional.  How on earth would those solid farming families relate to the world events they were listening to on the new wireless set.  Would we welcome back those days ?    I think not.