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'It was the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and I, in a fit of patriotism, decided to join the FCA (which was the Army reserves) and defend the country to the last drop of my blood'
This is what we were called by the local wags who should have known better. It was the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and I , in a fit of patriotism, decided to join the FCA (which was the Army reserves ) and defend the country to the last drop of…
'I turned 13 in 1958, just two years away from the 1960s, when the whole world was turned upside down. '
I think the term 'teenager' was much a late 1950s invention, most probably thought up by an American marketing man looking for a new group to sell his wares to. The music industry latched on to it and songs such as 'Teenager in love' topped the…