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“My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.”
― Jerry Lee Lewis

“The fifties are a peaceful time, a quiet sleeping time between two noisy bursts of years, a blue and white time filled with sweet yellow days, music and bright smelling memories.”
― David Gerrold, The Man Who Folded Himself

“For the first time in her life she was proud of her size, proud of her strength, even proud of her oddly boyish face. She could see interest, even admiration in the faces of many of the girls.”
― Ann Bannon

“The fifties is a decade when every year is markedly different from the one before and after. That doesn't happen every decade. 1983 isn't that much different from 1986. But 1953 is very different from 1956.”
― Sara Sheridan

“The 1950s is a key decade in the 20th Century. Each year has a distinctive flavour.”
― Sara Sheridan

“Does it ever happen that a nice girl is a Lesbian?" she asked him shyly.”
― Ann Bannon, Beebo Brinker

“Stand to attention, soldier"
My grandfather's gentle voice spoke.
I saluted him as I had been shown.
"At ease," he spoke again.
Then he pinned his medals to my shirt
One by one, those shining disks
Almost holy to me
The proof of what I knew
He was my hero”
― David Hayes, What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s

“Nothing stays secret forever.”
― Patti R. Albaugh, The Ups and Downs of Miss Margaret Landings

“So the smells I associate with the Elders are freshly cut garden flower arrangements- roses, lilac and endless sweet peas and the fougère hints of random greenery lavishly added to the vases, in the Constance Spry style.
Also, modest shop-bought flowers, particularly daffodils, tulips and freesias, which are such an economical way to brighten a room for that thrifty generation.

My scents for the elders are:
Lavender by Yardley
Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden
Rose in Wonderland by Atkinsons
Femme by Rochas
Ostara by Penhaligon's
Tweed by Lenthéric (A mention of this elicited a big response at the event; it seemed all the women had worn it at some time and had happy associations with it. I do wish they would re-release it in the original tweed-fabric effect box.)

The men in this age group are the last of the true British gentlemen, so especially for them:

Old Spice
St Johns Bay Rum by St Johns Fragrance Company
Royal Mayfair by Creed”
― Maggie Alderson, The Scent of You

“There is no justice without truth.
P.D. East”
― John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me