Things They Won't Let Us Do Any More – Usual Things In The Past You No Longer See Today

These were usual things in the past, but today you may find them unusual.

 
Building labourer on a stone being hoisted up to building, Sydney, ca. 1930s

 

Kids playing swing on the beach, Southern California, 1932

 

Changing the light bulb, ca. 1890s

 

Children playing criket on street in Dockland, London, 1950

 

Children playing with sharp implements, Lawrence, Kansas in the early 1950s

 

Girl sitting down with lions at Hertel's Zoo, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, 1958

 

Kids in a rowboat, Boston, ca. 1920s

 

Maintenance workers on Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, ca. 1950s

 

Men pulled a large pole with ropes and wooden sticks at Maitland railway station, NSW, 1909

 

Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1969

 

Passenger transfer on the open sea, 1908

 

People moving a car to the top of a building, Massachusetts, 1936

 

 
Repairing a roof in  Sweden in the 1940s

 

 
Sheeps on a street in London, 1925

 

 
Throw the baby, Queensland, ca. 1930s

 

Tokyo firemen training, 1915

 

Walking on the railroad tracks in Tottenham, Ontario, 1948

 

 
Young boys run to hitch a ride on the back of a carriage in London, 1941