Life in Spain has changed enormously in recent decades. Y our houses have evolved many times without us noticing, to adapt to technical advances, fashions and the tastes of the Spanish.
Things that were essential for us before, today only make us homesick in some cases, or satisfaction for having lost sight of them in others. Today we take a look at some elements and objects that not so long ago were part of our daily lives.
Things that have disappeared from our homes
A landline. Until the arrival of mobile phones, in every house there was a landline phone hanging on the wall in the hallway, or on a table or dresser in the living room. But with the arrival of mobile telephony, telephones have been disappearing from the landscape of Spanish homes. Do you remember how uncomfortable it was to have an intimate conversation with the rest of the family members?
The alarm clocks. We keep saying ‘our alarm clock has gone off’. But really, the alarm clock no longer rings for us, what rings for us is the alarm of the mobile phone. Because the images of an alarm clock on the bedside table are far away in almost all homes. Today, the mobile is enough for us.
The photo albums. In past decades, the most typical thing was to develop dozens of photos when returning from vacation. Or when attending a communion, or a birthday. But with the expansion of digital photography first, and of mobile phones, we Spaniards stopped developing photographs and having photo albums on the shelves and cupboards in the living room.
the gotelé. During developmentalism, the gotelé was imposed in Spanish homes to cover the imperfections of the walls at a time in our history when it was built quickly and poorly. Luckily, that ‘fad’ has passed into history and is just a bad memory of the past.
The room that only received visitors. At that time when it was customary to buy good furniture that would last a lifetime, in every house there was a living room that was only used at Christmas or when visitors came.
the endless corridors. In the houses of the 60s, 70s and 80s, the infinite corridors that articulated the houses were very common. Now, new houses are built without such long corridors, and in many renovations of old houses, the corridor is eliminated to optimize each square meter.
The encyclopedias. Today, when we have to search for information, we turn to the internet. But there was a time when encyclopedias were part of the landscape of any Spanish home to consult any doubt that might have.
Videos and DVD’s. Today we consume movies and series on platforms. Not so long ago, we rented movies at the video store, and then watched them at home. First on VHS, then on DVD. Today, although luckily turntables are coming back into fashion, and in some houses music lovers still have a chain. But most Spaniards listen to music through the computer or mobile phone.
Boomboxes, record players and music chains. Who hasn’t studied a test with a cassette tape, listened to the Top 40, or put a CD on the stereo on a Saturday morning? Today, there are no boomboxes left in our homes, and although record players are becoming fashionable again, stereos have been relegated to the homes of the most inveterate mythomaniacs.
Tasteless decorations. Flamenco dolls, hunting scenes, scary dolls, clowns or bulls on the television… there was a time when objects of dubious taste decorated furniture in the living room, dining room and bedroom. Luckily, those objects are also a thing of the past.
Wedding gifts that nobody could stand. Today it sounds like a joke to us, but not so many decades ago, the halls of half of Spain were decorated with paintings, porcelain figurines and decorative objects of the most varied that were horrible but that were exposed by commitment. Luckily today, no one considers having an object that we do not like as part of the decoration of their home.
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