Boredom had a very different shape then. Children built entire afternoons out of whatever was available. They played cricket in lanes, invented games with chalk and stones, made up rules halfway through and argued them out face to face.
If there was music, it came from cassettes, CDs or the radio. If there was a movie, it was watched in full, often with the same family members, sometimes on a small television with that faint hum that older homes still remember well. Entertainment was less personalised, but it was also more shared.
