Digested

A memory of my grandparents house:- in the back bedroom was a pile of "Readers Digest" - now sadly gone to the great publishing house in the sky. I loved these, & enjoyed browsing through them on sleepovers. There were jokes, general interest articles, and of course, "It pays to increase your wordpower".

It was:-

Reader's Digest was a popular American general-interest magazine, founded in 1922, known for its condensed articles, uplifting stories, humor, brain teasers (like Word Power), and condensed books, simplifying complex topics for broad appeal.

Why my grandparents subscribed to it, is too late to discover now, but I guess it's what people did for entertainment back in the 60's. Radio, 1 tv channel, records, newspapers & this. Were they pretentious middle class? I'd like to think not.