r/BeAmazed • u/kennny41 • 15d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Conversation Pits Were a Popular Home Feature from the 1950s to 1970s, Designed for Social Interaction

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u/SoVerySleepy81 15d ago

We had these in school except they were called library pits.

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u/SoVerySleepy81 15d ago

No it was always the library pit or the reading pit. I wonder if it’s regional, I’m from the PNW.

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u/Cognac_Carl 14d ago

In my school it was called that. Houston Texas area.

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u/pat-ience-4385 14d ago

Did you grow up in NM or AZ?