The topic of this thesis deals with the question what childhood looked like in the middle of the 20th century and belongs to the field of sociology of childhood. The paper sought to make a contribution to the understanding of childhood viewed from a sociological perspective. The aim of this paper was to research and describe childhood in the village of Lećevica in Dalmatian hinterland in the fifties of the last century, and for this purpose the interview method was used. The conducted interview was recorded, and based on that audio recording, an authentic transcript was made. The interlocutor with whom the interview was conducted was born in 1947 in Lećevica and spent her childhood in the mentioned village. The interlocutor's narratives talk about growing up in the countryside, family relationships and social life in the context of that time. Based on the analysis of the collected data, it was concluded that childhood in the countryside in the 1950s was characterized by work and helping adults. The children played every day, but only when they found time to play, while the elders were resting or while looking after domestic animals. They did not have industrial toys, but made them themselves from various materials and objects. Children met each other and made friendships in the village or school, and according to the interviewee, they all played and socialized together, both boys and girls. There is a primary school in the village, which was also attended by children from other villages. The interlocutor's mother attached more importance to learning household and other chores than to schooling. Various holidays and customs specific to this area are also part of the childhood of children growing up in the countryside. This paper tried to make a contribution to the understanding of childhood in the countryside in the middle of the 20th century.