[noufalibrahim]

I wasn't around in the 60s but I had a chemistry set from Salter Science in the 80s and loved it. They had details on how to make simple glassware and so many other things. I didn't have carbon rods for the electrochemistry section but I managed to supplement the manual with another "science experiments book" and pulled out a few from spent batteries. Even synthesised a few simple salts based on my understanding of how things worked so that I could try out the "advanced" experiments from the book.

Modern chemistry sets are extremely lightweight and boring in comparison.

[WalterBright]

Modern chemistry sets appeared around 1970, when they started removing "dangerous" chemicals from them. My parents gave me what turned out to be the last decent chemistry set. I had a great deal of fun with it.

Current ones are little more than what you can find in the kitchen.