Perhaps someone older than me could satisfy my curiosity; before online NOTAMs if one was at a small airfield in the middle of nowhere how did one get them, did you just call someone up for a briefing?
Most airfields and glider sites subscribed to a twice weekly list of NOTAMs that arrived by post. It was typically 70 to 100 pages long. This would be kept in a prominent position available to all pilots.
P.S. I started flying light aircraft in the early '70s and was expected by my instructor to check through the list of NOTAMs if we were going to leave the circuit.