I remember cloth diapers. My brother was probably the last in my extended family to wear them.

My family did own a black and white tv.

I remember people wanting to buy a smaller tv for a clearer picture.

Remember when EVERY house had a tv aerial on its roof?

 

Remembering some more......

Flying "A" gas stations

Cleaned windshield with every fuel up.

Free glasses with each fill up.

S&H green stamps

Almost every kid in the neighborhood had a cap gun, and wasn't

considered to be a threat.

Door to door salesmen

Kids were able to ride in the back of pickups and station wagons.

Yard long bubble gum.

Buster Brown shoes

Cracker Jacks actually had cool prizes.

Listening to your favorite 45's on your mono record player.

Mom defrosting your freezer (manually)

 

i got 17 years on ya matt and i remember alot more than that.. like vynal records.. the iran hostages, beta movies cars and trucks made out of real metal, pop cans with real pull tabs, bell bottom pants and leisure suits ( ok not such a fond memory) watergate, john lennon walking around manhattan NY the birth of cable tv super 8 mm movies, flashbulbs,decent tv shows ( sadly without all the breasts and all ya see today) shall i go on??

 

When you got a new pair of shoes, there was an x-ray machine so you could see how your feet fit the shoes. Levi's were $6 and were made in the U.S. Tennis shoes were mainly Ked's brand and they all were white and looked alike.

 

I think statistically, there is less chance of kids being abducted now than there use to be, we are just more concerned about it now. Probably due to nationwide coverage now when it happens.

All the perverts have always been there also. Did you ever notice the people they catch have been doing things since the 60's in a lot of cases. (Catholic Church comes to mind) Back then- nobody talked about it.

I don't want my kids on the metal slides that are 9 foot tall or the metal monkey bars- too many toothless kids in my day from them.

But the innocence that we had in those days is missing...

 

I've read all posts twice and have decided I'm about the oldest "old fart" here. I'm of 1936 vintage. I'd like to add that the insurance man used to come once a month in his Willis car to collect a buck or two premium and the junk man riding around in his truck, calling out, "rags- old iron." I remember when F.D.R died. They interrupted my afternoon, 15 minute stories of , the Lone Ranger, Capt. Midnight, Henry Aldridge, Sky King, etc. on the radio. It's amazing how good all your memories are and how bad mine has gotten. I can relate to almost every one except the ones where it appears that you grew up in a small town or where you had neighbors. One thing I have gained from your stories is that there may be hope for us yet. You "young kids" of the 80's, whether you realize it or not, show wisdom beyond your age. I'm not sure how this Country got into this mess but it's comforting to know not everyone is nuts. As Bob Hope used to sing.......
"THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES."

 

Born in 61...

Late 60s early 70s
when cereal boxes had decent toys made in the usa...
(the battle ships were the best)
Christmas tree lights were huge;')
All my bothers, and friends owned american muscle cars.
(GTOs, chevy ss, Grand Torino, El Camino, Mustang, Nova, Mach1,
...bel airs, etc)
Bikes with chopped out front forks.
real 5 and dimes...woolworth!
Real army and navy stores.
When sears was a decent brand name.
Listening to my older brther albums.
(grand funk RR, Motown, Beatles, 2 dog night;'), all things must pass, ..)
Tang.
There was no such thing as PC
All the hippies (students)who rented across the street were always fixing the VWs ;') ,...and stoned
I could go on forever...
The boston bruins of 1970 pie makenzie, Bobby Orr, Espo, Sanderson...

 

i just noticed today working at the temp agency place i got set up with, something came to mind...

remember when tools had WOOD handles? there was a file, a hand saw, and a screwdriver. the file was the only one with the wood handle

 

Hop Scotch
Skipping Rope
Cap Rockets
Race your slinky down the stairs
Twister
Whamo's Frisbee
5 cent bags of potato chips that had more in them than today's $1 bags
15 cents per gallon gasoline
29 cent a pound butter
The Strap at school
Very Few Traffic lights
Free Parking that is now metered
Receiving instructions of what to put in your bomb shelter if you built one.
Elvis Presley begins his career
Ed Sullivan's " Toast of the Town:
Wild Bill Hickok & Gingles & The Lone Ranger Radio Shows
Living Through "Beatlemania"
Woman were not allowed in a Tavern without an escort
Woman were allowed to Vote
Someone mentioned Ked's...how about Puma's & Hightopper running shoes
Paisely clothing
Beachcomber Pants
Really Pointy Men's shoes & then you developed a flip Kick with them.
Poodle Skirts
Jello came in 5 flavours
Pudding Came in 5 Flavours
Ice Cream came in 3 flavours
Hockey Sticks seemed to as much as a medium size branch from an OAK Tree.
Dictionaries were only 1/2" thick
Funk & Wagnalls came out available at All Safeway Stores ONE Volume at a time.
candy cigarettes
Coke-shaped wax bottles with colored sugar water inside
soda machines that dispensed glass bottles
coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
Blackjack, Clove, and Teaberry chewing gum
home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
newsreels before the movie
8 MM movie cameras
P.F. Fliers
metal ice cubes trays with levers
Beanie and Cecil
roller-skate keys
cork pop guns
drive-ins
Studebakers
washtub wringers
the Fuller Brush man
reel-to-reel tape recorders
Tinkertoys
Erector sets
Meccano sets
the Fort Apache play set
Lincoln logs
15-cent McDonald hamburgers
A quarter was a decent allowance.
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
All male teachers wore neckties, and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels.

 

Dennis.Do you remember an old Canadian kids show years ago ,The Friendly Giant?

 

Yes,with Rusty & Jerome the Giraffe.

The theme song was : early one mo...oorning just as the sun was risiii...i i ng

 

I've got shoes older than some of you.

 

I was always glued to the tv when that came on .I watched Captain Kangaroo on channel 8,and Friendly Giant on 6.We only had 2 stations.I thought he was cool.lol. Man,that was years ago.

 

His name is Robert Homme.

*Homme* in French means Man/Male

Now that I have had time to think of all the lyrics to that theme song.
Here it is:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Early one morning,
Just as the sun was rising,
I heard a maid singing,
Down in the valley below

O don't deceive me,
O never leave me,
How could you use a poor maiden so?

Remember the vows
That you made to your Mary
Remember the bowery
Where you vowed to be true

O don't deceive me,
O never leave me,
How could you use a poor maiden so?

Gay is the garland,
And fresh are the roses
I've culled from the garden
To bind on your brow

O don't deceive me,
O never leave me,
How could you use a poor maiden so?

Thus sung the maiden,
Her sorrows bewailing,
Thus sung the poor maid
In the valley below

 

Thanks Dennis.You just brought back a lot of old memories.The part that really stuck out in my mind is when he would stand in front of the camera and say "Look up,Look Wayyyyyyyy up.Geez,that guy looked ten feet tall.He was the Canadian version of Captain Kangaroo.