FORGOTTEN Objects in EVERY 1960s Kitchen - Life in America
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My mother passed away 12 years ago. Not a day goes by that I don't think about my mom. She was my best friend she made a trip to the store fun. I go grocery shopping when I get my paycheck now but it's not the same. Now I just go through the motions without anyone to share it with. She was a 1960s mom a stay at home mom and my dad was the bread winner. I thank God that I had such good loving parents because a lot of kids grow up in a loveless environment. But it doesn't take away the pain of them being gone.
I'm sorry you don't have them with you anymore, but I'm glad to hear you have those wonderful memories of them. Have a beautiful day ❤️
I know how you feel, I miss my mum also. Australia
I know how you feel. I was born in 57 and up grew up with a stay at home mom while dad worked. I was very close to mom and when she died in 1987 at age 56, we were all devastated. I still really miss my mom and it's 33 years later. Love you, mom. Until we meet again someday.
You were blessed.🙏🏼
That was so nice of you to share that with all of us Thomas . My mom passed 5 years august. And sugar pops was one of her fav cereals.. Along with apple jacks& grape nuts .. I miss her every single day... Just take it one day at a time.. That's all we can do.. God Blessed You Thomas
My mother who passed away last month at 93 was one of those 60s women so well presented in this video. I was forced to sell the house I grew up in (closed yesterday) that seemingly was frozen in 1967. It was a sad occasion the final passing of those memorable time.
My mum passed 92 last year and her 1964 house was pretty much as is. It was demolished after being sold. So sad 😞 I still have the memories
@@frisky9 and WWeronko+ I am so sorry for your loss🌹🌹 and about your childhood homes🌹🌹. I lost my Late Dad in 2008, but we always lived in apartments. However, my Late Grandparents both got very sick at the same time and my Mom's Childhood home had to be given to up for my now Late Grandparents care. I will always remember my Late Grandparent's house in the suburbs and spending time with them during the Summer growing up. At least we all have the memories🌹🌹.
Very sad!
Boy, do I know exactly how you feel. I kept everything as much as I could after my folks died and we had to sell the house. I had a big storage unit packed full with memories. For years I had paid a monthly rent till I had to make the sad conclusion that I just can't keep holding on to my stuff and paying all this rent. It still makes me sick when I think about all the stuff I had to let go. I kept as much as I could such as pictures, heirlooms, etc, but I still have to remind myself of the serenity prayer at times. I'm sorry to read about your recent loss. Prayers and condolences. 🙏
You made me cry
My mom turns 90 next month my dad is 90
We had this type of house too
I can close my eyes and see it all again.. I wouldn’t trade these memories for a million dollars.
Same here, can’t put a price on them!
Why don't all of us subscribers chip in, and rent a time machine? Let's all go back to the 20th Century!
@@MisterMikeTexas hell yes I totally agree 👍
I agree 100%
Although I always felt I should’ve been, I wasn’t fortunate enough to grow up in this beautiful era. But I did find a way to go back and live there as much as reality will allow it to happen. I’m still buying a small early 60s home furnished period correct, every day drive A 63 Galaxy very decent shape for the year, and still working on finding a Functional TV that I can convert. For now I have no TV.🚀✨🚀✨🚀
My brain is happy we went back to sweeter memories of time and families that unfortunately not around anymore. Thank you for this video.
Why not you can make it happen
@@keepitforreally4501, not if the family members have passed away. I have fond memories of both my mom and dad taking turns cooking meals in our severely outdated kitchen. We had the same gas range/oven for as long as I could remember. When my dad passed away in 2013, I had to sell the house. That same range was still there. The realtor made a comment about how old the range must have been. When I told him that the range was from 1948 he almost fell over. It was a Tappan and was still going strong.
@@gregggoss2210 Mother cooked on a Tappan range from the forties until I was in high school. She bought a brand new GE range and it's still in the house. The range is about 51 years old. She gave the old Tappan to a family that needed a good range. I'd take that old Tappan over anything made today. My first range was a 1951 Roper that I bought from the original owner in 1978. I used it until 2002. It finally gave up the ghost.
@@gregggoss2210 was it pink? My mom had a pink one and the Frigidaire was pink. 💜❤️🦊
@@foxiedogitchypaws7141, no it was white. A lot of good meals came from that stove. All prepared with lots of love.
I still have my parents Fridgeaire Flair stove with double ovens that they purchased in the ‘60’s. I can’t imagine bending down to get things out of the oven. With 2 stoves you can prepare 2 different items at different temperatures. I wish Fridgeaire would start making them again, they are the Rolls Royce of stoves. Everyone that see mine comments how amazing it is.
General Motors made amazing appliances and was sad to see them sell Frigidaire to White Consolidated Industries.
As for the comments, I bet. They are one of the coolest stoves ever. However, I hear they are a real glutz to move.
I used to house sit for people that had the Tappan version of the Flair. It was called Fabulous 500. Four burners were in a drawer with the 2 ovens above. Similar design, but the ovens opened like doors instead of lifting up. It was very futuristic. I'm sure whoever owns that house now has gotten rid of it.
We had a very small kitchen (60’s)but we had one of those stoves. It was really neat. It was futuristic!
My mother always loved the Bewitched kitchen. The stove was part of the reason. But they were the Rolls Royce, and no where near in her budget range.
And from others people who like you still have one, they last like a Rolls as well. Too bad they don't make them again. Only change, a magnetic cooktop.
BORN IN 1959, I GOT TO SEE MOM ROCK THE KITCHEN, AND PROVIDE US WITH AWESOME MEALS !
“I GOT TO SEE MOM ROCK THE KITCHEN” 😆 that has got to be one of the most awesome statements I ever heard! Such a statement invokes A visual. I can imagine her in there going to town, ready to throw out anyone who got in her path!🚀✨🚀✨🚀
@@angeldesigns1385 I love to create in the KITCH...I learned much from MOM, and yes in the KITCHEN she was BOSS !
Me too, 1959, Mom made the best meals ever. I have all her recipes, and I think I achieved her awesomeness!
@@kentborges5114 Yes sir my mom would throw us out in a heartbeat! She used to cook everything from scratch so I never had much luck duplicating her skills, but I did eventually get her chicken and rice (my favorite meal) exactly the way she used to make it. It took me quite a long time.🚀✨🚀✨🚀
@@angeldesigns1385 And yes, MOM came through at dessert with her famous Pecan Praline Vanilla Cream Pie ! She would make TWO and they would vanish...YUM YUM
You constantly amaze me with all these recollection videos. Being an old man now takes me away from the troublesome world now and back to when life seemed like a wonderous and seemed like a simpler era. Thank you for all your work, research and devotion to your TH-cam channel.
Maybe a old man but a young heart. We all here say the same, the old days are much better than now and I worry very much about my grandchildren.
Iam 74 and wondering how I got here so fast😳 yes I love these videos! They are calming and represent America as we once knew it. Seeing my Beautiful country being destroyed breaks my heart.🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏❤
@@tangledshoelace4726 I feel the same as you.
It's very bittersweet. I'm Gen X and over the hill and even then was much better than today.
@@tangledshoelace4726 breaks my heart and I am 57 yrs old. I have never been so afraid for our country as I am now.
The 60s decor was transitional. Early 60s still echoed the pinks, yellows, turquoises of the late 50s. My wife’s mom still has the turquoise Formica from ‘62. Mid-late 60s brought the copper browns, harvest golds, avocados. Our ‘65 house had white Formica with the gold specks, brown built-ins. By ‘70 the loud colors were “in,” the Brady Bunch oranges and so on-and the orange, lime green, purple muscle cars arrived.
My parents bought a bright orange Poly Perk percolator. You weren’t going to find that in 1962! Neither the plastic or the color.
I like the colored refrigerators and stoves. Had an old gold fridge. I like the blue or pink bathtubs & sinks. I hate stainless steel appliances. They are resturant appliances. I remember cleaning them in the resturants. I like color Color is pretty and adds character! Fun!
Oooh I’d love turquoise Formica! 😍 it’s funny since I’m in my 30’s but I love all that stuff like it’s my style. When I buy my own home I’m gonna add color and flair to it.
I love comments like these
Yup. My house was made in 63 but has more of the 50s colors. Pink Tappan range top & wall mounted oven. Bathroom tub, sink & tiles are that bird egg blue. The exterior of the house(stucco) & fireplace brick was originally pink(they called it coral).
4:44 My friend's mom, now in her 80s, still lives in the same house since she was three-year-old. Her only phone remains a black on-the-wall phone in the kitchen. I'm pretty sure that baby has been there since the '40s.
I don’t think they had wall phones in the ‘40s. The ‘40s telephone was a heavy black dial phone, and even the receiver was heavy. My grandparents still had one when I was growing up. It sat on a telephone table, which had a recess for the phone book and pencil and paper, and a seat.
@@genxx2724 And yet, she has a black wall phone in the kitchen to this day. Maybe she didn't have a phone as a little girl; I can ask her about that.
Even in the early '60s, I knew kids at school who didn't have a phone.
@@josephgaviota OH! 💡 You’re referring to the phone where they held the receiver to their ear, it was separate from the microphone, and it had no dial. They picked up the receiver, the operator responded, and the operator connected them to the person they wanted to call. THAT wall phone.
Nah . . . that can’t be it, or it couldn’t be her only phone. I’m sure her wall phone is from the ‘60s. Before that, every home had this ☎ type. Ask her.
My grandparents had a pink one 🧑🦳 the rotary kind
Everything my parents had came from a second hand store. There was no style preference but we always had what we needed.
My Mom had one of those "Bewitched" oven/ranges. It was absolutely gorgeous with chrome on the inside of the oven, glass doors with rosewood handles. The electric burners folded into the wall leaving only a cutting board where the burners were. I hear they are highly collectable now. The entire unit looked like it came out of the Jetson's house.
I am jealous that you have firsthand experience w/ those ovens!!!
The interesting thing about these appliances is that we had a far wider range of options in the 1960s than we do now, at least in the U.S. I’ve seen some interesting appliances-like an updated version of the Bewitched oven (which pulls down from an upper cabinet)-from companies like Kuppersbusch, Fagor, etc., but they’ve all pretty much exited the US market in the last 5 years. Today, all appliances, regardless of the manufacturer, look pretty much the same, does pretty much the same things, etc., with the only color options typically being white, stainless/silver, and, if you are lucky, black. SMEG offers some interesting retro colors, but their appliances are otherwise unremarkable…
@@nondescriptnyc Smeg appliances are also overpriced. I looked at them and they are not as nice as they could be for the cost.
My Mom's first kitchen was a 1947 kitchen? It had a huge range that had dials that turned colors. It was white and huge! It had a steamer unit in it 4 burners, a warming drawer, a oven, and huge enamel surface! Then in 69 our kitchen looked like a diner. We had black and white tile floors! We got a formica table with red chairs. It was loud and proud. In 76' Mom went avocado green everywhere! Even the washer and dryer. In the mid 1980's, Mom went with a brown stove and fridge! She wallpapered everything! We also had dark cabinets and a yellow countertop! The young couple that bought Mom's house in the 90's, loved it! I thought they were nuts! Mom's gone now, but her latest kitchen still remains! She redid it in 1950's teal blue retro appliances with a grey stacked rock fireplace and accent wall. My brother now owns it. I know he'll never change it!
In the late 60''s/early 70's, my mother had a similar stove - where the cook top could be pushed in, out of sight when not in use, and with two ovens on top. What I most remember is how when it was my turn to "clean up" after dinner, I frequently took advantage of that "push in" stove top and simply closed it so you couldn't see what a mess it was. My spouse and I were looking at houses maybe 10 years ago and we ended up seeing one of these stoves in an Open House and I went nuts over it. (Not that I'd want it now as I don't like electric burners.)
My mother still has that bewitched ovens and separate stove
These appliances still work.
Love my pop tarts. Still do.
_These appliances still work._
Well, they weren't made in CHI-NAH.
I lived through the 60’s it was fantastic the music, the style, the simplicity,just being young again 😔being child with no burdens or sadness ….
And the freedom of coming home from school, changing out of school clothes and going outside to roam the neighborhood with other kids until it got dark - riding bikes, building forts, hanging out in vacant lots to lie in the sour grass on our backs, chomping on the stems and watching the clouds pass by overhead.
We had the wall phone in our kitchen and I remember paul McCartney calling me when I won the KRLA contest in 1965.
Ah, KRLA… KHJ… great memories to be a teen in LA!
@@victoriahunter4076 ,,I remember when BOYS were REAL boys, and GIRLS were REAL girls, and they knew what public restrooms to use, no confusion and no MENTAL ILLNESS
I was five years old… That is so badass
I _still_ listen to KRLA ... of course now it's talk radio, but still; it's hard to believe how long that's been around!
You must be in so cal! I remember khj radio!!!!!!
The nostalgia when watching this is overwhelming ...... SIGH ......🙂
Me too. We've lost our civilization. Our Democrat enemies demonized it and turned it into a third world cesspool.
In 1967 when I was 3, Dad retired from the Air Force, and re-entered civilian life. We then left Chanute AFB in Illinois and settled in Fort Worth, Texas. My parents soon bought a new "inventory" show house. It was the new standard 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage on-slab ranch-style with central heat and air. It was basically a good-looking design, but the colors and prints used were dark and weird. Mom never cared for them, lol! The brick facade was light yellow, the asphalt shingle roof dark gray, and all the wood trimming was a slightly lighter but still dark "battleship gray", as Mom called it. That all would change a bit later! The kitchen had typical 60s tract home simple wood cabinets, and the original Formica countertops were dark gray (or black) with a barely-noticeable green pattern print. The inside of our home was the new typical "open concept", with the front foyer immediately opening into the den, the den running into the walk-through dining area, and the dining area running into the kitchen, separated by an island (also with those dark Formica tops). On the dining room side of the island was the "breakfast bar", for breakfast and lunch. On the kitchen side was the separate cook top range, with range hood above. Because it was a "show house" before my parents bought it, the range was electric, but the wall double-oven a few feet away was gas! The range was a Roper brand. The oven and built-in dishwasher were by Caloric. Each were the black or dark gray, instead of the more typical avocado, harvest gold, or coppertone. Within the next 15 years, all that would change, brown paint replacing gray on the wood trim, lighter brown shingles after a few hail storms (Texas weather!), an addition in the early 80s bringing a separate dining room, sunroom, and walk-in pantry, and a whole kitchen makeover with brighter, more tasteful colors. Also, with a single-unit stove-oven range.
I was born at Chanute AFB.
The orange and yellow floral wallpaper. It brought back memories of my granny, helping my Mom put it up in the kitchen.
Dad and Mom were having a time of it, trying to get it measured correctly and hung. But my granny, who only had an 8th grade education got it figured out and up in no time. She was one of the smartest woman I ever knew! Not 'book smart" but man, she could do anything.
Our 1960's fridge had it's own ice cube maker.
Our fridge was Avocado Green.
I had my first taste of Cap'n Crunch when a sample box was delivered to our mailbox one day when my older brothers were at school.
Thank you for bringing back sweet memories once again!! I know I have said it before but it somehow never seems enough so I will say it again,...I LOVE this channel :)
Join the club my friend same with me good memories
Bridget & Monti ... Me too, I agree ! : ) & tfs
@@montibarnett6740 ,,I remember when BOYS were REAL boys, and GIRLS were REAL girls, and they knew what public restrooms to use, no confusion and no MENTAL ILLNESS
@@saminaneen _... no confusion ..._
Those _were_ simpler times. I guess we followed the science back then.
@@saminaneen Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, someone figure it out that “anything” can “make sense” if it’s Ridiculously over thought🚀✨🚀✨🚀
Yes, the Amana Radarange! My grandparents had one of the first. 30 years later they had passed on, and my father was in charge of selling their house---that Amana still worked just fine. To be honest though, I prefer the decor of the 50's kitchen---love the bright Formica counters. I remember that wall-mounted kitchen phones lived on even through the 80's
My aunt had one of the first RadarRanges too. The door looked like something you would expect to see at Ft. Knox.
@@scooterdover2771 Yep....and they had HUGE plastic pushbuttons on the front
I think I recall tv game shows giving those away as spectacular prizes back in the day.
My parents gave me my Amana radarange about '93 or so, can't believe it's been 30 years+. It still works fine and I like the large size and it sits on the counter. It does take up precious space but I don't want a microwave over the stovetop anyway. Too hard to get out reheated liquids reaching up. A few years ago, a repairman checked it for me, no leaks. So still good, knock on wood. I don't want to give it up.
My Mom just got rid of her Frigidaire Flair range. It came in their retirement place in Florida and was original to the kitchen there. The last remaining burner on it had quit, and the ovens fluctuated wildly by 200+ degrees. It was taken by someone with plans to rebuild it, so hopefully it'll be back in action for someone else soon.
people are looking for Flairs online
As Recollection Road would say, "those are worth a pretty penny."
That is amazing.!!! I hope it gets repaired and someone else gets the pleasure of it for many more years
I’m a collector of everything Mid-Century Modern, and every kitchen in your video I would live with! ❤️ The 1950s-60s is my favorite time period and I enjoy your videos. There’s one iconic kitchen that I was looking for as I watched, the Brady’s. ❤️😊
I can still see the colors!!!
I remember the wall phone cords kept getting longer and longer so that eventually you could walk half-way thru the house while talking on the phone. And Pop-tarts, along with Instant Breakfast, were a staple in our house in the 60s. You could easily burn your mouth on a hot Pop-tart if you gulped it too fast from the toaster.
They had lava inside! LOL.
You had one of those 20 foot cords too? 😂 We had one of the first green phones in Denver. It sat proudly in the dinning room on the phone stand. Then came the phone hanging on the wall in the kitchen and one of us kids would have that 20 foot- 25 foot cord pulled tight all the way down the hallway into our bedroom,lol ❤️💜🤗🦊
Tang anyone?
We had the super long cord also. The kitchen was the center of the house. You had to go through it to get to anywhere else in the house. So that cord let you talk from anywhere. Mom just followed the cord to find us. It would eventually get all twisted and knotted so you had to take it off the receiver and the phone to untangle it then snap it back on. Before the wall hung phone in the kitchen we had the wall nook that held the phone that sat on a surface. You had the shelf for the phone, a draw under neath the shelf to hold the phone book and a note pad and pencil. Behind the phone was a chalk board where we could jot a quick note saying where we were going. My dad had built this, and he framed it with the same facings that were around the doors, so that it would match. Even after we had the wall hung phone, my mother kept that phone nook and put framed pictures sitting on the shelf, and the drawer was still used for pencils and note cards. I have my own home now, and in remembrance of my dad, I put a phone nook in the wall next to the front door. I build it just like his, only it holds our cell phones for charge. I ran a wire to it with a plug to charge the cell phone. And I have the lower drawer and it holds note cards and pencils/pens. Also stamps, rubber bands and glue sticks. It is now the mini junk drawer!
I do remember having my first cinnamon pop-tart when they first came out. Back then the cinnamon was more real tasting and less sugar, so it tasted better then todays artificial and full of sugar pop-tart that we have today. And I still use my Corning Ware.
I 👍 agree, everything tasted better back then.
@@donaldmilhoan6379 I imagine it did and unfortunately I missed it😕 my regrettable procrastination landed me in the 80s🚀✨🚀✨🚀
My favorite was grape, (which sadly they don't make anymore) back in the 60's. I wish they would stop making those disgusting, frosted ones.
I always liked the Toastem ones the best. I do see them from time to time, but they always have that nasty crusty frosting.
@@DLAN-jb3hb You can get Publix brand in Florida that has no frosting.
Such a heart warming & full of nice memories compilation : ) ... truly loved it !! Thank-you for making it. A wealthy neighbor of ours was the 1st in our area to get a "Microwave-oven'' - it seems funny / dorky to say this - but it was such a neat/new kitchen accessory that many of the mom's & daughters went over to the see it - "in person'' (lol) I vividly remember it had 3 big chunky dials on it, OFF/ON, High or Low & a Timer : ) ... the thing was Huge & as a kid I felt like it took up 1/2 the countertop (lol) ... Mrs. Vale put a hotdog in a hotdog bun, wrapped it in a paper towel & microwaved it for under 1 minute ... (to me as a kid) it was soooo YUMMY & Quick !! : ) She did 1 for each person there : )
We weren't able to purchase a Microwave for approx. another 5 years when the prices finally started to go down, but when we did, it was still exciting to our family.
Again, I truly love all of your videos, ... you do such a Great Job capturing the past, your narration, etc : ) HAGWknd !!
Similar for me :-) "Rich" neighbors had it; we got one 7 or 8 years later-and the kids weren't allowed to "play with it." I'm sure it was an expensive "buy" for my parents, and they didn't want the kinds ginking it up.
@@josephgaviota Yes, your comment made me recall - that I do believe my brother & I were given 'lessons' how to use it properly & there'd be no ''fooling around'' with the dials ! (cute-silly lol) Thanks for sharing your experience / memory ! Hope you HAGWknd ! : )
My Mom got a microwave in '74, It was the type that was located above the stove, with a built in fan.
@@spottheborgcat6523 yes, I hear you ... : ) A friend of mine from school had the same / their hse had the over the stove type too, they later bought the Radio that was mounted right under the cupboards, [cute lol] tfs & HAGWknd !
I love these look-backs, so many things I have forgotten about but bring a warm smile to my face when I see the things I grew up with. I do remember when Electrical things were all the rage and my mom always wanted a dishwasher but they were still kinda expensive so she never had one until I was in high school. Also, the telephone in the kitchen had this super long cord that would always get knotted up and you had to unwind it when you used it but it would reach anywhere in the kitchen and family room.
Lol. Yeah I could answer the phone in the kitchen wall and lay on the couch in the den or go down the steps and sit on the patio. We had a trilevel home with the bedrooms over the 3 car garage! Those phone cords were something! Yeah, about once a day you had to untangle it! Dad was always on us to make sure we weren't talking long distance. We lived in a small town and we went to school in the next town. Of coarse most of our friends lived there and it was long distance! I remember my Dad getting a 65 dollar phone bill once and he lost his religion, lol! I never saw him so wired up! Considering bills today, I laugh at the memory! I'm sure it was serious back then though!
@@waynegross2113 Similar memories. I remember going out to buy a super long cord for that wall phone so that I could walk through the house, out the backdoor, and sit on the patio to talk for hours with friends in privacy! Luckily not long distance to where my friends lived. It's amazing what people pay today for their cable/internet/phone connections and yes, when long distance costs showed up on the phone bill back then... dad was NOT happy!
I didn't have a microwave until 1990, and that was a Panasonic that my father gave me when he was downsizing. It ran beautifully for 34 years, believe it or not. Dad had had it for a few years before giving it to me; the manufacture date was 1984.
I believe it. I have my Mom's original mix master. It runs better than my current, very expensive Kitchen Aid Classic!!!
Ahhh, simpler times. My mom preferred harvest gold with oak cabinets. Our favorite TV chef was the Galloping Gourmet. Considering the lack of technology back than we never had without. We got alone just fine. We didn't get a microwave till the mid 70s. Now I can't imagine without one. The good ole days. They sure we're fun as a kid, thanks.
Galloping Gourmet was on in our house also. Mom preferred Avocado green .
Avocado green was my Mom's favorite!
I loved the Galloping Gourmet. I remember I tried to cook a Galloping Gourmet meal for my family at the age of 10 or 11 or 12. I remember trying to effect the bon vivant attitude of that guy while I was cooking, even pouring a little bit of my parents' wine into a glass to be like him. When I pulled what I was baking out of the wall oven, it slid off the rack and dumped on the floor. To this day (at the age of 63) I still remember the tragedy of it all!
I absolutely love all these 1960's kitchens.❤️
as an adult I went from pop tarts to store brands..just bought some honeycomb last week..remember space food sticks? I have orange formica countertops and black appliances :) cept the white range
Space food sticks? Yeah I remember those!!!!
My parents first house ( three bedrooms one bath ) cost 12,000 dollars in the 1950s then renovated it more larger in the 1970s. You could find me in the kitchen when my mother was baking a cake so i could lick the spoon and beaters, i also loved smelling the vanilla extract and clove.
Brings back memories. :)
Wow remember the flair oven and stove, electric can opener, and Corning ware that were hold overs to the 1970’s. I still have the Corning ware btw!
_I still have the Corning ware btw!_
I have some of my mom's (God rest her soul) ... That stuff will last _FOREVER_ (or at least until you drop it ;-)
Edit: fix typo.
I still use my Corning Ware.
My Dad built a bright yellow kitchen with a brick archway leading into a small dining room. Every room of his house was a different style, it reminded me of a model home. I thought it was great.
Always nice nostalgia.
When I was a kid during the 60s, one of our neighbors had a house with its entire exterior made of knotty pine. It looked really conspicuous, but also beautiful. This was in southern California where it rarely makes an attempt at snowing, and it was sealed with a soft satiny glow. Very lovely home, plainly visible from our streets.
Kitchen very similar to my family’s circa 1955. My parents bought a house when I was 5 for approximately $8000. There was an old farmhouse sink, a large pantry and little else. My uncle was a carpenter and he remodeled the kitchen, putting in cabinets which were painted a grayish white, a new stainless steel double sink, countertop range and built-in double oven. Many wonderful meals were cooked and served in that kitchen and every meal was together as a family. On Sunday we always ate dinner/supper at the dining room table, but all other meals were served in the kitchen. My mother always had custom draperies throughout the house including a beautiful bright print which had pink, blue and other colors. I loved them. I had loving parents and a very wonderful childhood for which I am grateful every day of my life. We didn’t have a lot, but we had a very nice home overlooking Lake Superior, good food all prepared by my mother and hand sewn clothes. She was an amazing seamstress. If there is a heaven, it’s an eternity of living my childhood with my family.
يالهي الدموع تقفز من عيني بسبب تعليقك الجميل والمؤثر
شكرا لانك تشاركنا هذا الدفء❤❤❤
Love these type of videos! All of that knotty pine is definitely where the producers of Mad Men came up with the Draper Kitchen!
That was a photo from the set of the Draper's kitchen on Mad Men.
Yes! I decided to rewatch the series just so I can see the Drapers kitchen again!
@@kennixox262 If you check out episodes of Ozzie and Harriet, you will find the same knotty pine in their kitchen as well.
@@audraphillips448 check out episodes of Ozzie and Harriet as well.🙂
Hello from Illinois, love seeing these flashes from the past.
Our wall phone was yellow, we had it into the 70’s, when me and my sisters boyfriends would call we would stretch it all the way down the hall so no one could listen to us talk. That thing was so stretched out🫢.Good memories!
Julene ... totally Sweet / Cute memory, Thanks for sharing !
@@cindyglass5827 ,,I remember when BOYS were REAL boys, and GIRLS were REAL girls, and they knew what public restrooms to use, no confusion and no MENTAL ILLNESS
@@cindyglass5827 it was real anticipation waiting for your boyfriend to call and I had four sisters 😆sometimes I would have to wait for a day.
@@julenepegher6999 Oh Wow : ( I can only imagine, that would be quite 'the wait' - I guess I should be happy that it was only my brother & I re: the phone ! (cute lol) Thanks for sharing : ) & HAGWknd !!
@@saminaneen Yes ~ times have changed so much ... Thanks for sharing, Hope you HAGWknd ! : )
Kitchen utensils and gadgets I inherited from my mother and grandmother are still going strong. All of the computerized kitchen stuff I have had to replace several times over..
3:40 Those old microwaves were _unbelievably_ heavy.
We got a microwave sometime in the mid-'70s. We kids pretty much never used it-maybe we weren't allowed to(?)-I don't remember. We used the toaster oven a lot.
I, was born in 1957 in Detroit, Michigan. I grew up in the 1960's. I, remember Bewitched, I was liked the sugary cereals and the Kellogg's Pop Tarts in 1964. I, remember the Corning Ware Baking Dishes. And, the wall phones.I, remember when supermarkets were giving trading stamps. Those, were the good old days back then. Thanks for the memories from Detroit, Michigan.
And, the memories are priceless.
I remember all of them.too. and I licked so many green stamps as a kid. Lol. I also remember gold stamps but not many stores here had them, mostly green stamps
Recollection Road always captures its subject but this was especially good. We bought a house in 1983 that hadn’t been updated since the 60s. I saw so many photos that felt like pat of this feature was made from pictures of that kitchen. Mahogany-ish cabinets and avocado green appliances.
We remodeled four years later. I often chuckle that some future owner will look at out 1980s kitchen and laugh at how outdated it seems.
I have a whole set of Corning Ware dishes that I inherited from my Mother, I had no idea they were valued as such. I have many pictures of us in my parent's kitchen with all avocado colored appliances, refrigerator, stove and oven, dishwasher and even the cookie jar was that color.
Yes. Corning ware and old Pyrex are in great demand.NEVER throw them out!!
i have the French White and it is also real Corningware. I hear the new French White is stoneware. I'm holding onto mine and will be passing them down. They are kind of heavy but good casserole dishes and easy to clean.
I remember that we had lots of fiestaware plates throughout the 60s. They all broke one by one. Then in the 90s when I was in grad school, we went to one of those big antique fairs just outside of Pittsburgh and I could not believe the cost of that fiestaware. It's even more expensive now, of course. I mourned our casual handling of those cheap plates for a long time!
Love both of your channels, such great looks at memories of a great and simpler time. I remember my grandmother's kitchen on the late 70s and through the 80s had that warm and comfortable wood and burnt orange refrigerator with a matching oven in the cabinet built in. They had a microwave as well I think it weighed a ton and had a carousel that was supposed to make for more even cooking. Still always had hot and cold spots on the food when supposedly done.
A couple of years ago, a limited edition of Quisp cereal came out and I bought a box. I remember eating it in the 70's and bought it for nostalgia sake. It was so sweet it made my old teeth hurt! I don't know how I ate it as a young person.
The thing I miss the most about the 1960’s was the pop music and the “British Invasion”😁😁
Watching The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show being their first performance in the U.S...was the highlight of my youth. I will never forget that evening waiting for the program to start.( I was 14-years old)
@@jaf8771…..yes, it was in February 1964. I was 11 and remember it well. From that moment forward America was changed forever. All of society seemed to change almost overnight and I’ve always believed The Beatles were the catalyst for ushering in that new era. It was very exciting to be a teenager in the 60’s!😁😁
The music made me very melancholy. I sure wish I could go back to my parents' kitchen and talk to them again.
This was so fun, thank you! I have those Corning Corn Flower casserole dishes, I bought them at an auction for $2.00 for all.
I was a kid. Around 8 years old when one memory stuck. The yellow, rotory wall phone in our kitchen.
La Habra, Calif. 1963.
I love going back. Such wonderful, happy times. I’m still waiting to see the 60’s-70’s silver Christmas tree, with the slow turn, multi colored light, shining up into it. I have the tree, not the light.
** Keep taking me Back **
I So enjoy the trip. 😉
Very 1960's, was the Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80.
It featured the only Kirby model ever produced in Avocado green.
Sold from 1965-1970.
These are now collectable.
Our kitchen, built in 1961 in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles), California:
Teal appliances and shutters in the same color (on kitchen and dining room windows, and on the pass-through between the dining room and family room)...linoleum tile floors, beige rotary wall phone on the wall at the counter between the kitchen and the dining room).
My favorite memories from that kitchen are the one time I remember my dad kissing my mom, and hanging out with my mom in the kitchen, especially watching her prepare holiday meals.
Beautiful memories!
We all thank you for bringing back to us all these beautiful memories... Just enchanting! Blessings! 💗
The electric can opener, otherwise known as the cat magnet! 😂
Born in ‘67 these were the kitchens of my youth. Now a as lover of mid century design , and a floor covering contractor, I watch too many people destroying these beautiful kitchens not realizing the value of them.
My parents and us kids moved into a 1923 Spanish Revival house in Southern California in 1968. There was a new 1965 A-frame right behind our house. It's still there but slated to be pulled down and replaced with a gigantic white "cantilever" monstrosity when it's sold. I would give anything for a lotto miracle so that I could buy that house and save it. Just a year ago, two guys were down there doing some tree pruning and one of them invited me in to look around. For decades and decades I've wondered what that house was like inside. It's like a time capsule and in incredibly good condition. Very small but just beautiful, gorgeous original kitchen and bathrooms, space-age fireplace, and all. Makes me sick to think of that house being turned into a pile of rubble and carted away so that a pit can be dug that covers nearly the whole small property with more square footage underground than above. Another monstrosity replacing the the old gracious houses amongst the trees in that beach town, houses built from the 1920s through the 1960s with such style.
@@betsyj59 that is gut wrenching my friend. It’s shocking how few people understand the beauty of this era of architecture.
I still have a large collection of Corning Ware that my late mother purchased in the 1960’s. I love Pop Tarts but only the unfrosted ones. The only unfrosted variety these days is strawberry. The frosted ones are way to sweet for my taste. I think pink and turquoise appliances were more popular in the 1950”s.
They also have blueberry and brown sugar cinnamon unfrosted Pop Tarts. I've eaten both within the last month.
I don't remember any pink or turquois appliances new in the 60's Only the leftovers from the 50's! Also don't remember knotty pine being part of the 60's except for leftover from 50's. It made a resurgence in the mid 70's in the form of ugly chunky furniture. The ugly furniture is collectable now. UGH!
I think they should have both frosted and unfrosted of every variety.
Great video thank's
Our kitchen growing up had turquoise metal cabinets, to the best of my recollection. My mom bought one of the first homes built in Levittown NJ. It was later renamed Willingboro. That kitchen sparked my love for all things kitchen. I am a retired chef and it all started in a turquoise and pink kitchen.
Good for you!!! ☑️🌚
I miss those simple times so much. it brings tears to my eyes.
Brings tears to my eyes too.
Wonderful memories. My parents had the knotty pine and matching
Refrigerator and range and hood in a most beautiful vomit green color. it matched our shaggy carpeting with the same color. 😩
I remember the shaggy carpet did you have the rake for the carpet
@@montibarnett6740 😂
@@montibarnett6740 ,,I remember when BOYS were REAL boys, and GIRLS were REAL girls, and they knew what public restrooms to use, no confusion and no MENTAL ILLNESS
An interesting look at kitchens of the 60's. What I want to know is when did the Dutch Door (2 part doors) became obsolete.
Yes!!! I'm a huge fan of dutch doors; they're such a useful style of door. As a kid, we had one for a back door---it was great! Can't understand why they fell out of favor. Cheers!
I don’t know but I wish I still had one.
I always wanted one. I think my cousin had one in her kitchen that went out onto a side porch.
I presume it went out with screens to keep out bugs. It sure is my style,, though. I suppose it could work with a screened in porch.
My house was built in 63 & still has the pink Tappan stovetop & wall mounted oven. The oven clock still works. My 1977 Kenmore hot water heater is still working. 47 years & still works.
In 80s-90s our house had the original kitchen built in 40s. There was a large lower cabinet that puled out & was lined with tin. It was for flour & to tin kept mice out. It was big- 10-20 pounds of flour would fit. People made so many things from scratch so you would actually use that much. You know how everyone has a bag full of plastic bags jammed under a cabinet or stuffed in a drawer as there is no where to store them? Well that old flour bin was perfect! It was big, easy to open & access & close
My mom passed down a lot of her kitchen stuff to me when I had my first apartment in the early 90's.
The corning ware was just one of the things she gave me. She also gave me a bunch of her extra
tupperware as well. Those were the days growing up in that era.
I can remember being 7 years old and eating pop tarts for breakfast as well as boxed cereal. My mother would wake me for school, then go sleep on the sofa or watch Captain Kangaroo and ignore us. I'd get breakfast ready for myself and my 2 year old sister, who would get up when she heard noise in the house. I learned to use the toaster by watching commercials for pop tarts during Saturday morning cartoons. About a year later I had graduated to Eggo toaster waffles. We had an big olive green, 4 slice toaster.
I've spent years pawing through yard sales and flea markets and have amassed quite a Corning ware collection. I use mine all the time and I still get a little thrill from that blue cornflower. I didn't arrive in time to see the 60s but I sure like the look of them. The cars, the homes, the furniture and of course the kitchens.
We had the double oven, separate stove, and a bar or counter that we ate most of our meals at. We loved our kitchen. Had a dishwasher , but there was no way to hook it to the water. My dad installed all the cabinets and everything. I miss watching watching my parents in the kitchen, and that's where my sister and I learned to cook as well as do dishes every day.
My grandma had Orange Formica countertops.
1:43 the Big Yellow Bowl of Love! Mom used it to make wonderful Chocolate Chip Cookies. We still have one we use for everything.
Got our first microwave in '82. Made popcorn and soup a breeze, finally!!!
My grandma’s kitchen still had the harvest gold, pumpkin, and avocado green flowered wallpaper when I was a kid in the 80s that she had put up in the 60s. I loved that wallpaper.
I also inherited a set of Corningware from my husband’s grandma. We use it for almost everything and it’s proven unkillable.
I have at least 20 Corningware dishes and I use them all the time. I also have 3 sets it Corelware dishes we use for every day (I inherited 5 dish sets & 3 sets of silver plate, 1 set of 1960s patterned sterling and one gold set of flatware). I really should entertain occasionally.
5:37 I remember that my mother used to love watching The French Chef. We watched in B&W as we didn’t get a color TV until around ‘72.
We didn't get a color TV until 1980! Our TV got stolen in a Christmas Eve (1967) robbery and my dad refused to replace the TV. When my grandmother died in 1974, her TV came to our house and it was a big old black & white in a wood cabinet. That sufficed for the next 6 years.
I grew up with that exact landline phone mounted to the kitchen wall, with the rotary dial, in Harvest Gold, that matched the refrigerator and the stove. All three of them held up a good 30 years, if not longer.
The wall hanger phone with the 12 foot cord. My mom seemed like she could reach half the house with it. I’d sit there and try to work the twists out of it.
😂
1:07. My mother had that same wallpaper; it was thick and made of a rubber-like substance. That really brought back some memories of days gone by. RIP, Mom; see you when I get there. ❤
I was born near the end of 1959 and was the 5th child of the family. By July 1960, we had moved to a huge home with 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths and 2 half baths. My father, a flooring contractor, ripped out the expensive glass cabinetry and butler’s pantry and opted for normal, painted cabinets and room for a large, breakfast table. Our kitchen was a sunny yellow, with sunflower wall paper. Appliances were white though until my parents replaced our old 1950’s fridgidare with a side by side avocado green refrigerator (it was ugly!). Our huge home was necessary as by mid-1964, I gained a brother and sister. This home was built for an upper-middle class family as the 3rd floor was a maid’s bedroom and full bath. My older sisters were happy to share since it gave them their own floor and bath. My Mother always hosted Christmas and Easter with my Dad’s brother and his family, my mother’s father and sometimes my Dad’s sister and his mother (up from Florida). Took a long time before I graduated from the kid’s table. Every other year she hosted Thanksgiving with her sister’s family and my 6 cousins visiting from upstate NY. We swapped back and forth for at least 15 yrs. My mother was the socialite and I remember all their friends visiting and partying when I was still little. Our house was a loud, opinionated and disciplined (by my mother) household filled with loud voices but little real anger though you could hear my mother calling for my brother from over a block away. I miss the 60’s and early 70’s. As kids there was little fear and whole blocks of kids, over multiple ages, would line up on our side street and play Red Rover, kick the can or other games. We had so many kids at our house, my father installed a water fountain at the garage’s hose bib. No more kids begging my mom for a glass of water. We were outside unless raining or blizzarding. In for dinner at 6, homework, TV, then bed by 9. We were untouched by violence in our suburban home, even though race riots were happening just a few towns over. We were growing up oblivious. So much to learn by the mid-70’s and HS.
This sounds a lot like a house my BF from HS bought in South Orange NJ.
Agreed! I lived a very similar lifestyle. A family of 6 kids! We were raised same as you. We lived on the last block in town. My Mom could hollar from 6 blocks away and you knew it was her. It used to embarrase me to death! Friends would look at me and say "There's your Mom, it's dinner time!". It was funny, my Mom yelled for us, but everyone else knew to go home too, lol! My Mom was raised in Iowa farm county. She made us mind with a switch she kept at the back door. She rarely used it, we knew she meant business when she raised her voice! You could go to her with anything though. She'd listen and give you solid advice, rather you wanted it or not, lol! She's gone now. Been gone for 10 years now. She and Dad died exactly 30 days apart. Even though they divorced in the early 70's when I was 8. Mom remarried of coarse and we gained a step brother and sister. The "sister" was my age, we shared a room. No, we didn't get along! She was always in trouble! Avoided that like the plague! Luckily I spent every weekend, holiday and summer at my Dad's house! I loved being the only child there!
Jill Gross
The 60's is probably the last time your average kitchen had any individual character. Not long after, it mostly became cookie cutter options. Modern kitchens are depressing and soulless. I've seen enough rock based counters and stainless steel appliances to last ten lifetimes.
It's true of the whole home decor now.For decades now people have wanted to de-personalize their home and make it like a hotel room. Who wants to live in a hotel? When I was renovating/redecorating my recently purchased home I referred to two books I had from the early 1950s for colour palette, decor and design. All my furniture is vintage except upholstered pieces. A friend told me my taste was 'shabby chic' which offended me. There is nothing shabby about it. I think of it as warm, cheerful, and welcoming.
I agree. I bought a stainless stove when I remodeled the kitchen in my last house. I hated looking at it and cooking on it. I gave it away when I moved. I bought a little white GE range new because the knobs are across the front of the range. I can use it from my step stool. I didn't notice what it actually looked like until it was in my kitchen a few months. It looks like a range from the 1950's. It fits right in with my original 1930's kitchen.
@@cag19549 What you describe already sets the stage for 'character'. It was basic, not pretentious. But the things you don't mention is what fills out its character....the calendars and pictures on the wall, the selection of things on the counter, how you family used the space....cooking, baking, preserving, family meals, homework....all contribute to the look and character of the room and is a reflection of the family who inhabit it. The sterile curated magazine cover kitchens can't do that and lack character.
I don't agree with you at all. Of course I have fond memories of my mom's kitchen in the 60s, but my modern kitchen that I CUSTOM designed myself, with granite counters and stainless steel and porcelain tiles is more attractive than any kitchen from back then.
@@robertromero8692 "Attractive" has nothing to do with 'character'. Sometimes they equate by happy accident but are not mutually dependent.
Saturday morning and after-school TV.
5:40 My mom used to watch "The Galloping Gourmet," with Graham Kerr.
I don't know, were Graham's recipes easier to replicate?
I used to watch him after school. He didn't often stick to the recipes and I think he consumed more wine than went in the pot. Once he couldn't get the cork out of the bottle so he smashed the top off, then proceeded to pour in to the pot! I always liked how he would have someone from the audience come up and share the meal with him at the end of the show (hopefully the meal they ate had been previously prepared ...correctly)
He was so fun!
I don't know but as a young kid, I just loved that show!
I was born in 1961. When I was 5, my father redid my mother's kitchen. That turquoise color on the wall at 3:36 was the color he put on my mother's countertop. It was Formica laminate. There was a wall that divided the kitchen and a small eating area. He tore that wall down, which opened the kitchen and built a large, 5 foot wide x 8 foot long counter with a, almost round, open end. We sat around this counter to eat. Seating on one aide and around the end. Then lower drawers on the other side, facing the kitchen. He made that huge counter because my mother was a seamstress and needed an area to cut out material. So, this counter was used for that. There were no over head cabinets over this counter so that she could lean over without anything in the way. All the cabinets were done in White ash (which is a blond wood) and only clear coated - no stain. Her kitchen was really not that big, but he managed to create a lot of storage for her, including a 24" wide x 7 foot tall pantry cabinet. That turquoise laminate (a color she had picked) was taken up the walls as the back splash. On the floor he put that speckled, glue down tile that was popular back then -- or at least popular for the regular, poor people -- like us. All the men in our family were big DIY'ers and fairly skilled, to do a really good job. My dad was especially particular to fine detail. The walls of the house were also covered in wood paneling (something else that had become trend back then.) The wood paneling was also a white wood and only clear coated. Sheetrock back then was bad about molding in hot, humid areas -- like where we lived. So, it was covered up and I expect I grew up in a house that had mold growing behind that paneling, as it was never pulled off. Well, I survived! I do not know how people did it back then, but my parents managed to create a modest home, that my mother kept very clean; fed us well (beef, chicken, pork, beans and vegetables); clothes us and made sure we had everything we needed for school. All on one income, and my dad was an industrial painter, so he did not make a lot of money. What happened?
This reminds me so much of my grandmother’s kitchen and the kitchen of my mom and dad when I was growing up thank you
I have that very same Flair oven range @2:21 in my house in 2022! It came with the house when we bought it in 1982 and I never changed it out since it works so great! ♥
Isn’t everyone seeing their mother in these kitchens?? I sure do, and it brings back some wonderful memories.
Yes!
0:20 is the kitchen from the show "Mad Men". One of the best modern shows based in the 60's ever made.
Yes, it was the best show! Watching it took me back, the music, everything I felt like I was in the past.
@@julenepegher6999 Yes, "Mad Men" depicted the 1960s as "lived in" not "dressed up" to look like someone's idea of that era. That show had a phenomenal research department.
@@monicaqueenan9985 Exactly, it was like stepping back in time.
I was a kid in the 60’s. I was so glad to see Qwisp and Qwake cereals. I thought I was the only one who remembered them.
You were lucky. We had those giant unfrosted shredded wheat bars. I was so glad when we started getting cheerios.
My mother bought a house back in December 2021. It has a 1962 Frigidaire Flair in the kitchen and works great. Still has the use and care instruction manual that came with it and a cartoony catalog that shows some of their other stoves from back then. The dishwasher is a 1968 Kitchenaid Superba, also with instruction manual, but it doesn't work.
I still have and regularly use my Corning Ware dishes, which I cherish.
Taking me back to grandmas kitchen. Warm and cozy
I still have and use the Corningware set my Dad got for my Mom on Christmas. That includes everything like casserole dishes, baking pans, and the electric percolator was used just this morning at our usual late Saturday breakfast.
This would have been a dream kitchen, but about 1960 not everyone had such a fancy kitchen. A lot of families still just had a wood cookstove, cook table, eating table, a cabinet for good dishes and a cabinet for pots, pans and work dishes. If we had have had electricity and a TV to watch advertisements selling things like this, we would have thought we could never have had anything like this perfect kitchen.
My parents lived in a old house in the 60’s. It wasn’t until 1970 they built a new house. I remember cub board and a stand alone sink. My mom would change the wallpaper every year!
I didn't realize it at the time, but my mother was quite the amazing cook. She could make any kind of cookie, pie, cake, whatever. And her pot roast was the best I've ever had.
The kitchen in the house I grew up in was in avacado green and to this day I like all shades of green.
We still have the wall rotary phone in our kitchen. Still works too.
I was born in 1960!!!
It was a great time to grow up!!!❤❤❤
When America was Great. Hit sounds from Motown filled the air. I’ll never forget.