Going to a mom and pop store with a quarter. Getting a large Coke and candy bar and still get 10 cents back in change. Sit on the front step of the store and enjoy our snacks, then take the bottles back in. Then on the way out hit the candy/toy dispensers at the front door and spend the dime. My daughter born in 1984 asked me what it was like when I was a kid few years back and I told her that. " Dad, you're not telling me the truth are you? There is no way you could do all of that with a quarter." But here's one that caught me off guard. The small town I grew up in had a super market called Bauer's. Walk in the front door and to the left sat a kiddie horse riding machine named " Sandy" which cost a penny to ride. Mom and dad would always put me on that for a ride before we left the store, this pre 1970. I later enlisted in the navy and was stationed in San Diego and in 1984 my daughter was born. I was discharged medically in 1989 and moved to Florida where my mother was. In 1990 I moved back to my small town and Bauers was still there and open. So make a run up to Baurs for the first time since 1970 with my daughter. We walked in and there in the same spot sat " Sandy" and she still cost 1 penny to ride.
Had society concentrated on how people ARE and how they TREAT PEOPLE...instead of how they and everything 'looks'...it would be different. Vanity and Ego's rule today 🤮
Righto, Donna! Those two you cite are really good examples. Seems that people then, most generally, were ashamed to do 'a wrong thing' and especially so about 'breaking the law'. It seems that the more recent 'culture of lying' (and more and worse!) has destroyed capacities for being/feeling 'ashamed' about anything at all! Uh, talk about something defective prima facie that cannot ever be made to work, THAT would be it, and so now we see the results socially/politically.
@@20Unknown I sincerely believe that society died off Beck in the 1970s. By the 80s, it was extinct. I grew up in the early 60s. Even the term " polite society " is a joke.
@@beadyeye2312 I too hung around WWII vets as mom & dad were both very active in Amvets. Sad thing is I was too young to realize who I was hanging around with.
@@sonhuynh8222 Not really. Don't believe all the propaganda out there. If you were a white person, yeah you had privilege. However, it was a very bad era for millions of other Americans.
We demonstrate our priorities in life by how we spend our time. Growing up in the 1960's, we spent as much time as possible with family. From dinner at the table to family games or TV to church and other social activities. I appreciate the value of modern technology as much as the next guy. But I urge you to spend time with those you love WITHOUT periodically checking your phone for texts, etc. Never assume there will be time later. People die. Your phone will still be there!
My nephews, their wives and kids are always distracted by their phones and devices. That or they have split attention between talking to you and looking down at their phones. And they forget way too much!
I was born in 1957 and remember all this stuff. One vivid memory is my mother standing out on the front porch calling me home and telling to go change clothes because we had to go to the store. Appearance and grooming standards are nothing like they used to be. Another one was Sunday nights and the Wonderful World Disney on TV.
Yep...he said Wed. I remember WD coming on Sunday night, then the Ed Sullivan show would be the next thing to watch or Bonanza, after Bonanza the High Chaperelle came on.
I still follow the 1950's appearance and grooming standards. I look presentable whether I am in the supermarket, at the office or church. I always wear a hat in public. No pajamas for me.
Me too! My folks loved Lawrence Welk, Mitch Miller, Ed Sullivan...... and in no way did we go out dressed sloppy. "What would the neighbors think" was a constant worry......
Mom worked as a waitress back in the day. It was always a treat when she gave my brother and me a quarter each. We would run out of the house, me 6 years old and brother 4 years old and run down to Longerbaughs store 2 blocks away. We would get a Coke, candy bar and still have 10 cents for the toy and candy machines at the door.
Yeah! Back then a (silver) quarter was actually worth something, and could buy it! Getting a half or a SILVER DOLLAR? YIKES -- RICH! Don't ever let go of those memories, Samuel, they're worth more than their weight in gold!!
I was born in 1947 and so I grew up in the 50s and 60s. This clip was spot on with what I remembered. In my neighborhood even us girls played cowboys and Indians and cops and robbers with capguns - all day long.
I was a tomboy by necessity. No girls in my neighborhood. Also played army. And a house under construction with a dirtpile was gold. Add your Tonka trucks!
@@diannelavoie5385 Well bless your heart, Dianne. Always wanted a tom-boy for a life partner but such was not to be. Connie went on the get married to s lucky dude. (Catholic, so impossible from my standpoint in any case.) All the best to you.
We played baseball in the street until it was too dark to see the ball - THEN we played flashlight tag! I saw a young guy interviewing kids going to college recently. He asked the question "Name three countries outside the U.S.?" MOST of the kids couldn't get it right. One girl answered " Colorado, Maryland and Montana!" Things WE all knew in 3rd grade!
I too have seen videos of young people being asked what seems like very basic questions and getting them all wrong. Q: Who fought in the Mexican-American war? A: Japan and Germany?
Anyone else remember Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass? They were my favorite band when everyone else was following The Beatles. Also The Bert Kaempfert Orchestra. The song Wonderland By Night was a hit for them.
TRIVIA: Herb Alpert founded " A & R " Records. A group called the Bee Gees was signed on to the label just before the movie "Saturday Night Fever". Their music made untold millions for Herb Alpert and the Bee Gees. It was rumored that Herb Alpert was handing out $10,000 bonus checks to their janitors, secretaries, mail room workers etc. 10 grand was a lot of money in the 1970s
@@glennso47 my friend's parents had the album Whip Cream and Other Delights. They used to try to hide that cover from their son and me. We always found it..😃
I want a time machine to take me back! I was born in 59. There's too much technical pollution, and disrespect in our kids world now. They'd rather keep their heads focused on a screen, than going outside. It seems there is no childhood anymore, let's just go right to being an adult. So sad. The older we boomers get, the more cherished these memories are for us. Thank you for these videos.
@@Brutus-co9dt Kind of an unnecessarily critical comment, don't you think? At least he/she got to experience those things and then spend hours on YT reminiscing those times instead of knocking their comments!
I was born in 1952 ,i remember the late 50s on into the 60s fondly and wish for simpler times like then todays society could learn some valuable lessons fromthese times !
I noticed that in the picture of a family watching TV while eating TV dinners, they each had their own "TV Tray." I remember those trays as being usually made out of cheap plastic or stamped metal, and they folded up and were placed on a rolling metal frame in one corner of the living room.
@@gregleis8215 i still have one of those, it's stamped metal with a painted scene of a farm (it's not a Bob Ross but I wish it was lol) I use it to do my crosswords every night while I'm watching MASH , I admit I do occasionally eat a Sofers lasagna on it
We each had "our" chair and our TV tray... mom and I and Nanna and Grandpa. Only sat at dining room table at holiday "family" meals when "company" came.
I was born in 1946. I didn't need to be drafted, I joined the Marine Corps right out of high school. I stayed for 20 years and served two combat Infantry tours as a machine gunner (0331). I don't regret it a bit. I learned things in the Marine Corps that served me for life. It also came in handy during my 30 years as a Calif. police officer (Marin County). T. Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
My Dad was in the Corps 42-45 (SW West Pacific, Bougainville /Solomons) and 48-68 (Korea [Inchon], Beirut and Vietnam [Operation Starlite] fr: 65-66). He retired a Gunny as well. Thank you for your service. Semper Fi.
Born I. 1963 but I do remember most of these. Times will never be good like then, Again. So sad how far we've fallen. Oh those precious memories. So glad I have them..... Jeff
I’m 67. Things aren’t worse, they’re different…or are they? In the 1950s you had the insanity and inhumanity of politicians like Joseph McCarthy, while today we have the insanity and inhumanity of politicians like Donald Trump. Go put back on your rose-colored glasses and stick your head back in the sand.
Also born in 1963 and all these things carried over into the 70’s. Remember stopping at Dairy Queen after school, walking home from school for lunch at times, even went to DQ for lunch while in grade school! Crazy to think that it was nothing to leave the school grounds in grade school . I always went back tho!
1963 baby here. We all came home every day for lunch, even my dad! We got our steps in walking to and from school twice a day. Then we played with a gang of neighbourhood kids until the streetlights came on. Great times!!
Yes, things were so great: The immediate threat of nuclear war. McCarthyism. Widespread racism. Wholesale pollution. Korean War. Vietnam War. JFK, RFK, MLK assassinations. I could go on and on. You see the 60s through the rose-colored glasses of youth. Isn't it about time you grow up and learn some history? I was born in 1957 and while there were some great things about growing up in the 1960s, the times were no better or worse than any other time...just different. If you think today sucks so bad, I pity your sad life.
"Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" Funny thing about that show. I can see the host clear as day to this day, but can never remember his name. LOL Ok, here's one for you. Do you remember the Tarzan series from '66 to '68 with Ron Ely?
@@beadyeye2312Highway Patrol, Dragnet , Mickey Mouse Club, Watch Mr. Wizard, Modern Romances, As The World Turns, Pinky Lee, Eddie Fisher. Remember these shows?
We were one of those many families mentioned in the narration that attended church, both on Sunday morning and Sunday night. Therefore, I rarely got to watch The Wonderful World of Disney, though we did get to see Wild Kingdom, as it aired prior to the church hour.
You forgot making book covers out of paper grocery bags for the school textbooks we carried in our sweaty hands and cursive writing. As far as road trips, my granddad and grandmother would show up just after school was out for summer. He would talk to my mom and tell me to pack a bag, we're going camping he would say. I would ask where and he just smile and say we don't know yet. Off we would go in his huge Chevy Caprice pulling the pop-up Apache trailer. From Ohio, we would go west to Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, I can't even remember all of the places. If there was a Native American festival, we would always stop. It was fun and interesting learning about them. Sadly, it wasn't until he passed away, I learned his mother, my great-grandmother was Pawnee/ Choctaw, and I only found out from one of my aunts. Still, those summers are some of the greatest memories of my life.
Thanks for sharing your childhood adventures and memories. My Dad would be sitting in his easy chair early on a weekend morning (or during the summer after he retired from the Marines) perusing a map or atlas and then jump up say "Ok, everybody pile in the car we're going for a ride!" Destination unknown until we got there. Usually ending at an A&W drive in!
I was born in 52 and often think back to those wonderful 50’s and 60’s. Seeing Mom and Dad young and vibrant, enjoying my younger Brother and Sister. We had true friends, the best music and classy cars. I’d go back in a Heartbeat.
Only one thing I disagreed with. I don't know where you lived, but it was rare that ANYONE GOT MARRIED STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AT 18!!! Maybe some girls, but NOT GUYS. I lived in a large city and attended a big High School. Born in 1944. Great life.
can't wait to see these videos, they always bring back good memories of my child hood. wish i was a kid again lol. and mom taught us manners, i even remember a few lol.
Boomer from 1949 here, I had the same cowboy outfit the taller kid had at the end of the program. Of course, with my Matell Fanner 50 cap revolver!! Thanks for the nice memories of better, and simpler times!
I have said it before, Your channel is fabulous, brilliant and gives a old guy like myself, to look back for a few minutes. There was a time no stores of any kind were opened on Sunday. Now It's the busiest day of the week for the Grocery stores and others.Yes we have made great head way in many area's. But the way we dress is just shameful. Pajamas on airplane cross-country? Really?? One's again thanks for the memories.❤
Great show. I was born in 52 and I fondly remember all of this. I wasn't too fond of the Jello molds, though, that my aunts would bring to holiday dinners.
Also a 52er, would not change anything. I would come home worn out black and white PF Keds form playing on the playground all day, Mom would bulk having to shell out $10 for a new pair....ha Lawerence Welk and Bonanza was our Saturday night.
Also born in 52, and never liked those jello molds! Luckily, didn't have to eat them very often, although my mom was one who wouldn't let us leave the table till we cleaned our plates.
I remember being the remote control for my parents as a teenager. Changing the channel ( I think there were only 3 stations and they went off around midnight and if we were awake we’d watch the test pattern. Lol. We slept with the windows open at night. Didn’t lock doors in case a package was delivered the neighbors could bring it inside. Being given a nickel was a huge present. We’d go to the candy store and 5 cents bought a brown lunch bag full of assorted candies that were displayed in glass cases and there store owner would patiently wait while we’d pick out one candy after another to fill our bags. We had hoola hoops, skates, anything that used physical activity. We played outside all day and came inside when the street lights came on. Those days were great fun and our parents didn’t hover over us dictating what to do. Those days were carefree and fun. Even as kids we took pride in dressing to go out. Our clothes weren’t fancy but they were clean and most likely ironed by our moms. Today I don’t buy things that need ironing but thankfully my mother didn’t seem to mind.
In my neighborhood back in the mid 1960s, 99% of the homes had a B&W TV set in the house. About 2/3rds had aerial antennas. The rest had rabbit ears or a coat hanger. We were among the first to have a color TV, a big deal. We had guests come over to watch BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI on day one!
Born in 1961. Thank you for this video. Captain Kangaroo was one of my favorite shows as a kid. I also liked The Wonderful World of Disney and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on Sunday evenings. 😊
Same year here. I remember CK, but I also remember a local kids show on Channel 7, WHIO in Dayton Ohio, called the Uncle Orie show, I can't even tell you what he looked like anymore, but I know I watched it.
@@joefaller4525 Thank you Joe. I grew up in Fort Wayne, and our local children's TV show was Engineer John. Kids would send in pictures they colored and he'd show the artwork and mention the child's name. That's all I remember about it.
@@billh.5360 Wow, I remember the name of that show because our antennae received both Dayton Ohio and FT Wayne IN tv stations. 33, 21 and 15 from Ft Wayne. I don't remember anything specific about the show, jus the name but that was an awesome blast from the past. Thanks right back to you.
@@billh.5360 Here in SoCal (northern San Diego county- Camp Pendleton/Oceanside), we got both LA and SD channels. We got to watch Sheriff John and Hobo Kelly from LA and Johnny Downs and Moona Lisa in SD.
Grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup and a coke. Metal lunch boxes with a glass lined thermos. Oh, so many things. Born in 1943, I'm still kicking.
I remember most of those things, but was born in 1960. We have an old farmhouse with 7 acres just within the city limits in northern Indiana. We had a small baseball field at our house. All the kids would come over after elementary school to play. My mom was a Cub Scout den mother. How she put up with all of us kids I will never know. Thanks for the great memories. ❤
And they call these days progressive, I say Hella regressive and sad. ... We knew how to enjoy life, had great times, and knew all the family and kids in the area. Had block parties, played lot football. Had sleepovers and slumber parties, Etc. Man, I so miss those days that seemed a year long, but were only 8 hrs or so... Good times, great memories ...
My older brother and younger sister and I had two childhoods. I was born in 1950 and we lived in a small town of about 9,000 people. We played in the alley behind the house and played with all of the other kids on the block. The community pool was about 5 blocks away and we walked by ourselves to the pool sometimes and came home after dark. In 1959 Dad and Mom bought a house in the country and we spend the rest of our childhood as country kids. Working and playing in the fields and woods comprised a lot of the rest of our childhood. The 1950's and 60's were two of the best decades to be a kids as we knew how to play and entertain ourselves.
I absolutely love all your videos. ♥️ Oh what cool memories. I realize you put a lot of your time into making these videos and I just want to say thank you so much ❤️
You missed the incredible cars of the 50s and 60s and the drive in restaurant along with cruising downtown on Friday and Saturday night. But I love the memories!
Born in 1958 and I remember my mother telling me to get dressed to go shopping having to go to church every Sunday and wear white gloves and a hat. I’d come home from school and just say “ I’m going out to play/ride my bike” or whatever with my friends. Same for my younger brothers, always on bikes in suburbia. Playing in the streets, going swimming or ice skating on the lake down the road from our house with every kid in the neighborhood. Outdoor playing, warm summer night catching fire flies. And no excuse for a poor grade in school. And of course, Lassie and Disney on Sunday night. Of course great music starting in the 60’s and even more amazing in the 70’s! Best times to have been born and grow up. Miss it!
Wild Bill Hickock and sidekick Jingles. Cisco Kid and Pancho. Roy Rogers and Pat Brady. Lone Ranger and Tonto. Hopalong Cassidy and Gabby Hayes. Those were the days for afternoon TV westerns.
The segment about kids sports resonates with this aging boomer. We used to self organize into baseball and football teams. Especially, football, these games would start on Sunday around noon and go until it was too dark to see a pass. Kids would come and go for Sunday dinner, but the game would continue. No need for adult coaches to ruin the experience. Come Monday morning, I remember getting out of bed for school and falling over due to my hurting ankles. Five minutes of laying in bed and rotating my ankles would get me mobile enough to get to school. All my experiences with adult led sports after our sand lot games were disappointing.
Boomer from 1949 here, I had the same cowboy outfit as the taller kid on the left, and of course, with my Matell Fanner 50 Cap revolver!! Great memories of better, simpler times!
Born in 1951 my wife in 1952 in Waterbury Connecticut…you got it right!! Grew up, played sandlot baseball , then organized ball, learned the guitar with a neighborhood friend, learned most Beatle songs, started a band, played professionally for awhile, then turned to broadcasting and my first on air radio job was on our hometown radio station in Waterbury, WWCO, did radio for 35 years in Hartford and New York..all from those great memories of the 1960’s…but as George Harrison wrote in 1970, “All Things Must Pass”. Great tune..give a listen..thank you for sharing..and reading 5his post..God Bless..first and foremost..👍
I used to work with a guy that worked WDRC around 1970. My wife and I were both born in 53’ and met when we went to a regional school in 7th grade in Eastern Ct.
I remember when farmers would come into town to run errands, they would put on their newest clean bibs and a tie. Nobody appeared in town wearing dirty clothes and pajamas. People would work outdoors all day and not make a telephone call or talk to others except co-workers. During daytime we would play baseball, football, catch or even play catch by throwing a dodgeball over a garage. In the evening it was games like Simon Says & hide - & - seek. I also had 3 neighborhood stores withing walking distance. They would be the front of a family's home or the main level of 2 story home. The best thing was all the candy they had.
Aaahh mercuricom and skinned knees as a little sister and bit of a Tom Boy I wore both as a badge of honor, meant I was keeping up with the bro, and could handle a bit of pain. Helped me out as an adult tremendously.
I remember all of that stuff totally. There was much more to do back in those times. I had an ink bottle with a cartridge fountain pen and so did my older sister in the early 60s. Some kids had lunch boxes and some of us carried lunch in a brown paper bag to school. I remember when the first BIC fountain pen came out and we could stop using the ink cartridges or bottle of ink for pens that had a clip on the side that sucked in the ink from the bottle. Drive inn movies were super fun for us kids because we got to see a huge screen and be out at night time. Walking to school was actually fun and most kids chose this over riding the bus, because we could talk about and compare what our teachers made us do. I could go on for hours and pages and tell of all the other things we did back then. I was born in 1956 btw
Great video I was born in 1952 yes you hit everything on the head. They were good times i remember growing up in southwest Phila . Used to watch American Bandstand in black & white TV yes times have changed! 😊
Having grown up in that era, this video evoked a lot of memories. My family had a TV set around the late 40s. It was a FADA brand with a 10 inch screen. We were so mesmerized by it that we would watch the test pattern after the TV station went off the air for their early morning break or before they came back on the air. And don't forget about adjusting the TV''s vertical and horizontal (think the opening remarks of "The Outer Limits"). We didn't get a color TV until the early 1960s on which I loved to watch "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color". Backing up a bit, I viewed Howdy Doody religiously. And I was fortunate enough to be in the Peanut Gallery for one show. Such memories. Beginning in the 50s, Roadshow movies became popular. They were usually high end Hollywood productions like Ben-Hur, My Fair Lady, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, etc. You would purchase a reserved seat at the theatre for a future presentation date. Yes, you had to go to the venue to buy a ticket. It was a great time to be alive (but not for everyone). I just lucked out.
I was lucky to be born in 1950.Those were the days.People were respectful.Remember playing board games and cards with my mom.Parents were not worried when we would go and play with our friends.
We were lucky. We had a whopping 6 stations to choose from. We were perfectly situated where we could get all the Chicago stations 3 networks, WGN, a UHF station and a UHF station from South Bend.
I was born December 20, 1966. I remember some of these things. Instead of toys, I started collecting light bulbs at age 6z my first bulb was from an old building my dad tore down in his demolition business in 1971. I still have it-was in use in our basement of our then brand new modular house gotten in 1970, I am still in it now, and I recently found out from a friend that this is a 1919 Edison MAZDA 200 watt PS-30 shape clear bulb made the year-1919-that all bulbs started to no longer have the tip on the top where they sealed off the exhaust tube and put the argon/nitrogen gases in as this one has! It was already a historic artifact in 1971 and started my collection! It is huge now with thousands of of bulbs, the earliest is an 1888 Edison that is new old stock and works perfectly! Cool stuff!! Cheers! 😋
This is a good one! So many memories brought back here that I wouldn’t know where to start commenting on them. Keep them coming. These videos are a highlight on YT for those “of a certain age” which I am certainly one-a kid in the 50’s and a teen in the 60’s.
@@georgefaulk2528 Always somebody. Why question my comment? I said some. And yes, I remember some. Get a life rather than just stupidly questioning youtube comments.
@@joeheid2776 Because you are lying that's why. You would only be 10 years old in 77. We are talking about the 1950s and 60s, not the 70's. I highly doubt you remember anything from the 3 years you were alive in the 60s. So, stop the BS.
I was born in 1963. Wonderful video! Growing up in MI I remember playing outside all day and had to be home when the street lights came on. Neighbors sat on the front porch during the warmer months and visited each other often, today front porches display empty chairs and no kids playing outside. It amazes me at how different life is and kids cant really be kids anymore
I certainly remember school clothes, play clothes, and church clothes. Even until the early seventies girls had to wear dressesv(even in frigid weather, we had to change out of our long pants before attending class ), boys had to tuck into their pants, and collar length hair. Finally in my last couple of years of junior high (1971-1972) first we were allowed to wear “pantsuits “ and scooter skirts, then half way through eighth grade jeans😂. My mom bought me one pair and got mad when I wore the same pair every day😂
Things that I miss, you could tell men from women, people respected each other, and tried to be civil. Many of us were greatly affected by the draft and the Vietnam war, but many of us benefited from being in the armed forces. As you stated the youth of today would be shocked if they were drafted, but many need something like that - a challenge and having to follow orders.
78 percent of young Americans aren't even physically qualified for military service. When I went in the Corps in the late 60's we were all pretty much already in shape.
My mom was quite willing to send my older brother to Canada should he get drafted, fortunately the draft ended the year he became eligible. He would never had survived being in the military, he was too kind of a soul.
@@laurachristianson1688 There are many jobs in the military that do not require using a gun. I was in the USAF and only held a rifle (M16) twice in training. I spent 4 years in electronics most of it 7 stories underground.
@@SSN515 This is why we need mandatory service, get the kids in shape and get them off drugs. I now appreciate my 4 years in the USAF, learned a lot and matured.
Fantastic story! Forgot one thing, papercarriers delivering the daily news either early morning or afternoon, depending on what city you lived in. Great way for boys & girls to make money. My husband delivered route 30, Medford, OR for 4, rain or shine. Many years later our two boys had paper routes & both felt it was the highlight of their growing up years❤
I grew up in the 50's and 60's, times were much better. My grandkids are growing up in a terrible time right now. We have to remember the past. It wasn't perfect, but it was safer until the late 60's and has never been the same again.
This is so much fun, makes me so nostalgic. Born in 52, I want to go back!! We lived in the country on a small farm. Kids today wouldn't understand the freedom of playing unsupervised outside, and in summer that meant going on 10 mile bike rides on old country roads or playing kick the can until dark, around 10 pm! We worked hard, and we were connected to nature, and spent nearly all our waking time in it, only playing indoors on rainy or stormy days. It was a very different world back then.
Thank You! Out was such a treat to renaness 😁 Born in 1950 brought back old memories of my childhood..deeply appreciate all most perfect.. back in time where Yes Sir U did an Awesome Job!! 👍❤️🌺
Gilbert made a 80 power refractor telescope in the early 60's. I was able to track a satelite in Lubbock in about 1964. erector sets were fun to play with and electric trains also.
Glad I watched, brought back so many memories. I can remember going to my Aunt & Uncles when they watched Ed Sullivan, we were not to say a word, just sit there & behave. We didn’t think it was fun but we did what we were told. Also my parents would host a card game, while we were to “be seen but not heard”! Thanks for sharing these days that were the BEST!
What is the something from your own childhood that kids today wouldn't understand?
@@RecollectionRoad Roll up car windows.
Being a Free Ranging Boomer. Basically, just one rule. DON'T be late for dinner.
Going to a mom and pop store with a quarter. Getting a large Coke and candy bar and still get 10 cents back in change. Sit on the front step of the store and enjoy our snacks, then take the bottles back in. Then on the way out hit the candy/toy dispensers at the front door and spend the dime. My daughter born in 1984 asked me what it was like when I was a kid few years back and I told her that. " Dad, you're not telling me the truth are you? There is no way you could do all of that with a quarter."
But here's one that caught me off guard. The small town I grew up in had a super market called Bauer's. Walk in the front door and to the left sat a kiddie horse riding machine named " Sandy" which cost a penny to ride. Mom and dad would always put me on that for a ride before we left the store, this pre 1970. I later enlisted in the navy and was stationed in San Diego and in 1984 my daughter was born. I was discharged medically in 1989 and moved to Florida where my mother was. In 1990 I moved back to my small town and Bauers was still there and open.
So make a run up to Baurs for the first time since 1970 with my daughter. We walked in and there in the same spot sat " Sandy" and she still cost 1 penny to ride.
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@@RecollectionRoad playing freely in the woods, on the street, walking places with your friends and not getting rides.
I am SO glad I grew up in this wonderful era. Rather than the nightmare kids endure today!
Yup me too 😅
Had society concentrated on how people ARE and how they TREAT PEOPLE...instead of how they and everything 'looks'...it would be different. Vanity and Ego's rule today 🤮
I just turned 70, I wouldn't trade these memories for anything. I feel sad for kids growing up today.
I know, I never see kids outside doing stuff until it got dark, never wanting to go inside... "Awwww mom!"
Kids now days are totally WORTHLESS
You got that right!
Back in the days of “wholesome” entertainment.
Many kids today have no manners
My brothers and I were taught to respect your elders and our moms favorite "Two wrongs don't make a right". Miss those days and the people in them.
Righto, Donna! Those two you cite are really good examples.
Seems that people then, most generally, were ashamed to do 'a wrong thing' and especially so about 'breaking the law'. It seems that the more recent 'culture of lying' (and more and worse!) has destroyed capacities for being/feeling 'ashamed' about anything at all!
Uh, talk about something defective prima facie that cannot ever be made to work, THAT would be it, and so now we see the results socially/politically.
Stay at the table until everyone is finished with theirs meals. Stand up for ladies who get up and come to the table.
Yeah, society sucks these days.
Well said. Yes, I miss those days and people so much, too .. 🌷
Yes. It was Mr, Mrs. please and thank you. You didn't interrupt conversations, you listened and spoke when spoken to.
@@20Unknown I sincerely believe that society died off Beck in the 1970s. By the 80s, it was extinct. I grew up in the early 60s. Even the term " polite society " is a joke.
Watching this makes me almost teary eyed😢. What a great time to be a kid❤.
How about full blown CRYING like I am right now. And I'm a 69 year old man born in 1955.
Born in '49 I wouldn't trade growing up in the 50s and 60s for anything in the world. A great time to be alive.
I’m so jealous! America at its best …. ❤
@@sonhuynh8222 It truly was.🇺🇸
@@beadyeye2312 I too hung around WWII vets as mom & dad were both very active in Amvets. Sad thing is I was too young to realize who I was hanging around with.
@@sonhuynh8222 Not really. Don't believe all the propaganda out there. If you were a white person, yeah you had privilege. However, it was a very bad era for millions of other Americans.
66 here. We really enjoyed the remnant of the 50,s 60s the 70,and 80,'s. Were good as well, but the decline started in the 90s
Born in ‘55 was the best luck of the draw. What a great life I’ve had.
I took, was born in '55. Great memories of life back when...
Journey Well 🪶✨
Same...big birthday for us next year!🎉
born in 54......I feel like I am living on some alien planet.
@@inkey2 Yep, Born 54' , and everything is now backwards from right & wrong, go figure , good vs evil,, glad I went to Sunday School....
Born in 57… wonderful parents, wonderful life
We demonstrate our priorities in life by how we spend our time. Growing up in the 1960's, we spent as much time as possible with family. From dinner at the table to family games or TV to church and other social activities. I appreciate the value of modern technology as much as the next guy. But I urge you to spend time with those you love WITHOUT periodically checking your phone for texts, etc. Never assume there will be time later. People die. Your phone will still be there!
So well said
Amen to that.
I would say, check out the Waltons and you will get the idea. Family values were at the forefront of our lives but that was all about to change.
My nephews, their wives and kids are always distracted by their phones and devices. That or they have split attention between talking to you and looking down at their phones. And they forget way too much!
I was born in 1949 ; people back then were more friendly and polite.
We actually knew all of our neighbors, including the older boys across the street with loud motorcycles.
People did not use obscenities as they do now. They would have been cast out if they did.
If you were white!
Happiest time in my life.
I was born in 1957 and remember all this stuff. One vivid memory is my mother standing out on the front porch calling me home and telling to go change clothes because we had to go to the store. Appearance and grooming standards are nothing like they used to be. Another one was Sunday nights and the Wonderful World Disney on TV.
Yep...he said Wed. I remember WD coming on Sunday night, then the Ed Sullivan show would be the next thing to watch or Bonanza, after Bonanza the High Chaperelle came on.
We watched "Bananza" on Sunday but on Saturday night Dad had to watch "The Lawrence Welk Show."
@@Sakjafollowed by Gun smoke 😊😊
I still follow the 1950's appearance and grooming standards. I look presentable whether I am in the supermarket, at the office or church. I always wear a hat in public. No pajamas for me.
Me too! My folks loved Lawrence Welk, Mitch Miller, Ed Sullivan...... and in no way did we go out dressed sloppy. "What would the neighbors think" was a constant worry......
Mom worked as a waitress back in the day. It was always a treat when she gave my brother and me a quarter each. We would run out of the house, me 6 years old and brother 4 years old and run down to Longerbaughs store 2 blocks away. We would get a Coke, candy bar and still have 10 cents for the toy and candy machines at the door.
Yeah! Back then a (silver) quarter was actually worth something, and could buy it!
Getting a half or a SILVER DOLLAR? YIKES -- RICH!
Don't ever let go of those memories, Samuel, they're worth more than their weight in gold!!
I too miss those days! We used to walk everywhere, and our neighbors knew each other. I remember my mothers voice "Get out of the house"! 🙂
I was born in 1947 and so I grew up in the 50s and 60s. This clip was spot on with what I remembered. In my neighborhood even us girls played cowboys and Indians and cops and robbers with capguns - all day long.
That's right Edie! 👍
You did just like my own beloved tom-boy buddies! (Connie 💘)
I was a tomboy by necessity. No girls in my neighborhood. Also played army. And a house under construction with a dirtpile was gold. Add your Tonka trucks!
@@diannelavoie5385 Well bless your heart, Dianne.
Always wanted a tom-boy for a life partner but such was not to be. Connie went on the get married to s lucky dude. (Catholic, so impossible from my standpoint in any case.) All the best to you.
I remember Walt Disney coming on Sunday Night not Wed.
Yes, every Sunday evening. Looked forward to it each time!
Me too. Also Steve Allen show.
Sunday at 6pm in St. Louis
SUNDAY 7:00pm SAN BERNARDINO , CALIF .
It could have been a WALT DISNEY about dirt production and I would have watched it!
1957 Baby Here What A Wonderful Childhood And Memories ❤
Loved those times
We played baseball in the street until it was too dark to see the ball - THEN we played flashlight tag! I saw a young guy interviewing kids going to college recently. He asked the question "Name three countries outside the U.S.?" MOST of the kids couldn't get it right. One girl answered " Colorado, Maryland and Montana!" Things WE all knew in 3rd grade!
I too have seen videos of young people being asked what seems like very basic questions and getting them all wrong. Q: Who fought in the Mexican-American war? A: Japan and Germany?
@@DadsezsoOh, yeah - I've seen those too!
Who's buried in Grants tomb? It USED to be a joke! Not any more! IDIOCRACY IS HERE!
But they can name all the Kardashian sisters in a heartbeat. Sad.
@@Kevin-yh9yt and all of the pronouns.
You forgot putting cards on the wheels of our bikes with clothespins. Born in 1958. Loved it!!!!
Anyone else remember Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass? They were my favorite band when everyone else was following The Beatles. Also The Bert Kaempfert Orchestra. The song Wonderland By Night was a hit for them.
I took up trumpet in the 4th grade because I liked the Lonely Bull! Sandy Becker used to play a Bert Kaemfert Song
YES, I loved Herb Alpert.and his music.
TRIVIA: Herb Alpert founded " A & R " Records. A group called the Bee Gees was signed on to the label just before the movie "Saturday Night Fever". Their music made untold millions for Herb Alpert and the Bee Gees. It was rumored that Herb Alpert was handing out $10,000 bonus checks to their janitors, secretaries, mail room workers etc. 10 grand was a lot of money in the 1970s
@@glennso47 my friend's parents had the album Whip Cream and Other Delights. They used to try to hide that cover from their son and me. We always found it..😃
Ooo yes! In the sixties we had almost every album Herb Albert made..I sure miss their music.
I want a time machine to take me back! I was born in 59. There's too much technical pollution, and disrespect in our kids world now. They'd rather keep their heads focused on a screen, than going outside. It seems there is no childhood anymore, let's just go right to being an adult. So sad. The older we boomers get, the more cherished these memories are for us. Thank you for these videos.
This coming from someone spending hours on TH-cam 🙄
@@Brutus-co9dt Kind of an unnecessarily critical comment, don't you think? At least he/she got to experience those things and then spend hours on YT reminiscing those times instead of knocking their comments!
I was born in 55 and I wouldn't change a thing! We were safe, played till dusk..it was a wonderful time.
And not the sex-ridden society it is today.
I was born in 1952 ,i remember the late 50s on into the 60s fondly and wish for simpler times like then todays society could learn some valuable lessons fromthese times !
I noticed that in the picture of a family watching TV while eating TV dinners, they each had their own "TV Tray." I remember those trays as being usually made out of cheap plastic or stamped metal, and they folded up and were placed on a rolling metal frame in one corner of the living room.
@@gregleis8215 i still have one of those, it's stamped metal with a painted scene of a farm (it's not a Bob Ross but I wish it was lol) I use it to do my crosswords every night while I'm watching MASH , I admit I do occasionally eat a Sofers lasagna on it
Yup 😊
definitely stamped metal, painted and had some kind of design like large flowers
I remember them too back then .. and, I think the last time I saw them given as a gift was in the late 80s.
We each had "our" chair and our TV tray...
mom and I and Nanna and Grandpa. Only sat at dining room table at holiday "family" meals when "company" came.
What a great retrospective. I am 65 so I remember these times very well. Today's kids have missed out on so much.
Life and everything else were so much better back in those days, absolutely no comparison!❤♥❤
Life was much simpler and slower. Advertising destroyed everything.
I was born in 1946. I didn't need to be drafted, I joined the Marine Corps right out of high school. I stayed for 20 years and served two combat Infantry tours as a machine gunner (0331). I don't regret it a bit. I learned things in the Marine Corps that served me for life. It also came in handy during my 30 years as a Calif. police officer (Marin County).
T. Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
Thank you for your service😍
Welcome Home Brother. Marine Nam Vet, Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW. Glad you made it back.
That's when police were police and not the badged thugs most of them are today.
Thank you for your service, I was born in 44 & loved growing up then.
My Dad was in the Corps 42-45 (SW West Pacific, Bougainville /Solomons) and 48-68 (Korea [Inchon], Beirut and Vietnam [Operation Starlite] fr: 65-66). He retired a Gunny as well. Thank you for your service. Semper Fi.
I lived in the best time of our planet. I am mindful and blessed to be able to say so. ❤
Born I. 1963 but I do remember most of these. Times will never be good like then, Again. So sad how far we've fallen. Oh those precious memories. So glad I have them..... Jeff
I’m 67. Things aren’t worse, they’re different…or are they? In the 1950s you had the insanity and inhumanity of politicians like Joseph McCarthy, while today we have the insanity and inhumanity of politicians like Donald Trump. Go put back on your rose-colored glasses and stick your head back in the sand.
Also born in 1963 and all these things carried over into the 70’s. Remember stopping at Dairy Queen after school, walking home from school for lunch at times, even went to DQ for lunch while in grade school! Crazy to think that it was nothing to leave the school grounds in grade school . I always went back tho!
1963 baby here. We all came home every day for lunch, even my dad! We got our steps in walking to and from school twice a day. Then we played with a gang of neighbourhood kids until the streetlights came on. Great times!!
I doubt you remember or was alive for majority of about what being covered.
Yes, things were so great: The immediate threat of nuclear war. McCarthyism. Widespread racism. Wholesale pollution. Korean War. Vietnam War. JFK, RFK, MLK assassinations. I could go on and on. You see the 60s through the rose-colored glasses of youth. Isn't it about time you grow up and learn some history? I was born in 1957 and while there were some great things about growing up in the 1960s, the times were no better or worse than any other time...just different. If you think today sucks so bad, I pity your sad life.
Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. The Wonderful World Of Disney. The Undersea World Of Jack Cousteau. Good times!
"Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" Funny thing about that show. I can see the host clear as day to this day, but can never remember his name. LOL Ok, here's one for you. Do you remember the Tarzan series from '66 to '68 with Ron Ely?
@@beadyeye2312Highway Patrol, Dragnet , Mickey Mouse Club, Watch Mr. Wizard, Modern Romances, As The World Turns, Pinky Lee, Eddie Fisher. Remember these shows?
We were one of those many families mentioned in the narration that attended church, both on Sunday morning and Sunday night. Therefore, I rarely got to watch The Wonderful World of Disney, though we did get to see Wild Kingdom, as it aired prior to the church hour.
@@glennso47 there are some Pinky Lee shows on TH-cam
Don't forget ABC's Wide World of Sports.
You forgot making book covers out of paper grocery bags for the school textbooks we carried in our sweaty hands and cursive writing. As far as road trips, my granddad and grandmother would show up just after school was out for summer. He would talk to my mom and tell me to pack a bag, we're going camping he would say. I would ask where and he just smile and say we don't know yet. Off we would go in his huge Chevy Caprice pulling the pop-up Apache trailer. From Ohio, we would go west to Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, I can't even remember all of the places. If there was a Native American festival, we would always stop. It was fun and interesting learning about them. Sadly, it wasn't until he passed away, I learned his mother, my great-grandmother was Pawnee/ Choctaw, and I only found out from one of my aunts. Still, those summers are some of the greatest memories of my life.
SOUNDS WONDERFUL ! ✨
I forgot about grocery store textbook covers, marking them with a magic marker or an ink pen, it's been such a long long time ago. Wow!
I covered books in used Xmas and birthday paper. 😁
yes! the book covers out of paper grocery bags!!! I forgot about that!
Thanks for sharing your childhood adventures and memories. My Dad would be sitting in his easy chair early on a weekend morning (or during the summer after he retired from the Marines) perusing a map or atlas and then jump up say "Ok, everybody pile in the car we're going for a ride!" Destination unknown until we got there. Usually ending at an A&W drive in!
I was born in 52 and often think back to those wonderful 50’s and 60’s. Seeing Mom and Dad young and vibrant, enjoying my younger Brother and Sister. We had true friends, the best music and classy cars. I’d go back in a Heartbeat.
I love watching these videos. They bring back so many memories. Thanks for the memories!
Only one thing I disagreed with. I don't know where you lived, but it was rare that ANYONE GOT MARRIED STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AT 18!!! Maybe some girls, but NOT GUYS. I lived in a large city and attended a big High School. Born in 1944. Great life.
I remember all of these things.
can't wait to see these videos, they always bring back good memories of my child hood. wish i was a kid again lol. and mom taught us manners, i even remember a few lol.
Boomer from 1949 here, I had the same cowboy outfit the taller kid had at the end of the program.
Of course, with my Matell Fanner 50 cap revolver!!
Thanks for the nice memories of better, and simpler times!
You said it all at 1:14 People used to take pride in looking their best.
I am fascinated by videos like this. I enjoy history and I was born in 1992. Respect is what has sadly been lost. All decades have unique things.
Good point. Memories are not exclusive to a given generation!
I have said it before, Your channel is fabulous, brilliant and gives a old guy like myself, to look back for a few minutes. There was a time no stores of any kind were opened on Sunday. Now It's the busiest day of the week for the Grocery stores and others.Yes we have made great head way in many area's. But the way we dress is just shameful. Pajamas on airplane cross-country? Really?? One's again thanks for the memories.❤
Spending Saturday morning watching cartoons then American Bandstand in the afternoon.
Wow! I was born in 1958. This brings back so many memories.
Used cigar boxes for pencils and erasers in school. Milk was brought to our door in one gallon glass bottles.
Great show. I was born in 52 and I fondly remember all of this. I wasn't too fond of the Jello molds, though, that my aunts would bring to holiday dinners.
I'm a 1952er also. To this day I love lime Jello molds with crushed pineapple. Yum!
@@paulheffron4836 yeah, I gotta admit that one was good, so strawberry jello and pears. But tuna and vegetables or any meat was gross!
Also a 52er, would not change anything. I would come home worn out black and white PF Keds form playing on the playground all day, Mom would bulk having to shell out $10 for a new pair....ha
Lawerence Welk and Bonanza was our Saturday night.
Also born in 52, and never liked those jello molds! Luckily, didn't have to eat them very often, although my mom was one who wouldn't let us leave the table till we cleaned our plates.
These were great times and a great time to be alive.
I remember being the remote control for my parents as a teenager. Changing the channel ( I think there were only 3 stations and they went off around midnight and if we were awake we’d watch the test pattern. Lol. We slept with the windows open at night. Didn’t lock doors in case a package was delivered the neighbors could bring it inside. Being given a nickel was a huge present. We’d go to the candy store and 5 cents bought a brown lunch bag full of assorted candies that were displayed in glass cases and there store owner would patiently wait while we’d pick out one candy after another to fill our bags. We had hoola hoops, skates, anything that used physical activity. We played outside all day and came inside when the street lights came on. Those days were great fun and our parents didn’t hover over us dictating what to do. Those days were carefree and fun. Even as kids we took pride in dressing to go out. Our clothes weren’t fancy but they were clean and most likely ironed by our moms. Today I don’t buy things that need ironing but thankfully my mother didn’t seem to mind.
Remember when permanent press clothing came out 😂
We had one channel....
Only 10% of households had a TV in 1950, but by 1960 90% of households had at least one.
Probably liek cells phones from 1995 -2005
In my neighborhood back in the mid 1960s, 99% of the homes had a B&W TV set in the house. About 2/3rds had aerial antennas. The rest had rabbit ears or a coat hanger. We were among the first to have a color TV, a big deal. We had guests come over to watch BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI on day one!
Born in 1961. Thank you for this video. Captain Kangaroo was one of my favorite shows as a kid. I also liked The Wonderful World of Disney and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on Sunday evenings. 😊
Same year here. I remember CK, but I also remember a local kids show on Channel 7, WHIO in Dayton Ohio, called the Uncle Orie show, I can't even tell you what he looked like anymore, but I know I watched it.
@@joefaller4525 Thank you Joe. I grew up in Fort Wayne, and our local children's TV show was Engineer John. Kids would send in pictures they colored and he'd show the artwork and mention the child's name. That's all I remember about it.
@@billh.5360 Wow, I remember the name of that show because our antennae received both Dayton Ohio and FT Wayne IN tv stations. 33, 21 and 15 from Ft Wayne. I don't remember anything specific about the show, jus the name but that was an awesome blast from the past. Thanks right back to you.
@@joefaller4525 Ha ha. Thank you Joe! I'm glad you heard of the program.
@@billh.5360 Here in SoCal (northern San Diego county- Camp Pendleton/Oceanside), we got both LA and SD channels. We got to watch Sheriff John and Hobo Kelly from LA and Johnny Downs and Moona Lisa in SD.
Grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup and a coke. Metal lunch boxes with a glass lined thermos. Oh, so many things. Born in 1943, I'm still kicking.
I remember most of those things, but was born in 1960.
We have an old farmhouse with 7 acres just within the city limits in northern Indiana.
We had a small baseball field at our house. All the kids would come over after elementary school to play. My mom was a Cub Scout den mother. How she put up with all of us kids I will never know. Thanks for the great memories. ❤
Where in Indiana? Born in Anderson and raised in Frankton and Elwood.
@@samuelschick8813 LaPorte
@@samuelschick8813 LaPorte
Fine memories of splendid days now long-past, dear Doug.
Thanks much for sharing of them.
And they call these days progressive, I say Hella regressive and sad. ... We knew how to enjoy life, had great times, and knew all the family and kids in the area. Had block parties, played lot football. Had sleepovers and slumber parties, Etc. Man, I so miss those days that seemed a year long, but were only 8 hrs or so... Good times, great memories ...
Piling into the family car in your pajamas to go see movies at the drive-in.
I remember going to the drive-in as a kid too. Funny thing, I don't remember coming home...🥱
My older brother and younger sister and I had two childhoods. I was born in 1950 and we lived in a small town of about 9,000 people. We played in the alley behind the house and played with all of the other kids on the block. The community pool was about 5 blocks away and we walked by ourselves to the pool sometimes and came home after dark. In 1959 Dad and Mom bought a house in the country and we spend the rest of our childhood as country kids. Working and playing in the fields and woods comprised a lot of the rest of our childhood. The 1950's and 60's were two of the best decades to be a kids as we knew how to play and entertain ourselves.
All without constantly having our noses buried in a cell phone!
I absolutely love all your videos. ♥️ Oh what cool memories. I realize you put a lot of your time into making these videos and I just want to say thank you so much ❤️
Great video! Takes me home to my youth. THANKS!
Thanks for all the memories I'd forgotten I had. Lucky to be born in 1949 and feel great in 2024.😊
Thank you !!!
You missed the incredible cars of the 50s and 60s and the drive in restaurant along with cruising downtown on Friday and Saturday night.
But I love the memories!
Absolutely!
Born in 1958 and I remember my mother telling me to get dressed to go shopping having to go to church every Sunday and wear white gloves and a hat. I’d come home from school and just say “ I’m going out to play/ride my bike” or whatever with my friends. Same for my younger brothers, always on bikes in suburbia. Playing in the streets, going swimming or ice skating on the lake down the road from our house with every kid in the neighborhood. Outdoor playing, warm summer night catching fire flies. And no excuse for a poor grade in school. And of course, Lassie and Disney on Sunday night. Of course great music starting in the 60’s and even more amazing in the 70’s! Best times to have been born and grow up. Miss it!
I remember being the designated TV channel changer,before remote control TV
Wild Bill Hickock and sidekick Jingles. Cisco Kid and Pancho. Roy Rogers and Pat Brady. Lone Ranger and Tonto. Hopalong Cassidy and Gabby Hayes. Those were the days for afternoon TV westerns.
Don't forget
ANNIE OAKLEY.
The segment about kids sports resonates with this aging boomer. We used to self organize into baseball and football teams. Especially, football, these games would start on Sunday around noon and go until it was too dark to see a pass. Kids would come and go for Sunday dinner, but the game would continue. No need for adult coaches to ruin the experience. Come Monday morning, I remember getting out of bed for school and falling over due to my hurting ankles. Five minutes of laying in bed and rotating my ankles would get me mobile enough to get to school. All my experiences with adult led sports after our sand lot games were disappointing.
All very very true. I was born in 1950 and went through it all that you mentioned! Thanks for the memories!
Boomer from 1949 here, I had the same cowboy outfit as the taller kid on the left, and of course, with my Matell Fanner 50 Cap revolver!!
Great memories of better, simpler times!
Born in 1951 my wife in 1952 in Waterbury Connecticut…you got it right!! Grew up, played sandlot baseball , then organized ball, learned the guitar with a neighborhood friend, learned most Beatle songs, started a band, played professionally for awhile, then turned to broadcasting and my first on air radio job was on our hometown radio station in Waterbury, WWCO, did radio for 35 years in Hartford and New York..all from those great memories of the 1960’s…but as George Harrison wrote in 1970, “All Things Must Pass”. Great tune..give a listen..thank you for sharing..and reading 5his post..God Bless..first and foremost..👍
I used to work with a guy that worked WDRC around 1970. My wife and I were both born in 53’ and met when we went to a regional school in 7th grade in Eastern Ct.
@@Chris_at_Home I went to the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Hartford in 1969/1970…who did you know from WDRC..
@@TerryM-eu5ou Rod Ewing. Sadly he died a couple of years ago. We did some tower work together about 30 years ago.
I remember when farmers would come into town to run errands, they would put on their newest clean bibs and a tie. Nobody appeared in town wearing dirty clothes and pajamas.
People would work outdoors all day and not make a telephone call or talk to others except co-workers.
During daytime we would play baseball, football, catch or even play catch by throwing a dodgeball over a garage. In the evening it was games like Simon Says & hide - & - seek.
I also had 3 neighborhood stores withing walking distance. They would be the front of a family's home or the main level of 2 story home. The best thing was all the candy they had.
Aaahh mercuricom and skinned knees as a little sister and bit of a Tom Boy I wore both as a badge of honor, meant I was keeping up with the bro, and could handle a bit of pain. Helped me out as an adult tremendously.
I remember all of that stuff totally. There was much more to do back in those times. I had an ink bottle with a cartridge fountain pen and so did my older sister in the early 60s. Some kids had lunch boxes and some of us carried lunch in a brown paper bag to school. I remember when the first BIC fountain pen came out and we could stop using the ink cartridges or bottle of ink for pens that had a clip on the side that sucked in the ink from the bottle. Drive inn movies were super fun for us kids because we got to see a huge screen and be out at night time. Walking to school was actually fun and most kids chose this over riding the bus, because we could talk about and compare what our teachers made us do. I could go on for hours and pages and tell of all the other things we did back then. I was born in 1956 btw
Four things to add: Hula Hoops, Erector Sets, Colorforms, and Electric Trains.
tinker toys paper dolls
Spirograph, Tonka Toys, i had a road grader, and G.I Joes. Bags of green army men.
SLINKIES!
Frisbees too.
I loved my paper dolls, especially my Dorothy Lamour paper dolls. I could play with them for hours.
Great video I was born in 1952 yes you hit everything on the head. They were good times i remember growing up in southwest Phila . Used to watch American Bandstand in black & white TV yes times have changed! 😊
Having grown up in that era, this video evoked a lot of memories. My family had a TV set around the late 40s. It was a FADA brand with a 10 inch screen. We were so mesmerized by it that we would watch the test pattern after the TV station went off the air for their early morning break or before they came back on the air. And don't forget about adjusting the TV''s vertical and horizontal (think the opening remarks of "The Outer Limits"). We didn't get a color TV until the early 1960s on which I loved to watch "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color". Backing up a bit, I viewed Howdy Doody religiously. And I was fortunate enough to be in the Peanut Gallery for one show. Such memories. Beginning in the 50s, Roadshow movies became popular. They were usually high end Hollywood productions like Ben-Hur, My Fair Lady, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, etc. You would purchase a reserved seat at the theatre for a future presentation date. Yes, you had to go to the venue to buy a ticket. It was a great time to be alive (but not for everyone). I just lucked out.
I was lucky to be born in 1950.Those were the days.People were respectful.Remember playing board games and cards with my mom.Parents were not worried when we would go and play with our friends.
Having only three major TV networks to choose from.
Some places you had only two stations.
We were lucky. We had a whopping 6 stations to choose from. We were perfectly situated where we could get all the Chicago stations 3 networks, WGN, a UHF station and a UHF station from South Bend.
It didn't become "The Wonderful World of Disney" until the 70s, in the 60s it was "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color"
We knew our neighbors and all the adults in the neighborhood would look after everyone’s kids.
I was born December 20, 1966. I remember some of these things. Instead of toys, I started collecting light bulbs at age 6z my first bulb was from an old building my dad tore down in his demolition business in 1971. I still have it-was in use in our basement of our then brand new modular house gotten in 1970, I am still in it now, and I recently found out from a friend that this is a 1919 Edison MAZDA 200 watt PS-30 shape clear bulb made the year-1919-that all bulbs started to no longer have the tip on the top where they sealed off the exhaust tube and put the argon/nitrogen gases in as this one has! It was already a historic artifact in 1971 and started my collection! It is huge now with thousands of of bulbs, the earliest is an 1888 Edison that is new old stock and works perfectly! Cool stuff!! Cheers! 😋
This is a good one! So many memories brought back here that I wouldn’t know where to start commenting on them. Keep them coming. These videos are a highlight on YT for those “of a certain age” which I am certainly one-a kid in the 50’s and a teen in the 60’s.
Me too 😅
A moment is just a moment until it becomes a memory, it's ok to live in the past... that's where the good times are😊 '54
Born in 67. Some of these were still there. What great memories.
WTF, I highly doubt you remember or was alive for majority of about what being covered.
@@georgefaulk2528 Always somebody. Why question my comment? I said some. And yes, I remember some. Get a life rather than just stupidly questioning youtube comments.
@@joeheid2776 Because you are lying that's why. You would only be 10 years old in 77. We are talking about the 1950s and 60s, not the 70's. I highly doubt you remember anything from the 3 years you were alive in the 60s. So, stop the BS.
@@georgefaulk2528 Haha. What a loser to call someone a liar on a nostalgia channel. You must be a hit at parties. Have a nice day.
I remember walking to and from school in the first grade. Also, newspapers use different ink today. Silly Putty doesn't work on them.
The TV dinners were fun...so was Jiffy Pop. And the Beatles were the BEST.
Those were the days, my friend. Glad to have lived in those times.
Born in 53… wonderful up bringing…
Right on! Thanks for the wonderful memories.
Used to carry my books in a satchel. It looked like Dr. Marcus Welby's medicine bag.
I was born in 1963. Wonderful video! Growing up in MI I remember playing outside all day and had to be home when the street lights came on. Neighbors sat on the front porch during the warmer months and visited each other often, today front porches display empty chairs and no kids playing outside. It amazes me at how different life is and kids cant really be kids anymore
I was born in 1956 best time everrrrrrr
I certainly remember school clothes, play clothes, and church clothes. Even until the early seventies girls had to wear dressesv(even in frigid weather, we had to change out of our long pants before attending class ), boys had to tuck into their pants, and collar length hair. Finally in my last couple of years of junior high (1971-1972) first we were allowed to wear “pantsuits “ and scooter skirts, then half way through eighth grade jeans😂. My mom bought me one pair and got mad when I wore the same pair every day😂
Things that I miss, you could tell men from women, people respected each other, and tried to be civil. Many of us were greatly affected by the draft and the Vietnam war, but many of us benefited from being in the armed forces. As you stated the youth of today would be shocked if they were drafted, but many need something like that - a challenge and having to follow orders.
78 percent of young Americans aren't even physically qualified for military service. When I went in the Corps in the late 60's we were all pretty much already in shape.
My mom was quite willing to send my older brother to Canada should he get drafted, fortunately the draft ended the year he became eligible. He would never had survived being in the military, he was too kind of a soul.
@@laurachristianson1688 There are many jobs in the military that do not require using a gun. I was in the USAF and only held a rifle (M16) twice in training. I spent 4 years in electronics most of it 7 stories underground.
@@SSN515 This is why we need mandatory service, get the kids in shape and get them off drugs. I now appreciate my 4 years in the USAF, learned a lot and matured.
@@woodwaker1 spare me please, not every male will benefit from “the military “, guns or no.
Fantastic story! Forgot one thing, papercarriers delivering the daily news either early morning or afternoon, depending on what city you lived in. Great way for boys & girls to make money. My husband delivered route 30, Medford, OR for 4, rain or shine. Many years later our two boys had paper routes & both felt it was the highlight of their growing up years❤
I grew up in the 50's and 60's, times were much better. My grandkids are growing up in a terrible time right now. We have to remember the past. It wasn't perfect, but it was safer until the late 60's and has never been the same again.
Remember candy 2 for a penny, party line telephones and the milk man who delivered your milk directy to your home ❤ Lovely memories😊
I remember the silly putty trick.. It's funny that you could get dairy products delivered to the silver box on your porch, but not take-out food.
I remember chicken delight had home delivery in the 60s, but i was a west coast city boy. Had more options
Did you ever leave the silly putty in your pocket? The thing would melt into your clothes 😂
This is so much fun, makes me so nostalgic. Born in 52, I want to go back!! We lived in the country on a small farm. Kids today wouldn't understand the freedom of playing unsupervised outside, and in summer that meant going on 10 mile bike rides on old country roads or playing kick the can until dark, around 10 pm! We worked hard, and we were connected to nature, and spent nearly all our waking time in it, only playing indoors on rainy or stormy days. It was a very different world back then.
The iron lung and polio was a big thing during the time.
Loved it. Born in 1953. So many great memories. 😊❤
Fess Parker playing Daniel Boone was my first crush as a young girl. 😍
Wasn't Fess Davy Crockett? Handsome man!
Thank You! Out was such a treat to renaness 😁 Born in 1950 brought back old memories of my childhood..deeply appreciate all most perfect.. back in time where Yes Sir U did an Awesome Job!! 👍❤️🌺
Awesome video!!
These entries in this channel is profoundly good but on what I'm indeed looking forward are these comments cos there's priceless for me.
Gilbert made a 80 power refractor telescope in the early 60's. I was able to track a satelite in Lubbock in about 1964. erector sets were fun to play with and electric trains also.
Glad I watched, brought back so many memories. I can remember going to my Aunt & Uncles when they watched Ed Sullivan, we were not to say a word, just sit there & behave. We didn’t think it was fun but we did what we were told. Also my parents would host a card game, while we were to “be seen but not heard”! Thanks for sharing these days that were the BEST!