I remember when....

[retread]

How about Rootie Kazootie, The Shadow on radio, the B bar B ranch, a paper route after school, then a job at the gas station? And 78 rpm records?

john

[Oldmanzues]

19 cent gas, Home made motorcycle/scooter/deathtrap ( I suvived that one), Whizzer and my first real motorcycle HD Hummer, Hopped up flat head V-8 Ford, Actualy did walk about a mile and a half to High school, Overhead V-8 Cad, overhead V-8 ford (52 ?), Wresling on my Dads TV on Sat night/sign off at midnight. Shared water dipper at the well
Same as a lot of the above and it was fun
Oldmanzues

[bruiser]

Carolers in the neighborhood at Christmas. Nickle pickles from the barrel. Penny candy. 5 cent cokes. Calling a track hoe a steam shovel. 15 cent lunch at school. And as Bob said, milk delivered in glass bottles with the cream at the top. Bread and baked goods delivered to the door (Rices bakery). The old man in the horse drawn wagon selling fruit and vegetables. Being awed by my uncle when he would visit in his Army uniform. Stick ball with a pinkey and an old broom stick. And so much more...

[cuznjohn]

stick ball, stoop ball, fruit and vegi wagons and never forget the sweet potato man and the jelly apple man. my grandfather used to rent all of them push carts and we would get the best of everything when we would stop one of the carts, the jelly apples were double dunked and hot when we got them

[Spyder_Cowgirl]

When ....

• Phone numbers were given out with an exchange NAME ... like FIreside5-xxxx, or 345-xxxx (the real phone number is still active, too)
• Civil defense drills in school ("duck and cover")
• JFK's funeral (I remember nothing about his death, but remember vividly being forced to watch the funeral ... tough on a 6 year old)
• Reciting the pledge of allegiance in school (I learned the version WITH "under God," my mother took her citizenship oath using the version without ... she was born in Canada).
• Milk being delivered in glass bottles (yes, Bob, even in California).
• Learning how to properly fold a flag as "captain of the guard" at my elementary school. The "guards" were usually 4th to 6th graders and we were charged with walking younger students across the street going to / from school (certainly wouldn't want to let a child do that today with the idiot distracted drivers on the road).
• Either walking or riding my bike (as in bicycle) to school -- it was about a mile and a half. I suspect you don't see much of that today.
• All the kids on the culdesac getting together for a softball game; where the round part was used for the diamond and the straight part was outfield. No kids live there anymore ... so no softball games.
• Heading to the "Lair of the Golden Bear" in the Sierra's of California for nearly 20 years; every summer, week after the fourth of July, we stayed at Camp Gold. Hikes to "Cleo's Bath" on the far side of Strawberry Lake as well as horseback riding in the mountains are some of my fondest memories. The Lair is still open and escaped damage from the rim fire this past summer.

I think that's enough for now. Good topic ..... Regards .... Ann

[bill pitman]

I grew up in a small town in Sussex County New Jersey.
The town was known as Bevans, just down the road from the town of Layton.
My folks owned the general store in the "center" of town, 4 roads kinda came together/or passed by.
The store had a second floor which was never used, and the bats came out of the roof rafters during the summer.
The store had groceries, big old chest style soda machines,where you slid the door up and reached in to get what you wanted. Sodas were like 10 or 15 cents. Do you remember "Squirt"?
In the front center was the bakery rack ,with breads, donuts, and such.
Behind that were the 2 horizontal ice cream freezers, one had 5 gallon kits of various favors, from which hand-dipped cones were made. Single scoop- 15 cents, double-dip- 25 cents. The other freezer held 1/2 gallon containers, if you wanted "pre-packaged". Breyers & Sealtest were the makers of the ice cream.
Also had a great candy counter display, penny candies up on top, then the 5 cent candy bars, and if you were/felt rich, you could buy a Mounds or Almond Joy for 10 cents!
My mom was also the Postmistress for the town(07824,I think, when zip codes came to be)
The Post Office (4th class), was in the back of the store right next to the kerosene heater(only heat I can remember being in the building). People would come in for their mail, it would be pulled from their cubby hole and handed over. The Post Office facade can be seen at/in the Space Farms museum in Beemerville,NJ.
Does anyone remember the fall out shelter pamphlets the government handed out? Learn how to build that perfect shelter!
Two gas pumps were outside, front right side ,off the porch, regular and Hi-Test, TideWater gas....
Summers, and summer folks, sittin' on the front porch with neighbors and folks..
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Sorry I've run on, but
These were better simpler times, good memories..

Bill Pitman
62 years of living...

[Pennyrick]

-Gathering around the Crosley radio to listen to Lux Radio Theater; Inner Sanctum; Mister Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons; Gangbusters and The Shadow. Friday night it was the fights broadcast by Don Dunphy sponsored by Gillette Blue Blades

-Taking out the ashes from the coal furnace to be picked up by the city to be spread on the roads.

-Tuning in my crystal set on the hour to see how many different station call letters I could pick up.

-Loading my pistols with rolls of red caps before venturing out on Saturday to the afternoon moves to see Sunset Carson; Johnny Mack Brown, Lash LaRue or the Durango Kid.

-Sending off to the Mystic Stamp company for an uncirculated set of stamps from Ceylon, Borneo or Ste. Pierre & Miquelon.

[KAPike]

I will always remember what a big deal it was growing up that mom and dad let us stay up to watch the ball drop on New Years eve. As soon as it dropped off to bed we went.

Dinner was always at 5 PM. Dad always said grace and no one could leave the table until mom said it was okay.

We always got two new pair of pants for the start of the new school year and always had to take them off when we got home, they were not play clothes.

We got a Microwave oven but couldn't tell anyone because mom didn't want the neighbors to think we were rich.

[Grayfox]

I remember when we got electricity.

[Spyder ri]

Hey, we are lucky in Rhode Island. We STILL have milk delivered in glass bottles. Munroe Dairy has 30 delivery routes and is a full service grocery store on wheels. I worked there for 8 years as their marketing manager. They've been around since 1881!

http://www.cowtruck.com/wcms/index.php

[bruiser]

Bill, Squirt is still available.

[dabreitbach]

Remember when McDonalds advertised that you could get a burger, fries and a coke and get change back from your dollar.

[M109Dreamer]

Remember when during New Years and July 4th, neighborhood kids would save there lunch money to but bottle rockets and roman candles and at night would play "war" in the streets...

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[ARtraveler]

Grape Nehi, 2 for 1 Penny Candy, the popsicle flavor of the month (5 cents). Blue Rasberry, Chocolate, Licorice, and Apple--in addition to the regular flavors. Guess I was into treats

[Bob Denman]

Hey, we are lucky in Rhode Island. We STILL have milk delivered in glass bottles. Munroe Dairy has 30 delivery routes and is a full service grocery store on wheels. I worked there for 8 years as their marketing manager. They've been around since 1881!

http://www.cowtruck.com/wcms/index.php

[Cruzr Joe]

We used to go to the candy store to "Hang Out" a glass of seltzer was 3 cents, if you wanted syrup in it, it was 5 cents.

Somebody's father would whistle for him and half the kids headed home because they were not sure who was being called

Cruzr Joe

[KAPike]

I don't remember, but some of you old-timers remember when Bob only had 5000 post.

[Bob Denman]

[capt jim]

DAD GAVE ME A NICKEL TO WALK TO YTHE STATION AND GET A PALE OF WHITE GAS TO WASH PSARTS

[spyder3]

I remember when..

Actually...i forget what i remember

[Bob Denman]

Then you're old enough...

[flaggerphil]

I remember when we got our first tv in the mid '50s. We lived in north Seattle and were the first ones on our street (which was not paved, btw) to get a tv. All the kids on our street (kindergarten/1st grade age) came over the next day and my Mom checked the paper to find a suitable show. It was Mighty Mouse.

Before that I actually remember listening to a kids show on our living room table radio on Saturday mornings...then getting booted out the door to go out and play.

[Cruzr Joe]

I don't remember, but some of you old-timers remember when Bob only had 5000 post.

None of us are that old.

Cruzr Joe

[KAPike]

I remember wen Duck Dynasty was on the A&E network.

[ThreeWheels]

I remember when I wanted to change the channel on the TV, I had to walk all the way across the room to do it.