Growing Up in the 1960s Means You Remember This

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  • @judithwest4183
    @judithwest4183 7 місяців тому +430

    We seniors were blessed to have grownup in a golden era. The nostalgia is real.

    • @tomperkins5657
      @tomperkins5657 3 місяці тому

      So was Nam, the riots and looting, mass protests and assassinations.

    • @jameshaley5083
      @jameshaley5083 3 місяці тому +12

      Born in '56. I hear you.
      We had it much better then.

    • @toring61_52
      @toring61_52 Місяць тому

      90% of all the food we see today was Not around in the 60s, the same with all the sicknesses like Diabetes and cancer. Food is processed by Corporations with very much added toxic chemicals making American folks sick !!
      2025 hope that RFK will stop all of this such as aspartame. MSG and other lists of crap added.
      The UK has banned all these chemicals in their food so those corporations leave out the toxins then it's shipped over seas. Question: why is it that America keeps adding this crap here? Those that are doing this should be shut down and not just fined but be on all news stations with warnings.
      My suggestion is ALWAYS READ THE LABELS !! or go on the web research each additive to see the effects of what these toxins are doing to humans.
      I use to drink tang in the day but it was sugar NOT Aspartame or High Fructose like today. They have in in many foods. it was a politician Donald Rumsfeld.
      If you research on this strange chapter in the history of Donald Rumsfeld and have learned two things. One, the chemical additive aspartame is very potentially a cancer and brain tumor-causing substance that has no place in our food. And two, the reasons and means by which Rumsfeld helped get it approved are nefarious at best, criminal at worst. And by the way, that medal that Rumsfeld got back in 2004 was the Presidential Medal of Freedom, also awarded to Tommy Franks, George Tenet and that charming warrior L. Paul Bremer. Evidently, "Freedom" means the right to use your powerful friends in Washington to approve your company's dangerous substance for human consumption and make a fat bonus on the way out the door. So how did aspartame become legal? And more importantly, if it had been rejected multiple times over fears of brain tumors and cancer, why?

    • @toring61_52
      @toring61_52 Місяць тому +7

      @@jameshaley5083 A Big Mac cost around 45 cents in the 1960s,
      In 1960, the median home price in the United States was $11,900
      Cars: In 1960, the average cost of a new car was approximately $2,600, while today it's above $30,000.
      The price of a 1960 Volkswagen Beetle varied depending on the model:
      Deluxe Sedan: $1,565 Sunroof Sedan: $1,665
      In 1960, a typical handgun, like a basic .22 caliber pistol, would cost somewhere between $20 and $50 depending on the brand and model, which roughly translates to around $200 to $500

    • @danielkosta3134
      @danielkosta3134 Місяць тому +6

      ​@@jameshaley5083I agree. 1951 here.

  • @jerry7311
    @jerry7311 Місяць тому +110

    This makes me cry wishing we all could go back in time and enjoy the simpler life and brings back so many memories.

    • @johnzemetra6106
      @johnzemetra6106 29 днів тому +4

      The genie is out of the bottle, you can’t go back, there is no there, there. Trying to explain to my grandkids that we had no internet, no social media, they have no concept of life in 60’s.

    • @LoveToRelax
      @LoveToRelax 23 дні тому +1

      Yep. Until I want to watch UA-cam videos... 😂

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 15 днів тому +1

      Especially in these disgusting times!😢😢😢😢

    • @EastSideTerri
      @EastSideTerri 5 днів тому

      Oh God YES

  • @mikethomas4570
    @mikethomas4570 8 місяців тому +253

    Made this old broken down marine smile seeing things I’d forgotten about

    • @woohunter1
      @woohunter1 8 місяців тому +17

      Thank-you for your service, hope all is well.

    • @jaya.0069
      @jaya.0069 7 місяців тому +8

      I'm with you Marine! Appreciate your service too!

    • @joannaedwards6325
      @joannaedwards6325 7 місяців тому +4

      I bet you still make your bed really TIGHT and with hospital corners. Ha!

    • @stephen4763
      @stephen4763 5 місяців тому +5

      Thank YOU sir. Semper Fi.

    • @richardstone5241
      @richardstone5241 Місяць тому +4

      I know what you mean buddy!

  • @MarkTurner-vs7uc
    @MarkTurner-vs7uc 8 місяців тому +193

    It was so much better its indescribable. 60s,70s, 80s. I was there. It was nothing like this.

    • @jaya.0069
      @jaya.0069 7 місяців тому +9

      I loved the seventies, my favorite decade!

    • @oldbeatpete
      @oldbeatpete 4 місяці тому +5

      funny looking back that the 80s weren't so bad compared to the 90s onward.

    • @robertmcdonald9280
      @robertmcdonald9280 2 місяці тому +7

      Born 1959 loved my young life.

    • @pattymiller9040
      @pattymiller9040 Місяць тому +3

      @@oldbeatpeteMy kids were young in the 80s, loved that era! Loved the music of the 80s & the 60s!! Both decades, great years!

    • @robertshorthill6836
      @robertshorthill6836 28 днів тому +4

      JFK was going to be POTUS. The astronauts were going into rockets. Beatles were coming to the states. God, those were great times. I graduated HS in '65, went into service, saw hippies in California. Life was simpler then.

  • @DianeFosberg
    @DianeFosberg 7 місяців тому +126

    A great time to be a kid ! In the summer we would be out the door by 8:00 am not back until dark. Playing baseball , building forts in the woods, riding our bikes gave us the freedom to go where we wanted. What was great about the 60`s as a kid, No social media! No cell phones !

    • @brucemoose9587
      @brucemoose9587 4 місяці тому +4

      😊remember, inside as soon as streetlight came on in eve

    • @Paladin70
      @Paladin70 Місяць тому +2

      And no damn video games!!!

    • @kipbrown1549
      @kipbrown1549 Місяць тому +3

      We had a underground fort with a fireplace that almost killed us !!!

    • @thomasmckelvey8884
      @thomasmckelvey8884 Місяць тому +3

      And only 3 channels on the tv.
      And the tv stations shut down at midnight

    • @Paladin70
      @Paladin70 Місяць тому +2

      @@thomasmckelvey8884
      And when it was windy we only got two where I grew up. 😂😂

  • @thomasBanjopunk
    @thomasBanjopunk 8 місяців тому +246

    Boy I miss those days...

  • @josephgaviota
    @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +310

    12:10 It's probably hard for a young person to imagine what a HUGE deal it was to see something in COLOR on your HOME TV.

    • @Pea-bj2qv
      @Pea-bj2qv 8 місяців тому +15

      And now ,I like watching movies and old shows in black and white. Isn't that strange. I like Gunsmoke, Andy Griffin show ,Beverly Hillbillies and the rest in black and white better.😊

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому +15

      @@Pea-bj2qv Me, too! And old movies that have NOT been colorized are so perfect, just the way they are.

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому +13

      @josephgaviota
      Did you notice in the video, the narrator said "..and if you had a TV, ..."? So true, because not every household had one, and when color TVs came out, many households waited till their black 'n white TV gave out before purchasing a new color TV.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +12

      @@lisahinton9682 Yes, we had only a black & white TV. We had one aunt, the "rich" aunt (I don't think she was really rich, but to us kids she was)--THEY had a color TV ... it was the ultimate treat to watch cartoons in COLOR.

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 8 місяців тому +9

      I was an adult before even owning a color TV😳😳

  • @louismcglasson7913
    @louismcglasson7913 8 місяців тому +535

    We had so much more freedom than kids do today; thus, we enjoyed life more.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +30

      Really true. No cell phones ... we were just on our own, riding our bikes all over the place.

    • @jonathanabbot4141
      @jonathanabbot4141 8 місяців тому +10

      It was our 9-5 "job" to be outside in the summer lunch usually peanut butter and jelly, and Fizzies from 12-12:30 (had to watch "Cowboy Bob" and his sidekick "Sourdough" and he played guitar and sang songs and there were 3-4 cartoons WTTV channel 4 (Indianapolis) when we had 3 channels, and then back outside exploring drinking from the hose, riding bikes and at 5 it was time to come get washed up for dinner.
      Those were the days

    • @dangreene3895
      @dangreene3895 8 місяців тому +19

      Yes we were lucky , I would hate to try and raise a child today , my daughter was born in 89 and it was hard enough then , and it was not near as crazy a time as now .

    • @charlescline8943
      @charlescline8943 8 місяців тому +9

      @@josephgaviota Back then we didn't worry about having our pictures on milk cartons. Kids today would rather be online.

    • @saminaneen
      @saminaneen 8 місяців тому +1

      @@charlescline8943 coffee machine jammed ,found a UA-cam video, followed the clear instruction to dissemble it ,removed wood chip from ginder , reassembled it all good in less time than buying a new one.

  • @MikePeterson-nm7uv
    @MikePeterson-nm7uv 3 місяці тому +96

    I grew up in the 60s and it was the best time of my life.

  • @mikehedrick8675
    @mikehedrick8675 Місяць тому +38

    I just turned 70. So blessed to have grown up in the best era of world history.

    • @Sluggo01
      @Sluggo01 Місяць тому

      My age…yes remember a lot from then…life was easy…mom stayed home, dad worked, 2 acres of PUSH lawn mower…or you didnt get to play baseball that afternoon

    • @johnzemetra6106
      @johnzemetra6106 29 днів тому +1

      I turned 70 this year, precious memories, how they linger.

    • @Sluggo01
      @Sluggo01 29 днів тому

      @ love that song…Precious Memories…Doyle Lawson..best …yea 1954

    • @nilsanarvaez7947
      @nilsanarvaez7947 28 днів тому

      Me too!

    • @erichwehner826
      @erichwehner826 27 днів тому

      I totally loved those space food sticks and the breakfast squares, I wish they would bring them back!

  • @garytafolla2845
    @garytafolla2845 8 місяців тому +261

    Something that most kids were into, was rushing home after school to watch DARK SHADOWS at 3:00. The show started in 1966 and and became very popular until it ended in 1971. This little tidbit would be cool to add into another 1960's Recollection Road video. 😊😊

    • @RiceaRoni354
      @RiceaRoni354 8 місяців тому +29

      I was one of those kids.

    • @t.j.payeur5331
      @t.j.payeur5331 8 місяців тому +14

      Absolutely! Theramin music in the theme..most of my teachers watched it too...

    • @incog99skd11
      @incog99skd11 8 місяців тому +14

      Angelique was the BEST witch too!!

    • @BoopOnYourNose
      @BoopOnYourNose 8 місяців тому +8

      Oh YES!! I was 6 when I started watching. Gave me nightmares so bad my mom wouldn't let me watch anymore. Most of the seasons are on Tubi, I had to rewatch , and watch all the other seasons I missed. I LOVE that show!

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +17

      The girl across the street always ran home to eat cinnamon toast and watch Dark Shadows.
      I wonder if kids today still eat cinnamon toast?

  • @dxradioman6351
    @dxradioman6351 8 місяців тому +260

    I was lucky to be born in 48, so I got to live in both the best decades of 50s and 60s.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +10

      💯

    • @reb1050
      @reb1050 8 місяців тому +17

      Born in 49, I agree completely.

    • @tonycollazorappo
      @tonycollazorappo 8 місяців тому +13

      You are so right, 50s and 60s. The best times for kids. I was born in 1961 and enjoyed it VERY. The 70s were not too bad as well, I hated the 80s and up, lol. 50s and 60s had the best music and movies.

    • @tonybrooks7268
      @tonybrooks7268 8 місяців тому +4

      10 4

    • @user-lz6dm5lk9y
      @user-lz6dm5lk9y 8 місяців тому +10

      We look back on the 1960s now with some nostalgia, but the fact is it was arguably the worst decade of the 20th century with Vietnam, civil rights, the very traumatic assassination of a president then the attorney general and MLK. Drugs were rife both in Vietnam and at home. The list goes on and on, but those are painful memories....

  • @johnbethea4505
    @johnbethea4505 8 місяців тому +150

    As a combat veteran in Vietnam 1966-67, the news kept our parents so scared every night.

    • @jonathanabbot4141
      @jonathanabbot4141 8 місяців тому +19

      Thank you for your service Sir. 🇺🇲

    • @johnbethea4505
      @johnbethea4505 8 місяців тому +4

      @@jonathanabbot4141 you are welcome, thanks.

    • @b.j.7837
      @b.j.7837 8 місяців тому +11

      @johnbethea
      Thank you for serving our country in such an awful war. My father served during that time, too.
      I can’t imagine what you went through. 🥺

    • @johnbethea4505
      @johnbethea4505 8 місяців тому +7

      @b.j.7837 The bad part of war is that we sometimes bring the horrors back with us. And, no matter how much that we love some people, we may visit the horrors on you. For this, I am sorry, but at times, we can't help ourselves.

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому +5

      @@johnbethea4505 My boyfriend, only in Viet Nam for about five months (because the war ended), occasionally wakes up punching and screaming. Horrific. As soon as he wakes up, he says, "Sorry. I'm fine. Go back to sleep." He's not fine but will not talk about what gives him these dreams.
      I will say to you what I have said to him, "Thank you. Thank you so much."

  • @mikemccormick8115
    @mikemccormick8115 22 дні тому +12

    Life, society, culture, everything was better. Life was happier. Glad I was there.

  •  7 місяців тому +170

    For kids that grew up in this 60s, like me, 67 years old, i often dwell on the wonderful childhood we had. Although I'm older today, i wouldn't swape those days for anything. Thank you, my beloved parents, for making a child's life so great!

    • @lisamcarthur6175
      @lisamcarthur6175 4 місяці тому +4

      Amen!

    • @SJNrider500
      @SJNrider500 4 місяці тому +2

      My neighbor was a farmer who still did his fields with a team a horses. I’d hear the sounds and would jump out of my bed, into my clothes to run out and ride with him.

    • @anntunaley9974
      @anntunaley9974 3 місяці тому +2

      You were blessed to have kind parents.

    • @jameswood231
      @jameswood231 12 днів тому

      Amen.😊

  • @t.j.payeur5331
    @t.j.payeur5331 8 місяців тому +458

    Put cards on your bicycle fender so that the spokes hit them and made a clacking sound...

    • @TRUTH-4U-NOW
      @TRUTH-4U-NOW 8 місяців тому +8

      Yea, we were airplanes

    • @ElizabethFinn-kt7ye
      @ElizabethFinn-kt7ye 8 місяців тому +5

      Yup,my brother did that !🐸

    • @barbaraleszczynski2214
      @barbaraleszczynski2214 8 місяців тому +14

      Yep…held in with a wooden clothesline pin!

    • @Robo67-24
      @Robo67-24 8 місяців тому +6

      It gave the sound of a Motor bike. I use to think how good if you didn't have to pedal and now here we are with electric bikes.

    • @Oldconcreteguy
      @Oldconcreteguy 7 місяців тому +14

      Or ballons, that gave your bike a Harley sound.

  • @billdncn
    @billdncn 8 місяців тому +124

    Born in '59 the 60's were the best times of my life and I would love to have a do over.

    • @DavidDykes-dm9lc
      @DavidDykes-dm9lc 2 місяці тому +2

      Agree, agree, agree!!!😊

    • @sherryquilter
      @sherryquilter 13 днів тому

      Me too, also born in '59 - best times of my life the 60's and 70's!

  • @BigBlue1026
    @BigBlue1026 8 місяців тому +583

    The America in which we grew up no longer exists. I miss it.

    • @middleclassretiree
      @middleclassretiree 7 місяців тому +13

      And thankfully so, these films glamorize a time period of racism and prejudice not to mention the crimes against women and kids that went unreported

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 7 місяців тому +13

      @@middleclassretiree A female back then could hitch anywhere. I picked up several to take them to school because I was driving my clunker in the 10th grade. This was in Broward County. Not many people in FL back then nobody had A/C.

    • @seanbradley6691
      @seanbradley6691 7 місяців тому +30

      @@middleclassretiree I'm inclined to agree with you but those things you mentioned still exist. The difference between then was that there was a sense of right and wrong. The morals today are very backwards. No fear or respect of God in our society today!

    • @Lou-eye
      @Lou-eye 7 місяців тому +11

      Darn good decade!👍

    • @virago1776-h4g
      @virago1776-h4g 7 місяців тому +25

      @@middleclassretiree Things were turning around in the sixties. Black actors and actresses were becoming more mainstream on TV and in the movies. Black musical performers became popular among music lovers. More black athletes gained ground in major sports. Then there was civil rights legislation as well as court decisions combatting discrimination. No period is perfect, including modern times. There is always good and bad and the fact that so many of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties have good, nostalgic memories is nothing to be ashamed of.

  • @davidmick9943
    @davidmick9943 7 місяців тому +77

    Born in '62, everything in this video is taking me back to the best times of my life. Drivers license in '77....gas was 42 cents a gallon and a bottle of coke 10 cents......those were the days my friends, i wish they'd never end.

    • @ladydiane1811
      @ladydiane1811 6 місяців тому +4

      57 here, I remember .19 a gallon!!

    • @aschule5684
      @aschule5684 6 місяців тому +4

      Also born in 1962 when I read your comment it reminded me of going to the store with a quarter and buying a soda and a bag of cheese popcorn and I believe I even got change back, what a time to grow up. The same thing today costs about $6 😳 unbelievable 😔

    • @KevSm-li8yy
      @KevSm-li8yy 3 місяці тому

      I took a trip to Joplin, Missouri with a friend and his parents in 1972. We stopped at a mom and pop shop along the way to get something to drink. The owners proudly announced, "You're lucky to have stopped here, kids. This is the last place in Missouri where you can get a bottle of Coke for a dime."

    • @winstonrocco1981
      @winstonrocco1981 Місяць тому

      Born in 59 remembering brings a smile to my face.
      The vacations in the Plymouth station wagon pulling over on trips and eating spam sandwiches lol

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 15 днів тому +1

      Penny Candy was a penny

  • @bridgetmccracken1381
    @bridgetmccracken1381 8 місяців тому +115

    I would gladly go back!! Thank you for this sweet look back

  • @VintageVermilion
    @VintageVermilion 8 місяців тому +201

    I remember the sadness and fear immediately after JFK's assassination. On Feb 9 1964, Ed Sullivan helped change the world by introducing The Beatles. Still a fan after all these years. Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Star Trek-- loved them all back then, still love them now.

    • @MissBabalu102
      @MissBabalu102 8 місяців тому +6

      Dark Shadows was my favorite.

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 8 місяців тому +1

      @@MissBabalu102Yes!!!

    • @monicaqueenan9985
      @monicaqueenan9985 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@cheriem432I also grew up in Massachusetts. Your memories are similar to mine. I was 9 years-old and wanted to watch my TV shows, especially since it was the weekend. I wasn't allowed to watch TV on weekdays during the school year.

    • @MissBabalu102
      @MissBabalu102 8 місяців тому +1

      @@cheriem432 It was still a great time to be a kid, maybe that's why the 80s and 90s was good too. The 70s was ugly and maybe that's why now is ugly. For kids, Go outside, or we had a bid basement for our imaginations. I had no idea what was happening out in the world.

    • @lancep4164
      @lancep4164 7 місяців тому +6

      Get Smart !

  • @mikeking9373
    @mikeking9373 8 місяців тому +83

    I was born in '56 and remember most everything here. Thanks for the trip back to a happy childhood!

    • @Caligirl-1111
      @Caligirl-1111 Місяць тому +3

      I’m a ‘56 person too

    • @kevinward8915
      @kevinward8915 27 днів тому +2

      Me too, feb1956

    • @davidgard8992
      @davidgard8992 26 днів тому +2

      Sept ‘56 here. I also remember getting a pair of roller skates and cannibalizing them to make a skateboard with a short 2x4. Later on in the 60s brought a lawnmower powered mini bike providing hours of fun and a bargaining chip for my parents to use if chores weren’t done or school grades were not satisfactory. I wish I could go back. 😢

  • @BarbaraS-o4z
    @BarbaraS-o4z 7 місяців тому +52

    Born in 1960, we lived in a nice middle class suburban area. Went out to play all day and mom and dad never kept track of where you were at. Had to be home when street lights came on. Cooked brownies for my brother in my Easy Bake. Drank from the hose when I was thirsty. Loved American Bandstand on Saturdays and tried the dances. Played monopoly all weekend long and jacks! Great times and no stress! 😊

    • @Lisa-du6pv
      @Lisa-du6pv 4 місяці тому +1

      Kick ball in the street using mailboxes as bases. Making no bake cookies on Saturday night at a friend’s (and eating them all). Girl scout camp (2weeks away from home) mom would mail choc chip cookies and treats with a note)

    • @oldbeatpete
      @oldbeatpete 4 місяці тому

      yes, 'kickball' with softball.

    • @brucemoose9587
      @brucemoose9587 4 місяці тому +4

      didnt need to worry much about kidnaps or child molesting😮most folks were decent and religious, not the crazy insane groups we have these days

  • @Bonbongirly
    @Bonbongirly 17 днів тому +15

    Born in 55 I remember freedom, to run and play, to go alone to the candy store, to stare up through our tree into white clouds in a perfectly blue sky. The day lasted forever. How I long to smell chicken dinner, peach cobbler, my Grandmas perfume. I love you grandma. Those days were life.

    • @cathyledger-n4y
      @cathyledger-n4y 7 годин тому

      Born in 1955 as well. Loved my childhood

  • @HeatherB81
    @HeatherB81 8 місяців тому +519

    I know so many people say this in the comments, but… I would give anything to go back and live in this time.

    • @delles1548
      @delles1548 8 місяців тому +60

      We had no computers, cell phones, electronic games, only 3 TV channels that ended at either 10:30pm or midnight on weekends, etc, etc, so we made real and lifelong friends not FakeBook friends, played sports, used our imaginations to create, explored the world around us, hunted, fished, camped, etc, etc. It was a time of freedom and innocence and the joy of discovery of each new day.

    • @jeffcarlson3269
      @jeffcarlson3269 8 місяців тому

      @@delles1548
      I know...right?.... wasn't it a great time?..
      .back in the days when kids could actually buy.. dangerous fireworks on the 4th of July.. cherry bombs... silver salutes.. red rats.. ..
      a less prohibitive environment.. with more freedoms...less restrictions and laws..
      I remember even being allowed to buy cigarettes for my mother at the neighborhood store.. until that changed around 1962 or 1963... and they used to keep them out in the aisles.. where anyone could help themselves... Not behind the counters as they are now..
      and what ever happened to the cigarette machines?.. those disappeared too ..I believe around the time children were prohibited from handling cigarettes.. even if they did Not smoke them themselves
      AND of course Also... where I lived... in Omaha Nebraska... we never had aq sales tax.. until around 1967...
      imagine.. walking in a store and buying 3 comic books... .. at 12 cents each.. and only paying 36 cents..... what a life...
      and most magazines cost between 25 - 35 cents..

    • @dkwoodsy2082
      @dkwoodsy2082 8 місяців тому +17

      Oh man- you’re so right! I wasn’t born till ‘67 but I remember MANY of the things shown here into the early and mid 70s. Not a care in the world! (Except for being home on time in the evening- and getting homework done…)

    • @jeffcarlson3269
      @jeffcarlson3269 8 місяців тому +20

      @Middleagedbookworm
      I'll do you one better.... every day... I hope and pray... someone would invent a time machine... so I could go back and relive some of those days..
      that hope and reminiscing helps keep me going some days... especially the bad days...

    • @altoncrane9714
      @altoncrane9714 8 місяців тому +13

      Wait for me !!!

  • @susanrolls2211
    @susanrolls2211 7 місяців тому +49

    I both laugh and cry as I watch this. Laughing at how happy that time was, and cry because the innocence and freedom that seems to be nothing more than a memory. How I wish our world was still like that! Thanks for video.

    • @SJNrider500
      @SJNrider500 4 місяці тому +2

      It really has become our (the older generation’s) call to keep the legacy alive.

  • @josephgaviota
    @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +349

    0:50 That little girl is drinking from a hose !! Oh, the HORROR !!
    Yeah, back then, we all did it. And we're still here, 70 years later.

    • @incog99skd11
      @incog99skd11 8 місяців тому +17

      Ah, the germ thing. I shared a bedroom with my brother and when he got some horrible disease, I got it too. We shared germs. I think kids were stronger as a result. Now we have diseases like Covid that are more dangerous and I think it's because too many kids are raised in a bubble without being exposed to germs like we were. Now they are isolated in their own private bedrooms.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +9

      @@incog99skd11 Yeah, we had three boys in one room; bunk bed on one side, regular twin on the other.
      And we actually said, "a little dirt, never hurt." I don't think any modern kid would say that.

    • @bruce8808
      @bruce8808 8 місяців тому +4

      @josephgaviota * Back in the 1960s and 70s living out in the country on a farm/ranch groundwater was safe to drink in those days coming out of submersible Wells. Now for about 30 years the groundwater has alkali and other substances in it. We are all drinking bottled water.

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому +15

      @@josephgaviota
      I am a school bus driver and get asked a zillion times a day if I have any hand-sanitizer, or any disinfecting wipes. My gawd, child, sit down!

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 8 місяців тому +20

      I drank from a hose and I’m still alive and healthy at age 76+!,😁😁. Also played with cap guns and sometimes just the caps - hit them with a rock in the driveway - that was fun!!!

  • @mayorb3366
    @mayorb3366 8 місяців тому +21

    I had a Major Matt Mason, my sister had an Easy Bake oven. Getting burned was part of the learning curve, as with Creepy Crawlers. So many great memories!

  • @TyBlack-dc1fi
    @TyBlack-dc1fi 6 місяців тому +41

    Yeah, I miss these days. So sad compared to now.

  • @questfortruth665
    @questfortruth665 8 місяців тому +395

    Compared to what this country's devolved into today, it seems that it was heaven!

    • @tonycollazorappo
      @tonycollazorappo 8 місяців тому +14

      So very true, sadly :(

    • @user-lz6dm5lk9y
      @user-lz6dm5lk9y 8 місяців тому +29

      Is not that the truth! There days I often find myself thinking or saying that I no longer recognise this world or the people in it.

    • @MissBabalu102
      @MissBabalu102 8 місяців тому +9

      So, how can we fix all this? That's what I think everyday, and I don't hear anybody doing anything but complaining. First, restrict your technology, as I sit here on UA-cam. Normalize privacy.

    • @user-lz6dm5lk9y
      @user-lz6dm5lk9y 8 місяців тому

      @@MissBabalu102 "Normalise privacy." You hit the nail on the head! That is a HUGE problem in the U.S. For instance, there are no laws stopping these "companies" who go around collecting every piece of information they can gather about people from public records in order to sell it. That is insane! No one could get away with doing that in Europe. Anyone who tried it would find himself in very legal hot water.
      Then, there is all this collecting of information about people in "the name of security." They keep going farther and farther with no end in sight. Last year I added a payee to my zelle account at my bank and sent the payee a relatively small amount of money--$126. The bank immediately cancelled the payment. They ended up cancelling the payment 4 times. It is impossible to speak to them on the phone without giving your name, address, phone number, date of birth, SSN, debit card number, and what you had for breakfast a week ago Tuesday. I complained BITTERLY, and they had the nerve to demand WHY I wanted to give my payee $126. I told them it was none of their bloody business!!! I finally went to the bank in person with my license, debit card, and a slew of other identification. Banker belled their "fraud department" and told them that the account holder was definitely sitting in front of her with all I.D.'s and was very angry. Do you know they made the banker take my license and debit card to the back and look at it under a black light?! She was so disgusted. I have been with this bank 25 years or more at this point. Then, they wanted me to sign into my account. I tried several times with my usual password and could not sign in, so the said I MUST change my password. I refused. They had me locked out of my account for several weeks!! In the meantime, I wrote several paper cheques to my payee. Obviously, this was a legitimate payee. Even after all of that, they STILL would not let me send money through zelle. I complained to zelle directly, but zelle said it was the bank causing the problem. Most recently, I stopped at an ATM to withdraw cash early in the month as I have done every month for. YEARS, and the ATM kept telling me some sort of error. Next thing I knew I reaceived an email about "FRAUD ALERT!!!!!" Email asked, are you trying to get money from the ATM?? I replied YES YOU BLOODY IDIOTS!!!!!! WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE??!!!!!! I do this every month of every year!!!! Finally was able to withdraw some cash, but I was and am LIVID. The bottom line is they are paranoid schizophrenics!!! I have to FIGHT to get access to my own money!! I have to tell them why I want to send a payee money!!! This is my private business. I should not have to tell the bank why I added a payee to my meagre list of payees and want to send the payee a miserable $126!!
      It is not just the banks and the "companies" who glean information about people to sell to others. It is our own government and companies together disrespecting our privacy. Anyone recall how ATT blithely handed over all of people's emails to the government, once again in the name of security. The really rich people find ways to protect both their money and their privacy, but the poor and the middle classes are vulnerable and have little if any recourse.
      I could go on and on, but one last example should suffice to show how bad things are now. We all remember how, for instance, if you did not see a doctor or dentist pretty regularly, after a while, they destroyed your records. They did not WANT to keep records of patients they no longer saw, and the law allowed them to do this. Makes sense to me. Now, recall what was happening with Covid the first 2 years. Once my demographic was allowed to have the vaccine, I went to the chemist inside one of my local groceries. I had had Rx's filled there more than 25 years earlier, but I had not done business with them in at least 25 years because although they are convenient to my home, I thought they were the rudest bunch of professionals I had ever encountered. Anyway, I filled out their form, and the woman behind the counter actually pulled up my information on the computer from more than 25 years ago!! I was stunned. I asked, why are you storing information on someone who has not done business with you in over a quarter of a century?! No answer. This is what has become of our "private lives."
      I suppose with the rise in computerised records and a culture that thinks everyone's personal life is open to the world, we are now in a place where I private lives will never be regained. I blame at least some of it on the talk shows that began in the 80s and continued well into the 2000s where people came on and discussed the most private details of their lives, which I found utterly appalling, but that is at least one part of this loss of everyone's privacy that we are stuck with now. As I said, I could tell you quite a few more appalling experiences I have had of being tracked, for instance, by hospitals where I went in one time for an x-ray or to have blood drawn over 30 years ago, and they have somehow tracked me until this very day---where I live, etc., even though I have not been back there in decades! Same is even true for university. I am not a member of any alumni association, but I was stunned to receive a letter from the college about alumni matters at least 25 years AFTER the last time I had given the an address for me, and I had moved several times since then!
      The bottom line is whether or not we all realise it, none of us has any private life anymore. The only things private to us are our memories and thoughts, and guess what kids? Science is now trying to find a way to invade those areas of our inner lives as well!!! I figure I have less than 20 years left on my docket, and I hope and pray that reincarnation is NOT real because I never want to come back to this world ever again!!

    • @SSN515
      @SSN515 8 місяців тому +9

      We are from when we thought the future was going to be cool. In a way, I pity the youngers nowadays. Their future is going to be bleak.

  • @vickichristian4474
    @vickichristian4474 8 місяців тому +102

    I miss all this, thank you for the memories ❤😢

  • @oldtimer427
    @oldtimer427 8 місяців тому +95

    Born in '58. Remember most of this. Thanks for the look back !

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 8 місяців тому +5

      Ditto.

    • @xlerb2286
      @xlerb2286 8 місяців тому +4

      '60 for me, so I remember most of this as well. Doesn't seem _ that_ many years ago, does it.

    • @j.d.leslie8458
      @j.d.leslie8458 8 місяців тому +4

      1958 here as well.

    • @matrox
      @matrox 8 місяців тому +3

      I was born in early 57...I remember all of this and the late 50s.

    • @oldtimer427
      @oldtimer427 8 місяців тому

      @JimmySSR Rambler stationwagon , then mom had a '66 Chevy Nomad to haul the kids around. She hated that car, I'd trade a kidney for it today.

  • @lisahinton9682
    @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому +44

    Oh, how I'd like to go back in time and have a do-over. This was a wonderful trip down Memory Lane; thank you.

  • @lonnyjaw
    @lonnyjaw 8 місяців тому +36

    The late 60's were the years I recall so well with fun, freedom, and liberty. That POSITIVE feeling we all had during that time I'll NEVER forget. Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and cool bicycles were the order at ANY time!

  • @billace90
    @billace90 6 місяців тому +17

    I was born in 1949, I still remember those wonderful years with a lot of nostalgia.
    But, I’m happy I was able to!!!!

  • @suzannemckenzie2873
    @suzannemckenzie2873 8 місяців тому +151

    Born in 1953. Yes to all. Except Howard Johnson. We didn’t go out to eat. Did anyone else have ‘bubble’ rings in the 60’s. Plastic rings with a dome of solid plastic instead of a stone.
    The candy! Penny candy and gum. 3 cent candy bars.
    The freedom we had to explore and make mistakes. It was a blessed time

    • @garywagner2466
      @garywagner2466 8 місяців тому +5

      And chocolate actually had chocolate in it. Not that brown glucose wax they put on bars today, a micrometer in thickness. Blech!

    • @delles1548
      @delles1548 8 місяців тому +12

      Yes. The penny candies, nickel sodas, large candy bars and bags of chips along with those long tubes of chewing gum. We would visit my great aunt in a nearby small town, and she would give us boys a quarter, and we would walk down main street and visit the 5 and dime store. A quarter went a long ways.

    • @robertschmidt9296
      @robertschmidt9296 8 місяців тому +5

      I remember candy bars were 5 cents back in the day when a young kid could walk to the store without being bothered. I blew a gasket when they went to 10 cents, that's twice as much. I protested by refusing to pay such an outrageous price. Well, that plan didn't last long.

    • @jaya.0069
      @jaya.0069 7 місяців тому +4

      We had RC cola and would put a 10 cent bag of peanuts in the cola and drink & chew! Umm Good!

    • @maxon-m3c
      @maxon-m3c 7 місяців тому +5

      Don't forget FIZZIES, FLAV-R-STAWS, putting KOOL AID into ice cube trays to make cheap Popsickles.

  • @retired815
    @retired815 8 місяців тому +100

    Born in 1951 and glad i experienced all of this👍💕

    • @samhain3530
      @samhain3530 8 місяців тому +3

      Sorry, I hit the wrong button. Delete the dislike

    • @meatdog
      @meatdog 7 місяців тому +1

      Same here. I'm a 1951 born kid. So happy to have lived thru all this. Being a Navy kid, VietNam and the Bay of Pigs were the scariest part of life back then.

    • @Jake-qx8pq
      @Jake-qx8pq 6 місяців тому

      June 29 1951..school usually ended on my birthday yippee!!

    • @MiriamBarnett-x2v
      @MiriamBarnett-x2v 9 днів тому

      I was born in 52. I am blessed to have lived then.

  • @julenepegher6999
    @julenepegher6999 8 місяців тому +113

    My whole childhood was in the 60’s. Creepy crawlers and easy bake oven we played with unsupervised. Most of our play was. 😊I still have my jacks to this day, once I get down to play I can’t get back up. 😂.👏👏Good old Days.

    • @lovly2cu725
      @lovly2cu725 8 місяців тому +8

      I burned my hand on creepy crawlers machine

    • @julenepegher6999
      @julenepegher6999 8 місяців тому +3

      @@lovly2cu725 I probably did too. 🤭

    • @thelittlegreenball6813
      @thelittlegreenball6813 8 місяців тому +5

      Can't get back up! 😂😂😂😂😂I feel you!

    • @buickinvicta288
      @buickinvicta288 8 місяців тому +8

      Colorforms and Mr. Potatohead 😅

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому

      @julenepegher6999
      Your comment made me giggle. Thank you for that. And, hey, there are UA-cam videos on strengthening your body, even at our advanced ages. heeheee @Petra Genco is one UA-cam channel that has helped me *immensely.* Her exercises are easy. Put on some music and just do them, period. Set an alarm or the day will get away. When that alarm goes off, you *have to* stop doing what you are doing, and follow along on one of her videos.
      I promise you, if you are consistent, you will slowly see results. Painful as it is, take a "Day 1" pic of yourself, and then again at the thirtieth day. If you are *consistent* in your efforts, you'll see a difference!
      I believe in you!

  • @enoughcorruption5975
    @enoughcorruption5975 8 місяців тому +29

    Born in 63, Hot Wheels were big for us boys and rockmsockm robots were huge! Cap guns were big, star trek and the twilight zone! Batman was humongous! Watched Disney every Sunday night! My mom had the beestyle hair and smoking was cool, Jax became huge, the Andy Griffith show was very popular! Incredible innocent times that we will never see again! Growing up in the 60s 70s and 80s was the best ❤
    Our world has destructed!
    Thank you for posting 🇺🇸🙏👍💯❤️🤍💙

    • @starmnsixty1209
      @starmnsixty1209 8 місяців тому +2

      Glad you mentioned rockemsockem robots. Think somebody reissues them, but just not the same. 😢

    • @leonard5606
      @leonard5606 8 місяців тому +1

      Some of the shows you mentioned you can watch today also on MeTV.......I watch twilight zone most every night after Perry Mason. :)

    • @nobullshoot
      @nobullshoot 29 днів тому

      our world was purposely deconstructed. Double recession in early 1980s to export a lot of our manufacturing to china. So i went high tech, early 1990s recession america exported all the high tech jobs to India. Then signed agreement to let in endless Indian high tech workers on H1B visas which continues today.

  • @DavidinSLO
    @DavidinSLO 8 місяців тому +27

    My kids -- now 24 and 22 -- feel the EXACT SAME WAY about growing up in the early 2000's. I think it's generally human nature to have fond memories of your childhood. Meanwhile, in 1960's, my grandparents - who were in their late 50's and early 60's by then - thought the world had gone to hell

    • @1977WasPeak
      @1977WasPeak 5 місяців тому

      i'm around your kids age, i'm 21 & yep, i miss the late 2000s and early 2010s SO MUCH! it was a better era then now. i'm also jealous of everyone who experienced the 50s-90s, wish i could've grew up in the 60s-80s

    • @robertstancliffsr9575
      @robertstancliffsr9575 13 днів тому +1

      @@1977WasPeak Yes, I was 17 in 1961, the 50s 60's70s, and 80's were great.........

  • @mariahsmom9457
    @mariahsmom9457 8 місяців тому +136

    Never understood why the Jetsons didnt last longer.it was a great show!

    • @leonard5606
      @leonard5606 8 місяців тому +5

      You can still watch re-runs on Sundays....lol Flintstones and all those cool cartoons. Most are on MeTV.... :)

    • @leonard5606
      @leonard5606 8 місяців тому +2

      @@cheriem432 Yea and he was beat when he got home and rode that floor escalator I mean he worked hard all day. lol

    • @suebee3329
      @suebee3329 8 місяців тому +3

      Yea, I really liked that show/cartoon.

    • @coldlakealta4043
      @coldlakealta4043 7 місяців тому +1

      yes, and many other memorable shows like the Munsters and Bat Man had very short runs

    • @maxon-m3c
      @maxon-m3c 7 місяців тому +1

      Good show, I also liked Top Cat, on about the same season.

  • @smokeynewton
    @smokeynewton 8 місяців тому +90

    I was born in 1952 and grew up in the 50s and 60s. Not only did I watch The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, I saw them live at the Indiana State Fair in 1964. I was 12 and yes, I had Beatle Boots. It's hard to imagine just how much the world has changed if you weren't there. And not for the better.

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 8 місяців тому +5

      I was there at the ‘64 State Fair. We were right outside the arena when they performed. I was 6, but followed the Beatles passionately.

    • @mr.toobigformypants8145
      @mr.toobigformypants8145 8 місяців тому +1

      Also a 1952 product from Indianapolis northside, Nora. Do you remember going ice skating at the coliseum and then going to the Tee-Pee drive-in for an order of fries with your steady girlfriend?

    • @smokeynewton
      @smokeynewton 8 місяців тому

      @@mr.toobigformypants8145 I never went ice skating at the coliseum, but spent a lot of time at the Tee Pee. We've been married for 52 years now.

    • @coldlakealta4043
      @coldlakealta4043 7 місяців тому +2

      I saw them on September 7 1964 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada. We went to the 4 pm matinee show because we couldn't stay out late enough for the 8 pm show. Hard to see, impossible to hear, but what a life time thrill to have actually been there.

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 7 місяців тому

      Couldn't stand them myself. Orbison was a MUCH better singer. Also had the Aussie group lead by Judith Durham. Also a young Judy Collins. Also of course had Elvis (who could actually sing).

  • @Homespunmusic
    @Homespunmusic 8 місяців тому +18

    Thank you, Recollection Road, for stirring those memories of a bygone childhood! Those history changing, "chaotic" times of the 1960's were only seen on the evening news for us. They seemed so distant from us back then. Yet, it changed the world in both good ways and bad ways as we became adults.

  • @d.g.n9392
    @d.g.n9392 7 місяців тому +24

    I was born in 1954, we had a whole neighborhood full of us kids, mostly near the same ages. We were always outside. A set of woods nearby. Our dad would say, “come home when the street lights come on.”
    I’d go back again if I could.
    One Christmas, our parents got each one of us kids, a channel master transistor radio.
    I do remember watching the Beatles on our black and white tv show

    • @sylviacaldwell2139
      @sylviacaldwell2139 5 місяців тому +1

      I'm 62 and still have my transistor radio! ❤

    • @ronaldnorris2179
      @ronaldnorris2179 3 місяці тому

      Street lights, what were those, I grew up in this era in a rural area, when it got dark it was DARK!!!

    • @Music-yq2yz
      @Music-yq2yz 21 день тому

      All kids should have a woods.

  • @vernabryant2894
    @vernabryant2894 Місяць тому +6

    I loved the 1960s.I wish I could go back.

  • @JWTX
    @JWTX 8 місяців тому +60

    I remember them all. Great memories. I had the banana bike could pop a wheelie and ride it that way all day. Hard to do with modern bikes. Oh the good Ole days. Seems like just a few days ago. Anyone else feel thar way too?

    • @jonathanabbot4141
      @jonathanabbot4141 8 місяців тому +5

      My first banana had a big 'sissy bar about 24" tall and had a matching colored pad on it for a friend who might be on back (usually my sister) 😂

    • @michellerjackson5776
      @michellerjackson5776 8 місяців тому

      ❤​@@jonathanabbot4141

    • @mikewatts1450
      @mikewatts1450 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@jonathanabbot4141I had a Sears spyder 3 bike with the same sissy bar I'd always hit a sign post going around a corner 😂❤👍!!

    • @jonathanabbot4141
      @jonathanabbot4141 7 місяців тому +3

      @@mikewatts1450
      Confirmed mom said it was most definitely from Sears, I can remember that I must have been watching NHRA because I went out in the garage and got 1 of dads leaf & lawn bags that probably fit a 55 gallon drum, and used a very small tool of some sort then cut the exact same amount of kite string in the same length, tied those strings to the bag, and then tied even amounts on each side of the sissy bar folded up in some sort of shape that made sense to me, sat on the trash bag, went several houses back strapped on my Chicago Bears helmet, staged myp 1970 Plymouth Cuda Don "the Snake" Prudhomme Hot Wheels funny car, looked over at the imaginary Tom "the Mongoose" McEwan gave him the "thumbs down" because of the bitter rivalry which Mongoose had a better winning % at the time but "he's going down" then I stood on the peddle (peddling my butt off) then I leanedl
      Left or Right and pop the chute ..it was the Snakes day today, but Mongoose was always close by. 🏆💰🗾l

    • @johnmccree8941
      @johnmccree8941 7 місяців тому +4

      I wish it WAS just a few days ago

  • @jimh.8138
    @jimh.8138 8 місяців тому +49

    I remember it all. It was the best time to grow up, even though we used up several of our nine lives. 😉

    • @mikewatts1450
      @mikewatts1450 8 місяців тому +2

      Lol 😂 👏👏👍!!

    • @chirigringo777
      @chirigringo777 7 місяців тому +1

      Exactly, I think I got too about 8 1/2 lives but that didn’t stop me

  • @mikeywid4954
    @mikeywid4954 8 місяців тому +26

    Thank you Recollection Road for another look back to the 60s. I was born in 1949 the 60s was indeed my "growing up" decade. I remember everything in this video and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

  • @RandallvanOosten-ln5wf
    @RandallvanOosten-ln5wf 6 місяців тому +9

    In the 60s I slept outside in our backyard all summer in my makeshift tent. When the school year resumed, my mom made me move back into my bedroom. All I can say is that it was weird to have a roof over my head and be in a confined space.
    I too saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. My sister and girl cousins always watched American Bandstand. I never missed the Twilight Zone. I still watch it during the New Year's marathon.

  • @JamesBrown-i2e
    @JamesBrown-i2e 7 місяців тому +13

    I was born in 1959 so yes, I remember growing up in the 1960's. I think back and wonder how we lived without smartphones, social media, and computers back then. I still had a great childhood back then anyway.

  • @MustangSally7259
    @MustangSally7259 8 місяців тому +48

    Omg! My sisters were crazy for the Beatles, screaming and yelling when they got tickets for their concert!

    • @lovly2cu725
      @lovly2cu725 8 місяців тому +3

      My parents wouldn't let me watch the Beatles on tv

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 7 місяців тому

      Yeah often wondered about those girls. They'd get wet over these stupid guys I could never figure it. I still can't figure it and I'm 81. Righteous Brothers were MUCH better singers those funky haircuts couldn't hold a candle next to those guys. Same with the Everlys. Yeah these people could actually SING! Unfortunately the only one still around is Medley and he's now 83. Time flies.

    • @Bigdong-kl2fh
      @Bigdong-kl2fh 7 місяців тому

      Shame on your parents ​@@lovly2cu725

  • @Nunofurdambiznez
    @Nunofurdambiznez 8 місяців тому +58

    The ONLY thing we didn't have was the underground shelter - everything else, absolutely!

    • @incog99skd11
      @incog99skd11 8 місяців тому +1

      We toured an underground shelter in Indio CA at some fair. When we came out this radio guy interviewed my Mom. He said, "How did you like the shelter?" Mom, apparently did not go with the narrative and said, "I wouldn't get in there with my kids at school and my husband at work, what mother would?" The radio guy swiftly ended the interview but she was right.

    • @LandNfan
      @LandNfan 8 місяців тому +3

      I helped my dad build one in our basement. He laid the solid concrete blocks and 13yo me mixed the mortar. Thank God it never had to be used for its primary purpose. When I got interested in photography during high school it made a fine darkroom.

    • @danielpearson4972
      @danielpearson4972 8 місяців тому +2

      Born in 1950 and parents bought a farm in very rural Eastern Kansas, mom was a nurse and dad am engineer. 3 miles out of a town with 100 people no TV. School had the pledge every morning. 1room school with 8 grades 1 teacher. Everyone carried supplies in the cars. We had root celler to go for an attack and tornados. Mom canned water for use. We played cowboy and Indians. Cattle ponds to swim in. Snapping turtles many positions snakes. Played outside in the winter or summer. We worked in the gardens and at 9 years old I was operating a hand crank a John Deere A tractor with a mower or hay equipment. The modern tractor dad used. Now days kids are on video games and texting. Take a kid and give them a old rotary dial phone, a tube type TV without remote. A board game, old style vinyl record player and popcorn you had to make on the stove not microwave. You better have a padded room ready. 2 tours in Vietnam as a medic so 69 to 74 missed much music. In 2020 discovered the Seekers from Australia. Came back in 74 and never rode a motorcycle and bought and new 74 honda 750 motorcycle. Memories and would return in jiffy.

    • @mainelivin3699
      @mainelivin3699 4 місяці тому

      they did have shelters back then people with money had them

  • @jls-3202
    @jls-3202 8 місяців тому +559

    Remember when we used to call the couch the Davenport

  • @irock4u222
    @irock4u222 3 місяці тому +17

    born in 61 and would give anything to go back.

  • @deadmanrunning6670
    @deadmanrunning6670 7 місяців тому +18

    Every time I watch one of these videos, I feel as if I took a vacation to my childhood days!

  • @mikehughes4969
    @mikehughes4969 8 місяців тому +19

    I wasn't born until October of 1967, so my memories of the 60s are hazy at best but by God I was there. Also so many of those things mentioned carried over to the 70s that I vividly remember. Besides, don't they say if you remember the 60s, you weren't really there? ✌️❤️

    • @kenchardavoyne1174
      @kenchardavoyne1174 Місяць тому +1

      Born in 1952 still remember clearly my Steve Canyon Air Force helmet with drop down tinted visor voice box 😁 those were the days .
      Playing outdoors “ getting some sunshine “ until the street lights came on ❤

  • @Badger1949
    @Badger1949 8 місяців тому +34

    I was 11 in 1960, 20 in 1969. From a kid to an draft age adult.

  • @kymburriss4260
    @kymburriss4260 8 місяців тому +48

    It was a great time to grow up

  • @glenndertinger9513
    @glenndertinger9513 3 місяці тому +8

    I grew up in the 60s and boy do I miss that time😢😢😢

  • @lancedavies2472
    @lancedavies2472 24 дні тому +2

    At the grand age of 71, my memories of growing up in Vancouver, BC, remain a cherished collection of unforgettable moments. I can still picture Dad up on the roof, adjusting the TV antenna after a heavy wind, determined to restore the signal for our favorite shows. And who could forget the thrill of the slot cars? There was even a massive track at a shop just down the block-ten lanes wide-where we raced against other kids, adrenaline pumping with every twist and turn.
    Halloween brought its own magic: wandering the neighborhood at night, setting off firecrackers in the week leading up to the big day. By day, the girls on the block claimed the sidewalks with hopscotch and double dutch, while we joined in or retreated to play hockey on the front porch, battling it out on our trusty board.
    These simple, joyful moments defined a childhood rich with connection and play. If, one day, my memory falters, I hope these will remain-bright, vivid, and full of life. Here’s to everyone who remembers the 1960s with the same warmth. Cheers!

  • @bigp3006
    @bigp3006 8 місяців тому +10

    I was born in 62' which means I'm currently 62, 😅 love these posts, reminds me of good times of the past. Might mention the collarless jacket of the Beatles is called a nehru jacket which originated in India. It's preferred among the anabaptists. Thanks again!

    • @deborahstevens9763
      @deborahstevens9763 8 місяців тому

      They didn't have those until the late sixties. I had two of them.

  • @JeffFrmJoisey
    @JeffFrmJoisey 8 місяців тому +8

    Thank you.
    Thanks for bringing me back to my childhood. It triggered what I call “My almost photographic remembories” of various details from back then.

  • @bp39047
    @bp39047 8 місяців тому +24

    Family vacations (50's/60's) on the road is where I have the most fondest memories of that era. Use to play a game on the way who can spot the most different state car tags. Also, I would follow the trip on a map making it even more interesting. What a great time to live.

    • @KCRvrRnnr
      @KCRvrRnnr 8 місяців тому +5

      Counting state license plates and completing the alphabet A-Z reading road signs/billboards. Q,X, and Z were the toughest UNLESS allowed to use X from 'Exit' signs.

    • @pacmanc8103
      @pacmanc8103 8 місяців тому +2

      And getting individualized AAA spiraled trip maps to follow the route across the country. Staying at Howard Johnson’s and eating at Dennys.

    • @bp39047
      @bp39047 8 місяців тому +3

      @@pacmanc8103 Best bill board on I-35 during on of those trips was "Eat at Stuckey's and get gas". :)

    • @BarbaraS-o4z
      @BarbaraS-o4z 7 місяців тому +1

      We played the state tag game also on road trips!

    • @lindabradford9591
      @lindabradford9591 6 місяців тому +1

      And we laid in the back window of the car on the way to Florida.

  • @gregfallin5001
    @gregfallin5001 7 місяців тому +6

    Im 67 yrs old now and i grew up in Orlando Fla from 1959 till 1970. Orlando was a Super Great town to live in back then. The Drive In movies were all over town and we went to them just about every weekend. The Colonial Plaza on hwy 50 was the place to shop, and Ronnies Restaurant was the place to eat. The 1960s there in that town was ABSOLUTELY magical!! The Best Tacos to eat in Orlando was at El Taco Don on Orange Bloosom Trail. Great times & Super Great Memories!! Thank God I was there for it!!

  • @Navygrl58
    @Navygrl58 8 місяців тому +4

    What a joy to be able to look back on these nostalgic memories and know that I actually lived them!
    In these twisted and upside down times that we live in now I hope these children will have something to look back on themselves in their senior years to come!

  • @MrMegaFredZeppelin
    @MrMegaFredZeppelin 8 місяців тому +51

    Recollection Road RULES!!!!!!!ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

  • @trampslikeus3575
    @trampslikeus3575 8 місяців тому +26

    Wide World of Shorts - and that guy wiping out on the ski jump. I don't know if it was common, but we used to crush a pop can on the the heel of our shoes and walk around making some noise as we walked around.

    • @laurafranich4807
      @laurafranich4807 8 місяців тому +10

      The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

    • @thedreadtyger
      @thedreadtyger 8 місяців тому +3

      agony of the feet 😅

    • @williamwilson6499
      @williamwilson6499 8 місяців тому +6

      Wide World of Sports.

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому +1

      @trampslikeus3575
      Not sure if you realize it, but it's "Wide World of Sports." If you like, you can fix it by tapping the three dots in the upper right corner of your comment, hit EDIT, make your changes, and hit the blue button. Not a criticism at all, just some info in case you didn't know you can edit your comment. 🙂

    • @thedreadtyger
      @thedreadtyger 8 місяців тому +1

      @@lisahinton9682 pretty sure it's a joke, just like "the agony of the feet."

  • @kathyelliott6051
    @kathyelliott6051 8 місяців тому +84

    Good God I remember all of this ... 👵💕

  • @voxpopuli348
    @voxpopuli348 Місяць тому +10

    Born in 1957. I remember all of this. Easy Bake Oven, jacks, skates, bikes, Twister, Operation, Star Trek, Superballs, go go boots, etc. Thank you.

  • @mimi-422
    @mimi-422 7 місяців тому +44

    Yes we certainly were the very lucky generation, Thankyou Lord Jesus ❤✝️🙏✝️

    • @TheTerminator-2
      @TheTerminator-2 6 місяців тому +1

      I was enjoying the comments until I got to yours.
      Suggestion: why don't you keep your "pimping for the cult" to websites
      dedicated to Ghost Worshippers, like yourself, and leave the rest of us alone?

    • @mimi-422
      @mimi-422 6 місяців тому +1

      @@TheTerminator-2 And just exactly what cult are you talking about?

    • @TheTerminator-2
      @TheTerminator-2 6 місяців тому

      @@mimi-422
      Your cult. The one with a long, long history of brutality, genocide, etc.
      But that's what one would expect from people who, don't just believe in,
      but actually worship an invisible torturing murdering monster.
      HAVE A NICE DAY !!!!!

    • @TheTerminator-2
      @TheTerminator-2 6 місяців тому +1

      @@mimi-422
      Aw, poor widdle Ghost Worshiper couldn't handle the truth
      and ran to daddy (the moderators) and made them take it down.
      Dry your tears widdle Ghost Worshipping Freak !!!

    • @TheTerminator-2
      @TheTerminator-2 6 місяців тому

      @@mimi-422
      How come your imaginaweeee fwend doesn't help you?
      Why does he let people beat the holy living crap out of you in public?
      Maybe he doesn't like you ... half as much as you think he does.
      NOW RUN TO DADDY & GET THIS REMOVED !!!

  • @annaleefinch7266
    @annaleefinch7266 8 місяців тому +9

    I was born in 1949. Thanks for the memories.

  • @laureencriss8220
    @laureencriss8220 8 місяців тому +26

    I was born in 66. I remember all of this stuff. Thanks.

    • @daleupthegrove6396
      @daleupthegrove6396 8 місяців тому +3

      Born in 57. Now I have a craving for Tang and Space Food Sticks.

    • @laureencriss8220
      @laureencriss8220 8 місяців тому +1

      @@daleupthegrove6396 😄

  • @matrox
    @matrox 8 місяців тому +28

    Twister was a fun game. It was an ice breaker that loosened people up at parties.

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 7 місяців тому +1

      As long as there was alcohol. I never played it.

  • @barbarawhite4257
    @barbarawhite4257 26 днів тому +3

    Born in ‘62. The 60’s,70’s,and 80’s were the formative years that made me who I am. I would go back in a second. My children and now grandchildren will never know that life. It breaks my heart💔💔

  • @bdflatlander
    @bdflatlander 8 днів тому +2

    I was born in 1953 and can relate to basically everything in this video. I even owned a Schwinn Stingray which I absolutely loved.
    Today when I drive through residential neighborhoods I hardly ever see children playing outside like we did in the 60’s. I guess maybe the kids are all inside and online, which didn’t exist back then.
    My childhood was spent in white middle class suburbia (Southern California) and was both exceedingly normal and idyllic. It seems like it was so innocent compared to today and was just good, wholesome fun.

  • @janettemasiello5560
    @janettemasiello5560 8 місяців тому +11

    It was such a great time to
    grow up !
    Thanks for the memories ❣️

  • @JanTraveler
    @JanTraveler 8 місяців тому +16

    I remember summer of '63 I was 9 and my family and my best friends family were staying by the beach in Capitola, California and my friend and I wanted to go see "The Birds".My mom wouldn't let us see that movie.She probably thought I would have nightmares 😀, so I didn't see it until I was older.Thankyou for the video!

    • @jamesmathews1841
      @jamesmathews1841 7 місяців тому

      I was 9 in '63 also and did see that movie "The Birds". Your mom was right. It scared the crap out of me and I had nightmares for a week!

  • @slim-oneslim8014
    @slim-oneslim8014 8 місяців тому +7

    Ahh yes, the TV dinner. The scorching hot dessert. Lol! I remember it well. Dad had a few station wagons. Freedom to move around in the car. My sister had the home bake oven. The "food" was awful, lol. Thank you Recollection for another great trip back to Iong ago.

  • @lar4305
    @lar4305 7 місяців тому +18

    What a great time to be a kid. I can't believe how things have gone south in this county. God i miss those times.

  • @CarolJane52
    @CarolJane52 8 місяців тому +7

    Great compilation - thank you! Feels like I was just transported back to my childhood. Every single thing!

  • @kcindc5539
    @kcindc5539 8 місяців тому +20

    That second pic at the beginning was of Shirley Jones, her son Shaun, and her stepson David

  • @karensteele8147
    @karensteele8147 7 місяців тому +10

    This was my childhood. Wonderful memories.

  • @angietarpley1983
    @angietarpley1983 7 місяців тому +3

    Lot of memories for me. Born in early 50s grew up in the 60s. Love this! Thank you,

  • @julienelson9095
    @julienelson9095 27 днів тому +1

    Born in '58, I loved it. While I wouldn't go back, I'm grateful I lived during that magical time.

  • @jeffreylee2993
    @jeffreylee2993 8 місяців тому +60

    My parents married in 1960 in Washington, DC. In the 60s, as an interracial couple with mixed race kids, taking a family road trip was completely out of the question. Just crossing the river into Virginia meant risking having the parents thrown in jail and the kids separated from the parents. And forget about finding a hotel to stay in.
    My mother was a native of Anniston, AL. In the year I was born, the freedom riders left Washington, DC and got beat up with steel pipes and clubs in my mother's hometown and the buses were firebombed. We traveled as a family for the first time to Alabama only in 1968, after Loving v. Virginia.
    But, I was a big fan of The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Batman, etc. And my mother kept her beehive hairstyle well into the 70s and 80s.
    Some things from the 1960s feel nostalgic. Some were horrific. We can look back fondly at some memories. Some we never want to go back to.

    • @matrox
      @matrox 8 місяців тому

      Oh somethings were bad.....but even worse today....the black on black violence is so dangerous as they put the KKK out of business. They are killing each other on a daily basis than the KKK did in a years time. Sad.

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому

      @jeffreylee2993
      And, sadly, racism is alive and well today more than ever, except the other way around. I am a school bus driver and, by far, it's the blacks who are haters these days. These little black kids are being raised to look at whites with contempt. Some won't even acknowledge me. I hear comments made to each other like, "Why you be talkin' to the bus driver? She white! Why you even talk to her?" For no other reason than my skin color am I being treated with as much respect as they'd give the piece of trash blowing by on a windy day.

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 8 місяців тому +12

      Thank you for adding some depth and truth to this discussion! And I appreciate your family’s courage.

    • @sandyjuntunen4088
      @sandyjuntunen4088 8 місяців тому +10

      I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Its a shame us kids didn't make the rules bc we didn't care about color, didn't even notice! It was the parents raised to be racist that decided too many things bc they were forced believe crazy things. I'm very glad some things totally changed.

    • @DJmemoriesPlaylists
      @DJmemoriesPlaylists 8 місяців тому +1

      I grew up in Atlanta.

  • @tonimusgrave9530
    @tonimusgrave9530 7 місяців тому +5

    This video made me smile and remembering so many things from the 60s and made me cry from the era gone by..

  • @ecthelion222
    @ecthelion222 7 місяців тому +8

    My great grandmother always called it the Davenport. Our couch. Which was funny to me as a child bc we lived in a city named Davenport so I’d ask her silly confusing questions when she would say it and we’d giggle together. I miss her dearly. She is the only adult in my entire family I looked up to and respected. (That’s not entirely fair, her husband my great grandfather I highly respected and loved very much. He made prosthetic limbs in his own shop during the war. I respected what he did for people who were suffering and fighting to protect us all; she was just my favorite of the two lovely couple.

  • @TRUTH-4U-NOW
    @TRUTH-4U-NOW 8 місяців тому +2

    2:04 I had a Stingray for 6 years, repainted and retreaded it too, that was fun.

  • @Katie75023
    @Katie75023 7 місяців тому +3

    I'm now in my upper middle 60s' and I definitely remember these days!! Talk about a walk down memory lane!!

  • @thomasallen3818
    @thomasallen3818 8 місяців тому +26

    My parents own a chain of grocery stores and there were Motorola tube testers in each store, with a complete selection of vacuum tubes. I can remember the picture or sound going out on one of our televisions in the middle of a program, and my dad saying, put your shoes on, we’re going down to the store to pick up a new tube. He would bring the old one and we’d drive down and pick up a new tube. When I was about 15, I suggested that he should get a set of tubes for each television, which I thought was a great idea, but I think that he still thought like he was raised during the Great Depression, so we’d just get what we needed. He was a different kind of guy.

    • @coldlakealta4043
      @coldlakealta4043 7 місяців тому +4

      my dad's first reaction to the tv going down was to give it a hard slap. surprisingly, it sometimes worked. must have had a loose tube or something. I loved the tube tester when it didn't.

    • @meatdog
      @meatdog 7 місяців тому +2

      And every time my dad had to replace one of those vacuum tubes, he would get a little shock, scream a but then smile and say , see we did not need to call the TV repairman out Dotty!

    • @BarbaraS-o4z
      @BarbaraS-o4z 7 місяців тому +3

      Very frugal generation! Never buy what you don’t need!

    • @robertfergison9921
      @robertfergison9921 4 місяці тому

      @@coldlakealta4043 My dad was an engineer. So he would love to open the back of our Zenith 25 inch walnut cabinet set with a turntable built into the top. Make sure the tubes were tight and not burned out, check all the wiring and connections. Then make the trip to the local hardware store for bulb checking. Ah the wonder of it all.

  • @vetgirl71
    @vetgirl71 8 місяців тому +11

    I was born in 1962, growing up in the late 60’s -70’s we drank Koolaide with lots of sugar! Ate cereal like Frosted Flakes, Corn Pops , Rice Crispies. I grew up in Brooklyn and the snow cone man would come around in the summer! We had lunches handed out in the summer with bologna & fruit! I loved going to the pizza shop in my neighborhood & bought a slice of pizza for 50 cents back then! We had a candy store on the corner & could buy candy for pennies & single cookies for 5 cents, homemade icies in a cup for 5 cents! Those were the good old days especially the summer playing hide & seek, red light -green light , stick ball, hopscotch, double Dutch , freeze ect until the lights street lights went down we had to go home! In the hot summer months an adult would open the hydrants on our block and everyone would jump in and cool off! Missed those days , kids had fun and made the best of those days filled with laughter!

    • @dianavasto3047
      @dianavasto3047 8 місяців тому +1

      Yes!!! Growing up in the late 60’s in Williamsburg Brooklyn- great memories ❤

    • @deborahstevens9763
      @deborahstevens9763 8 місяців тому +1

      I grew up in a rural area. But our games were the same, and we caught lightening bugs after dark.

    • @oldbeatpete
      @oldbeatpete 4 місяці тому

      Fireflies in the 'burbs too. Good Humour man, maybe Dairy Queen or Carvel's, too 😊

  • @daytripper9222
    @daytripper9222 8 місяців тому +15

    Thank you for this video. Born in 1956 I remember everything you've shown in this video. I'd give anything to go back compared to what's going on today.

    • @gustavsorensen9301
      @gustavsorensen9301 8 місяців тому +1

      You want to back to the Vietnam war?

    • @daytripper9222
      @daytripper9222 8 місяців тому

      @@gustavsorensen9301 Oh shut the hell up, asshole.

    • @daytripper9222
      @daytripper9222 8 місяців тому

      @@gustavsorensen9301 My brother fought in the Vietnam war ass. And yes I would go back anytime. If you enjoy living in today's world there's something wrong with you.

  • @russ7414
    @russ7414 Місяць тому +1

    I remember the peas in the frozen dinners always had freezer burn 😝.....but it was still a GREAT time to be a kid. You had to wait to see something special on TV. That made us appreciate it SO MUCH MORE!

  • @hillbillytrucker8347
    @hillbillytrucker8347 8 місяців тому +3

    I was born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s the sea monkeys were still advertised in comic books. Plus hot wheels, twister, and Tang along with the trolls during my childhood. But I remembered watching such cartoons as the Jetson, Scooby Doo, and the Flintstones in reruns during my childhood with new versions of Scooby Doo during the 80s. Thank you for sharing this video that shows some stuff from the 60s that I grew with as a member of generation x.

    • @leonard5606
      @leonard5606 8 місяців тому

      You can still watch those cartoon re-runs on Sundays and early weekday mornings. I catch them sometimes.....still like them I was born 1950.......:)

  • @Scott-pe6te
    @Scott-pe6te 8 місяців тому +14

    I had a 5-speed Schwinn Sting Ray with the banana seat. It came in several colors and I had the "grey ghost". At the time in the late 60s, I thought I was the coolest kid in the world. Wonderful nostalgia. Thanks for this video.

    • @lynnmakely5260
      @lynnmakely5260 8 місяців тому +2

      I had a purple sparkle schwinn with a banana seat.

    • @kevinburt
      @kevinburt 8 місяців тому

      My sting ray, I got for Christmas, was stolen. I knew who did it, and he is living this very day.

    • @maxon-m3c
      @maxon-m3c 7 місяців тому

      Rich kids got the Schwinn, Poorer kids had to put up with a J.C. Higgins knock-off.

  • @febsign6110
    @febsign6110 7 місяців тому +5

    I remember the tv tester at the local store and my dad with the tv tubes to check them to see which one needed replacing. Then we get our supplies of candy.and anyone remember the milkman that would come by weekly with milk and bread,and butter,and when holidays coming you could order special treats for the holidays. Loved the 60s.

  • @annettevillain4352
    @annettevillain4352 8 місяців тому +11

    We girls had jax competitions at recess. I practiced for hours at home to take the championship. We added tap, double tap & around the world & other variations to show off our skills!

    • @anthonychihuahua
      @anthonychihuahua 8 місяців тому +2

      Little did we know that playing these "childrens" games then would lend themselves to our business senses in the future, lol! Marbles was my game. And like I would rarely, or ever see a girl, playing marbles, I'm very certain you wouldn't see any boy playing jax? 💁‍♀️🔴✨️✨️

    • @lisahinton9682
      @lisahinton9682 8 місяців тому +2

      @@anthonychihuahua I never saw a boy playing jacks. I occasionally played marbles, though. In fact, my dad had a bucket of marbles from when he was a kid. Oh, what I'd do to have that bucket of marbles now, but, sadly, one of his A. A. friends stole it right on out of the house. (His A. A. friends stole a LOT from our house.)

    • @anthonychihuahua
      @anthonychihuahua 8 місяців тому +2

      @@lisahinton9682 I, like you, lisahinton, have _lost my marbles_ long ago 🤪

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 7 місяців тому +1

      From my understanding there were 10 jacks and a rubber ball. you had to bounce the ball throw the jacks and pick up before the ball landed? I didn't have any sisters but remember watching the girls playing with them. Boys did NOT play jacks! Wow those were the days. Nowadays you would be kidnapped sitting out all day like that. and especially if you were cute. yeah you had to sit to play jacks. We played marbles. I wasn't worth a sh*t at it but my Father could fire a marble so hard it would break other marbles he had a special and very weird way of holding the "shooter". He was a killer shot too! had to play marble in the dirt with that guy. if you played on the sidewalk you'd be losing a buncha marbles!

  • @erichwehner826
    @erichwehner826 27 днів тому +1

    I really loved those 😊space food sticks and the breakfast squares, I wish they would bring them back!

  • @loiscarrillo4058
    @loiscarrillo4058 4 місяці тому +5

    We knew every family on our block!! All got along and were respectful. Hopscotch, running bases, you name it, we made up games to keep busy!

  • @davidlynch3077
    @davidlynch3077 8 місяців тому +55

    Born in 1956 Orange , Ca. I remember erector sets, tinker toys , Lincoln logs, model car kits, slot cars , Lionel train set, vacuum -form , silly puddy , playing cowboys and Indians ( I still have my Roy Rogers gun belt ) steel wheeled skates and skateboards, sting ray bikes , going to the roller rink Skate Ranch in Santa Ana , Ca. Playing Kick ball in the street , flying kites , never a dull moment ! Heck, we had Helms Bakery truck drive through the neighborhood selling fresh baked goods in the mornings and the ice cream truck in the afternoons. Sad to see what America has become !
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    • @thrummer1953
      @thrummer1953 8 місяців тому +2

      I had most of those plus Creeple People Sets ,American Plastic Bricks and Dodgy Chemistry Sets. Dangerous Fireworks. It was Grand.

    • @maxon-m3c
      @maxon-m3c 7 місяців тому +2

      The bakery truck was grand, 7 cent doughnuts! Then off to the corner Mom and Pop store with a note and a quarter to get mom a pack of Camel cigaretts.

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 7 місяців тому +2

      Erector sets. Damn! Forgot about those. Were those ever cool or what? Powered by a coupla D batteries (NOT included). Used to make derricks, merry go rounds, trucks. all kindza little motoring things.

    • @catw6998
      @catw6998 7 місяців тому

      My mom would order from Charles Chips. Sometimes potato chips and sometimes peanut brittle. The guy that delivered was a super nice guy.

    • @Ron-n4s
      @Ron-n4s 6 місяців тому +2

      I was born in fifty seven I remember everything you mentioned