Almost anyone with a high school education could easily find a job, and if desired, keep it for an entire career. And with that job alone, he could buy a house and feed a family.
Your last sentence…..and with that job alone, he could buy a house and feed a family……says it all about the difference between the decades of the 50’s - 60’s and today’s times. Homes and family life ran so much more smoothly because Mom was taking care of the home front and Dad was bringing home the bacon. Life was slower, less frantic, much less based on materialism and entertainment. Respect and responsibility beat out today’s “rights”. Our heroes were true heroes, people of accomplishment and generosity, not some self-centered celebrity. Ahh, the memories. I was born in 1944 and will be forever thankful that I was a child of the 50’s. 1963 was the turning point, the JFK assassination, the end of the age of innocence. So it goes.
Growing up in the 50s and becoming a teen in the 60s was special... You didn't have to be wealthy, (we certainly weren't), but between family, friends, good food and great music, (especially music of the 60s), well, it couldn't have been any better, and I'm grateful to have been there...
My 12 year old grandson was mortified when I told him we didn't have a television in the 1950s. "That's terrible! You guys must have been bored out of your minds!" We were _never_ bored. With eight siblings we had lots of fun. We played games, read books and rode our bicycles around town. It wasn't like today where you worried about everything. We felt safe. The thought of a school shooting was unheard of. In those days kids respected their elders.
Sounds like my dad's family. Twelve children and he said they were very poor but didn't know it. Always someone to fish with, talk to or play a game. It was the same for me in our "neighborhood". Miss that time but the best part of my life was raising my own children.
@@Hugatree1 My older brother and I made all kinds of "inventions" he thought up, flew kites, smoked grapevines, built a treehouse, stilts, our own stereo when we were older and walked barefoot through the grass at our granddaddy's farm and stayed out till it got dark and our dad whistled for us to come home. My brother was three years older, but I wanted to be with him anytime I could. Miss those long days of summer with no schedule. Free for three long months.
@@lindahuff8976 The neighborhood I grew up in is still a nice neighborhood. Physically, it still looks pretty much the same. The corner store where we bought candy for a nickle is now a 7-11. The little mall where my mother bought our groceries is now an empty field. The big difference is I couldn't afford to live there now. The house my parents bought for $12,750 in 1948 sold two years ago for $1,380,000. If I would have known I was living in a million dollar house I would have appreciated it more. lol 😄
@@lindahuff8976 I just read your comment about you and your brother's inventions. Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. I used to stuff like that all the time growing up. I'm almost 70 and I still do stuff like that. There's nothing like innovation to keep your brain sharp.
To be fair if you never knew tv existed then you won’t be bored at all but if you did and had watched it for hours and never again during childhood that’s crazy.
@@margeshilling7983 We're probably about the same age, Marge. This book gave me the feel of much of what I had lived through growing up in the post war era. ...Hope you enjoy the book.
As a younger child I so remember many of these things: jacks, the yo-yo, hula hoops, silly putty and slinkies. The Saturday morning westerns and being able to roam the neighborhood afterwards was always something to look forward to. Fridays brought the Manor Man to our door for bread and certain baked goods; always tried to get my mom to purchase the rectangular banana cake; the Sealtest Dairy brought our milk and ice cream. I remember there was a code of respect for ALL authority and teachers supporting the parents and vise versa; everyone, outside of the criminals, looked up to and greatly admired law enforcement. People KNEW their neighbors and everyone worked together for the betterment of one another. You take everything that is happening today and turn it upside down and you pretty much have the 1950s; not perfect but infinitely more cohesive and reasonable.
1950 here, too. He left out a few things. But we were outside year around doing all the things he said, plus all the winter things. For the past 20 years kids have spent so much time inside, and more recently on their phones, tablets, tv, etc. And the super overrated social media. We used our imagination, worked things out, created games, and obesity was almost zero. It's almost impossible to convey to kids today just how it was for us. Sure am thankful for being a 50s kid.
@@denisefarmer366and Bowler, I was also a 1950 baby (November 8th). I love your comments and agree with you both about everything you say! 👍👍👍 I thank God every day I was born as a Baby Boomer Baby! 🙏💖👶👶👶 I have come to HATE Smart Phones and will never own one or send a text. 🙄 (My wife has one but does not rely on it.) I have been on FaceBook since late 2016, but this year I am minimizing it in favor of #reallife!!! I have many friends doing the same. I have only 25 FB friends as I highly value quality over quantity. I have blocked literally scores of trolls and haters. God bless you and your family, dear Denise and Bowler! 🤗😍
My brothers and I would go out to play in the summer and the only instructions we got were, "when the church bells ring, come home for lunch." After lunch the instructions were, "when the church bells ring come home for dinner." We'd have pick-up baseball games and settled disagreements on our own. Sometimes a minor slug fest settled it and everyone just kept playing. No big deal back then. I remember Disneyland was on Sunday nights and in Cleveland on Sundays, after church, We'd listen to Polka Varities and Frankie Yacavic and Gene Carroll out of Painseville with Andrea Caroll singing, "Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard. " such great memories. 🤗
1950 here also-on the back of the Mighty Mouse comic book-the Get Rich Quick Scheme of childhood-couldn't tell exactly, but looked like Christmas Cards.
Great video. Many thanks. Being a child in the 50s was wonderful … I had a Mum and Dad at home, lived in a house full of love without any fear. Was free to play with my friends and had a wonderful imagination. No screens then, except the B&W TV at night for a little while. Today’s young people cannot imagine such freedom and such happiness. So much is put on their young shoulders now.
I loved the Sears Wish Book. Usually came in September. I loved all the wonderful Christmas decorations they offered. Today's internet in some ways is better, but not as much fun.
The Sears Christmas catalogue was a big deal in our house. When it arrived it was all shiny with stiff pages. By the time we were all done with it, it was like tissue paper. We poured over it for hours, passed it all around the family. Probably changed our minds a hundred times about what we wanted for Christmas.
I really think that as baby boomers our parents all felt so happy feeling fortunate they survived the Great Depression and WWII. People were much more immersed into a religion of their choice and going to church then. Those 10 years seemed like heaven after so many years of tough and horrible times and being thankful was a common emotion in the 1950’s.
Blacks couldn't vote, women couldn't serve on juries, married women couldn't buy property, there was no safety net for the poor, birth control was illegal. Our food was boring. Not such a good time for most people.
Yes. To say it is a crying shame how far OUR AMERICA has fallen is well and truly an understatement! We were warned about what would try its best to end America, but we did not listen. We all thought that our prosperity and greatness would not end and that we were allowed the priviledge of just watching it go on without our participating in keeping our Constitutional Republic in tact.
I grew up practically the same way. I was born in 1945, so I was a preteen till the end of the 50's. Green Stamps were a way of life. My Mom got a whole set of Samsonite Luggage in "Hawaiian Blue". I could skate all around the neighborhood as long as I came home when I was told to. Loved my childhood ! We would play Army in a vacant lot, or go to the school which was only 1 block away and play baseball ! ELVIS, MARILYN AND JAMES DEAN WERE MY FAVORITES ! Our Christmas trees always had Tinsle on it until my folks bought a new home in 1961 and they bought the all "Aluminum" Christmas tree from either Reynolds or Alcoa. Kids today have no idea the freedom we had back then. Great memories !
did your aluminum tree have the motorized "TRI- COLOR WHEEL" to go with it ???? we did have a lot freedom growing up, but we never abused it either( my brother sure did), just like we were told to be in the house when the "STREET LIGHTS" came on . dad did collect "GREEN STAMPS" he also collected "YELLOW- TOP VALUE STAMPS" those came from the "KROGER STORES", and he would turn them in to get christmas gifts.
As a kid it was malt shops,roller skating at the rink,slumber parties,water balloon fights,riding bikes,hide and seek or kick the can,Wrapping houses with toilet paper,playing what ever sport was in season outside,marbles,tops,trading baseball cards,getting in to mischief.The things were endless.There was no need for cable T.V.,internet,Wi Fi games,Facebook, etc.I was all boy growing up and I feel sorry for my own grand kids,in not that it was peaches and creme but it is a totally different environment,and culture and they have nothing to build memories on.
@@moealbert7339 My girl cousins and I would play with paper dolls by the hour and make doll clothes for other dolls. All of us sprawled on the big front porch out of the hot summer sun. Tuna fish sandwiches, chips, iced tea, and pecan pie for lunch.
Not if you were like my friends who were steered out of the white neighborhoods. It was fine for some folks but I sure wouldn't want to have to go through all the standing up for rights that we went through to get where we are today.
@@topsykretts2264 he confirmed that when he said he was born in the 1950s and stuff sherlock plus shut the hell up bozo everyone gets old you will too so don’t go making fun of the same thing you will be when your old
These kids would grow up to be some of the most resilient people because they were allowed to explore freely. Most of these kids had a mom and a dad, they ate well, and lived in communities that shared common values. They were taught right and valued institutions.
You know what’s weird, you’re right. Even with all the tragedy & dysfunction that followed, my brothers & I are well rounded, made it to the 15 year mark with spouses, raised decent kids & still talk to our Mom.
Amen to that goldilocks. We were imaginative and creative in our play, exploring, and in general not destructive in any harmful ways. I suppose it was an idealism sort of fostered on us but it produced a lot of well adjusted and confident adults.👍
I remember pop together plastic beads, Katy Keene paper dolls, Nancy Drew Books, roller skating with clamp on skates that needed a key, records, playing kick the can after dark.
I was diagnosed and went thru extensive cancer treatments 6 years ago . Today at 57 years old I'm blessed to say I'm cancer free . All these wonderful videos and memories are what kept me going to this day . Only those of us who were fortunate enough to grow up back then can appreciate the world as it once was . Because of videos like this I can periodically put my headphones on and escape to the past . Again thank you so much for your channel. It has made a Huge impact on my life .
@tekman196 • Glad you made it through, one tribute to the improvements we see in modern times! While I love looking back to my '50s childhood, I wish we had been blessed with our more recent medical treatments so my Dad, GrandDad, and others could have survived that decade and a few more. May you enjoy your many more decades!
I remember almost all of those things ...don't forget Davey Crocket .He was my hero .I had his hat ! This was in England ,and I was the best backwoodsman this side of the pond!
(1) Practically all autos were from the Big Three, and you could easily identify the make, year, and usually the model (e.g., Impala vs. BelAir) without having to read an emblem. You knew which car your friends owned, b/c it was a part of the family. (2) No one will forget the magical sound of a steam loco or its mournful whistle. Nothing today can compare. Thank you for sharing this exceptional video -- well done!
One thing I remember from the 50's is you turned on the television, then went off somewhere for 5 minutes while the CRT warmed up, then you had to adjust the horizontal & vertical, then move the rabbit ears around to get the best reception....
Don't forget those tubes that would go bad and blow out. One of my earliest memories is that of my father fixing all the stuff that broke because we could only afford second-hand in the first place.
Not very wise leaving these old TVs when warming up. I remember a neighbour running screaming out her door when her tv blew and ignited her curtains! Dave UK.
And if you were a kid and your parents were fortunate enough to have a fancy antenna on the roof it was your job to adjust it by turning the pole while Dad yelled out the window, "a little to the left, no the other way, a little more, ok stop" and just as you got inside you had to go right back out and start all over lol.
What lovely memories! Having run of the neighborhood on our bikes, moms in front yards calling kids home, packing into the car in our pajamas and a pillow for a double feature at the drive-in theater, getting a hot dog and a small soda for a quarter at the 7-11.Three channels on the TV. Tossing a ball around in the street in front of the house. Dressing up to go to church and to parties. Sisters with their hair in rollers every night. Most of all feeling safe wherever we went. Thanks for these great videos! 👍😃👏👏👏
Born in 1946, I remember Elvis on Ed Sullivan where his hips were blocked so we couldn't see his pelvis grating obscenely... I also remember my family gathering on Sunday evenings to all watch Bonanza together. And I remember Ginny dolls, Barbie wasn't around yet!
there are so many many wonderful cherished memories about my childhood! my personal belief is that the 50s were positively one of the very best decades to grow up in. i loved it!!!!! my grandchildren were amazed with my childhood stories.
Societal rules were so commonly agreed to that it was SAFE to do all those things and parents knew that their kids could be stopped and corrected by any adult nearby who saw them acting out. If it was bad enough the adult dragged the kid home to tell their parents what they caught their kid doing...that's why it worked. Kids behaved because they pretty much faced consequences if they didn't.
If you were white and middle class in a segregated, area it may have seemed like a great decade. Not so much for a minority including blacks, jews, hispanics and other less "white" ethnic groups.
Unless you were Black & grew up in the backwards, segregated DEEP SOUTH.....and, I have some idea since I was born (late 60's) & grew up in Mississippi during the early 1980's. Thankfully, attended Tupelo Public Schools & was a proud member of St James Catholic Church in Tupelo.
@@jamesvokral4934 at some point in time, we have to let go. I was born in 1960. We can say this is not fair or anything else. I grew up in a neighborhood. I was home by 6:30. I would not let my grandchildren, go to the corner store. And I now live in an up class neighborhood. Just stating facts from my time.
@@jamesvokral4934 I have often observed this. I was and am White, so the 1950's were great for me. I was born in 1945.There were no Blacks in my home town which was primarily Italian/Sicilian .I saw Black people in the nearby big city but never understood who they were.I was in CT and I loved the 1950's, playing outside, especially. We didn't need toys, except for a ball or a doll or two.
Ahh, the memories. I was born in 1950 and lived next door to my grandparents. We lived in a small town, and my grandfather had farm animals. I also remember that many times a hobo would stop at their house and have supper with them - my grandmother wouldn't turn any hungry person away. My grandfather had a coal furnace - and I learned that the registers were super hot. on television my favorite program was Miss Francis' Ding-Dong School (like todays kindergarten class). Riding bikes, playing outside, catching lighting bugs, going to church, and counting on my parents and grandparents would always be there- My grandparents bought their house in 1920 and I still own it - too many memories and happy times to sell to some else. Someday it will be sold, but not yet.
Ding Dong School, Captain Kangaroo, Romper Room…all the wonderful Saturday morning cartoons with great messages when we were little. Then American Bandstand as we got older! We grew up in such a special time.
As a child of the 50s and 60s, I remember all of this. I grew up in a small town, and besides the milkman, we had an egg man, an ice man and a bread man who delivered Wonder Bread.
You might like the novel, Jordy, Bounce, and Lilli. ...The story of a couple of little kids and their cat, growing up together in the post-war 1950s. I loved it.
Yes I remember all this and what the kids of today have missed out on totally. So sad. When kids were actually kids doing kid things and being so much more physical in their activities and had actual face to face conversations everyday all the time. The kids today are actually stunted.
I agree. It's not easy to talk to people without using technology, we are told we are nothing without lots of money, and as a woman, trying to find someone to marry is difficult because men can easily find someone else online and leave.
I was born in 1950 and remember those days so well. Boys had short haircuts and everyone went to church and respected their elders. All the retail stores were closed on Sunday and we spent the day together as a family. We lived in the suburbs of NYC and followed the NY Yankee baseball team. Micky Mantle and Yogi Berra were among the great members of that team. I remember we had a Chevy station wagon with wooden panels! Everybody smoked cigarettes in those days.Mothers stayed at homes rather than pursuing careers and children were well supervised. Fear of Communism was always in the air and the world was neatly divided between good and evil, right and wrong. We knew which side we were on and needed to stay. Miss those days!
I don't see church as helping anything, minus making the catholics rich and condoning child rape. In addition to tax evasion (theirs) and murder, among other things... I don't see how giving them money to be a hypocrite is going to help me at all...
You might like the novel, Jordy, Bounce, and Lilli. ...The story of a couple of little kids and their cat, growing up together in the post-war 1950s. I loved it.
I enjoyed riding the trolley cars in the 1950's. I toke on the myrtle avenue trolley from Forest Hills, Queens to downtown Brooklyn. Those were the dsys.
I can just imagine my large extended family picnics with Aunts, Uncles, Cousins & Grandparents with lots of laughter & fun simple fun it was with lots of food I miss it so much!
Born in 1942. This was the best decade of my life. Things were simple, the country was united with everyone considering themselves American before anything else. No internet, no cellphone and no need for them. It was a very good time. Things changed for good in the 60’s and the innocence and solidarity never returned. From my perspective, every decade since has gotten worse, and it now appears that things will end badly for us as a nation. No one in the 50’s could have ever imagined where we would be in the 2020’s, and that is a good thing.
Well Said! I can’t stand Cell phones, people using cellphones especially Text messages, People were much healthier because we actually went outside, we had no need for cellphones as we would walk or ride a bike when we wanted to meet someone, I miss those days and I still have trouble embracing life as I now know it. Simplicity was a great thing and we didn’t see hippies on every street corner, People actually knew their neighbors and weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and you are correct, every decade has gotten worse than the previous, Remember when our coins were made out of real silver? 90% silver Mercury dimes, Walking liberty half dollars and the one thing that is still true in the 1950s is a dime in the 50s has held up to inflation, I think a Silver dime minted before 1964 is worth $2.50 - $3.00 Today. I am glad I saved all my spare change up until this day but I hate walking the streets today only to see people with Green hair, Men demanding to be called women and a lot of other nonsense.
@@warriorpoet8119 I agree! In general! But the problem is not with technological progress, not with the Internet, computers or mobile phones, but with the wrong, thoughtless use. Why does a phone with a million functions need an internet connection? This is why young people are constantly staring at the damn phone! A basic phone that is only suitable for making calls would be enough for them. With an emergency number, the phone number of the police, ambulance, fire department, parents and friends. Why does a child need his own computer? One computer would be enough for a family. IT and other assigned school work may be done on the parents' computer. Then out into the open air! Same with TV! One TV is enough for each family! Watching TV together is still better than watching it separately! I am convinced that the latter destroys family life! Recently, technological development has been too fast and people have not been able to adapt to it, which is why there are the exaggerations experienced. You have to learn to use electronic devices in moderation and not become addicted to them!
Cap pistols, pocket knives (I had a switchblade) skate keys, collecting baseball cards (I was a Tomboy). All those candies shown in the video, plus wax lips, teeth, & mustaches. Play or ride bikes all day but be home by dark. 29¢ a gallon gas, full service, collecting a set of glasses & Green or Blue Chip stamps. 20¢ for the kid's matinee double feature. Mom, aunts, & grandma cooking holiday dinners or making quilts on a huge rack. The men playing pinochle at family gatherings. Collecting eggs from the chicken coop, incinerators in the back yard....and this was in L.A.! Best of all...DISNEYLAND wasn't crowded. What great memories.
This was great, took me back to school, Church, crawdad hunting, chasing lightning bugs, learning to ride a bicycle etc. Was a great time to be a child. Thank you so much.
I was born in 1952 and I remember a lot of these. TV Westerns were all morality plays that taught us good guys always came out on top. Western Flyer bicycles, toy guns complete with holsters, chemistry sets, the visible man, and of course the constant threat of nuclear war.
I was born in 1955, but as I remember it the early 60s were the same. Played outside or rode our bikes till we dropped. Built a lot of plastic models. We used regular playing cards on our bikes where I was. That's the way I remember all of it. Just like the video. Thanks again for the great memories! 👍👍
This was the decade my parents grew up in. I have a couple of my father's old high school yearbooks. He graduated in 1958 and his picture is there, showing off his crew cut. I think I would have felt very much at home in the '50s. It was definitely a simpler, more fun and more innocent time. I too enjoy the TV shows of the time, especially "I Love Lucy", "Leave It To Beaver", "The Honeymooners", "Perry Mason" and "Gunsmoke" (which was still going when I was a kid). I love '50s music...Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and the Comets, the Everly Brothers, Paul Anka, Fats Domino, Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Buddy Holly, Patti Page, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, the Platters, Eddie Fisher, I could go on and on. And I really love '50s cars ('60s cars too), they are totally cool! It was the era of tailfins, fancy two-tone paint jobs and lots of chrome. Many thanks, Recollection Road, for this nostalgic presentation. You have demonstrated exactly why those days were called "Happy Days"!
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.........I'm 75, what memories. Saturday morning watching superman,, howdy doody and Clarabelle and buffalo bob. Looney tunes, road runner, popeye, all the best cartoons. I grew up in the LA area, where TV was really good back then.
@@mikee2 At my grandmother's rural home in East Texas, my cousins and I were allowed to stay up late on Friday nights to watch "All Night Horror Movies". One right after the other of old horror movies. We picnicked on the floor on quilts, and ate popcorn in the dark with only the TV on. Of course, we all usually fell asleep somewhere in the second movie. We were always in wonder that somehow we acquired covers and pillows. Really good times.
Stop!!! I'm having a memories overload!!!!! Between goosebumps and tears I can barely contain myself! I take my own mental journey down the same memory lane ever so often and indeed it was such a wonderful time to have lived and been a child! THANK YOU RR for an excellent recalling of those days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@MichaelGunner123 No, and come to think about it, in school I ddn't encounter any students of another race until I got to high school and that was the mid 1960's. And those were Black students.
@@MichaelGunner123 i my memory is blurred by challenged memory. in my hometown of windsor locks connecticut usa. there is a jubrey lane home of a special dark chocolate families possibly robert lash was a classmate. and allan jubery was a special needs child with some facial deformities or irregularities. later in my neighborhood there was a mixed race couple and they may have been members of st mary roman catholic church built of redstone and red colored bricks. built by italian and irish immigrants. more later.
@@MichaelGunner123 My father sure did, when he was a kid in the 50s and early 60s. An Indian (from India) was the Methodist church preacher of his small Iowa hometown! Talk about wild.
As a kid growing up in the 50's was a fun and wholesome times and exciting to me. It was a totally different kind of world back then. Christmas and the holidays were nothing like today; as kids our gifts weren't elaborate nor expensive yet we were thrilled to get whatever inexpensive gift mom n dad gave us and had fun playing with them. Always playing outdoors till the sun went down and street lights came on. I remember we didn't lock the doors at night and cars didn't have seat belts and we felt safe, those were the good old days. Life was sweeter back then, miss those days.
I was born in January of 1951. This video brings back a lot of memories even being as young as I was. I remember most of what was in this video except the sock hops! I remember I loved playing Jacks and hopscotch. Drive Ins were such fun. The doctor would actually make house calls! I remember Shirley Temple movies and Pop Beads and I had my Saddle shoes! I remember watching I Love Lucy, and the cars we had back then. I remember my old metal roller skates with the key and Hula Hoops. I remember our washing machine had a wringer on it you'd roll the clothes through and hang out on the line. I remember Jump ropes and the games we'd play outside at night, like No Bears are Out Tonight, and Red Rover, and Hide and Seek and Tag. So many things. Just a mish mash of memories.
Those are memories that I will cherish always. Life was so much better than. I am so glad to have grown up in the 50's and a teenager in the 60's, for me it was a wonderful world! 🙂👍❤
The 50s were awesome. You could walk almost anywhere without fear, Saturday afternoon movies for a quarter. You should have mentioned American Flyer, Lionel, and Marx trains. Erector sets, chemistry sets, almost everything we played with was educational. Possibly your best video to date.
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....Iwe were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
@@matrox WOW....my earliest memory of buying fudgecycles from the ice cream truck was summer 1969....I guess they were more expensive from the truck than in the store?
Great memories, safe streets, family style living with grandparents right upstairs, home cooked meals, candy stores, dodgers and ny Yankees were the best, brooklyn was a beautiful place with the best friends around the corner and the cars were beautiful
I was born in 1951 and we had no tv to speak of but we got one and i remember watching lassie and bonanza on Sunday nights and going outside to play in my sand box and having tinker toys and linclon logs
Growing up on a small farm in the 1970s and 80s wasn't much different than this for me. The closest neighbors lived a mile down the road and had 3 daughters. The oldest daughter has been my wife for 35 years (this coming May) and there were other farms nearby. We all came up together and always helped each other out. Our parents always knew where we were and what we were doing. As long as we got our chores done and didn't miss supper, we were free to roam. Oh, we'd best not cause any trouble either...if we did, our parents knew before we got home and took care of it when we got there!
Born 1950 remember it all. I smiled, laughed and cried with this video. Does anybody have a time machine? I am ready to go back😁😁😁 No fear walking around by yourself as a kid. Ride your bike all over and not worry about anything. My mother walked at night to see my aunt(no car). Around three quarter of a mile . My uncle was working nights so they could reminisce as sisters. Mind you when my uncle came home about 3am she walked back no problem. This stopped in the mid 70's. Then she started taking a cab home or my uncle would drive her back . I do not envy kids today . There is so many things wrong today to many to list! At least I have good memories 😊😊😊.
How did they not include Roy Rogers in this video?! The man was literally one of the most recognized and influential Americans around. Dale was amazing too.
You're commenting about the 1950s, into the 1980s I could STILL ride my bike over to the school - around 10:30 - 11:00 P.M. at night! These more recent times after 2010 ... NO GO ...that same school is all locked up now , surrounded by iron fences, all day, and all night ...
Great video! I looked almost exactly like the kid second from left at 0:26 around 1957. Blonde buzzcut. Candy cigarettes? Yes and other candies mentioned too. Back then, there was a general principle that there was a clear demarcation between child and adult priveleges and woe unto you if you stepped over that line. At least in my family.
I was born in 1957 but fortunate to enjoy most of these experiences. We would ride our bikes for miles, walk around day or night in the neighborhood with no fear, family get togethers on Sunday at grandma’s and watching Gunsmoke, all the penny candy, the milkman, Dairy Queen here had little trucks that brought ice cream treats to the neighborhoods. Wish I could teleport back for awhile to enjoy it.
Exactly, same year, Feb 57. We left our car windows down all night or when shopping, no fear of people messing with your stuff. In 58' or 59' my brother and I both got Mickey Mouse club guitars. Wish I still had it.
Riding bikes for miles, climbing trees, exploring, roller skating, swimming, all different sports, walking to school, so many more winter things. 5¢ Hershey bars that cost $1.25 now. So much we did that is a wonderful memory, and so difficult for young people to appreciate today because it's just a story to them.
What an amazing time to grow up I can't believe this is the same planet I was born in 1951 who remembers making monster models? Comic books, baseball cards, that brand new Stingray bicycle under the Christmas tree.
I was born in 1940 and grew up on a farm. No electricity, no running water, coal burning stove and heater for the house. The only technology I was exposed to was a battery operated AM radio. But by 1950 things began to change rapidly. Electricity arrived at the farm when a power line was run through the district. With that came running water, TV, and no more use of kerosene lamps for lighting. In 1955, we got a new car with V8 motor, wraparound windshield and tailfins. Music was nice and tame until one day, I heard a new song on the radio - Rock around the clock! And by the mid 50s, a new singer with a strange name came on the scene - Elvis Presley. Remember being isolated for a while during the polio epidemic days and the sigh of relief when the polio vaccine was developed and deployed. Enjoyed seeing movies in the 1950s, and here too there was a big change when CinemaScope and stereophonic sound was introduced. It was a great decade, for sure.
I was born in 1947 and the 50's were a great time for kids. We used to ride our bikes all day long, you didn't wear helmets or knee pads, didn't have to stop at stop signs or obey traffic laws, you could use common sense and that was enough. We used to look forward to the fall when the new cars would be on the road, it was exciting seeing so many different styles! Those were carefree times when kids were outside and active year 'round, you couldn't wait to get outside!
There was hop scotch, jump rope, tree houses, and I lived on roller skates. The neighbors all knew us, and we had lots of pals within walking distance. We were always at each others' houses and it's true, we were free to roam but we had better be home for dinner, or else! The neighborhood dogs ran in packs and chased cars.
I was born on January 13th 1959..I grew up in the 60's & 70's..what a great time my generation grew up in..all these things you talk about I experienced thank you for reminding me of my youth..
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....We were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
I was born in 1950, but up until even the early 80s kids were pretty active outside. The 50s-70s we're the best. We also had the movies for 25¢ on Saturday for a double feature and 10¢ popcorn.
I the 60s when I was in elementary school we had drugstores with soda fountains that we would sometimes go to if we had a dime or a quarter. We took this stuff for granted thinking these places would be there forever.
I remember all of the above and I also remember being a "Cloverine Salve" salesboy running from house to house before the other kids trying to sell the same salve got there first! I don't remember EVER selling a can of the stuff! We also played "flashlight tag" at night and played a lot of "marbles" as well! Skate keys and street baseball were part of the deal too! I loved being a kid then! No bars on windows of houses, no locking doors on either houses or cars, no gang violence, no purple haired fools burning down cities! It was a different country then.
I remember Cloverine brand salve from the back of the comic books, I think I sold one to a mother who took pity on us or thought we were cute. Useless stuff lol.
@@harveyabel1354 Yeah, street hockey too!! I was across the Ambassador Bridge in the Detroit area where, in the winter, we'd flood our back yards and have skating rinks and played a lot of ice hockey!!
I was born in the mid 1960's, and remember a few things that carried over into the early 70's. Like the green stamps. Thank you for sharing the 1950's.
Grew up in the late 60's & early 70's & recall much of this. Was fortunate enough to attend public school in Tupelo Mississippi in 1970. Blacks & whites together from 1st Grade on with no memories whatsoever of racial strife. Can recall one of FAV classmates happened to be black in 1st Grade, too...Stephanie H. Was a very good time.
That was a time when a kid could be a kid. There was so much to do - hayrides, ice skating, horseback riding, bike riding, roller skating, slinkies, hop scotch, jump roping, birthday parties, clubs to join such as being a Brownie gal, and Camp Fire gal. I did these things and more. I visited a farm as a city gal and milked a cow.That was a time to have a life and believing in a future. And not what it is like today. It wasn't a perfect life, but it far out-weighed the times of today. It was a normal life. A life of freedom.
Many of these things spilled over into the 60s as for all of us what a great time our childhood, so very much safter and kids could go just about anywhere, with no fear.
We had Adohr milk delivered. We had a Hotpoint Refrigerator. We had a washer with a wringer on top of it. I played Scrabble, Monopoly, Hide & Seek, Tag, and marbles.
Thanks, that's exactly how I grew up, except no street lights where we lived. My mom was a enthusiastic fan of Green Stamps. Don't forget Erector Sets.
My mom was a "BLUE CHIP" stamp collector. I wonder if So. Cal. had that more than other parts of the country. There was only a street light on the corners; not in the middle of blocks like now.
I wish we could go back to those days. People had more respect for themselves and for each other. People took more time for others then. There was prayer and discipline in school and at home. People went to church more then and their lives showed it. In the churches everybody was welcomed by everybody and everybody helped everybody. Neighbors were more neighborly, you could walk down the street at night without any problems. They had dances at dance halls and in homes, people will have stacks of 45’s on their phonographs playing music to dance to. Their fun was for the most part clean. Even though not perfect, it was a whole lot better then than now. We’ve left God out of everything and we are more than paying for it dearly. The day of reconning is comming for the people of this nation. I was born in 1960 and I got a bird’s eve view from the early 60’s how much better it was in the 50’s
Tony..totally agree. All the kids I played with went to church.. I remember the catholic kids walking to church Saturday afternoon and the rest of us went to Sunday school on Sunday. We called all the adult neighbors as well as our friends parents Mr an Mrs (last name). I was born in 1953 and had a great childhood
I remember wrecking my new bike when I and a friend went bike riding. It was my first bike ride after learning to ride. On our ride we were passing by a person riding a horse. The horse got spooked and it caused me to run into my friends bike and all the spokes got torn out of the wheel of my bike. His bike suffered no damage at all. 😵💫🤭
I just watched a thing on the news about subway crime in NYC. No transit cops around at the Times Sq. Station. Counted over 80 people jumping turnstiles in one hour!
I remember rollar skates that you had to put over shoes and tighten with a rollar skating key. I can still remember the sound when I skated down the sidewalk in Brooklyn , New York.
My mother saved S&H Green stamps and Blue Chip stamps. We had a party line, but dad got tired of it. You'd only make long distance phone calls after a certain time of the day as it was cheaper. I remember when you left the envelopes unsealed if you wanted to save on postage.
I also remember quilted skirts. They were dark blue with red interiors. Also, light-blue loose leaf notebooks. Taking soda bottles back to the store for the deposit money, which I often spent buying Kool-Aid from the stands that my friends had. The doctor coming to your house if someone was sick.
I often wonder why we don't still do that with soda bottles with all this recycle talk. Also with the milk bottles being delivered. Seems it would be much better for the environment.
I turned 5 in 1960, and all of these things were still going. I well remember the excitement of collecting S&H Green Stamps, but I'll be darned if I can remember whatever we got with them. I sometimes watch my 8 year-old grandson after school until his mom or dad gets home. When I was 8 none of us needed watching. We had great times getting together with friends and running all over town.
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....We were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
@@nomadbrad6391 Yep. And our milk truck in the early 1960s used blocks of ice to cool the milk. We'd all run out when it came by. The guy would break off chunks of ice for all the kids in the neighborhood.
I'm the same age! I remember the Helms Bakery Truck and mom putting the ship wheel placard in the window. The truck had long drawers in the back and he had the most delicious donuts and cookies. I really loved going to the Drug store and sitting at the counter and getting a frosty glass of Lyons Rootbeer on a hot, muggy summer's day. Baseball in the street, kick the can and tieing up Gary to the light pole (of course we had to untie him a short time later). Oh! Juju beads.
This was a wonderful video.What abut the Fuller brush man, Watkins products and the Encyclopedia Britannica sales man. So many wonderful memories. My grandchildren still laugh when I say my pocketbook instead of purse.
I was born in 1946 & remember the whole of the 1950's very well! So, you really needed to be an early "baby boomer" or "war baby" to fully appreciate that wonderful decade!
Thanks for all the memories of the best time of my life, born 1947 so i had the pleasure of all this and more.if i could go back in time and live in the 50s again i would appreciate it more. I hated those saddle shoes they were so uncomfortable but i had a pair.
Roller skates.....and wearing the skate key around your neck on a store string.. or ribbon. And nothing was more fun than playing with "Paper Dolls" on a rainy day.
Love this channel. Born in the 1950's. So much to do playing outside. .Bikes, skates, the neighborhood children. When a new family moved into the neighborhood, we children would come for a visit to meet the kids, and make friends. And Family time. In by dark after play. School work. Old black & white TV programs. Not much for kids on the weekends. TV was boring. All the games, erector sets, Lincoln logs, card games. Free to be playing outside without the threats of today. So many memories of a great time. S&H green stamps my parents collected. Sleep overs with friends. My parents watched Many great news casters, when the media was all about real investigative news., nothing like today following the scripted media....
I was born on June 16, 1957. I was raised in the 1960's. I still remember the old TV Shows 📺from back in the day. I remember the Good Humor Ice Cream 🧊Truck 🚚.I still remember the Soda Fountains at the Drugstores. And, I still remember the S&H Green Stamps that Great Scott!Supermarkets gave out. I also remember when Kroger gave out Top Value Trading Stamps also.
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....Iwe were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
Thank you for the memories!... I was a kid in the 60's and a lot of this stuff was still around... I love the final photograph... we were a family of 6 boys though, not nine (and no girls)!
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....We were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
@@samanthab1923 LOL! Houses used to be built stronger than they are today. My wife and I bought a big farm house back in 1992. According to county records, the house was built in 1891. We raised our 3 kids in it and when they were grown and left, the house seemed as sad as we were. We still live there and these days, we AND the house look forward to the grands coming to spend the weekend. Holidays are even better because there's enough room for all 3 kids AND their families to stay. The kids also all still call it HOME!
I remember back in the 50's we had those sticky fly paper things hanging from the ceiling to catch flies in the summer. We didn't have air conditioning back then and it was pretty hot inside the house during summer months. In the winter months we didn't have a heating duct in every room. We only had one big heating duct and it was in the living room. In order to get some of the heat upstairs we had to remove a pie plate shaped thing to open a hole in the ceiling so some of the heat could rise upstairs. At night we slept under big heavy quilts, nothing like today's quilts.
Shopping from a catalogue that came in the mail was great fun. I remember how one of the advertisements came with a personalized name on it - a shower curtain with our last name on it. The advertisement on the shower curtain read: Saturday night at the Kleizos. As a small child I was amazed how a company could know our last name and print it there for all to see. The Sears catalogue was a big deal too. And AVON came out with fuzzy soaps for children in the shape of animals like lambs and bears - the Fuzzy Wuzzy bear soap. And, Mr. Bubbles came out in a box with big pink soap bubbles. I always felt so special getting a gift from a catalogue or indulgent soaps or perfumes from Avon.
In my Pittsburgh area neighborhood you would walk over to your friend's house and just yell his name outside rather than knock on the door and he would come out to play. Mothers would yell their kid's name or do a loud whistle from the porch to call their children home for dinner.
I grew up in Pittsburgh and we had a neighbor lady who would ring the cow bell and everyone knew it was dinner time. Plus we ate at the table together. I remember neighbor shacks and softball teams.
@@williamfindspeople4341 My neighborhood had whistlers and you could tell them apart so you knew which kids were being told it was time to come home. Kinda cool. I literally think they got together to come up with there own codes to not be confused with each other.
Thanks for the Memories.... I had every experience that you mentioned. The Tinsel on th Christmas tree made me smile...My Dad being a Perfectionist and we were told to only one piece of tinsel at a time..well my younger brother with his rebellious self would take a handful of tinsel and throw it on the tree when my Dad was not looking...wonderful Childhood memories.. Thank you
I grew up in the 50's remember there were 6 of us. And we just regular size family. Lots of my friends had 10/12 kids lol. Not now days!!! And there always a MOM at home :).
My Mom, was born in 1954, she tells me a lot about that time, on summer vacation you were outside all day, than after supper went out for more fun LOL, till the light came on and you better be home. She told me about jacks with a little red rubber ball, to pick up sticks, and ect ect.Not like today you hardly see kids out, there all inside playing video games. You went back to school with a suntan, from being outside, now you go back to school like a ghost, LOL. Thanks for sharing.👍
You’ll get a kick out of this. I was born in Sept. 59. My grandparents had a beach house out east & my mom was brown as a berry when she went in to have me. She said all the nurses loved her tan!
I spent a lot of weekend afternoons at the movies. They had double features for a quarter. With 3 theaters downtown we had a lot of movies to choose from.
@@samanthab1923 Don't tell me that you and a group of friends did not go to the movies on weekend afternoon? we had a group of 6 that would get together, of course not could make it every time.
A bunch of the neighborhood kids would get together and a parent would volunteer to drive us to the movies, we got a quarter from our parents, or worked for a quarter so we could go to the movies.. we watched “Our Man Flint” and then would go home and try to reenact the movie, he was sort of like James Bond..awww precious memories!!
Born in ‘53 in Southern California, I remember the wonders of the Helms Bakery Truck. Loved their Cream Puffs. Our local supermarket-Iowa Pork, had a visit from “Big Frank” the Man from Morel. He was the giant who completed with “Little Oscar” from Oscar Meyers hot dogs for kids attention. TV shows were especially fun. Hobo Kelley, Engineer Bill, Gun Smoke and Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color…fantastic viewing pleasure for a kid. Loved the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile which I saw a few times. What a wonderful site. So many very fond memories from the 50’s and 60’s.
I remember listening with my sister on Sunday morning radio to Big John and Little Sparky; the music was The March of the Marionettes, IIRC. Also the lyrics, “If you go out in the woods today, …”
Almost anyone with a high school education could easily find a job, and if desired, keep it for an entire career. And with that job alone, he could buy a house and feed a family.
Your last sentence…..and with that job alone, he could buy a house and feed a family……says it all about the difference between the decades of the 50’s - 60’s and today’s times. Homes and family life ran so much more smoothly because Mom was taking care of the home front and Dad was bringing home the bacon. Life was slower, less frantic, much less based on materialism and entertainment. Respect and responsibility beat out today’s “rights”. Our heroes were true heroes, people of accomplishment and generosity, not some self-centered celebrity. Ahh, the memories. I was born in 1944 and will be forever thankful that I was a child of the 50’s. 1963 was the turning point, the JFK assassination, the end of the age of innocence. So it goes.
@@carolyncook3611 I was born in '46. I couldn't agree more.
What went so wrong?
@@LeeDon76 We kept voting for the same two political parties well after they both became corrupt.
Only males had these opportunities.
Growing up in the 50s and becoming a teen in the 60s was special... You didn't have to be wealthy, (we certainly weren't), but between family, friends, good food and great music, (especially music of the 60s), well, it couldn't have been any better, and I'm grateful to have been there...
Yes if you didnt have to go to Vietnam. Just saying
@The 80s no but my uncle and father did smart one
My 12 year old grandson was mortified when I told him we didn't have a television in the 1950s.
"That's terrible! You guys must have been bored out of your minds!"
We were _never_ bored. With eight siblings we had lots of fun. We played games, read books and rode our bicycles around town. It wasn't like today where you worried about everything. We felt safe. The thought of a school shooting was unheard of. In those days kids respected their elders.
Sounds like my dad's family. Twelve children and he said they were very poor but didn't know it. Always someone to fish with, talk to or play a game. It was the same for me in our "neighborhood". Miss that time but the best part of my life was raising my own children.
@@Hugatree1 My older brother and I made all kinds of "inventions" he thought up, flew kites, smoked grapevines, built a treehouse, stilts, our own stereo when we were older and walked barefoot through the grass at our granddaddy's farm and stayed out till it got dark and our dad whistled for us to come home. My brother was three years older, but I wanted to be with him anytime I could. Miss those long days of summer with no schedule. Free for three long months.
@@lindahuff8976 The neighborhood I grew up in is still a nice neighborhood. Physically, it still looks pretty much the same. The corner store where we bought candy for a nickle is now a 7-11. The little mall where my mother bought our groceries is now an empty field. The big difference is I couldn't afford to live there now. The house my parents bought for $12,750 in 1948 sold two years ago for $1,380,000.
If I would have known I was living in a million dollar house I would have appreciated it more. lol 😄
@@lindahuff8976 I just read your comment about you and your brother's inventions. Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. I used to stuff like that all the time growing up. I'm almost 70 and I still do stuff like that. There's nothing like innovation to keep your brain sharp.
To be fair if you never knew tv existed then you won’t be bored at all but if you did and had watched it for hours and never again during childhood that’s crazy.
I'm 71 and grew up in the 50's. I remember it as the best decade of my life.
Me too. At least it was superior to kids life today.
I, also! We had so much outdoor fun!
I'm 71 also and remember well how much different life was back then.
@@yankee2666 This sounds great. Thanks for the heads up!
@@margeshilling7983 We're probably about the same age, Marge. This book gave me the feel of much of what I had lived through growing up in the post war era. ...Hope you enjoy the book.
As a younger child I so remember many of these things: jacks, the yo-yo, hula hoops, silly putty and slinkies. The Saturday morning westerns and being able to roam the neighborhood afterwards was always something to look forward to. Fridays brought the Manor Man to our door for bread and certain baked goods; always tried to get my mom to purchase the rectangular banana cake; the Sealtest Dairy brought our milk and ice cream. I remember there was a code of respect for ALL authority and teachers supporting the parents and vise versa; everyone, outside of the criminals, looked up to and greatly admired law enforcement. People KNEW their neighbors and everyone worked together for the betterment of one another. You take everything that is happening today and turn it upside down and you pretty much have the 1950s; not perfect but infinitely more cohesive and reasonable.
Born in 1950, I remember these things with a smile on my face. A much simpler time when things happened much slower.
1950 here, too. He left out a few things. But we were outside year around doing all the things he said, plus all the winter things. For the past 20 years kids have spent so much time inside, and more recently on their phones, tablets, tv, etc. And the super overrated social media. We used our imagination, worked things out, created games, and obesity was almost zero. It's almost impossible to convey to kids today just how it was for us. Sure am thankful for being a 50s kid.
@@denisefarmer366and Bowler, I was also a 1950 baby (November 8th). I love your comments and agree with you both about everything you say! 👍👍👍 I thank God every day I was born as a Baby Boomer Baby! 🙏💖👶👶👶 I have come to HATE Smart Phones and will never own one or send a text. 🙄 (My wife has one but does not rely on it.) I have been on FaceBook since late 2016, but this year I am minimizing it in favor of #reallife!!! I have many friends doing the same. I have only 25 FB friends as I highly value quality over quantity. I have blocked literally scores of trolls and haters. God bless you and your family, dear Denise and Bowler! 🤗😍
Totally agree with you.
My brothers and I would go out to play in the summer and the only instructions we got were, "when the church bells ring, come home for lunch." After lunch the instructions were, "when the church bells ring come home for dinner." We'd have pick-up baseball games and settled disagreements on our own. Sometimes a minor slug fest settled it and everyone just kept playing. No big deal back then. I remember Disneyland was on Sunday nights and in Cleveland on Sundays, after church, We'd listen to Polka Varities and Frankie Yacavic and Gene Carroll out of Painseville with Andrea Caroll singing, "Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard. " such great memories. 🤗
1950 here also-on the back of the Mighty Mouse comic book-the Get Rich Quick Scheme of childhood-couldn't tell exactly, but looked like Christmas Cards.
Great video. Many thanks. Being a child in the 50s was wonderful … I had a Mum and Dad at home, lived in a house full of love without any fear. Was free to play with my friends and had a wonderful imagination. No screens then, except the B&W TV at night for a little while. Today’s young people cannot imagine such freedom and such happiness. So much is put on their young shoulders now.
Anyone remember the Sears Christmas toy catalogue? I would sit and look through it for hours. Great time to grow up!
Yes.
I remember it too, wasn't it called the Wish Book?
I loved the Sears Wish Book. Usually came in September. I loved all the wonderful Christmas decorations they offered. Today's internet in some ways is better, but not as much fun.
YES, and circle everything I wanted Santa to bring me and believing he would magically know lol Ahh, the wonder years😁
The Sears Christmas catalogue was a big deal in our house. When it arrived it was all shiny with stiff pages. By the time we were all done with it, it was like tissue paper. We poured over it for hours, passed it all around the family. Probably changed our minds a hundred times about what we wanted for Christmas.
I really think that as baby boomers our parents all felt so happy feeling fortunate they survived the Great Depression and WWII. People were much more immersed into a religion of their choice and going to church then. Those 10 years seemed like heaven after so many years of tough and horrible times and being thankful was a common emotion in the 1950’s.
Nobodys thankful nowadays tbh
@@tamplushboy8452 Because they are a bunch of self-entitled spoiled little brats. Looking for handouts from democrats in government
@@tamplushboy8452 that's a very negative attitude
@@lavenderflowersfall280 Sadly the truth
They had been through the depression. They had also been through World War II.
My era… I remember it all. So sad to see how far down our country has gone.
Do you remember the ONE ROOM school went to about 5th or 6th grade I went to one only a dozen or less were there.
you guys have any stories from then? small or detailed? would absolutely love to hear, im obsessed with this time period!
@@yankee2666 I'm so happy for you, absorb it's wisdom
Blacks couldn't vote, women couldn't serve on juries, married women couldn't buy property, there was no safety net for the poor, birth control was illegal. Our food was boring. Not such a good time for most people.
Yes. To say it is a crying shame how far OUR AMERICA has fallen is well and truly an understatement! We were warned about what would try its best to end America, but we did not listen. We all thought that our prosperity and greatness would not end and that we were allowed the priviledge of just watching it go on without our participating in keeping our Constitutional Republic in tact.
I grew up practically the same way. I was born in 1945, so I was a preteen till the end of the 50's. Green Stamps were a way of life. My Mom got a whole set of Samsonite Luggage in "Hawaiian Blue". I could skate all around the neighborhood as long as I came home when I was told to. Loved my childhood ! We would play Army in a vacant lot, or go to the school which was only 1 block away and play baseball ! ELVIS, MARILYN AND JAMES DEAN WERE MY FAVORITES ! Our Christmas trees always had Tinsle on it until my folks bought a new home in 1961 and they bought the all "Aluminum" Christmas tree from either Reynolds or Alcoa. Kids today have no idea the freedom we had back then. Great memories !
The ice skating is what I miss the most. It never got as old to freeze ponds.
I hear ya, I was there than as well.....
did your aluminum tree have the motorized "TRI- COLOR WHEEL" to go with it ???? we did have a lot freedom growing up, but we never abused it either( my brother sure did), just like we were told to be in the house when the "STREET LIGHTS" came on . dad did collect "GREEN STAMPS" he also collected "YELLOW- TOP VALUE STAMPS" those came from the "KROGER STORES", and he would turn them in to get christmas gifts.
As a kid it was malt shops,roller skating at the rink,slumber parties,water balloon fights,riding bikes,hide and seek or kick the can,Wrapping houses with toilet paper,playing what ever sport was in season outside,marbles,tops,trading baseball cards,getting in to mischief.The things were endless.There was no need for cable T.V.,internet,Wi Fi games,Facebook, etc.I was all boy growing up and I feel sorry for my own grand kids,in not that it was peaches and creme but it is a totally different environment,and culture and they have nothing to build memories on.
@@moealbert7339 My girl cousins and I would play with paper dolls by the hour and make doll clothes for other dolls. All of us sprawled on the big front porch out of the hot summer sun. Tuna fish sandwiches, chips, iced tea, and pecan pie for lunch.
My wife and I both grew up in the 50's. We watch TV shows from the time and wish so much we could go back to when the world made sense.
Ok boomer
@@topsykretts2264 Ok yourself fucker
Not if you were like my friends who were steered out of the white neighborhoods. It was fine for some folks but I sure wouldn't want to have to go through all the standing up for rights that we went through to get where we are today.
My husband watches all these shows and agrees with you.
@@topsykretts2264 he confirmed that when he said he was born in the 1950s and stuff sherlock plus shut the hell up bozo everyone gets old you will too so don’t go making fun of the same thing you will be when your old
These kids would grow up to be some of the most resilient people because they were allowed to explore freely. Most of these kids had a mom and a dad, they ate well, and lived in communities that shared common values. They were taught right and valued institutions.
Yes. You can’t stop “progress” but indeed, these were the attributes that created a high quality of life for the majority of people.
You know what’s weird, you’re right. Even with all the tragedy & dysfunction that followed, my brothers & I are well rounded, made it to the 15 year mark with spouses, raised decent kids & still talk to our Mom.
Amen to that goldilocks. We were imaginative and creative in our play, exploring, and in general not destructive in any harmful ways. I suppose it was an idealism sort of fostered on us but it produced a lot of well adjusted and confident adults.👍
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I remember pop together plastic beads, Katy Keene paper dolls, Nancy Drew Books, roller skating with clamp on skates that needed a key, records, playing kick the can after dark.
Alot of this happened in the 60s, too. Really enjoyed growing up in the 60s.
I was diagnosed and went thru extensive cancer treatments 6 years ago . Today at 57 years old I'm blessed to say I'm cancer free . All these wonderful videos and memories are what kept me going to this day . Only those of us who were fortunate enough to grow up back then can appreciate the world as it once was . Because of videos like this I can periodically put my headphones on and escape to the past . Again thank you so much for your channel. It has made a Huge impact on my life .
@tekman196 • Glad you made it through, one tribute to the improvements we see in modern times! While I love looking back to my '50s childhood, I wish we had been blessed with our more recent medical treatments so my Dad, GrandDad, and others could have survived that decade and a few more. May you enjoy your many more decades!
Congrats on winning your fight!! May you enjoy countless more memories.
Outstanding may everyday be great for you 😊
So glad you are better. This channel and the people in the comments make my world so much better.
@@douglas_drew Hope you enjoy all youtube has to offer for many, many more years!!!! God bless.
1950's were the best decade. The best music, cars, fashion, family life I love 50's. Today's life is so stressful.
I remember almost all of those things ...don't forget Davey Crocket .He was my hero .I had his hat ! This was in England ,and I was the best backwoodsman this side of the pond!
(1) Practically all autos were from the Big Three, and you could easily identify the make, year, and usually the model (e.g., Impala vs. BelAir) without having to read an emblem. You knew which car your friends owned, b/c it was a part of the family.
(2) No one will forget the magical sound of a steam loco or its mournful whistle. Nothing today can compare.
Thank you for sharing this exceptional video -- well done!
One thing I remember from the 50's is you turned on the television, then went off somewhere for 5 minutes while the CRT warmed up, then you had to adjust the horizontal & vertical, then move the rabbit ears around to get the best reception....
Yes, we're spoiled now with instant on. Also, all you had to do was plug in the TV and not have to program it first...lol.
Don't forget those tubes that would go bad and blow out. One of my earliest memories is that of my father fixing all the stuff that broke because we could only afford second-hand in the first place.
Not very wise leaving these old TVs when warming up. I remember a neighbour running screaming out her door when her tv blew and ignited her curtains!
Dave UK.
And if you were a kid and your parents were fortunate enough to have a fancy antenna on the roof it was your job to adjust it by turning the pole while Dad yelled out the window, "a little to the left, no the other way, a little more, ok stop" and just as you got inside you had to go right back out and start all over lol.
What lovely memories! Having run of the neighborhood on our bikes, moms in front yards calling kids home, packing into the car in our pajamas and a pillow for a double feature at the drive-in theater, getting a hot dog and a small soda for a quarter at the 7-11.Three channels on the TV. Tossing a ball around in the street in front of the house. Dressing up to go to church and to parties. Sisters with their hair in rollers every night. Most of all feeling safe wherever we went. Thanks for these great videos! 👍😃👏👏👏
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We had three channels on the TV, but they were all CBS! (Minneapolis, Mankato, and Mason City)
Born in 1946, I remember Elvis on Ed Sullivan where his hips were blocked so we couldn't see his pelvis grating obscenely... I also remember my family gathering on Sunday evenings to all watch Bonanza together. And I remember Ginny dolls, Barbie wasn't around yet!
there are so many many wonderful cherished memories about my childhood! my personal belief is that the 50s were positively one of the very best decades to grow up in. i loved it!!!!! my grandchildren were amazed with my childhood stories.
Societal rules were so commonly agreed to that it was SAFE to do all those things and parents knew that their kids could be stopped and corrected by any adult nearby who saw them acting out. If it was bad enough the adult dragged the kid home to tell their parents what they caught their kid doing...that's why it worked. Kids behaved because they pretty much faced consequences if they didn't.
If you were white and middle class in a segregated, area it may have seemed like a great decade. Not so much for a minority including blacks, jews, hispanics and other less "white" ethnic groups.
Unless you were Black & grew up in the backwards, segregated DEEP SOUTH.....and, I have some idea since I was born (late 60's) & grew up in Mississippi during the early 1980's. Thankfully, attended Tupelo Public Schools & was a proud member of St James Catholic Church in Tupelo.
@@jamesvokral4934 at some point in time, we have to let go. I was born in 1960. We can say this is not fair or anything else. I grew up in a neighborhood. I was home by 6:30. I would not let my grandchildren, go to the corner store. And I now live in an up class neighborhood. Just stating facts from my time.
@@jamesvokral4934 I have often observed this. I was and am White, so the 1950's were great for me. I was born in 1945.There were no Blacks in my home town which was primarily Italian/Sicilian .I saw Black people in the nearby big city but never understood who they were.I was in CT and I loved the 1950's, playing outside, especially. We didn't need toys, except for a ball or a doll or two.
Ahh, the memories. I was born in 1950 and lived next door to my grandparents. We lived in a small town, and my grandfather had farm animals. I also remember that many times a hobo would stop at their house and have supper with them - my grandmother wouldn't turn any hungry person away. My grandfather had a coal furnace - and I learned that the registers were super hot. on television my favorite program was Miss Francis' Ding-Dong School (like todays kindergarten class). Riding bikes, playing outside, catching lighting bugs, going to church, and counting on my parents and grandparents would always be there- My grandparents bought their house in 1920 and I still own it - too many memories and happy times to sell to some else. Someday it will be sold, but not yet.
What wonderful memories you have!!! Gosh, I’d give anything to go back to those simple, carefree days!!
Ding Dong School, Captain Kangaroo, Romper Room…all the wonderful Saturday morning cartoons with great messages when we were little. Then American Bandstand as we got older! We grew up in such a special time.
This video was fun, remembering those simpler times. I was born in 1949 and remember all of this. I love 50’s and 60’s. And the music was fabulous!
As a child of the 50s and 60s, I remember all of this. I grew up in a small town, and besides the milkman, we had an egg man, an ice man and a bread man who delivered Wonder Bread.
In the very early Chicago 1960's there was a 'knife sharpener' man who had a cart with a grinding stone.
This was truly the greatest generation of adults. Worked hard, took care of their families and disciplined their children.
I'd love this!! I wish we could go back to that.
You might like the novel, Jordy, Bounce, and Lilli. ...The story of a couple of little kids and their cat, growing up together in the post-war 1950s. I loved it.
@@coraltown1 Yes! In Lemont, a Chicago suburb, we called him "the scissor man!" Do you think it was the same guy?
Yes I remember all this and what the kids of today have missed out on totally. So sad. When kids were actually kids doing kid things and being so much more physical in their activities and had actual face to face conversations everyday all the time. The kids today are actually stunted.
I agree. It's not easy to talk to people without using technology, we are told we are nothing without lots of money, and as a woman, trying to find someone to marry is difficult because men can easily find someone else online and leave.
I was born in 1950 and remember those days so well. Boys had short haircuts and everyone went to church and respected their elders. All the retail stores were closed on Sunday and we spent the day together as a family. We lived in the suburbs of NYC and followed the NY Yankee baseball team. Micky Mantle and Yogi Berra were among the great members of that team. I remember we had a Chevy station wagon with wooden panels! Everybody smoked cigarettes in those days.Mothers stayed at homes rather than pursuing careers and children were well supervised. Fear of Communism was always in the air and the world was neatly divided between good and evil, right and wrong. We knew which side we were on and needed to stay. Miss those days!
I don't see church as helping anything, minus making the catholics rich and condoning child rape. In addition to tax evasion (theirs) and murder, among other things...
I don't see how giving them money to be a hypocrite is going to help me at all...
There was a lot of evil back then
church is a CULT and A LOT of bad things happen behind those closed doors
You might like the novel, Jordy, Bounce, and Lilli. ...The story of a couple of little kids and their cat, growing up together in the post-war 1950s. I loved it.
I enjoyed riding the trolley cars in the 1950's. I toke on the myrtle avenue trolley from Forest Hills, Queens to downtown Brooklyn. Those were the dsys.
I can just imagine my large extended family picnics with Aunts, Uncles, Cousins & Grandparents with lots of laughter & fun simple fun it was with lots of food I miss it so much!
Born in 1942. This was the best decade of my life. Things were simple, the country was united with everyone considering themselves American before anything else. No internet, no cellphone and no need for them. It was a very good time. Things changed for good in the 60’s and the innocence and solidarity never returned. From my perspective, every decade since has gotten worse, and it now appears that things will end badly for us as a nation. No one in the 50’s could have ever imagined where we would be in the 2020’s, and that is a good thing.
Well Said! I can’t stand Cell phones, people using cellphones especially Text messages, People were much healthier because we actually went outside, we had no need for cellphones as we would walk or ride a bike when we wanted to meet someone, I miss those days and I still have trouble embracing life as I now know it. Simplicity was a great thing and we didn’t see hippies on every street corner, People actually knew their neighbors and weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and you are correct, every decade has gotten worse than the previous, Remember when our coins were made out of real silver? 90% silver Mercury dimes, Walking liberty half dollars and the one thing that is still true in the 1950s is a dime in the 50s has held up to inflation, I think a Silver dime minted before 1964 is worth $2.50 - $3.00 Today. I am glad I saved all my spare change up until this day but I hate walking the streets today only to see people with Green hair, Men demanding to be called women and a lot of other nonsense.
I was born in 2000. I wish I grew up in the 50s
@@jonathanburger7777 no buddy you would be very old by now if you did kid i think you should of been born in the 1980s or 1991 or smth like that bro
@@warriorpoet8119 I agree! In general! But the problem is not with technological progress, not with the Internet, computers or mobile phones, but with the wrong, thoughtless use.
Why does a phone with a million functions need an internet connection? This is why young people are constantly staring at the damn phone! A basic phone that is only suitable for making calls would be enough for them. With an emergency number, the phone number of the police, ambulance, fire department, parents and friends.
Why does a child need his own computer? One computer would be enough for a family.
IT and other assigned school work may be done on the parents' computer. Then out into the open air!
Same with TV! One TV is enough for each family! Watching TV together is still better than watching it separately! I am convinced that the latter destroys family life!
Recently, technological development has been too fast and people have not been able to adapt to it, which is why there are the exaggerations experienced. You have to learn to use electronic devices in moderation and not become addicted to them!
Have any love stories for us from around then stan? id love to hear, absolutely obsessed with that time period.
Children respected their teachers during this time, unlike today! I was born in '59. Such a great time.
Cap pistols, pocket knives (I had a switchblade) skate keys, collecting baseball cards (I was a Tomboy). All those candies shown in the video, plus wax lips, teeth, & mustaches. Play or ride bikes all day but be home by dark. 29¢ a gallon gas, full service, collecting a set of glasses & Green or Blue Chip stamps. 20¢ for the kid's matinee double feature. Mom, aunts, & grandma cooking holiday dinners or making quilts on a huge rack. The men playing pinochle at family gatherings. Collecting eggs from the chicken coop, incinerators in the back yard....and this was in L.A.! Best of all...DISNEYLAND wasn't crowded. What great memories.
And thank you for that trip down memory lane
This was great, took me back to school, Church, crawdad hunting, chasing lightning bugs, learning to ride a bicycle etc. Was a great time to be a child. Thank you so much.
I was born in 1952 and I remember a lot of these. TV Westerns were all morality plays that taught us good guys always came out on top. Western Flyer bicycles, toy guns complete with holsters, chemistry sets, the visible man, and of course the constant threat of nuclear war.
I was born in 1955, but as I remember it the early 60s were the same. Played outside or rode our bikes till we dropped. Built a lot of plastic models. We used regular playing cards on our bikes where I was. That's the way I remember all of it. Just like the video. Thanks again for the great memories! 👍👍
Born 1960, same here.
Another’55 baby here; ditto.
ME, '55 too,when I was born James Dean was still here (but
not for long) I remember so many chevolet Impalas in the
parking lots ...
This was the decade my parents grew up in. I have a couple of my father's old high school yearbooks. He graduated in 1958 and his picture is there, showing off his crew cut. I think I would have felt very much at home in the '50s. It was definitely a simpler, more fun and more innocent time. I too enjoy the TV shows of the time, especially "I Love Lucy", "Leave It To Beaver", "The Honeymooners", "Perry Mason" and "Gunsmoke" (which was still going when I was a kid). I love '50s music...Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and the Comets, the Everly Brothers, Paul Anka, Fats Domino, Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Buddy Holly, Patti Page, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, the Platters, Eddie Fisher, I could go on and on. And I really love '50s cars ('60s cars too), they are totally cool! It was the era of tailfins, fancy two-tone paint jobs and lots of chrome.
Many thanks, Recollection Road, for this nostalgic presentation. You have demonstrated exactly why those days were called "Happy Days"!
I was born in 1958 and enjoyed many of these things about 50s life over the decades to present but especially in the 60s and 70's as a kid.
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.........I'm 75, what memories. Saturday morning watching superman,, howdy doody and Clarabelle and buffalo bob. Looney tunes, road runner, popeye, all the best cartoons. I grew up in the LA area, where TV was really good back then.
@@mikee2 At my grandmother's rural home in East Texas, my cousins and I were allowed to stay up late on Friday nights to watch "All Night Horror Movies". One right after the other of old horror movies. We picnicked on the floor on quilts, and ate popcorn in the dark with only the TV on. Of course, we all usually fell asleep somewhere in the second movie. We were always in wonder that somehow we acquired covers and pillows. Really good times.
I was born in 86 and I love most of the people and shows you named🤷🏾♀️. My dad was born in 1955 and exposed me to a lot of the things he grew up on💜
If you were black in the 50's it would have been hell.
Stop!!! I'm having a memories overload!!!!! Between goosebumps and tears I can barely contain myself! I take my own mental journey down the same memory lane ever so often and indeed it was such a wonderful time to have lived and been a child! THANK YOU RR for an excellent recalling of those days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do U recall knowing any NON WHITE people bk during the 1950's???
@@MichaelGunner123 No, and come to think about it, in school I ddn't encounter any students of another race until I got to high school and that was the mid 1960's. And those were Black students.
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my memory is blurred by challenged memory. in my hometown of windsor locks connecticut usa. there is a jubrey lane home of a special dark chocolate families possibly robert lash was a classmate. and allan jubery was a special needs child with some facial deformities or irregularities. later in my neighborhood there was a mixed race couple and they may have been members of st mary roman catholic church built of redstone and red colored bricks. built by italian and irish immigrants.
more later.
Same here...we were lucky weren't we. Milkman, breadman, mailman,doctors who made house calls. Mom's stayed home. Everyone around the suppertable.
@@MichaelGunner123 My father sure did, when he was a kid in the 50s and early 60s. An Indian (from India) was the Methodist church preacher of his small Iowa hometown! Talk about wild.
As a kid growing up in the 50's was a fun and wholesome times and exciting to me. It was a totally different kind of world back then. Christmas and the holidays were nothing like today; as kids our gifts weren't elaborate nor expensive yet we were thrilled to get whatever inexpensive gift mom n dad gave us and had fun playing with them. Always playing outdoors till the sun went down and street lights came on. I remember we didn't lock the doors at night and cars didn't have seat belts and we felt safe, those were the good old days. Life was sweeter back then, miss those days.
I was born in January of 1951. This video brings back a lot of memories even being as young as I was. I remember most of what was in this video except the sock hops! I remember I loved playing Jacks and hopscotch. Drive Ins were such fun. The doctor would actually make house calls! I remember Shirley Temple movies and Pop Beads and I had my Saddle shoes! I remember watching I Love Lucy, and the cars we had back then. I remember my old metal roller skates with the key and Hula Hoops. I remember our washing machine had a wringer on it you'd roll the clothes through and hang out on the line. I remember Jump ropes and the games we'd play outside at night, like No Bears are Out Tonight, and Red Rover, and Hide and Seek and Tag. So many things. Just a mish mash of memories.
Those are memories that I will cherish always. Life was so much better than. I am so glad to have grown up in the 50's and a teenager in the 60's, for me it was a wonderful world! 🙂👍❤
The 50s were awesome. You could walk almost anywhere without fear, Saturday afternoon movies for a quarter. You should have mentioned American Flyer, Lionel, and Marx trains. Erector sets, chemistry sets, almost everything we played with was educational. Possibly your best video to date.
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....Iwe were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
Life was still pretty easy going and, a lot of things were similar in the 70s when, I was growing up.
I still have my Marx Steamline train set from the late 50s.
@@nomadbrad6391 We got our Fudgesicles for a nickel in the early mid 60s.
@@matrox WOW....my earliest memory of buying fudgecycles from the ice cream truck was summer 1969....I guess they were more expensive from the truck than in the store?
What a great video! Brought back so many good memories from my childhood. Kids today don’t know what they missed!
I think they do. My son is 25 & often says he wishes he was born in “olden days”
@@samanthab1923 Smart man 😀
@@annmercado4810 😉
Great memories, safe streets, family style living with grandparents right upstairs, home cooked meals, candy stores, dodgers and ny Yankees were the best, brooklyn was a beautiful place with the best friends around the corner and the cars were beautiful
I was born in 1951 and we had no tv to speak of but we got one and i remember watching lassie and bonanza on Sunday nights and going outside to play in my sand box and having tinker toys and linclon logs
Growing up on a small farm in the 1970s and 80s wasn't much different than this for me. The closest neighbors lived a mile down the road and had 3 daughters. The oldest daughter has been my wife for 35 years (this coming May) and there were other farms nearby. We all came up together and always helped each other out. Our parents always knew where we were and what we were doing. As long as we got our chores done and didn't miss supper, we were free to roam. Oh, we'd best not cause any trouble either...if we did, our parents knew before we got home and took care of it when we got there!
Born 1950 remember it all. I smiled, laughed and cried with this video. Does anybody have a time machine? I am ready to go back😁😁😁 No fear walking around by yourself as a kid. Ride your bike all over and not worry about anything. My mother walked at night to see my aunt(no car). Around three quarter of a mile . My uncle was working nights so they could reminisce as sisters. Mind you when my uncle came home about 3am she walked back no problem. This stopped in the mid 70's. Then she started taking a cab home or my uncle would drive her back . I do not envy kids today . There is so many things wrong today to many to list! At least I have good memories 😊😊😊.
By the mid 70s America was in decline with an increase in crime.
1950. The best year ever to be born! (6/6/50, Youngstown, Ohio)
How did they not include Roy Rogers in this video?! The man was literally one of the most recognized and influential Americans around. Dale was amazing too.
You're commenting about the 1950s, into the 1980s I could
STILL ride my bike over to the school - around 10:30 - 11:00
P.M. at night! These more recent times after 2010 ...
NO GO ...that same school is all locked up now , surrounded
by iron fences, all day, and all night ...
@@thunderbird1921 He only has about 8min. to work with.
Great video! I looked almost exactly like the kid second from left at 0:26 around 1957. Blonde buzzcut. Candy cigarettes? Yes and other candies mentioned too. Back then, there was a general principle that there was a clear demarcation between child and adult priveleges and woe unto you if you stepped over that line. At least in my family.
Made me finally teary eyed when it hit “sock hops.” Yes. I remember it all.
I grew up in the 50s, and I remember very well EVERY SINGLE THING in this video. It was a great time and fun to remember.
I was born in 1957 but fortunate to enjoy most of these experiences. We would ride our bikes for miles, walk around day or night in the neighborhood with no fear, family get togethers on Sunday at grandma’s and watching Gunsmoke, all the penny candy, the milkman, Dairy Queen here had little trucks that brought ice cream treats to the neighborhoods. Wish I could teleport back for awhile to enjoy it.
Exactly, same year, Feb 57. We left our car windows down all night or when shopping, no fear of people messing with your stuff. In 58' or 59' my brother and I both got Mickey Mouse club guitars. Wish I still had it.
@@matrox Did you ever wake up to a soaked car?
Riding bikes for miles, climbing trees, exploring, roller skating, swimming, all different sports, walking to school, so many more winter things. 5¢ Hershey bars that cost $1.25 now. So much we did that is a wonderful memory, and so difficult for young people to appreciate today because it's just a story to them.
What an amazing time to grow up I can't believe this is the same planet I was born in 1951 who remembers making monster models? Comic books, baseball cards, that brand new Stingray bicycle under the Christmas tree.
Stingray bikes! Don't forget the "chopper Style" handle bars!
My brother and I got sting rays for Christmas. My was lime green and his was purple.
Remember the White Banana Seats? Great stuff!
I loved that bike!
I was born in 1940 and grew up on a farm. No electricity, no running water, coal burning stove and heater for the house. The only technology I was exposed to was a battery operated AM radio. But by 1950 things began to change rapidly. Electricity arrived at the farm when a power line was run through the district. With that came running water, TV, and no more use of kerosene lamps for lighting. In 1955, we got a new car with V8 motor, wraparound windshield and tailfins. Music was nice and tame until one day, I heard a new song on the radio - Rock around the clock! And by the mid 50s, a new singer with a strange name came on the scene - Elvis Presley. Remember being isolated for a while during the polio epidemic days and the sigh of relief when the polio vaccine was developed and deployed. Enjoyed seeing movies in the 1950s, and here too there was a big change when CinemaScope and stereophonic sound was introduced. It was a great decade, for sure.
Please note, Elvis was a pervert with a thing for children. He was messing with Priscilla at age 12 or so.
I was born in 1947 and the 50's were a great time for kids. We used to ride our bikes all day long, you didn't wear helmets or knee pads, didn't have to stop at stop signs or obey traffic laws, you could use common sense and that was enough. We used to look forward to the fall when the new cars would be on the road, it was exciting seeing so many different styles!
Those were carefree times when kids were outside and active year 'round, you couldn't wait to get outside!
Yes. What's a helmet!?
There was hop scotch, jump rope, tree houses, and I lived on roller skates. The neighbors all knew us, and we had lots of pals within walking distance. We were always at each others' houses and it's true, we were free to roam but we had better be home for dinner, or else! The neighborhood dogs ran in packs and chased cars.
I was born on January 13th 1959..I grew up in the 60's & 70's..what a great time my generation grew up in..all these things you talk about I experienced thank you for reminding me of my youth..
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....We were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
I was born in 1950, but up until even the early 80s kids were pretty active outside. The 50s-70s we're the best. We also had the movies for 25¢ on Saturday for a double feature and 10¢ popcorn.
sad to think thing's have changed so much it was a great time to be a kid.
Couldn't imagine what a video like this about growing up in the 2020s would look like. 😬
I the 60s when I was in elementary school we had drugstores with soda fountains that we would sometimes go to if we had a dime or a quarter. We took this stuff for granted thinking these places would be there forever.
I worked at a drugstore soda fountain in the 50's. What an experience!
Thank you so much for this wonderful trip down memory lane. I feel fortunate to have been a child during that era! Such happy memories!
Thanks so much. Makes me feel good and REALLY SAD, ALL AT THE SAME TIME....
I remember all of the above and I also remember being a "Cloverine Salve" salesboy running from house to house before the other kids trying to sell the same salve got there first! I don't remember EVER selling a can of the stuff! We also played "flashlight tag" at night and played a lot of "marbles" as well! Skate keys and street baseball were part of the deal too! I loved being a kid then! No bars on windows of houses, no locking doors on either houses or cars, no gang violence, no purple haired fools burning down cities! It was a different country then.
I remember Cloverine brand salve from the back of the comic books, I think I sold one to a mother who took pity on us or thought we were cute. Useless stuff lol.
In Canada, it was street hockey :)
@@harveyabel1354 Yeah, street hockey too!! I was across the Ambassador Bridge in the Detroit area where, in the winter, we'd flood our back yards and have skating rinks and played a lot of ice hockey!!
@@questfortruth665 Cheering for the Wings and Gordie, right? ;)
Ugh, it's tough being a Leafs fan these days!
@@harveyabel1354 Yep!! You got it!!
Definitely did the green stamp thing well into the 1960's.
Blue chip
A&P Plaid Stamps
I hated licking those darn stamps and sticking them in that book!
@@AKHWJ3ST Right? How about postal stamps back when people sent out scads of CHristmas cards
@@samanthab1923 You have to admit licking green stamps tasted a lot worse than postage stamps although both were very unpleasing to the palette.
I was born in the mid 1960's, and remember a few things that carried over into the early 70's. Like the green stamps. Thank you for sharing the 1950's.
i was born in 59 and remember most everything here growing up in the 60s
@@davidcarter1013 I can remember only a few moments at the end of the sixties. I remember alot from the 70's.
Grew up in the late 60's & early 70's & recall much of this. Was fortunate enough to attend public school in Tupelo Mississippi in 1970. Blacks & whites together from 1st Grade on with no memories whatsoever of racial strife. Can recall one of FAV classmates happened to be black in 1st Grade, too...Stephanie H. Was a very good time.
That was a time when a kid could be a kid. There was so much to do - hayrides, ice skating, horseback riding, bike riding, roller skating, slinkies, hop scotch, jump roping, birthday parties, clubs to join such as being a Brownie gal, and Camp Fire gal. I did these things and more. I visited a farm as a city gal and milked a cow.That was a time to have a life and believing in a future. And not what it is like today. It wasn't a perfect life, but it far out-weighed the times of today. It was a normal life. A life of freedom.
Those were the real "HAPPY DAYS" of this country and will never be seen again. Downhill all the way. Loved the 50's.
Me too, but it is overly romanticized, a lot of things are much better today
@@fenian123 The important things are much much worse today.
probably cuz you’re a white fuse
dude *
Red Ball Jets!
I love this video- It brought back soo many memories of my childhood. What a wonderful time! Innocence! Friendships! Family!
Many of these things spilled over into the 60s as for all of us what a great time our childhood, so very much safter and kids could go just about anywhere, with no fear.
I was a kid in this era This is the most accurate description of this time I’ve ever seen. Great job
We had Adohr milk delivered. We had a Hotpoint Refrigerator. We had a washer with a wringer on top of it. I played Scrabble, Monopoly, Hide & Seek, Tag, and marbles.
I was born in 1956, but this era is more my childhood memories than the 60's. This was exactly my life.
Thanks for explaining what a "sock hop" was. I always wondered about that expression.
Thanks, that's exactly how I grew up, except no street lights where we lived. My mom was a enthusiastic fan of Green Stamps. Don't forget Erector Sets.
And Lionel, Marx, Or American Flyer electric trains....
A&P plaid stamps. Had street lamps but she’d have us in bed while it was still light out!
My mom was a "BLUE CHIP" stamp collector. I wonder if So. Cal. had that more than other parts of the country.
There was only a street light on the corners; not in the middle of blocks like now.
I wish we could go back to those days. People had more respect for themselves and for each other. People took more time for others then. There was prayer and discipline in school and at home. People went to church more then and their lives showed it. In the churches everybody was welcomed by everybody and everybody helped everybody. Neighbors were more neighborly, you could walk down the street at night without any problems. They had dances at dance halls and in homes, people will have stacks of 45’s on their phonographs playing music to dance to. Their fun was for the most part clean. Even though not perfect, it was a whole lot better then than now. We’ve left God out of everything and we are more than paying for it dearly. The day of reconning is comming for the people of this nation. I was born in 1960 and I got a bird’s eve view from the early 60’s how much better it was in the 50’s
Thank you for your thorough and well written post. I completely agree!
Tony..totally agree. All the kids I played with went to church.. I remember the catholic kids walking to church Saturday afternoon and the rest of us went to Sunday school on Sunday. We called all the adult neighbors as well as our friends parents Mr an Mrs (last name). I was born in 1953 and had a great childhood
I remember wrecking my new bike when I and a friend went bike riding. It was my first bike ride after learning to ride. On our ride we were passing by a person riding a horse. The horse got spooked and it caused me to run into my friends bike and all the spokes got torn out of the wheel of my bike. His bike suffered no damage at all. 😵💫🤭
This man speaks truth, I remember it well.
I just watched a thing on the news about subway crime in NYC. No transit cops around at the Times Sq. Station. Counted over 80 people jumping turnstiles in one hour!
I remember rollar skates that you had to put over shoes and tighten with a rollar skating key. I can still remember the sound when I skated down the sidewalk in Brooklyn , New York.
My mother saved S&H Green stamps and Blue Chip stamps. We had a party line, but dad got tired of it. You'd only make long distance phone calls after a certain time of the day as it was cheaper. I remember when you left the envelopes unsealed if you wanted to save on postage.
I was born in 1963 and remembered a lot of the vestiges of the 50’s influence. Thanks for the memories 😃
I also remember quilted skirts. They were dark blue with red interiors. Also, light-blue loose leaf notebooks. Taking soda bottles back to the store for the deposit money, which I often spent buying Kool-Aid from the stands that my friends had. The doctor coming to your house if someone was sick.
I often wonder why we don't still do that with soda bottles with all this recycle talk. Also with the milk bottles being delivered. Seems it would be much better for the environment.
@@marycarson9231 You're right. Those empty milk, Coke, Pepsi and other bottles were returnable, sometimes about 2 cents were giver for their return.
I turned 5 in 1960, and all of these things were still going. I well remember the excitement of collecting S&H Green Stamps, but I'll be darned if I can remember whatever we got with them. I sometimes watch my 8 year-old grandson after school until his mom or dad gets home. When I was 8 none of us needed watching. We had great times getting together with friends and running all over town.
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....We were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
We redeemed S&H Stamps for a huge Starburst clock, glasses and a fancy ash tray.
@@nomadbrad6391 Yep. And our milk truck in the early 1960s used blocks of ice to cool the milk. We'd all run out when it came by. The guy would break off chunks of ice for all the kids in the neighborhood.
I'm your age. I remember buying a stuffed monkey with the stamps some time in the 60s. My mom would let us kids redeem the stamps from time to time!
I'm the same age! I remember the Helms Bakery Truck and mom putting the ship wheel placard in the window. The truck had long drawers in the back and he had the most delicious donuts and cookies. I really loved going to the Drug store and sitting at the counter and getting a frosty glass of Lyons Rootbeer on a hot, muggy summer's day. Baseball in the street, kick the can and tieing up Gary to the light pole (of course we had to untie him a short time later). Oh! Juju beads.
The cars, and trucks were fantastic in the 50s and 60s
This was a wonderful video.What abut the Fuller brush man, Watkins products and the Encyclopedia Britannica sales man. So many wonderful memories. My grandchildren still laugh when I say my pocketbook instead of purse.
Yes.
I was born in 1946 & remember the whole of the 1950's very well!
So, you really needed to be an early "baby boomer" or "war baby"
to fully appreciate that wonderful decade!
'53. Young kid but old enough to remember quite a bit. Fun to look back at the memories.
Also born in 1946...life was so much simpler, and I love the memories.
1946 here...I was born 9 months after my dad came home from England- WW11 ARMY....STILL LOOKING FOR THE TIME MACHINE.
I just missed being born in the 50's (62'), but watched a lot of Leave it to Beaver, and that show depicted the 50's well, I think.
Born in '45 a war baby. Now its keeping up with technology,.😏
Not the 50's but the early 60's. Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤😊
Thanks for all the memories of the best time of my life, born 1947 so i had the pleasure of all this and more.if i could go back in time and live in the 50s again i would appreciate it more. I hated those saddle shoes they were so uncomfortable but i had a pair.
I was born in 1953. I was the luckiest kids alive! And I miss it . Thanks so much for this great look back. Love this channel !
Roller skates.....and wearing the skate key around your neck on a store string.. or ribbon. And nothing was more fun than playing with "Paper Dolls" on a rainy day.
Love this channel. Born in the 1950's. So much to do playing outside. .Bikes, skates, the neighborhood children. When a new family moved into the neighborhood, we children would come for a visit to meet the kids, and make friends. And Family time. In by dark after play. School work. Old black & white TV programs. Not much for kids on the weekends. TV was boring. All the games, erector sets, Lincoln logs, card games. Free to be playing outside without the threats of today. So many memories of a great time. S&H green stamps my parents collected. Sleep overs with friends.
My parents watched Many great news casters, when the media was all about real investigative news., nothing like today following the scripted media....
I was born on June 16, 1957. I was raised in the 1960's. I still remember the old TV Shows 📺from back in the day. I remember the Good Humor Ice Cream 🧊Truck 🚚.I still remember the Soda Fountains at the Drugstores. And, I still remember the S&H Green Stamps that Great Scott!Supermarkets gave out. I also remember when Kroger gave out Top Value Trading Stamps also.
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....Iwe were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
I was born in Feb 57 and remember so much from 58 and 59. Toys I got for Xmas, the house we live in before we moved in 1960. The car we had.
David Squires Happy upcoming 65th to you.
Thank you for the memories!... I was a kid in the 60's and a lot of this stuff was still around... I love the final photograph... we were a family of 6 boys though, not nine (and no girls)!
Typical summer afternoon late 1960s....We were gone from noon until 8pm playing all over the neighborhood until dad would WHISTLE us home for a late dinner....this was from age 6 to 15.....and don't forget the afternoon popcycle truck and the 11 cent fudge cycles!
Six boys?! How did your house survive? You must have eaten your poor mother out of house and home.
@@samanthab1923 LOL! Houses used to be built stronger than they are today. My wife and I bought a big farm house back in 1992. According to county records, the house was built in 1891. We raised our 3 kids in it and when they were grown and left, the house seemed as sad as we were. We still live there and these days, we AND the house look forward to the grands coming to spend the weekend. Holidays are even better because there's enough room for all 3 kids AND their families to stay. The kids also all still call it HOME!
@@MikeBrown-ii3pt I love that! My parents only bought new. But you’re right both were built to last.
I remember back in the 50's we had those sticky fly paper things hanging from the ceiling to catch flies in the summer. We didn't have air conditioning back then and it was pretty hot inside the house during summer months. In the winter months we didn't have a heating duct in every room. We only had one big heating duct and it was in the living room. In order to get some of the heat upstairs we had to remove a pie plate shaped thing to open a hole in the ceiling so some of the heat could rise upstairs. At night we slept under big heavy quilts, nothing like today's quilts.
Yup.
*ceiling
@@harveyabel1354 Thank you
Shopping from a catalogue that came in the mail was great fun. I remember how one of the advertisements came with a personalized name on it - a shower curtain with our last name on it. The advertisement on the shower curtain read: Saturday night at the Kleizos. As a small child I was amazed how a company could know our last name and print it there for all to see. The Sears catalogue was a big deal too. And AVON came out with fuzzy soaps for children in the shape of animals like lambs and bears - the Fuzzy Wuzzy bear soap. And, Mr. Bubbles came out in a box with big pink soap bubbles. I always felt so special getting a gift from a catalogue or indulgent soaps or perfumes from Avon.
In my Pittsburgh area neighborhood you would walk over to your friend's house and just yell his name outside rather than knock on the door and he would come out to play. Mothers would yell their kid's name or do a loud whistle from the porch to call their children home for dinner.
I grew up in Pittsburgh and that's exactly what we did too!!!
I grew up in Pittsburgh and we had a neighbor lady who would ring the cow bell and everyone knew it was dinner time. Plus we ate at the table together.
I remember neighbor shacks and softball teams.
@@williamfindspeople4341 My neighborhood had whistlers and you could tell them apart so you knew which kids were being told it was time to come home. Kinda cool. I literally think they got together to come up with there own codes to not be confused with each other.
Thanks for the Memories.... I had every experience that you mentioned. The Tinsel on th Christmas tree made me smile...My Dad being a Perfectionist and we were told to only one piece of tinsel at a time..well my younger brother with his rebellious self would take a handful of tinsel and throw it on the tree when my Dad was not looking...wonderful Childhood memories.. Thank you
There’s always one 😂 I had a friend whose Dad was like that except with the lights. Only white & wrapped every branch from inside out!
My mother carefully removed the tinsel, wrapped it around cardboard to reuse the next year!😊
Tinsel throwing! Yes Yes! We use to do the same thing!
Initially tinsel was made of lead and then plastic
Remember cats eating the tinsel and having it hang out of their butts? XD
I remember all those things thank you for walking me down memory lane
I grew up in the 50's remember there were 6 of us. And we just regular size family. Lots of my friends had 10/12 kids lol. Not now days!!! And there always a MOM at home :).
This brought back great memories. The one thing I thought about was the media. We had 30 minutes of news and it was the truth.
My Mom, was born in 1954, she tells me a lot about that time, on summer vacation you were outside all day, than after supper went out for more fun LOL, till the light came on and you better be home. She told me about jacks with a little red rubber ball, to pick up sticks, and ect ect.Not like today you hardly see kids out, there all inside playing video games. You went back to school with a suntan, from being outside, now you go back to school like a ghost, LOL. Thanks for sharing.👍
You’ll get a kick out of this. I was born in Sept. 59. My grandparents had a beach house out east & my mom was brown as a berry when she went in to have me. She said all the nurses loved her tan!
Ohhh I loved to play Jacks!! Things were so simple then..
@@deborah777 Great eye hand coordination
I spent a lot of weekend afternoons at the movies. They had double features for a quarter. With 3 theaters downtown we had a lot of movies to choose from.
So sad but the NJ county across the river from me has the only babysitter.
@@samanthab1923 Don't tell me that you and a group of friends did not go to the movies on weekend afternoon? we had a group of 6 that would get together, of course not could make it every time.
Yep, 25¢. Unbelievable today.
A bunch of the neighborhood kids would get together and a parent would volunteer to drive us to the movies, we got a quarter from our parents, or worked for a quarter so we could go to the movies.. we watched “Our Man Flint” and then would go home and try to reenact the movie, he was sort of like James Bond..awww precious memories!!
25¢ Saturday afternoon at the movies. 10¢ box of popcorn. Are we sure it wasn't all a dream?🥴
Born in ‘53 in Southern California, I remember the wonders of the Helms Bakery Truck. Loved their Cream Puffs.
Our local supermarket-Iowa Pork, had a visit from “Big Frank” the Man from Morel. He was the giant who completed with “Little Oscar” from Oscar Meyers hot dogs for kids attention.
TV shows were especially fun. Hobo Kelley, Engineer Bill, Gun Smoke and Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color…fantastic viewing pleasure for a kid.
Loved the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile which I saw a few times. What a wonderful site. So many very fond memories from the 50’s and 60’s.
I remember listening with my sister on Sunday morning radio to Big John and Little Sparky; the music was The March of the Marionettes, IIRC. Also the lyrics, “If you go out in the woods today, …”
I remember this so well. The kids now of days have no idea how it was then, I’m so glad I was born then.