Heidi Hudgins That is the perfect word to describe her! I commented a minute ago and said she was stunning but that didn't quite express what I wanted to say (hope that makes sense, she is stunning of course but I was trying to think of a more accurate description). 😁 She looks glamorous, indeed. 👌🏽
I enjoyed this video on your grade school, you have a great memory. I went to grade school in Kansas City, Missouri. The winters were bitter cold with snow. When we arrived at school we had a big room next to class, for our coats, gloves leggings, hat and rubber boots, we called galoshes. In class we always said the pledge of allegiance. I do not recall teachers names or grades I was in. I do remember the principle would spank a child (boys as I recall). The whole school was allowed to crowd around and watch. One time I got around so I could see who the unfortunate person was. Well, it was my older brother! Shocking, I was stunned. Memories.......
I just found your channel a few weeks ago and I just love it. You are such a wonderful woman. Thank you for sharing with us. I love your hair with the curls it's very pretty.You look beautiful.
Miss Phyllis, I find myself listening to your guidance and learning from your instruction more and more. For some of us, especially during these times, we need someone like you in our lives. You are more than a beautiful star, you remind us of what it is to be an American and I appreciate you for that. Thank you, for all that you do for us here.
Well I was born in '49 so I'm just a little younger than you. Had to wear dresses to school (school clothes) and then change into "play clothes" when I got home because my mother had to starch and iron my dresses she wanted me to get two or three wearing before they got washed again. I remember the whole elementary school walking over to the high school to get polio shots when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. I agree we minded the teachers - about 33 children in a class. The parents backed up the teachers so you'd better not get in trouble at school! I like your hair curled and the makeup today. So pretty!
babydoe42 bullshit. Corporal punishment is abuse. All it creates is fear and intimidation, as evidenced by the way she told the story. She said she just sat there quiet and scared. That's not the same as respect. Respect is earned. You can't beat respect into children- just fear.
I love when you Do this type of videos you do, talking about memories. I have a Memory where my science teacher was really dirty and greasy hair and terrible hygiene and one time we had to dissect a frog in his classroom and It stunk so bad !! Whenever he would get mad he would throw chalk and erasers at us. He really didn't seem to enjoy his job.
Hi, Ms Phyllis, What a great lesson on the history of your Grammer school very interesting, we will look forward to more stories, thanks for sharing.Blessings! !!!!!!
Hi Phyllis! I really appreciate hearing about the 1950s. My Great Grandmother, who passed away a few years ago, always insisted on us wearing vests/undershirts, and your talk about that brought back some wholesome memories. Thank you for sharing! :)
We wore them as well and we wore a "slip" under our dresses. I remember wearing tights, a slip and a dress. Plus what we would consider dress shoes now!
I love your stories. Lived in N.C. my entire life so I can relate to a lot of things you talk about...and cook! I'm 50 but so much of your content hits close to home, I sure hope you continue your stories!
Hello Phyllis, thank you for such a lovely chat about your early school days. I was recalling my first school in England in the 60's and how much I loved it. We didn't have the grade school system then and started at age 5 years to around 9 years in what was called primary school or infants school and then progressed to a juniors school. I remember we all heard rumours of the 'slipper' or the 'cane' when it came to discipline; which used to play on my mind a lot then. Does sound very Dickensian now. We also got our first television for the lunar landing in 1969, I will never forget how amazing that was to see.
Thanks for the stories. I was born in 1959, so my school experience was in the 60's/70's, but your stories encourage me to think about my own experience being a little kid and to remember all the things that were good. I cleverly leave the bad memories where they are.
Ms Stokes, love your stories! I was the tail end of the boomers. I started K school in '57. I got the bad measles and chicken pox within a couple of months of starting school. Class size was about 38. I remember at that age my parents had company over that had a little boy. Every time they visited he would bite me. When I knew they were coming I would start crying. My mother said if you don't bite him back the next time he comes over I will whip you. Afraid of a whipping, the next time the little boy walked in the door I walked over and bit him as hard as I could. His mother told my mother that he never bit anyone again......I was born in the southwestern part of VA and my parents and a four brothers moved to the suburbs of Cleveland in 53 so my daddy could get a job working in a factory. My mother cooked a ran a boarding house for 21 men, plus take care of us 5 children. The men slept in shifts because they couldn't find any housing...She cooked many of the same dishes you have shared to feed us all.
Love your hair all curly like that. By the way, in your video about cooking in the oven, I believe it was your last video with the broccoli casserole, I left you a recipe I hope you will try. ❤️✌️❤️
You've gone and done it !!! Ms. Phyllis I am now addicted to your smooth southern voice and your great stories and your yummy recipes. Keep on trucken Phyll. We love you and Mr Bucky up here in. Connecticut. PS....I used to breed toy white poodles, fabulous dogs! Of course that was when I was a lot younger.
Ms Phyllis I just finished watching the video you made right after you had that accident and then had pneumonia. Now I just finished watching this one so I say you have recovered very well! LOL! I too was at school, from 1949 on and I only remember one mean teacher, in 1st grade. She was very sarcastic and belittled anyone who didn't learn as fast as she wanted. Sarcasm doesn't work on children, they only know that you don't like them. All the rest of my teachers were great. I remember two that I specially loved; Mrs. Plum in second grade, who was also the town librarian. (I grew up in a small country town in California) She taught us how to memorize, and to this day I am still a good speller! And Mrs. Hart- something who was a tiny lady and all the kids loved her. Unfortunately the townspeople were very prejudiced and she was of mixed race and was only with us for a year. Sad the awful things that happened back then (and unfortunately still do). Some things are a lot better now, or at least people are more aware, by and large. I also remember practicing hiding under our desks in case the "commies" dropped a bomb! Like that would have helped! I enjoy your video's so much. You remind me of my mothers folks down in Texas, and my mother would so approve of your " lady like low voice!" She was forever reminding me to lower my voice;)
Great stories Miss Phyllis! Keep them coming....got me feeling nostalgic too. Those days were truly different, weren't they? Sort of like the age of innocence.
so many memories you came up about the same time as I did. My parents Loved IKE. I remember when he was elected. We were allowed to wear pants under our dress skirts in the winter. We wound the May Pole every year. AND I remember the Lone Ranger came to the school one year. I remember how tight his pants were, hahahahha You mentioned the teacher with different shoes every day. I had a teacher that had 5 outfits and wore the same one every day of the week. Funny the things we noticed.
Dear Miss Phyllis, Found you yesterday. I'm so happy I did. Today is my birthday and listening to your story brought back many memories. You see, I was growing up at the same time as you.I learned to cook same as you and I have the same school memories too. What a treat for me. Thank you a thousand times for sharing with all of us out here. You and your Mr Bucky are so very special. Again, I thank you.
I love to hear your stories of growing up in the 50s. It brings back so many memories for me as well. My my, how schools and teachers have changed over the years! How did we let this happen to the schools today? So many kids have no respect for other people or property. Sad..... If you don't mind me saying, you look absolutely beautiful with your hair down! Mr Bucky is a very lucky guy! Thanks for sharing! Bless!
Because of you I have no time to cook. I start off watching one interesting video and my eye wanders just so slightly to the right...enough to catch another video I HAVE to watch and then can you believe it? THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN...until something presses on me to get up. I've been cooking for over 45 years and still learn something new with every ideo you make. Thank you, Phyllis. You do look very nice with the curled hair.
Found your videos a couple of weeks ago and just love them. It's like stepping back in time with your stories and wonderful recipes just like my mom used to make ! My mother worked full time but she cooked breakfast every morning and supper every night. We had desert with every supper. You look wonderful ! Thanks for bring back so many memories. Born in Lancaster County S.C.
We're the same age. I entered Kindergarten the fall of '49. The discipline was very strict and miscreants were paddled. It didn't happen often simply because we didn't dare make trouble. I was never afraid, but we all knew the consequences of bad behavior. I had only one mean teacher, Miss Katz, for second grade. She told us the first day that she didn't like children. But parents supported the teachers rather than blaming them or making excuses for their children's poor behavior or refusal to do their schoolwork, as happens so often today. My father told me to behave and do my work, and I'd have no problems, and it was true. It was only the rare bully or constant discipline problem who was paddled with a parent there. The classes were large, about 30 to 32 students. By 3rd grade, the overcrowding caused old army barracks to be used as portable schoolrooms put in the schoolyard. I was in a portable for 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade. The hot lunch program provided a large, hot, well-balanced and very tasty lunch with milk for 25 cents a day, and it was all made on the premises. The walk to school was a bit less than a half mile, and we walked in all weather, including 3 feet of snow, bundled up like Ralphie's little brother in "A Christmas Story." We also had some classmates who had had polio during the scare years when public pools were closed, but there was no teasing, or else. Different times.
Always beautiful, but you are prettier than a picture today.... Loved hearing the stories about grade school. To be honest, love anything you share. Thank You !
I loved hearing about your school years and your family. I also thoroughly enjoy all of your cooking videos and am so glad you enjoy cooking for us yum!!! You are a beautiful lady inside and out!!!
Looking good Ms Phyllis/ I enjoy your 1950's stories.They bring back memories for me. I was born in 1947 and went to school in the 50's....great time back then. We also had to wear dresses ,but in the Winter on really cold days the girls were allowed to wear pants under our dresses....LOL so we were double dressed. I remember all of my teachers were old also and none of them were married. Keep the stories coming .
I am just your age and went to grade school in the 50's. Then I became a teacher. I laughed so hard when you were telling about sanding the desk tops that I had tears in my eyes. I loved this video.
It was a little bit different in So Cal at that time. We had individual classes with at least 2 rooms for each grade, including kindergarten, with about 26-28 kids, if I remember right.
All of your videos are precious memories for your family. I wish my grandma had done something like this for me. There are some of her memories written down and I have her handwritten recipe cards,however I wish I could hear her voice and laughter again. You are sharing a priceless gift with them as well as us in cyberspace that adore you :)
Phyllis you look lovely here .I love your hair and your make up is so pretty and soft. I love your story. I went to school in those years. I still remember my first years too. I can still see my teacher's faces. Amazing to think at 73 ; I can still remember back then. I love to hear you ...memories. Thank you. 😍
You are so lovely! I really love your memory stories. I too grew up in the '50s, but in California, in Pasadena. Some memories do stand out, like the class getting shots. We would take a permission slip home, and the next day we all trembled with fear of the shot. Also we had air raid drills and practiced getting under our desk for protection. Also Mama was frequently warning about polio.Dont t bite your nails, you will get polio and live in an iron lung! What a relief to get the polio vaccine!
Hello Miss Phyllis. I've been watching your cooking blogs for sometime now ..but never commented also a long time subscriber..enjoy your smooth southern charm and relaxing voice. These school stories touch so much nostalgia in me I had to comment. Coming from Northeastern Pennsylvania..we have many Pa. German families here..plus the war brides babies were German and English mother's..your teacher with the ruler in her hand and the expensive shoes and clothes sounds like my teacher and she was a German woman..which my father is Pa. German and was very strict with all of us..we got the paddle at school and at home if we were bad.lol..I had older parents and went to school very similar to your story..we had a cloak room for our coats and hats and boots. Golashes with the metal buckles ..either black or red..lol.I can still remember the scent of the stick paste plastic containers and the construction paper and the waxed hard wood floors with a high gloss coat of schalack ..and freshly painted rooms on the first day of school..with my navy and white Buster Brown shoes and white knee socks and a dress or skirt..gum erasers..and my school was a 4 room school house ..first thru fourth..with a coopella bell tower..when the tower got taken away for safety and mantainance reasons..the teacher would ring a hand bell on a long handle out the window 5 Times and we would line up in 2 lines like soilders..couldn't talk and look straight ahead..and proceed into our rooms..the lunch wagon wasn't Iintroduced until 3rd grade..we thought that was awesome at the time..love there lunches also. Always had the softest buttered bread with every lunch and chocolate or white milk..curiosity of our many local dairies..which were of German decent..and right near to our communities.I often remembrance about my elementary school years..I also had the mumps and measles..we had a country doctor and I remember getting a shot of penicillin..which save my life.and he told my mother to keep me in a darken room..no sunlight until I was over the measles. Sunlight makes them bloom..and more red and increase. Thank you for your recipes and stories..wishing you health and happiness and a long life with your husband...P.S...are you by chance have native American in you? You look like my relatives on my father's side who are Pa. German and Lenni Lenape Delaware native american..you look stunning btw. Take care.💗 oh btw.I'm 55...had black and white tv until I was 15.. and penny candy stores were plentiful...luv those days!!!!
I have to say that age has been gentle with you, you don't look old enough to know about that time. Love your stories they're amazing, especially for those of us who love the 1950's but were born long after.
You look so nice! Our "grade school" was 1st grade-8th grade. I started school in 1961. We had the school lunch program, the cost was 25 cents a day. EVERYTHING was made from scratch and during class, you could smell the home made rolls baking. I can still remember that every Thursday we'd have spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, hot rolls and a dessert. Also, on Fridays, we didn't have meat on the menu because we had a lot of Catholics in our town. Us girls also had to wear dresses everyday but, in the winter months, if the weather was terribly bad, we were allowed to wear long pants under our dresses!! (I'm a WV girl). We didn't have snow days back then, as long as you could get there, you went. I hated it because we lived directly behind the school. Some of the teachers and some of the kids that rode the buses couldn't make it so we'd have to sit in the gym and watch movies. Mom would not ever let us stay home on those days. I vividly remember the day President Kennedy got shot. So sad. Our schools were closed down for several days.
Phyllis, yes you look stunning and your heart is beautiful. I love your stories, so much. Sometimes, I yearn for those days. Thank you for taking me into a time that warms my heart! I just love you and Mr. Bucky. Same holds true for him.
Hi Phyllis, I have really enjoyed listening to you and your cooking Videos. I was born in 1958, I remember very well in first grade and second grade, standing in line to go out side or the library ... Can't remember which one we went to ,but as little kids we would be standing in line for quite a while and we would talk to our friends, but we were not loud, the principle would come up from behind us and bang our heads together real hard. It really hurt bad and I would cry, she was a very mean person and I have several story of her being so mean to all the kids.
Just love your stories. I attended first grade in 1953. I spend 12 years in parochial school wearing a uniform, The boys and girls were to be separated in the school yard. My best friend and I were standing in the girls school yard and two eighth boys were chasing each other and ran through our area. They knocked my best friend over and all of her front teach were broken. I think I was in the third grade. I hadn't thought of that in many many years. I guess if we live long enough, there are many stories we can tell. I wouldn't trade my childhood growing up in the 50's for anything. I still think they were "the best of times". Oddly enough, I was also Mary in the Christmas play and given those exact instructions!
In Canada BC, they made class size smaller to make things run better for teachers and we have more special needs students now. The kindergarten class here use round tables and did a lot of circle time.
You are so pretty today!! I'm 74 and although I was raised in Philadelphia, in a Catholic school. We were so afraid of misbehaving. We had nuns as our teachers, who had too large classes and too many responsibilities. We had catechism in addition to the reading and writing and arithmetic. We wore school uniforms and sox and sensible shoes. The boys wore same colored pants and a shirt and tie. We lined up like soldiers for everything. The nuns wore black serge habits and rosary beads. I remember the sound of the rustling of their long skirts and clacking of the rosary beads. We were all terrified to make a peep. We also got our first tv around the same time. I also remember the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. We were afraid and nervous of making a mistake in our studies. I'm not sure it's good to raise children in fear. We sure did learn, though. Please continue with your reminiscing. It's fascinating. Remember the polio scare?
Loretta...your story is so familiar! How did anyone ever think that we could learn with all that fear and anxiety in the classroom...even us 'good' kids were afraid of punishment, and it was horrible to watch others being punished and humiliated. ... but, most of us made it, thank God. And yes, I remember the polio scare all too well!
You are always beautiful, but you look *glamourous* today!
Heidi Hudgins That is the perfect word to describe her! I commented a minute ago and said she was stunning but that didn't quite express what I wanted to say (hope that makes sense, she is stunning of course but I was trying to think of a more accurate description). 😁 She looks glamorous, indeed. 👌🏽
Heidi Hudgins yes that's a good way to describe.
I enjoyed this video on your grade school, you have a great memory. I went to grade school in Kansas City, Missouri. The winters were bitter cold with snow. When we arrived at school we had a big room next to class, for our coats, gloves leggings, hat and rubber boots, we called galoshes. In class we always said the pledge of allegiance. I do not recall teachers names or grades I was in. I do remember the principle would spank a child (boys as I recall). The whole school was allowed to crowd around and watch. One time I got around so I could see who the unfortunate person was. Well, it was my older brother! Shocking, I was stunned. Memories.......
Looking beautiful:)
You look so pretty!
Miss phy.lis, you should try Baker
You should grease your cake pans. It IS Great!
Your hair and makeup is beautiful
Wow!!!! Look at you with your hair and makeup ....looking good ! :)
Miss Phyllis has the prettiest hair.
Absolutely...Miss Phyllis - you look stunning!
you look very pretty today Miss Phyllis. I just love your hair. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Ms. Phyllis you look stunning today! My Dad was born 1945. I was 1965 but remember some of the things !
Beautiful.
LAWD girl you look great.
Enjoy your stories! Your sister and you shared a lot! Poor mama.. 😊 You are such a natural beauty but your hair and makeup look awesome today!
I just found your channel a few weeks ago and I just love it. You are such a wonderful woman. Thank you for sharing with us. I love your hair with the curls it's very pretty.You look beautiful.
Love your stories. Keep making these vids. So interesting.
You look so pretty ms stokes
I love your stories. You hair looks really nice in this video
Hi Phyllis! You look beautiful!
Miss Phyllis, I find myself listening to your guidance and learning from your instruction more and more. For some of us, especially during these times, we need someone like you in our lives. You are more than a beautiful star, you remind us of what it is to be an American and I appreciate you for that. Thank you, for all that you do for us here.
Well I was born in '49 so I'm just a little younger than you. Had to wear dresses to school (school clothes) and then change into "play clothes" when I got home because my mother had to starch and iron my dresses she wanted me to get two or three wearing before they got washed again. I remember the whole elementary school walking over to the high school to get polio shots when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. I agree we minded the teachers - about 33 children in a class. The parents backed up the teachers so you'd better not get in trouble at school!
I like your hair curled and the makeup today. So pretty!
I wish things were like that today, the kids would have more respect for their teachers and elders. By the way you look fabulous!
babydoe42 bullshit. Corporal punishment is abuse. All it creates is fear and intimidation, as evidenced by the way she told the story. She said she just sat there quiet and scared. That's not the same as respect. Respect is earned. You can't beat respect into children- just fear.
You're hair is gorgeous!!! You look beautiful here!!
Chlexie L. Love your curls and nice natural makeup. 💁♀️
I love when you Do this type of videos you do, talking about memories.
I have a Memory where my science teacher was really dirty and greasy hair and terrible hygiene and one time we had to dissect a frog in his classroom and It stunk so bad !! Whenever he would get mad he would throw chalk and erasers at us.
He really didn't seem to enjoy his job.
I just love the soft curls honey! So feminine and soft. Takes yrs off you
You look so pretty! Love your vlogs, and cooking!!❤
Luv u so much❤️ so happy I found ur channel I've been watching ur videos for hours! U look amazing in this video so beautiful😘
You look fabulous.
Hi, Ms Phyllis, What a great lesson on the history of your Grammer school very interesting, we will look forward to more stories, thanks for sharing.Blessings! !!!!!!
Hi Phyllis! I really appreciate hearing about the 1950s. My Great Grandmother, who passed away a few years ago, always insisted on us wearing vests/undershirts, and your talk about that brought back some wholesome memories. Thank you for sharing! :)
We wore them as well and we wore a "slip" under our dresses. I remember wearing tights, a slip and a dress. Plus what we would consider dress shoes now!
Beautiful inside and out! Love your videos, made your meat loaf and biscuits last night! Family really enjoyed the meal. Thanks!
You look very beautiful xoxo
I love your stories. Lived in N.C. my entire life so I can relate to a lot of things you talk about...and cook! I'm 50 but so much of your content hits close to home, I sure hope you continue your stories!
Loved your school stories!
I loved hearing your remembrances, Ms. Phyllis!!
Hello Phyllis, thank you for such a lovely chat about your early school days. I was recalling my first school in England in the 60's and how much I loved it. We didn't have the grade school system then and started at age 5 years to around 9 years in what was called primary school or infants school and then progressed to a juniors school. I remember we all heard rumours of the 'slipper' or the 'cane' when it came to discipline; which used to play on my mind a lot then. Does sound very Dickensian now. We also got our first television for the lunar landing in 1969, I will never forget how amazing that was to see.
Thanks for the stories. I was born in 1959, so my school experience was in the 60's/70's, but your stories encourage me to think about my own experience being a little kid and to remember all the things that were good. I cleverly leave the bad memories where they are.
Wow!! You look amazing!!
I love the stories!!! I hope there's a continue part!!🖒
Ms Stokes, love your stories! I was the tail end of the boomers. I started K school in '57. I got the bad measles and chicken pox within a couple of months of starting school. Class size was about 38. I remember at that age my parents had company over that had a little boy. Every time they visited he would bite me. When I knew they were coming I would start crying. My mother said if you don't bite him back the next time he comes over I will whip you. Afraid of a whipping, the next time the little boy walked in the
door I walked over and bit him as hard as I could. His mother told my mother that he never bit anyone again......I was born in the southwestern part of VA and my parents and a four brothers moved to the suburbs of Cleveland in 53 so my daddy could get a job working in a factory. My mother cooked a ran a boarding house for 21 men, plus take care of us 5 children. The men slept in shifts because they couldn't find any housing...She cooked many of the same dishes you have shared to feed us all.
Love your hair all curly like that. By the way, in your video about cooking in the oven, I believe it was your last video with the broccoli casserole, I left you a recipe I hope you will try. ❤️✌️❤️
You've gone and done it !!! Ms. Phyllis I am now addicted to your smooth southern voice and your great stories and your yummy recipes. Keep on trucken Phyll. We love you and Mr Bucky up here in. Connecticut. PS....I used to breed toy white poodles, fabulous dogs! Of course that was when I was a lot younger.
you look so pretty
Ms Phyllis I just finished watching the video you made right after you had that accident and then had pneumonia. Now I just finished watching this one so I say you have recovered very well! LOL!
I too was at school, from 1949 on and I only remember one mean teacher, in 1st grade. She was very sarcastic and belittled anyone who didn't learn as fast as she wanted. Sarcasm doesn't work on children, they only know that you don't like them. All the rest of my teachers were great. I remember two that I specially loved; Mrs. Plum in second grade, who was also the town librarian. (I grew up in a small country town in California) She taught us how to memorize, and to this day I am still a good speller! And Mrs. Hart- something who was a tiny lady and all the kids loved her. Unfortunately the townspeople were very prejudiced and she was of mixed race and was only with us for a year. Sad the awful things that happened back then (and unfortunately still do). Some things are a lot better now, or at least people are more aware, by and large. I also remember practicing hiding under our desks in case the "commies" dropped a bomb! Like that would have helped!
I enjoy your video's so much. You remind me of my mothers folks down in Texas, and my mother would so approve of your
" lady like low voice!" She was forever reminding me to lower my voice;)
Great stories Miss Phyllis! Keep them coming....got me feeling nostalgic too. Those days were truly different, weren't they? Sort of like the age of innocence.
Miss Phyllis, I just love your stories.
I agree you look very pretty and I love to hear stories from the 1950s. Take care dear Ms. Phyllis and Mr. Bucky....Crystal.
so many memories you came up about the same time as I did. My parents Loved IKE. I remember when he was elected. We were allowed to wear pants under our dress skirts in the winter. We wound the May Pole every year. AND I remember the Lone Ranger came to the school one year. I remember how tight his pants were, hahahahha
You mentioned the teacher with different shoes every day. I had a teacher that had 5 outfits and wore the same one every day of the week. Funny the things we noticed.
Gorgeous!!!
You look gorgeous!!
Thanks for sharing love hearing about the good old days.
You look so pretty
I love your old timey stories. Keep telling them. The younger crowd need to know the past.
Dear Miss Phyllis, Found you yesterday. I'm so happy I did. Today is my birthday and listening to your story brought back many memories. You see, I was growing up at the same time as you.I learned to cook same as you and I have the same school memories too. What a treat for me. Thank you a thousand times for sharing with all of us out here. You and your Mr Bucky are so very special. Again, I thank you.
Love your stories.. You look awesome...
@Phyllis: Nice outfit! Really enjoyed listening to your stories on this video. I really did. Thank you for sharing.
I love to hear your stories of growing up in the 50s. It brings back so many memories for me as well. My my, how schools and teachers have changed over the years! How did we let this happen to the schools today? So many kids have no respect for other people or property. Sad.....
If you don't mind me saying, you look absolutely beautiful with your hair down! Mr Bucky is a very lucky guy!
Thanks for sharing! Bless!
Thank you for sharing! I was born in the 70's so I love to hear about the older generations. I have a 12 and 14 year old that I want to hear this.
When your phone rang I started looking around my office wondering what was ringing LOL
i love listening to your stories ! You are a beautiful Lady & I love your hair!
Because of you I have no time to cook. I start off watching one interesting video and my eye wanders just so slightly to the right...enough to catch another video I HAVE to watch and then can you believe it? THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN...until something presses on me to get up. I've been cooking for over 45 years and still learn something new with every ideo you make. Thank you, Phyllis. You do look very nice with the curled hair.
Miss Phyllis was such a beautiful special lovely lady. I miss her so much⚘⚘⚘and of course Mr.Bucky too.😥
I love hearing your stories ❤️
That was very interesting, Phyllis and you look FABULOUS!
Found your videos a couple of weeks ago and just love them. It's like stepping back in time with your stories and wonderful recipes just like my mom used to make ! My mother worked full time but she cooked breakfast every morning and supper every night. We had desert with every supper. You look wonderful ! Thanks for bring back so many memories. Born in Lancaster County S.C.
We played marbles and jacks. Loved jacks. We had paddles back in the day with holes in it.
Phyllis, your hair and makeup look beautiful! 💗
Daisy in
O my..I'm so thankful the mmr shot came out and I had it
Phyllis, you are gorgeous!! Love your hair!
We're the same age. I entered Kindergarten the fall of '49. The discipline was very strict and miscreants were paddled. It didn't happen often simply because we didn't dare make trouble. I was never afraid, but we all knew the consequences of bad behavior. I had only one mean teacher, Miss Katz, for second grade. She told us the first day that she didn't like children. But parents supported the teachers rather than blaming them or making excuses for their children's poor behavior or refusal to do their schoolwork, as happens so often today. My father told me to behave and do my work, and I'd have no problems, and it was true. It was only the rare bully or constant discipline problem who was paddled with a parent there. The classes were large, about 30 to 32 students. By 3rd grade, the overcrowding caused old army barracks to be used as portable schoolrooms put in the schoolyard. I was in a portable for 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade. The hot lunch program provided a large, hot, well-balanced and very tasty lunch with milk for 25 cents a day, and it was all made on the premises. The walk to school was a bit less than a half mile, and we walked in all weather, including 3 feet of snow, bundled up like Ralphie's little brother in "A Christmas Story." We also had some classmates who had had polio during the scare years when public pools were closed, but there was no teasing, or else. Different times.
Looking so lovely today, love all your vids, you are a fabulous cook!
You look absolutely lovely today! Great hair and makeup!!
so elegant, I hope I look as good as you when I get your age! And Mr Bucky is just a doll! Thanks for your excellent videos enjoy them very much!
I'm a 24 year old male and Im subscribed to her. Pretty sure she never expected my demographic. Phyllis you are beautiful and transcendent.
Loved hearing about your experiences! You are a lovely lady! I live in South Carolina, also, but in the Upstate. Thanks for sharing these videos!
Always beautiful, but you are prettier than a picture today.... Loved hearing the stories about grade school. To be honest, love anything you share. Thank You !
Wow, Love your hair and makeup. You look amazing.
I loved hearing about your school years and your family. I also thoroughly enjoy all of your cooking videos and am so glad you enjoy cooking for us yum!!! You are a beautiful lady inside and out!!!
So very pretty! Wow!
Looking good Ms Phyllis/ I enjoy your 1950's stories.They bring back memories for me. I was born in 1947 and went to school in the 50's....great time back then. We also had to wear dresses ,but in the Winter on really cold days the girls were allowed to wear pants under our dresses....LOL so we were double dressed. I remember all of my teachers were old also and none of them were married. Keep the stories coming .
Your hair and make-up looks gorgeous!!!
I am just your age and went to grade school in the 50's. Then I became a teacher. I laughed so hard when you were telling about sanding the desk tops that I had tears in my eyes. I loved this video.
Thanks for sharing your memories of school. They spark my own memories of starting school in the later 50's. You look lovely today.
It was a little bit different in So Cal at that time. We had individual classes with at least 2 rooms for each grade, including kindergarten, with about 26-28 kids, if I remember right.
I love your story s your cooking Thank you for letting us be part of your life
I learned so much from you God Bless You and your family.,
Life stories, cooking, I'm enjoying it all. You look amazing. Thanks for sharing.
All of your videos are precious memories for your family. I wish my grandma had done something like this for me. There are some of her memories written down and I have her handwritten recipe cards,however I wish I could hear her voice and laughter again. You are sharing a priceless gift with them as well as us in cyberspace that adore you :)
Phyllis you look lovely here .I love your hair and your make up is so pretty and soft.
I love your story. I went to school in those years. I still remember my first years too. I can still see my teacher's faces. Amazing to think at 73 ; I can still remember back then. I love to hear you ...memories. Thank you. 😍
You are so lovely! I really love your memory stories. I too grew up in the '50s, but in California, in Pasadena. Some memories do stand out, like the class getting shots. We would take a permission slip home, and the next day we all trembled with fear of the shot. Also we had air raid drills and practiced getting under our desk for protection. Also Mama was frequently warning about polio.Dont t bite your nails, you will get polio and live in an iron lung! What a relief to get the polio vaccine!
Hello Miss Phyllis. I've been watching your cooking blogs for sometime now ..but never commented also a long time subscriber..enjoy your smooth southern charm and relaxing voice.
These school stories touch so much nostalgia in me I had to comment.
Coming from Northeastern Pennsylvania..we have many Pa. German families here..plus the war brides babies were German and English mother's..your teacher with the ruler in her hand and the expensive shoes and clothes sounds like my teacher and she was a German woman..which my father is Pa. German and was very strict with all of us..we got the paddle at school and at home if we were bad.lol..I had older parents and went to school very similar to your story..we had a cloak room for our coats and hats and boots. Golashes with the metal buckles ..either black or red..lol.I can still remember the scent of the stick paste plastic containers and the construction paper and the waxed hard wood floors with a high gloss coat of schalack ..and freshly painted rooms on the first day of school..with my navy and white Buster Brown shoes and white knee socks and a dress or skirt..gum erasers..and my school was a 4 room school house ..first thru fourth..with a coopella bell tower..when the tower got taken away for safety and mantainance reasons..the teacher would ring a hand bell on a long handle out the window 5 Times and we would line up in 2 lines like soilders..couldn't talk and look straight ahead..and proceed into our rooms..the lunch wagon wasn't Iintroduced until 3rd grade..we thought that was awesome at the time..love there lunches also.
Always had the softest buttered bread with every lunch and chocolate or white milk..curiosity of our many local dairies..which were of German decent..and right near to our communities.I often remembrance about my elementary school years..I also had the mumps and measles..we had a country doctor and I remember getting a shot of penicillin..which save my life.and he told my mother to keep me in a darken room..no sunlight until I was over the measles.
Sunlight makes them bloom..and more red and increase. Thank you for your recipes and stories..wishing you health and happiness and a long life with your husband...P.S...are you by chance have native American in you? You look like my relatives on my father's side who are Pa. German and Lenni Lenape Delaware native american..you look stunning btw.
Take care.💗 oh btw.I'm 55...had black and white tv until I was 15.. and penny candy stores were plentiful...luv those days!!!!
I have to say that age has been gentle with you, you don't look old enough to know about that time. Love your stories they're amazing, especially for those of us who love the 1950's but were born long after.
You look so nice!
Our "grade school" was 1st grade-8th grade. I started school in 1961. We had the school lunch program, the cost was 25 cents a day. EVERYTHING was made from scratch and during class, you could smell the home made rolls baking. I can still remember that every Thursday we'd have spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, hot rolls and a dessert. Also, on Fridays, we didn't have meat on the menu because we had a lot of Catholics in our town. Us girls also had to wear dresses everyday but, in the winter months, if the weather was terribly bad, we were allowed to wear long pants under our dresses!! (I'm a WV girl). We didn't have snow days back then, as long as you could get there, you went. I hated it because we lived directly behind the school. Some of the teachers and some of the kids that rode the buses couldn't make it so we'd have to sit in the gym and watch movies. Mom would not ever let us stay home on those days. I vividly remember the day President Kennedy got shot. So sad. Our schools were closed down for several days.
Pretty is always pretty , no matter what age..Love your recipes...
Great video Mrs. Phyllis
Very interesting and you look so pretty.
Phyllis, yes you look stunning and your heart is beautiful. I love your stories, so much. Sometimes, I yearn for those days. Thank you for taking me into a time that warms my heart! I just love you and Mr. Bucky. Same holds true for him.
Loved your stories/memories of school back in the 50's . Brought back memories !! Looking good today!
So fun hearing your memories! It made me take a walk down memory lane myself.
I love hearing about your life stories would like to hear more you also look very beautiful I like your hair do
Gorgeous Phyllis!!💖
Love your stories. I was born in '55 and love to tell my children and grands of the good ol days! Thank you for sharing 😀
You look amazing with your hair....Keep it... love your cooking too....
So many interesting stories! I really enjoy these kinds of reminiscing videos from you.
Oh my!! Love your stories. You are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Oh I remember this so well yes maam
Always Beautiful Phyllis😀 Thank You for another wonderful story.
Hi Phyllis, I have really enjoyed listening to you and your cooking Videos. I was born in 1958, I remember very well in first grade and second grade, standing in line to go out side or the library ... Can't remember which one we went to ,but as little kids we would be standing in line for quite a while and we would talk to our friends, but we were not loud, the principle would come up from behind us and bang our heads together real hard. It really hurt bad and I would cry, she was a very mean person and I have several story of her being so mean to all the kids.
Just love your stories. I attended first grade in 1953. I spend 12 years in parochial school wearing a uniform, The boys and girls were to be separated in the school yard. My best friend and I were standing in the girls school yard and two eighth boys were chasing each other and ran through our area. They knocked my best friend over and all of her front teach were broken. I think I was in the third grade. I hadn't thought of that in many many years. I guess if we live long enough, there are many stories we can tell. I wouldn't trade my childhood growing up in the 50's for anything. I still think they were "the best of times". Oddly enough, I was also Mary in the Christmas play and given those exact instructions!
In Canada BC, they made class size smaller to make things run better for teachers and we have more special needs students now. The kindergarten class here use round tables and did a lot of circle time.
I listen to your videos with headphones while i fall asleep and that phone ringing nearly gave me a heart attack LOL
Zesty...yes, me too...I searched all over for 'my' phone!
You are so pretty today!! I'm 74 and although I was raised in Philadelphia, in a Catholic school. We were so afraid of misbehaving. We had nuns as our teachers, who had too large classes and too many responsibilities. We had catechism in addition to the reading and writing and arithmetic. We wore school uniforms and sox and sensible shoes. The boys wore same colored pants and a shirt and tie. We lined up like soldiers for everything. The nuns wore black serge habits and rosary beads. I remember the sound of the rustling of their long skirts and clacking of the rosary beads. We were all terrified to make a peep. We also got our first tv around the same time. I also remember the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. We were afraid and nervous of making a mistake in our studies. I'm not sure it's good to raise children in fear. We sure did learn, though. Please continue with your reminiscing. It's fascinating. Remember the polio scare?
Loretta...your story is so familiar! How did anyone ever think that we could learn with all that fear and anxiety in the classroom...even us 'good' kids were afraid of punishment, and it was horrible to watch others being punished and humiliated. ... but, most of us made it, thank God. And yes, I remember the polio scare all too well!