Take a trip down memory lane. Do You Remember When there were no computers,
no cell phones, and no cable TV. To occupy the youthful mind, entertainment was
made up and outdoors. Do you remember the rallying cry," olly, olly, ox-in free" meant
a game was about to happen, whether it was Baseball, Basketball, Soccer or Football. It
could mean, Jailbreak, Kick The Can, Break The Gate, Wireball, stoopball or just Kill The
Man with The Ball.

Do you remember,indoor activities included board games, such as Ker-Plunk, Break the Ice,
Sorry, Parcheesi, operation, or monopoly. Maybe it was G.I. Joe with the Kung Fu Grip,or
Johnny West and Butch Cavendish, Hot Wheels or Match Box.

Do you remember peace signs and bell bottoms, bare feet and long hair. How about
leisure suits and silk shirts, of course it was synthetic silk. Wide collars and platform shoes,
and the ever popular, home made tie-dyed jeans.

Now, let us know, what do you remember?

I remember when we had only CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS.

I remember games of hopscotch, Chinese jumprope, jacks, and playing house.  Hide and Seek, Red Light-Green Light 123, and Mother May I.  Playing with Barbies for hours was a favorite activity.  Hula hoops and Hippity Hop.

I remember running after the ice cream man yelling "WAIT" at the top of my lungs.  Eating hotdogs cooked on the grill and dixie cups of Tang. 

Leaving the house at 10 AM and not coming back until dinner, and my mother didn't worry where I was.

I remember sundresses, pigtails and flipflops, my first (and only) bikini! 

I remember having to be home when the street lights came on. I also remember turning our bikes over and cranking the pedals and pretending it was an ice cream machine. Going bike riding with a helmet, elbow/knee pads. Knowing just about everyone who lived on the block.




Cat

Yes, I remember the Ice Cream man, Mr. Softee or Jack & Jill. We also had the
Waffle man, sold Belgian waffles with powdered sugar, the Clothes Prop Man,
do you remember clothes props,and The Knife Sharpening guy. We also had
pony rides, fire engine rides, and the whip, a carnival ride, all would drive down
the street at least once a week.

The milkman, breadman, and dry cleaning all door to door service. Doctors made
house calls. As a child, you were sent to the store for cigarettes.

Yes, we had the knife guy too. We rode the whip and they gave out icepops when the ride ended.  There was a guy with a horse and cart that all the kids would pile into for a ride around the neighborhood.

I'd walk around the block with my grandpa to look at the PINK house (only house in the neighborhood that was painted bright pink).  My grandpa would find coins along the way and we'd put them into the "green box" when he got home.

The milkman was not around anymore but everyone still had the little metal boxes on the front porch. 

Any time I was sick the doctor would come to my house, once we even had a woman doctor!  My parents gave us coke syrup for upset stomachs. 

Any time I was sick the doctor would come to my house, once we even had a woman doctor!  My parents gave us coke syrup for upset stomachs. 


The cola syrup, We had this stuff called Drink-A-Toast. God,that stuff was aweful.

I remember being able to walk home from school without worry.  Covering miles of territory in my bike without ever leaving the neighborhood, having Big Wheel Races up and down the street. Listening to AM radio and my brothers and I were the remote control for my dad.  We were the ones who changed the channel.  Of course we only had a few to change.  :)

I never lived in the 70s, but feel as if I did. That's how nostalgia soaked my brain is with the 70s - that I 'make up' memories I wish I had. In this pretend history, I recall riding on my rusty ol' bike with my pals without helmets, listening to Disco, wearing a fro', wearing leather and spikes in the punk-era of the late 70s. I remember my pet rock, watching the Mary Tyler Moore Show, getting down on the dance-floor...

I used to use two dominos to bat a third domino back and forth on a tile floor and pretend I was playing "pong," because my folks refused to buy the actual game.

I remember we only had the main networks, PBS and a couple of independent stations. My folks took the VHF knob off the t.v. so I could only watch public t.v., little suspecting that channels 20, 45, and 56 were loaded with lots of depravity and Godzilla movies and night of the living dead and stuff.

I used to flip over my bike and spin the pedals as fast as I could with my hand, just to see how fast I could make the wheels go.

I remember "disco sucks" bumper stickers on every other car. And Seymour and the sea monsters.

I used to use two dominos to bat a third domino back and forth on a tile floor and pretend I was playing "pong," because my folks refused to buy the actual game.

I remember we only had the main networks, PBS and a couple of independent stations. My folks took the VHF knob off the t.v. so I could only watch public t.v., little suspecting that channels 20, 45, and 56 were loaded with lots of depravity and Godzilla movies and night of the living dead and stuff.

I used to flip over my bike and spin the pedals as fast as I could with my hand, just to see how fast I could make the wheels go.

I remember "disco sucks" bumper stickers on every other car. And Seymour and the sea monsters.



How old are you Tia? (if you don't mind my asking)

How old are you Tia? (if you don't mind my asking)
I've been 25 for 12 years.

I've been 25 for 12 years.


37 then?

259 in dog years.

I remember hifis with diamond needles and vacuum tubes and that warm analog sound.

I used to use two dominos to bat a third domino back and forth on a tile floor and pretend I was playing "pong," because my folks refused to buy the actual game.

I remember we only had the main networks, PBS and a couple of independent stations. My folks took the VHF knob off the t.v. so I could only watch public t.v., little suspecting that channels 20, 45, and 56 were loaded with lots of depravity and Godzilla movies and night of the living dead and stuff.

I used to flip over my bike and spin the pedals as fast as I could with my hand, just to see how fast I could make the wheels go.

I remember "disco sucks" bumper stickers on every other car. And Seymour and the sea monsters.



Seymour and the Sea Monsters - I remember that too. What about H.R. Puff - N - Stuff?  I loved that show as a kid!!

I remember our old B&W that we had to turn on by plugging it in (since the on/off knob was broken off), had to turn the channel (all 4 of them-and maybe a few UHF channels) with a pair of pliers, and had a hanger in place of the rabbit ears because they went the same place as the knobs.  ;D ;D  I was so happy went we finally got a new t.v.-color to boot. We were really moving up in the world.  ;D ;D


I also remember sitting on the top of the back seat on my dad's convertable. You wouldn't DARE do that today.

Records with pops and skips in them. To this day, I will still "hear" a skip on the music that we had on record that I have replaced on CD. It was like those skips were part of the song.



Cat

Seymour and the Sea Monsters - I remember that too. What about H.R. Puff - N - Stuff?  I loved that show as a kid!!
i watched S&SM recently and it's -- rather dreadful. ditto electrawoman and dynagirl.

land of the lost, on the other hand, is AMAZING. i LOVE it!

HR puff is on my queue. ditto lidsville.

i watched S&SM recently and it's -- rather dreadful. ditto electrawoman and dynagirl.

land of the lost, on the other hand, is AMAZING. i LOVE it!

HR puff is on my queue. ditto lidsville.



I used to watch Electrawoman and Dynagirl. Yeah, it was pretty stupid but I loved it at the time. I also LOVED Lidsville. Haven't seen it in DECADES. I'm sure I will think it is pretty stupid now. Never got into H.R. Puff-N-Stuff. Those dudes who wrote that were definately on SOMETHING!!



Cat

i watched S&SM recently and it's -- rather dreadful. ditto electrawoman and dynagirl.

land of the lost, on the other hand, is AMAZING. i LOVE it!

HR puff is on my queue. ditto lidsville.


Oh - I forgot about Land of the Lost - that was a great one!!

they're remaking it. sorry, will farrell can never take the place of spence milligan.

spence!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0457400/

they're remaking it. sorry, will farrell can never take the place of spence milligan.

spence!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0457400/


Will Farrell?!?!?!  He does not fit in with Land of the Lost - sorry - but no!

And Seymour and the sea monsters.



Actually it was called Sigmond and the Sea monsters.

I watched all of the Sid and Marty Krofft shows.  Remember The Bugaloos? How about The Lost Saucer with Ruth Buzzi and Jim Nabors?

Actually it was called Sigmond and the Sea monsters.

I watched all of the Sid and Marty Krofft shows.  Remember The Bugaloos? How about The Lost Saucer with Ruth Buzzi and Jim Nabors?
That was it. Sigmund.

DOOD.

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/ark/ark2intro.gif

I freaked out the other day when kkay sent me this link. I'd totally forgotten about ark ii and lost saucer. I used to watch them both CONSTANTLY.

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/

Actually it was called Sigmond and the Sea monsters.

I watched all of the Sid and Marty Krofft shows.  Remember The Bugaloos? How about The Lost Saucer with Ruth Buzzi and Jim Nabors?


Yes, yes - I remember all those great shows. Do you remember how each year they use to have specials that would show previews of the new and upcoming Saturday morning shows?  We would always watch it as a family and discuss which shows looked good and which ones didn't

Yes, yes - I remember all those great shows. Do you remember how each year they use to have specials that would show previews of the new and upcoming Saturday morning shows?  We would always watch it as a family and discuss which shows looked good and which ones didn't
http://www.retrojunk.com/list_tvshows/1970/pop-1/

this site is pretty amazing. you should check it out.

  Yes Loki, I do remember all that...

  I remember a Saturday morning ritual involving setting up camp in front of the wood console Zenith with a bowl of milk and a box of Cocoa Puffs...

  I remember periodically staring at the Lava Lamp during reruns of Alice, Hee Haw and The Jeffersons...

  I remember all the neighborhood moms standing on their porches and calling us home from our play at dusk every day, seemingly all at the same time...

  I also remember my best friend's mom chasing him home with "The Belt" when he failed to respond to said calls...

  I distinctly remember (I don't know why) hearing ELO's "Telephone Line" on the radio while sitting in the car waiting for it to warm-up on a chilly school morning...

  I remember making a conscious effort not to miss a single episode of The Muppet Show...and never did...

  I remember my dad dropping by occasionally and smelling beer and incense when he hugged me...

  I remember where I was, what I was doing and even what program was on TV when the hospital called to inform my gramps that grandma had passed away...

  I remember the United States' Bicentennial birthday...

  I remember when a day was much, much longer, a week forever and a month nearly uncomprehensible...

  I remember the world being much, much larger bigger than it seems to be now...

 

i remember the bicentennial. they had bicentennial grocery bags.

Bicentennial quarters that everyone hoarded when they got their hands on one thinking
they would be worth something, they are.....25 cents.

Major League Baseball wearing those stupid bicentennial hats.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=15884;type=avatar

i remember having this on vinyl back in those witch mountain, bicentennial days.

If I go way back I can remember the rag man who had a cart and horse. 
Chickens in the back yard.
Electric streetcars and sometimes the overhead cable would slip off and the driver had to get out and pull a rope to reseat it.
The milkman and garbageman( separate from trashman)
Policeman walking the beat, even in our very tame neighborhood.
The local druggist as subsitute for the doctor.
The doctor making house visits.
Teachers required to make at least one home visit to each students house.
The guy around the corner with the full dress Harley, my first real love, the bike not the quy, I was all of 4 years old and would wait for it to go by.
Being invited to the neighbors house to watch color TV.
A new tv show-Captain Kangaroo
The Today Show every morning with Dave Garroway, Jack Lescoulie, and Hugh Downs

   Yes Loki, I do remember all that...

   I remember a Saturday morning ritual involving setting up camp in front of the wood console Zenith with a bowl of milk and a box of Cocoa Puffs...

   I remember periodically staring at the Lava Lamp during reruns of Alice, Hee Haw and The Jeffersons...

   I remember all the neighborhood moms standing on their porches and calling us home from our play at dusk every day, seemingly all at the same time...

   I also remember my best friend's mom chasing him home with "The Belt" when he failed to respond to said calls...

   I distinctly remember (I don't know why) hearing ELO's "Telephone Line" on the radio while sitting in the car waiting for it to warm-up on a chilly school morning...

   I remember making a conscious effort not to miss a single episode of The Muppet Show...and never did...

   I remember my dad dropping by occasionally and smelling beer and incense when he hugged me...

   I remember where I was, what I was doing and even what program was on TV when the hospital called to inform my gramps that grandma had passed away...

   I remember the United States' Bicentennial birthday...

   I remember when a day was much, much longer, a week forever and a month nearly uncomprehensible...

   I remember the world being much, much larger bigger than it seems to be now...

   


Great memories Davester!  Takes me back in time to those fun filled never ending days

wow dad for you to have remember at this stuff it must mean you old.. :P

I remember being able to walk home from school without worry.  Covering miles of territory in my bike without ever leaving the neighborhood, having Big Wheel Races up and down the street. Listening to AM radio and my brothers and I were the remote control for my dad.  We were the ones who changed the channel.  Of course we only had a few to change.  :)


Big Wheels, we used to saw them in half and insert a 2x4 to enlongate them. Then pile
on as many kids that could fit and ride down the hill.

I too, was a channel changer VHF channels 3, 6, 10, 12 (PBS). UHF channels 17, 29, 48

Bicycles with Banana Seats and High Sissy Bars.

Pogo Sticks, Duncan Yo-Yo's

Who could forget Shrunken Heads. Carved out apples that you shrunk in the oven then
decorated them with hair and added a chain so you could wear it around your neck.

Mr. Potato Head that needed real potatoes

     

   I remember all the neighborhood moms standing on their porches and calling us home from our play at dusk every day, seemingly all at the same time...

   
   I remember the United States' Bicentennial birthday...

      


LOL!!  I remember my mom opening up the front window and leaning out as far as she could, yelling "CAROL!!!  TIME TO COME HOME!!!!".

I remember the moms hanging out on the brick wall in front of my neighbor's house.  My mother alway had on a "house coat" and rollers in her hair, or it seemed like she did!

Oh yeah, the Bicentennial.  I remember the fire hydrants being painted like Minute-men or Flags.  I was in first grade (Ms. Tramutola's class!) and we put on a big Bicentennial production, I wore a long polyester dress in red, white and blue plaid and a hat made from a paper plate and streamers.  It's funny the things you remember!!

Waiting in line for gas, only able to buy gas on odd or even days, depending on your
license plate number. Only able to 5 dollars maximum in the tank at a time. yet gas,
was still under a dollar a gallon.

Swine Flu (1976-77), Russian Flu (1977-78)

Elvis dies of an OD

Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident, Ironically, soon after the release of the China Syndrome.

Mid East Peace Conferences.

50 Hostages in Iran.

I too, was a channel changer VHF channels 3, 6, 10, 12 (PBS). UHF channels 17, 29, 48




it's depraved i remember this -- we were 4 (NBC), 5 (FOX -- before that WTTG, an independent), 7 (CBS?), 9 (ABC?), 2, 11, and 13 were baltimore stations we could sorta get, then 20 (DC20, columbia), 22 and 26 were PBS stations, 45 (an independent, VERY cool), 50 (also independent, VERY cool), and 56 (independent, sometimes arty but sometimes also VERY cool). i liked those weird stations at the upper echelons the most, but it's messed up i remember that. it's like 25 years back. damned if i could tell you what our phone number was.

LOL!!  I remember my mom opening up the front window and leaning out as far as she could, yelling "CAROL!!!  TIME TO COME HOME!!!!".

I remember the moms hanging out on the brick wall in front of my neighbor's house.  My mother alway had on a "house coat" and rollers in her hair, or it seemed like she did!

Oh yeah, the Bicentennial.  I remember the fire hydrants being painted like Minute-men or Flags.  I was in first grade (Ms. Tramutola's class!) and we put on a big Bicentennial production, I wore a long polyester dress in red, white and blue plaid and a hat made from a paper plate and streamers.  It's funny the things you remember!!


The Bicentennial - I was in 4th grade and myself and 2 friends dressed up as American Revolutionarty soldiers.  You know the one where the three men are walking - one carrying a flag, one playing a drum and one playing a flute.  That was our Halloween costume. 

Remember when, as a young child running through a field at night with a mason jar catching
lightning bugs.

Then as an older mischievous child, take a whiffle bat to the same field at night and make
a poor mans light saber out of the little insects.

Packing four or more kids in the trunk of the car to sneak into the drive-in.

Remember when there were Five and Dime Stores and Penny Candy.

Did any one else play stick ball with "Pimple Balls."

Packing four or more kids in the trunk of the car to sneak into the drive-in.








My lowrent of an ex made me do that one time....because he was too cheap-ass to pay for the both of us. ::)

My lowrent of an ex made me do that one time....because he was too cheap-ass to pay for the both of us. ::)


Is this why he's an ex?

Is this why he's an ex?





one of the many reasons that he is an ex! LOL! :D

I am sitting here watching "America's Got Talent." It seems like a glorified "Gong Show."

Remember the Gong Show with Chuck Barris, Panelist Jamie Farr, Jaye P. Morgan and Arte Johnson

How about other shows, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, The Smothers Brothers, Sonny And Cher's
Comedy Hour, Carol Burnette, Hee-Haw and Love American Style.

Waiting in line for gas, only able to buy gas on odd or even days, depending on your
license plate number. Only able to 5 dollars maximum in the tank at a time. yet gas,
was still under a dollar a gallon.

Swine Flu (1976-77), Russian Flu (1977-78)

Elvis dies of an OD

Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident, Ironically, soon after the release of the China Syndrome.

Mid East Peace Conferences.

50 Hostages in Iran.




I remember sitting in the car - in summer heat -  no a/c - with my mom waiting for gas.  Looking back my mom had to have the patience of a saint sitting in a hot car with three young kids waiting in line for a few gallons of gas.

I also remember Elvis dying.  My mom and dad both were shocked.  He was part of their teenage years - an icon for them.  I don't think my mom cried, but she was very upset.

I remember watching the Hostages being released the minute Ronald Regan was sworn in as President.  We were watching the ceremony at school and as soon as he took the oath of office, they flashed to the hostages who were then released.  A very poignant memory.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident, Ironically, soon after the release of the China Syndrome.





Followed by the Pepsi Syndrome on SNL.  :D ;D ;D




Cat

Elvis dies of an OD



It's funny, I remember exactly where I was when I learned of Elvis' death.  I was on vacation, Washington DC.  We were on a day trip to Mt. Vernon, while riding on the boat (ferry?  maybe), the captain came over the loudspeaker and told the passengers that Elvis had died.  Many women and men were crying when they heard the news, I didn't really understand since I was just a kid.

Having to get up to change from one of the four channels(ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS) to another on TV

It's funny, I remember exactly where I was when I learned of Elvis' death.  I was on vacation, Washington DC.  We were on a day trip to Mt. Vernon, while riding on the boat (ferry?  maybe), the captain came over the loudspeaker and told the passengers that Elvis had died.  Many women and men were crying when they heard the news, I didn't really understand since I was just a kid.


It's strange the things that are etched in our memory.  I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I learned of Elvis's death and I was only a kiid.  I can still close my eyes and see it as clearly as if it happened yesterday.  I think it was my mom's reaction that etched it so deeply in my mind.

Just like most of us will never forget where we were on 9/11 2001.  :(

Remember when there were Five and Dime Stores and Penny Candy.

Did any one else play stick ball with "Pimple Balls."


I remember pimple balls, and we used an old broomstick, or piece of a picket fence, or something like that a bat.
The corner store(Silvies, short for Mr Silverstein)had penny candy.  In the square there was Kresges, and Woolworths.

i remember bikes where you stopped them by turning the pedals backward.

rock was young.

i remember when 7-11 was only open from 7:00 to 11:00 - not 24 hours

I remember food sticks, Peter Max, Grand Way, Burger Chef, Pat Paulson for President, banana seats on bikes, AM radio, Chicken-De-Lite, drive-ins, W. T. Grants, Railroad Salvage (I have a few stories about this place  ::) ), Cousin Brucie, Bradlees, Robert Hall, Dancerina, Crissy/Velvet Dolls, Flatsies-just to name a few.





Cat

I remember pimple balls, and we used an old broomstick, or piece of a picket fence, or something like that a bat.
The corner store(Silvies, short for Mr Silverstein)had penny candy.  In the square there was Kresges, and Woolworths.


Mothers all across town were screaming mad because all they had in the utility closet was a
broom or mop bottom. All the handles were used at bats.

Mothers all across town were screaming mad because all they had in the utility closet was a
broom or mop bottom. All the handles were used at bats.


  Yeah, that's right...

    And all mom's dish towels became super hero capes...

  Yeah, that's right...

    And all mom's dish towels became super hero capes...



Our bath towels were our super hero capes.  ;D



Cat

i remember bikes where you stopped them by turning the pedals backward.


Oh yeah!!

I rented a bike at the beach once (a couple of years ago), it had pedal breaks...nearly killed myself because I kept forgetting that!!  LOL!!

i remember bikes where you stopped them by turning the pedals backward.
...when bikes were ridden on the road, not the pavements.

Roller skates with metal wheels and a key.

Blythe dolls, Holly Hobbie, Skip-it, Barbie's Country Camper, Shaker-maker, Easy Bake Oven, Kerbanker (Clackers).

Donnie and Marie.

Grease!!

Roller skates with metal wheels and a key.

Blythe dolls, Holly Hobbie, Skip-it, Barbie's Country Camper, Shaker-maker, Easy Bake Oven, Kerbanker (Clackers).

Donnie and Marie.

Grease!!




Clackers, was that the toy with the metal balls that kids across the nation were knocking
themselves out whenever they used them?

...record shops were still on top, and vinyl was all that they stocked.

...record shops were still on top, and vinyl was all that they stocked.


I kinda miss that  :(

This one is for people who spent the 60's and 70's in a Catholic School.

Remember when certain Masses were High Masses, During a High Mass the whole service
is sung, and most of it in Latin.

Using a Fountain Pen and having to learn Old English Lettering.

How often were your knuckles whacked with a ruler or a pointer?

When Teachers were Nuns and not Laity.

Clackers, was that the toy with the metal balls that kids across the nation were knocking
themselves out whenever they used them?


Mine were made of plastic, but the first ones were actually made of glass!!  But they pulled them from the shelves because they were shattering causing injuries...you would have thought that they would figure that out BEFORE selling them!  LOL!!


Here are the glass ones.
http://bigredtoybox.com/articles/clackers.jpg

Here are the ones I had (one the left) and the ones they're selling now.  The summer I got mine I had bruises all over my arm!
http://www.skooldays.com/images/ty1427.jpg

Mine were made of plastic, but the first ones were actually made of glass!!  But they pulled them from the shelves because they were shattering causing injuries...you would have thought that they would figure that out BEFORE selling them!  LOL!!


Here are the glass ones.
http://bigredtoybox.com/articles/clackers.jpg

Here are the ones I had (one the left) and the ones they're selling now.  The summer I got mine I had bruises all over my arm!
http://www.skooldays.com/images/ty1427.jpg




I knew there was some danger involved in those toys, another dangerous toy of the 70's
was shrinky-Dinks, The things you placed in an oven and watched them shrink. How many
kids went to the emergency room with burns on their hands?

With all these toys it's a wonder we ever made it out of the 70's unscathed.

Mine were made of plastic, but the first ones were actually made of glass!!  But they pulled them from the shelves because they were shattering causing injuries...you would have thought that they would figure that out BEFORE selling them!  LOL!!


Here are the glass ones.
http://bigredtoybox.com/articles/clackers.jpg

Here are the ones I had (one the left) and the ones they're selling now.  The summer I got mine I had bruises all over my arm!
http://www.skooldays.com/images/ty1427.jpg


I remember schools banning them

This one is for people who spent the 60's and 70's in a Catholic School.

Remember when certain Masses were High Masses, During a High Mass the whole service
is sung, and most of it in Latin.

Using a Fountain Pen and having to learn Old English Lettering.

How often were your knuckles whacked with a ruler or a pointer.

When Teachers were Nuns and not Laity.


Luckily for me I went to Catholic school in the 80's so we did get abused by the nuns. 

The nuns at my school were Congregation Of Notre Dame and by the 80's they weren't even wearing habits anymore.

But I heard plenty of stories from my parents.  My mom was failing geometry and the nun actually stuck a compass into my mothers hand!!  OUCH!!

Luckily for me I went to Catholic school in the 80's so we did get abused by the nuns. 

The nuns at my school were Congregation Of Notre Dame and by the 80's they weren't even wearing habits anymore.

But I heard plenty of stories from my parents.  My mom was failing geometry and the nun actually stuck a compass into my mothers hand!!  OUCH!!


I think the Nuns were sadistic. I served my sentance of 8 years in Catholic School. When my final year (8th grade)
started in 1976, we had 2 nuns and 6 Layteachers, one was Jewish, imagine that. When I started 1st grade
in '68 all the teachers were those sadistic Nuns.

I had clackers (and the bruises that went with them), and Shrinky Dinks. I remember those kits that you had "goop" and put them in molds and then heat them. Some of them you could eat.  :P




Cat

I had clackers (and the bruises that went with them), and Shrinky Dinks. I remember those kits that you had "goop" and put them in molds and then heat them. Some of them you could eat.  :P




Cat


Ah yes, I remember those.  I think they were called "thing makers".

I had clackers (and the bruises that went with them), and Shrinky Dinks. I remember those kits that you had "goop" and put them in molds and then heat them. Some of them you could eat.  :P




Cat


  Shrinky Dinks were pretty cool at the time.  Basically, you could make your own toys...

  In school we also used melted Life Savers candy to make these stained glass-looking things.  Christmas decorations destined for the tree or refrigerator door...

I remember calling for our friends." Oohh Liinndaa"!

I remember my Beautiful purple Schwinn Lil' Chik with a STP sticker on the seat and Osmond cards(only the Alan & Wayne ones) in the wheels

I remember the glass Klackers(god those hurt when they bounced off your wrist)

I remember the 4th of July as the greatest day of the summer. I lived 1 1/2 blocks from the park and the 4th was an all day event.
You could smell the cotton candy & every hour they did a huge boom! There was an Ice Cream social on the tennis courts and in the evening they had a dance for the kids/teenagers. Then eveyone gathered in the Pony league baseball diamond for the fireworks. This is when they shot off the fireworks over the crowd.

I remember living at the Pool & hating 3:pm, cuz that was the 15min rest period and everybody out of the pool. And after swimming, hitting the Nibble Nook store for candy

I remember Creepy Crawlers(pouring gobbledi goop in the trays and making spiders or for the girls-flowers)
Incredible Edibles (same premise as creepy crawlers except edible)

I remember my mom with her Bell & Howell 8mm movie camera w/ the floodlights(every indoor shot movie, eveyones shading their eyes)

I remember body paint and bottom less sandals

I remember the games Paddle Pool, Masterpiece, Skittle bowling, Gnip-Gnop

I remember Flatsy's, Weebles, Heidi Doll & I still have my Velvet doll(box and all)

I remember the candy secton of the Ben Franklin store

I remember buying "16" magazine and plastering the pics on my bedroom walls

My purple flower power sleepingbag

Definately being gone all day & not coming home till dark, then playing kick the can after dark.

Anyone else remember making plastic/cellophane flowers?
You formed a wire in the shape of a petal and dipped it in the jar and the goo hardened
to a kind of cellophane. then you taped them all together to make a flower.

Saturday mornings were the best, forgive me if I throw in some 60's cartoons
The Herculoids, Bugs Bunny & Road Runner Show. Of course HR Puf N Stuf (Jack Wild recently passed away)
Lidsville, Sigmund and the Seamonsters, Land of the Lost, Thundar the Barbarian

I could probably go on & on, so I'll stop here

Anyone else remember making plastic/cellophane flowers?
You formed a wire in the shape of a petal and dipped it in the jar and the goo hardened
to a kind of cellophane. then you taped them all together to make a flower.





I remember those. I don't think that I made any myself but I remember my sisters having some.



Cat

I remember being in kindergarten in 1976.  Our school pictures had the bicentennial flag in the back ground.  My parents going to work during the day and my sister and I having free run of the neighborhood. 

Then when my mom left my step dad we moved about 2 miles away from the grandparents.  My sister and I would ride our bikes over at least twice a week then play tired so mom would have to pick us up.  Grandma would make home made silly putty and we would just play all day.  Couldn't do that now.  It was a rural road then, now it is a scary busy road.

Cannonball and Harvey, a local kids entertainment show that was on every afternoon.

Getting up on Saturday morning to watch Bugs Bunny with my dad.  It was our time and no one was to disturb us.

...record shops were still on top, and vinyl was all that they stocked.


Indeed!  :D  It was pretty common then that somewhere near the bins of 45s, the record store would stock a stack of paper copies of the top 40 hits (either national or local) and you could take a copy home.  I still have a few charts from then - a good source of memories  ::)

My record player was one of those "close and play" numbers where you could stack bunches of records.  In hindsight, not so good for the records.  But I liked it.  It was olive green with a white platter.  :)

Saturday mornings were the best, forgive me if I throw in some 60's cartoons
The Herculoids, Bugs Bunny & Road Runner Show. Of course HR Puf N Stuf (Jack Wild recently passed away)
Lidsville, Sigmund and the Seamonsters, Land of the Lost, Thundar the Barbarian
what a great list. a lot of the ladies were broken-hearted at jack wild's passing -- if kathy coleman (holly from LotL) ever died i don't know what i'd do!

remember when the bugs bunny road runner hour became a 90-minute show?

Anyone else remember making plastic/cellophane flowers?
You formed a wire in the shape of a petal and dipped it in the jar and the goo hardened
to a kind of cellophane. then you taped them all together to make a flower.




I had a kit for doing this, probably either as a Christmas or birthday present.

I remember record players with the arm so you can stack them. I also remember getting cardboard records on the back of ceral boxes. The only one I recall was the Archies' Sugar, Sugar. Very appropate for a box of ceral-because that is what it was full ofl.  ;D ;D




Cat

I remember record players with the arm so you can stack them. I also remember getting cardboard records on the back of ceral boxes. The only one I recall was the Archies' Sugar, Sugar. Very appropate for a box of ceral-because that is what it was full ofl.  ;D ;D




Cat
That cardboard record is probably worth good money now?

That cardboard record is probably worth good money now?



I know but it was lost many, many, MANY years ago.  :\'(  Unless one of my sisters have it somewhere.





Cat

I know but it was lost many, many, MANY years ago.  :\'(  Unless one of my sisters have it somewhere.





Cat
Why not pay a discreet visit to one of your sisters?

I remember we only had the main networks, PBS and a couple of independent stations. My folks took the VHF knob off the t.v. so I could only watch public t.v., little suspecting that channels 20, 45, and 56 were loaded with lots of depravity and Godzilla movies and night of the living dead and stuff.

We had two and a half TV channels back in the day...nothing else!

There was also a time during the energy crisis when the TV stations would shut down at 10pm...

I used to flip over my bike and spin the pedals as fast as I could with my hand, just to see how fast I could make the wheels go.

We used to attach ice lolly sticks to our back wheels in such a way that one end of the strick would drag along the spokes, making a noise that was supposed to sound like a 'souped-up' engine, but in reality sounded like a mutant wasp...

We had two and a half TV channels back in the day...nothing else!

There was also a time during the energy crisis when the TV stations would shut down at 10pm...

Ah yes, the Three Day Week!

We used to attach ice lolly sticks to our back wheels in such a way that one end of the strick would drag along the spokes, making a noise that was supposed to sound like a 'souped-up' engine, but in reality sounded like a mutant wasp...
...and played havoc by damaging the spokes!

Why not pay a discreet visit to one of your sisters?



Well, it is not that easy. Two live in Conn. and two live in Okla. Besides, if any one of them had it, they probably sold it by now.




Cat

Well, it is not that easy. Two live in Conn. and two live in Okla. Besides, if any one of them had it, they probably sold it by now.




Cat
Too true, knowing its value.

Too true, knowing its value.



Getting off the topic a bit, one of my sisters pick up a doll at a yard sale for about a dollar or 2 (maybe less) and sold it for over $200.  :o :o :o 




Cat

Getting off the topic a bit, one of my sisters pick up a doll at a yard sale for about a dollar or 2 (maybe less) and sold it for over $200.  :o :o :o 




Cat
Toys over here are a massive investment now, just do not allow the children to play with them, keep the toys in the box!

Getting off the topic a bit, one of my sisters pick up a doll at a yard sale for about a dollar or 2 (maybe less) and sold it for over $200.  :o :o :o 


Very nice...

Boot (or garage) sales used to be great many years ago, when you could actually nab a bargain...

Nowadays, they're just full of old cack...anything of value is priced accordingly!

Very nice...

Boot (or garage) sales used to be great many years ago, when you could actually nab a bargain...

Nowadays, they're just full of old cack...anything of value is priced accordingly!
All the best items go very early, even brought by hte other stall holders.

Toys over here are a massive investment now, just do not allow the children to play with them, keep the toys in the box!



Same over here. People want those vintage toys.




Cat

Remember When, sleeping out for concert tickets was a must. If you were one of the first ten in
line you were guarenteed a seat in the first five rows. You couldn't beat the prices either.

$6.50 (Third Level)
$7.50 (Second Level)
$8.50 (First Level and Floor)

I remember record players with the arm so you can stack them. I also remember getting cardboard records on the back of ceral boxes. The only one I recall was the Archies' Sugar, Sugar. Very appropate for a box of ceral-because that is what it was full ofl.  ;D ;D




Cat

Wow, I think I had that too. We had a few of them. What about putting a quarter on the record player arm so the record wouldn't skip.

Drinking coke in the little bottles
Buying penny candy
Block parties with all the neighbors. . . actually knowing all of your neighbors
Trick or treating in those plastic costumes with the plastic masks with the little elastic string
Roller skates with the little fuzzy balls on them
My Red, white and blue Miss America bike with the banana seat
bean bag chairs
flicker lights
flower power stickers on everything
free glasses and dishtowels in laundry detergent boxes (Duz detergent) mom had tons of 'em! (60s thing I think)
Really cool toys in cereal boxes
Danish Go Rounds (were like poptarts, but better!)
Kool aid stands in the front yard
Running through the sprinkler
Fuzzy Wuzzy Soap
Building snow forts and sledding
Metal toys that were "dangerous" by todays standards
Ok, I could go on, and maybe I will later, when more memories come to me!  :)

How many 45 adapters have you lost, And how many multi-colored plastic adapters did you
buy because you kept losing the good ones?

How casette tapes did you have with scotch tape over the hole on top because you
changed your mind a decided to tape over something?

How many 8 tracks did you own, and what color was your  Panasonic Plunger Player?

  How many of you had these..? 

  http://cache.tias.com/stores/keyo/pictures/c124a.jpg

  I thought everybody did.  Still see them around, today...

  How many of you had these..? 

  http://cache.tias.com/stores/keyo/pictures/c124a.jpg

  I thought everybody did.  Still see them around, today...


What, plates? We still have quite a few in the kitchen I think. :D ;D

   Not plates in general, but the Corelle "Gold Butterfly" pattern, in particular.  Common in the late 60's-70's...

 

  edited: to add another "t" to pattern...

   

  Not plates in general, but the Corelle "Gold Butterfly" pattern, in particular.  Common in the late 60's-70's...

 

  edited: to add another "t" to pattern...

 


Oh, you should have told me then  ;).

Oh, you should have told me then  ;).


  Figured the pattern should be instantly recognizable.  Damn near everyone had a set of these in the 70's...

  You're Down Under, though, so I'm not sure if these existed there...

  How many of you had these..? 

  http://cache.tias.com/stores/keyo/pictures/c124a.jpg

  I thought everybody did.  Still see them around, today...


My mother had a set of Corelle Dinnerware, but ours had a green pattern.

.....
Roller skates with the little fuzzy balls on them
Fuzzy Wuzzy Soap.....
Ok, I could go on, and maybe I will later, when more memories come to me!  :)


OMG I forgot about Fuzzy Wuzzy Soap
I remember the little toy inside the bar soap..Dial maybe or Safeguard
I remember the Wizard of Oz puppets that were on dish soap...Lux Maybe
I'm pretty sure I still have a pair of purple Skate poms, we still have a local Roller Rink.

I remember Fizzies
I loved eating Fizzies.
They suked when you put them in water, but put'em on your tongue and they were great
I remember colored aluminum tumblers(cups)

   Figured the pattern should be instantly recognizable.  Damn near everyone had a set of these in the 70's...

   You're Down Under, though, so I'm not sure if these existed there...


I bet the British equivalent would be the smoked glass tumblers that you got free at petrol stations.  Everyone had those

I remember colored aluminum tumblers(cups)

I was thinking of those yesterday after I posted. I loved those! And you had to have the little stretchy covers that went over them so they didn't sweat all over the place!

http://store1.yimg.com/I/comfort_1899_15131037

Of course you had to have something to put in them!

http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac55.jpg

http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac56.jpg

http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac57.jpg

I was thinking of those yesterday after I posted. I loved those! And you had to have the little stretchy covers that went over them so they didn't sweat all over the place!

http://store1.yimg.com/I/comfort_1899_15131037

Of course you had to have something to put in them!

http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac56.jpg


Wow I forgot about this too. Rootin' tootin' Rasberry was my favorite

I remember Shake-A-Pudding (That might be the late 60's)

   How many of you had these..? 

   http://cache.tias.com/stores/keyo/pictures/c124a.jpg



My mom STILL has them.  I think they came fromthe supermarket.



Of course you had to have something to put in them!

http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac55.jpg



mouth-watering delicious!!!!

Did you have Incredible Edibles?  Part of the Thingmaker toys...
this stuff was amazing.  It came out in the late 60s so you youn'uns might not remember.
but you made plastic molds of monster body parts and worms and stuff...then you cooked it and ate it.
like your own gummy factory, but with some kind of combination of petroleum by-product and space-age polymer.

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/IncredibleEdiblesContentsFoil.jpg

My mom STILL has them.  I think they came fromthe supermarket.


  I checked on eBay and there's a TON of them for sale...entire sets...


mouth-watering delicious!!!!


  Good stuff!  I remember having one of these... Send in a coupon on the back of a pouch + shipping...

  http://cache.tias.com/stores/tnantiqueshack/thumbs/cc0009a.jpg

 

 

Did you have Incredible Edibles?  Part of the Thingmaker toys...
this stuff was amazing.  It came out in the late 60s so you youn'uns might not remember.
but you made plastic molds of monster body parts and worms and stuff...then you cooked it and ate it.
like your own gummy factory, but with some kind of combination of petroleum by-product and space-age polymer.

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/IncredibleEdiblesContentsFoil.jpg


I had that & the Cake maker. God those cakes were horrible. The Incredible Edibles were pretty good.

   I checked on eBay and there's a TON of them for sale...entire sets...

   Good stuff!  I remember having one of these... Send in a coupon on the back of a pouch + shipping...

   http://cache.tias.com/stores/tnantiqueshack/thumbs/cc0009a.jpg



I think we still have one!!!
I still have my HairBears cup too.

Did you have Incredible Edibles?  Part of the Thingmaker toys...
this stuff was amazing.  It came out in the late 60s so you youn'uns might not remember.
but you made plastic molds of monster body parts and worms and stuff...then you cooked it and ate it.
like your own gummy factory, but with some kind of combination of petroleum by-product and space-age polymer.

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/IncredibleEdiblesContentsFoil.jpg


That was so cool.  I loved the Thingmaker.  And the Flower Power one.  Those were fun toys -- probably banned today because we did burn ourselves every now and then.  Bummer.  Kids should be allowed to play with electric heaters and hot gooey monster body parts.  8)

  Kids should be allowed to play with electric heaters and hot gooey monster body parts.  8)


and then eat them

Kids should be allowed to play with electric heaters and hot gooey monster body parts.  8)




and then eat them


  It builds character...

  How many of you had these..? 

  http://cache.tias.com/stores/keyo/pictures/c124a.jpg

  I thought everybody did.  Still see them around, today...



We STILL have these.



I remember getting GOOD prizes in Craker Jacks and the boxes were BIG. Now the boxes are small and the prizes are even smaller.
Pop Rocks
Wacky Packages
Bazooka Bubble Gum that cost a penny




Cat

I remember getting GOOD prizes in Craker Jacks and the boxes were BIG. Now the boxes are small and the prizes are even smaller.



I was just thinking about Cracker Jacks today, it's not really a prize anymore, it's just a piece
of paper with some stupid riddles on it. Another thing, Where's the Peanuts, Cracker Jacks
used to be loaded with peanuts, now if you get one peanut, thats the prize.

Kelloggs Cereal, Remember when you could get 3-d baseball or football cards in the box or the
little round coins of baseball players. Other cereals also gave you prizes worth digging to the
bottom of the box to get out. Now if you get a toy, it's a piece plastic crap that's more of
a choking hazard than a toy.

I was just thinking about Cracker Jacks today, it's not really a prize anymore, it's just a piece
of paper with some stupid riddles on it. Another thing, Where's the Peanuts, Cracker Jacks
used to be loaded with peanuts, now if you get one peanut, thats the prize.

Kelloggs Cereal, Remember when you could get 3-d baseball or football cards in the box or the
little round coins of baseball players. Other cereals also gave you prizes worth digging to the
bottom of the box to get out. Now if you get a toy, it's a piece plastic crap that's more of
a choking hazard than a toy.




wow, I was just thinking about that the other day. I bought a "bag" of cracker jacks (how lame) and the prize that I got was this little piece of paper that was supposed to be a replicate of an old time baseball card.  I remember when we were young they had neato prizes in the cracker jack box...not what they give today.

wow, I was just thinking about that the other day. I bought a "bag" of cracker jacks (how lame) and the prize that I got was this little piece of paper that was supposed to be a replicate of an old time baseball card.  I remember when we were young they had neato prizes in the cracker jack box...not what they give today.


This is spooky -- I was just going add this exact comment.  So .... "Me too."

Just one quick Cracker Jacks memory.  I was a kid -- may 10 or 11.  My family went to the movies.  My dad offered to buy everyone a snack.  I asked for popcorn.  But my dad always wanted us to do the unusual thing.  He said, "Popcorn?  Everyone gets popcorn.  Don't get popcorn, get Cracker Jacks instead."  And he got me Cracker Jacks.  I wanted popcorn, but the Cracker Jacks were pretty good. (KK, can you relate?)(sorry, a silly early 70s memory)

...you could call a radio station and request a song..and they'd play it  :o ;D

and for that matter,remember when the dj would actually say the name of the artist and the title of song they were playing!! 8)

...you could call a radio station and request a song..and they'd play it  :o ;D

and for that matter,remember when the dj would actually say the name of the artist and the title of song they were playing!! 8)




I was playing on posting the exact same thing but you beat me to it. Sometimes we listen to the radio in the evening and it never fails, they NEVER announce the song/artist which IMO, is bad for the CDs companies. How are you supposed to run out and buy it if you don't know what it is?



Cat

Does anyone remember PF Flyers sneakers? When you bought a pair, you got a free whistle with them. It might have been a ring whistle, I can't remember for sure. . . . .tell me I'm not imagining this  :-\\

Does anyone remember PF Flyers sneakers? When you bought a pair, you got a free whistle with them. It might have been a ring whistle, I can't remember for sure. . . . .tell me I'm not imagining this  :-\\


  Don't know about the whistle, but PF Flyers I've seen look much like Chuck Taylors...

Does anyone remember PF Flyers sneakers? When you bought a pair, you got a free whistle with them. It might have been a ring whistle, I can't remember for sure. . . . .tell me I'm not imagining this  :-\\


I remember PF Flyers.  How about Buster Brown shoes?  Or perhaps that was the late 60s...it all blends together. ???

Once again, I'm not sure if this was late 60s or early 70s, but does anyone remember "Shake-a-Pudding"?  You put the pudding mix in the cup, added milk, put the top on, and shake! shake! shake! for three minutes and viola!  Pudding!

I remember it mostly because once I was shake-shake-shaking and the lid popped off the cup and voila! chocolate pudding all over the kitchen walls!  ;D

I remember PF Flyers.  How about Buster Brown shoes?  Or perhaps that was the late 60s...it all blends together. ???
i remember PF flyers and buster brown shoes. i was a 70s kid all the way.

remember zips? i was convinced if i got some zips i'd be able to jump over bushes like steve austin. what a lie!

Wow I forgot about this too. Rootin' tootin' Rasberry was my favorite

I remember Shake-A-Pudding (That might be the late 60's)


Yeah

Yeah


;DSorry -- I guess I missed that!  So, yeah, I remember that too. 

;DSorry -- I guess I missed that!  So, yeah, I remember that too. 


Funny thing I had a hard time finding my original post too.
Started wondering if I actually posted it or not :D

Anyone remember: hard to describe, it was red goo
It came in a white container(like french onion dip comes in) it was red powder, you added water, let it set for 20min
Then you had a red play-doh or kinda like todays slime.

My favorite shampoo
http://geeyourhairsmellsterrific.com/catalog/images/shamp.jpg


Avon Pin Pals...
http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/86/2f/88_2.JPG

My favorite vitamins...
http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/pix372.jpg

Remember Crazy Foam...
http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/tic179.jpg

My favorite shampoo
http://geeyourhairsmellsterrific.com/catalog/images/shamp.jpg
What did it smell so terridifc of?

What did it smell so terridifc of?


Flowers, I suppose. 

Flowers, I suppose. 
Thanks, just wondered.

Thanks, just wondered.


I really need to buy a bottle...it's available on e-bay.  I bet it doesn't smell as good as I remember it smelling.

Remember Crazy Foam...
http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/tic179.jpg


Crazy Foam!  I used to get that in my stocking on Christmas!  I loved that stuff.

Crazy Foam!  I used to get that in my stocking on Christmas!  I loved that stuff.
I bet it did not last long?

anybody have one of these when they were a kid?

http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-1-Audio-Vis-Mus/f-movie-viewer/1-pics/fpt2150-fp460a-viewer.jpg

my uncle fleming got me one in like 1977 or something. it was my FAVORITE. GIFT. EVER.

one of my all time favorite games:

http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/ideal/kerplunk185.jpg

I'm image challenged, so heres a link to Retro toys
I remember Kiddles, I had Lilac Locket Kiddle and a green & puprle Cosmic Kiddle
God, I loved my Kiddles!!!!
http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=92

I'm image challenged, so heres a link to Retro toys
I remember Kiddles, I had Lilac Locket Kiddle and a green & puprle Cosmic Kiddle
God, I loved my Kiddles!!!!
http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=92




oh man, my sister and I were sooooo Kiddle obsessed!

one of my all time favorite games:

http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/ideal/kerplunk185.jpg


I had that game - loved it. 

My daughter had one as a Christmas present.  I'm not sure if they've changed it but the straws/sticks take forever to put in.  I don't remember taking a long time when i played it as a kid

anybody have one of these when they were a kid?

http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-1-Audio-Vis-Mus/f-movie-viewer/1-pics/fpt2150-fp460a-viewer.jpg

my uncle fleming got me one in like 1977 or something. it was my FAVORITE. GIFT. EVER.




   Oh yeah!  The ViewMaster...

   Had a couple of Star Wars cartridges for this bad boy.  Pretty much wore the thing out...

  Edited:  This is the ViewMaster-->http://static.flickr.com/31/50852732_0d0d622012_m.jpg

  The toy in question, from what I can find, was simply called "Movie Viewer"...

anybody have one of these when they were a kid?

http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-1-Audio-Vis-Mus/f-movie-viewer/1-pics/fpt2150-fp460a-viewer.jpg

my uncle fleming got me one in like 1977 or something. it was my FAVORITE. GIFT. EVER.




I had one...loved it...but i used it as a gun and hit people with it.
I think i hammered nails with it too.

by the way...Uncle Fleming is the greatest uncle name ever.

I'm image challenged, so heres a link to Retro toys
I remember Kiddles, I had Lilac Locket Kiddle and a green & puprle Cosmic Kiddle
God, I loved my Kiddles!!!!
http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=92



I wish, wish, wish I still had my Kiddles.  We had them ALL (well, just about).  The ones that were characters (Bunsen Bernie, Calamity Jane), the ones that were scented, the ones that came in the little lockets.  Awesome

That retro toy site had another favourite.  Battling Tops.  Actually it was my brothers game but we all liked playing it

That retro toy site had another favourite.  Battling Tops.  Actually it was my brothers game but we all liked playing it


Ohhh! we played it all the time!  we also used the strings with pull tabs to tie around our fingers to see the fingertips turn blue.
ah, the joys of youth.

I'm image challenged, so heres a link to Retro toys
I remember Kiddles, I had Lilac Locket Kiddle and a green & puprle Cosmic Kiddle
God, I loved my Kiddles!!!!
http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=92




Oh, I had those.  Loved them!!

A few other favorites of mine were Dawn Dolls and Rock Flowers.
http://www.persephone.com/dawn/images/CastDawn.jpg
http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/rockflower.jpg

Oh, I had those.  Loved them!!

A few other favorites of mine were Dawn Dolls and Rock Flowers.
http://www.persephone.com/dawn/images/CastDawn.jpg
http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/rockflower.jpg


Ahhh, Dawn. Yes...we really had to defend those with our lives..

Did you have a Chrissy doll?

Ahhh, Dawn. Yes...we really had to defend those with our lives..

Did you have a Chrissy doll?


My sister and I had Chrissy and Velvet...not sure who had which one though.

Remember The Sunshine Family?

I'm image challenged, so heres a link to Retro toys
I remember Kiddles, I had Lilac Locket Kiddle and a green & puprle Cosmic Kiddle
God, I loved my Kiddles!!!!
http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=92





Ah, Liddle Kiddles. My sister and I argued for YEARS about a Kiddle with green hair. She said it was hers and I said it was mine. She finally wanted to stop the fued and bought me Kiddle (with green hair of course), maybe about 10 years ago. But, we will STILL argue over that little doll we had so many years ago.  ;D ;D ;D



BTW, my sister sells vintage dolls-including Liddle Kiddles, Crissy/Velvet dolls, Dawn dolls, etc. Check out her website.


http://www.dollsntoys.com/

(Yeah, have to make a plug for my sister's site-it is the least I could do for someone who STOLE my Liddle Kiddle doll back when we were kids.  :D ;D ;D )



Cat

I never fell for the gimmicks or fads but a lot of people did, were you one of the
millions who had a "Mood Ring" or a "Pet Rock."

I had the lavender Liddle Kiddle in a bottle. I had it even up to the time I had my first daughter and it even still smelled like lilac. Somehow she got ahold of it, and I never saw it again.   :\'(  I also had tons of those Avon pins with the solid perfume in them. Mom used to order Avon from the Avon lady that came around the neighborhood, and she bought me probably every single one of those pins.
This was one of my favorite toys

http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/snocone.jpg

How about these?
http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/wizzzer.jpg

Here's another
http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/8ball.jpg

I never fell for the gimmicks or fads but a lot of people did, were you one of the
millions who had a "Mood Ring" or a "Pet Rock."



Yeah, I had a mood ring (I think it was given to me) but it never worked. It was usually black-so I guess that was my mood all the time, then. lol. But, I NEVER had a Pet Rock. One time we gave one of my sisters a "Pet Gouda" and she thought it was something live instead of cheese that you could eat. lol.




Cat

I never fell for the gimmicks or fads but a lot of people did, were you one of the
millions who had a "Mood Ring" or a "Pet Rock."

I had a mood ring, but not a pet rock.

I never fell for the gimmicks or fads but a lot of people did, were you one of the
millions who had a "Mood Ring" or a "Pet Rock."


I had a mood ring and I desperately wanted a Pet Rock.  My parents refused to get me one, so I made my own.  I walked into the backyard and adopted my Pet Rock from the garden!  LOL!! 

I had a mood ring and I desperately wanted a Pet Rock.  My parents refused to get me one, so I made my own.  I walked into the backyard and adopted my Pet Rock from the garden!  LOL!! 




I don't know why more people didn't do that. All those poor homeless rocks just
laying around, waiting to adopted and put into a good home. But no, people
had to spend millions of dollars buying groomed, imported rocks. What, domestic
rocks weren't good enough?  :(

http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/snocone.jpg



Oh my neighbor had that, I loved when she got it out and we made sno-cones.

We had this thing that you used to make shaved ice.  It was shaped like a bird and you had a big block of ice that you used it on.  I can't think of the name.

I found it...
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Oh, I had those.  Loved them!!

A few other favorites of mine were Dawn Dolls and Rock Flowers.
http://www.persephone.com/dawn/images/CastDawn.jpg
http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/rockflower.jpg




believe it or not, I found a Dawn doll with tons of clothing in this old Barbie carrying case that I picked up at Goodwill for a buck! :o ;)

How many houses in your neighborhood had that giant CB antenna on the roof. Almost
every house on our street had two antennae, one for TV an one for a CB radio. My brother
had a CB, he let me talk on it sometime. My handle was "Ghost Rider," Our "Ears" were usually
on to channel 10 but sometimes we would listen to channel 19.

So now, we be 10-10 on the side good buddy.

How many houses in your neighborhood had that giant CB antenna on the roof. Almost
every house on our street had two antennae, one for TV an one for a CB radio. My brother
had a CB, he let me talk on it sometime. My handle was "Ghost Rider," Our "Ears" were usually
on to channel 10 but sometimes we would listen to channel 19.

So now, we be 10-10 on the side good buddy.



My brother was REALLY into CBs. His handle was "Razer Face". (I still don't know how he came up with that one-I should ask him one of these years). I never really had a handle but one time my sister was using my brother's CB and I was with her and she was talking to someone and told them that I was Dolly (a nickname I had when I was a small fry). My brother got my dad into it and he went by "Deep Breather" (he was really into Yoga at the time).


Personally, I think the internet is today's answer to the CB radio. We talk to people we have never met and we have user names (handles). And we have our own language-instead of 10-20 we have A/S/L etc. etc.

Catch ya on the flip side and watch for Smokey out there.  ;)




Cat

My brother was REALLY into CBs. His handle was "Razer Face". (I still don't know how he came up with that one-I should ask him one of these years). I never really had a handle but one time my sister was using my brother's CB and I was with her and she was talking to someone and told them that I was Dolly (a nickname I had when I was a small fry). My brother got my dad into it and he went by "Deep Breather" (he was really into Yoga at the time).


Personally, I think the internet is today's answer to the CB radio. We talk to people we have never met and we have user names (handles). And we have our own language-instead of 10-20 we have A/S/L etc. etc.

Catch ya on the flip side and watch for Smokey out there.  ;)




Cat

Razor Face is an Elton John song from the Madman Across The Water album.  We didn't have the CB radio antenna, but I remember having the big antenna for the tv and someone would have to go out and turn it occasionally while someone yelled out the window, " a little to the left, ok, that's good"  ;D

Razor Face is an Elton John song from the Madman Across The Water album.  We didn't have the CB radio antenna, but I remember having the big antenna for the tv and someone would have to go out and turn it occasionally while someone yelled out the window, " a little to the left, ok, that's good"  ;D



You had rabbit ears with foil on the ends. When the rabbit ears broke off, a clothes hanger would replace it.  ;D




Cat

You had rabbit ears with foil on the ends. When the rabbit ears broke off, a clothes hanger would replace it.  ;D




Cat

Yep, had that too!  ;D

Yep, had that too!  ;D



I forgot to add that when someone was adjusting the rabbit ears and they reached their hand out, whoever was watching said, "Perfect. Now stay there and don't move."  ;D ;D ;D



Cat

How about these?
http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/wizzzer.jpg





We had two of these.  Loved them

We had two of these.  Loved them


Had one two and liked it a lot. But, what we had growing up in the 1960's and 1970's that kids these days don't have are the so called "Dangerous" toys. Many of these were a lot of fun: Junior Archery sets, WAMMO brand sling shots with the accessory that allowed shooting of arrows, dart guns, little plastic airplanes that launched at Warp Speed with a powerfull elastic on a wooden stick, Whirley Birds, pressurized water rockets, chemistry sets, etc. 

I can still remember one brother running to throw up in the bathroom after my other brother made a stink bomb with his chemistry set!!

I wasn't allowed to touch it (being the youngest) but I did nick a beaker to make a huge block of pink soap.

I can still remember one brother running to throw up in the bathroom after my other brother made a stink bomb with his chemistry set!!

I wasn't allowed to touch it (being the youngest) but I did nick a beaker to make a huge block of pink soap.
A chemistry set was one of my wishes when young, and never had one, thus given me complete ignorance on Chemistry and the like.

I remember about a year before the Bicentennial, they had these 1 minute programs called "200 Years Ago Today" giving a bit of history leading up to the BIG celebration. They had just about everyone doing at least one of those shows.




Cat

This relating to an earlier post, I was out on the Harley today and I drove by my old
neighborhood and I noticed that most of the houses still had the old TV and CB
antennae on the their roof. Amazing, 30 years and the antennae are still there.

This relating to an earlier post, I was out on the Harley today and I drove by my old
neighborhood and I noticed that most of the houses still had the old TV and CB
antennae on the their roof. Amazing, 30 years and the antennae are still there.


  Ah, that's cool...

  This remids me of a discovery I made while walking through the old hood about three years ago...

  I passed by an old tree that we used to play on and around in the early 80s and discovered an old nail with a piece of string attached protruding from one of the limbs.  I had put that there over 20 years ago and it has been there ever since...

My favorite game show became my all time favorite board game.  I wish I still had it; I really really loved it..

Beat the Clock home version!!!!

My favorite game show became my all time favorite board game.  I wish I still had it; I really really loved it..

Beat the Clock home version!!!!




Beat the clock was one of the shows Ricki Lake hosted a couple weeks ago. I enjoyed seeing it
but Ricki Lake is not a game show host.

My favorite game show became my all time favorite board game.  I wish I still had it; I really really loved it..

Beat the Clock home version!!!!




I was just watching that show last night on the Gameshow Network!  :D

Beat the clock was one of the shows Ricki Lake hosted a couple weeks ago. I enjoyed seeing it
but Ricki Lake is not a game show host.

Yes, it was part of a miniseries on CBS entitled "Gameshow Marathon." Among the classic game shows featured were "Match Game" (the 70s version, with modern questions) and "Card Sharks" (which began in the late 70s with host Jim Perry).

I was just watching that show last night on the GSN!  :D

We sometimes watch that, but we like "What's My Line" better. We've been taping that show off of GSN for a couple years now. :)

My favorite game show became my all time favorite board game.  I wish I still had it; I really really loved it..

Beat the Clock home version!!!!


Wasn't that the most fun??  There's nothing like it.  I loved Beat the Clock -- trying to do random stunts with cardboard props before to the tick-tick-tick of the timer.  Let's find one and bring it on vacation! ;D

Remember Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers, Jean Nate', or those roll on lip glosses that were so glossy it looked like it was going to drip off! I had strawberry, which was probably the only flavor, not really sure. Remember using sealing wax to seal up letters, it would have a metal sealer with a design on it. Gouchos with the matching vest, usually worn with a cowl neck sweater, and boots.

Remember Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers, Jean Nate', or those roll on lip glosses that were so glossy it looked like it was going to drip off! I had strawberry, which was probably the only flavor, not really sure. Remember using sealing wax to seal up letters, it would have a metal sealer with a design on it. Gouchos with the matching vest, usually worn with a cowl neck sweater, and boots.


I remember Bonnie Bell. Had some of that stuff myself. As for Jean Nate, I used to get my sister some Jean Nate EVERY year for Christmas. I knew she liked it. One year she told me, "I was hoping you would continue because I just ran out."  I don't get it for her anymore because I think she developed allergies to it.  :-\\




Cat

Remember Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers, Jean Nate', or those roll on lip glosses that were so glossy it looked like it was going to drip off! I had strawberry, which was probably the only flavor, not really sure. Remember using sealing wax to seal up letters, it would have a metal sealer with a design on it. Gouchos with the matching vest, usually worn with a cowl neck sweater, and boots.


Oh yeah.  Remember it all!  Those letter sealer kits with the wax -- good memory!  I used them when I had penpals.  Speaking of which...remember when it was really popular to have penpals.  You could get them through the teen magazines.  We sent actual hand written letters since we didn't have e-mail yet.

Gouchos & vests.  Sure.  At that same time we also had the midi-skirts with a bit of flair.  And platform shoes.

Oh yeah.  Remember it all!  Those letter sealer kits with the wax -- good memory!  I used them when I had penpals.  Speaking of which...remember when it was really popular to have penpals.  You could get them through the teen magazines.  We sent actual hand written letters since we didn't have e-mail yet.

Gouchos & vests.  Sure.  At that same time we also had the midi-skirts with a bit of flair.  And platform shoes.

Yea, I still remember my sealer kit had orange wax and a flower sealer. My sister had a maxi coat that unzipped, once to turn into a midi, then again to turn into a regular knee length coat.

Remember Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers, Jean Nate', or those roll on lip glosses that were so glossy it looked like it was going to drip off! I had strawberry, which was probably the only flavor, not really sure. Remember using sealing wax to seal up letters, it would have a metal sealer with a design on it. Gouchos with the matching vest, usually worn with a cowl neck sweater, and boots.


Bonnie Bell...Orange Crush!!  I had cola flavored roll-on lip gloss.  I had bright blue polyester gouchos and the vest!  LOL!!  Also, Tickle deodorant.

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We sometimes watch that, but we like "What's My Line" better. We've been taping that show off of GSN for a couple years now. :)


Yes, I prefer What's My Line? as well... :)

Bonnie Bell...Orange Crush!!  I had cola flavored roll-on lip gloss.  I had bright blue polyester gouchos and the vest!  LOL!!  Also, Tickle deodorant.

http://www.classroomtools.com/subad2b.jpg

OMG! Yes, tickle deodorant! That was so cool looking!  :)

OMG! Yes, tickle deodorant! That was so cool looking!  :)


I remember seeing that deodorant on the shelves, but I never really cared for the 'roll-on' stuff (I like Secret solid)... :)

how about "i'm not going to pay a lot for this muffler"? i thought of that yesterday because i think my muffler is on the fritz (i suspect screws) and i bet i end up paying a lot for it.

Oh, check this out! Remember Coty Sweet Earth Perfume? I loved that stuff! The "grass" scent was the best!  :)

http://www.auntjudysattic.com/solid_perfume/cotysweetearthrareflowers.jpg

I remember seeing that deodorant on the shelves, but I never really cared for the 'roll-on' stuff (I like Secret solid)... :)


I don't like roll-on now, but I wore it when I was younger.  I remember having to keep my arms up until it dried.  LOL!!

Oh, check this out! Remember Coty Sweet Earth Perfume? I loved that stuff! The "grass" scent was the best!  :)

http://www.auntjudysattic.com/solid_perfume/cotysweetearthrareflowers.jpg


OMG I remember those.
How about Loves Earth, Wind, Rain & Fire
Rain was my favorite.
Then Jovans Musk.
I buy Jovan's Musk for Men for the boyfriend :-*

Oh, check this out! Remember Coty Sweet Earth Perfume? I loved that stuff! The "grass" scent was the best!  :)

http://www.auntjudysattic.com/solid_perfume/cotysweetearthrareflowers.jpg


Wow.  You have truly taken me back in time!  :)

I think the Nuns were sadistic. I served my sentance of 8 years in Catholic School. When my final year (8th grade)
started in 1976, we had 2 nuns and 6 Layteachers, one was Jewish, imagine that. When I started 1st grade
in '68 all the teachers were those sadistic Nuns.


Last night I was thinking about tht I'll need to sign my daughter up for Religious Instructions next year so she can get ready for her Communion.  I then began remembering my first year of Rel. Inst. at Our Lady of Pity Church...the priests were sadistic.  Father Paluso and Monsignor Ricotti would sit behind the alter in big red velvet chairs and they would scream at the kids for talking.  If they pointed at you, you had to kneel on the bare wood floor with your arms held up above your head.  You had to stay that way until the end of class. 

I told my mom about that and the very next day we changed Parishes.

I remember seeing that deodorant on the shelves, but I never really cared for the 'roll-on' stuff (I like Secret solid)... :)


Roll-on-YUCK!  I too, use Secret Solid.  ;D




Cat

Roll-on-YUCK!  I too, use Secret Solid.  ;D


Cat


;)

Last night I was thinking about tht I'll need to sign my daughter up for Religious Instructions next year so she can get ready for her Communion.  I then began remembering my first year of Rel. Inst. at Our Lady of Pity Church...the priests were sadistic.  Father Paluso and Monsignor Ricotti would sit behind the alter in big red velvet chairs and they would scream at the kids for talking.  If they pointed at you, you had to kneel on the bare wood floor with your arms held up above your head.  You had to stay that way until the end of class. 

I told my mom about that and the very next day we changed Parishes.


I think all the Nuns and Priest were taught by the Spanish Inquisition.  ;D

I think all the Nuns and Priest were taught by the Spanish Inquisition.  ;D



The Inquisition (What a show)
The Inquisition (Here we go)
We know you

OK..I got my hands on some Sweet Honesty.  now somone PLEASE get me some Love's Baby Soft!
AND I really want the T-shirt for either.

OK..I got my hands on some Sweet Honesty.  now somone PLEASE get me some Love's Baby Soft!
AND I really want the T-shirt for either.

Sweet Honesty, that was Avon, right? I think I had a little roll on perfume of that scent. I remember Charlie being popular in the 70s. My sister loved it.Her friends even nicknamed her Charlie!  ;D  I was thinking of this eyeshadow I remember. It was like 5 little crayons that all fit together, they were creamy and when you wore it, it always creased really bad!  :P  Frosty pastel blues, greens, lavender, even yellow!

OK..I got my hands on some Sweet Honesty.  now somone PLEASE get me some Love's Baby Soft!
AND I really want the T-shirt for either.


Here is a place you can order Love's...
http://www.fragrancenet.com/f/net/wf_items.html?cat=01543&cur_letter=l&item_type=&gender=W&gs_gen=w

Here is a place you can order Love's...
http://www.fragrancenet.com/f/net/wf_items.html?cat=01543&cur_letter=l&item_type=&gender=W&gs_gen=w


I'm sure you hear this all the time, but YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/headbang.gif

I'm sure you hear this all the time, but YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/headbang.gif


Hey, I just like to help out.  I wonder if it smells as good as I remember...I might have to get some for myself.

Hey, I just like to help out.  I wonder if it smells as good as I remember...I might have to get some for myself.


Can you find me some Heaven Scent? :)

Can you find me some Heaven Scent? :)


Sure thing...

http://www.fragrancenet.com/f/net/wf_items.html?cat=01147&cur_letter=H&gs_gen=W

Sweet Honesty, that was Avon, right? I think I had a little roll on perfume of that scent. I remember Charlie being popular in the 70s. My sister loved it.Her friends even nicknamed her Charlie!  ;D  I was thinking of this eyeshadow I remember. It was like 5 little crayons that all fit together, they were creamy and when you wore it, it always creased really bad!  :P  Frosty pastel blues, greens, lavender, even yellow!



I remember Sweet Honesty and Zany (also from Avon). I never used Zany myself but I was working a theatre one time and we were putting on the play "Chapter Two" (a Neil Simon play). There is one scene where one of the characters sprays perfume all over the place. Our prop director got a battle of Zany for that scene. So every night (except for Mondays) and twice on Wednesdays for two weeks solid (not to mention another week of rehersals), I kept smelling Zany. It was a good thing that I liked it.  ;D  Now, I'm sure if I smelled it, it would take me right back to that theatre. They say that the sense of smell has the longest memory than any of the other senses.




Cat

I remember my wife would wear Charlie or Windsong back when we started going out in Jan 78. I still remember that jingle, I can't seem to forget you windsong stays.....Gah so long ago

Not to break the present chat on fragrant scents but who else as kids use to chase around the guys spraying DEET from the back of city trucks fogging for mosquito's having know idea what the fog contained on your stingray. It was annual summer event to try to lose each other in the (now known as deadly fog). We were always told that the fog was harmless.

Not to break the present chat on fragrant scents but who else as kids use to chase around the guys spraying DEET from the back of city trucks fogging for mosquito's having know idea what the fog contained on your stingray. It was annual summer event to try to lose each other in the (now known as deadly fog). We were always told that the fog was harmless.


You must be psychic, I was just talking about this at work today. That fog attracted more kids
than the Ice Cream Man.

Wow, Love's Baby Soft, Heaven Sent, Windsong, Charlie... oh how that takes me back!  (Some of the others already mentioned, too).  So often on my Christmas list!  ;D

Turns out, as much as I wanted to LOVE Charlie, I never liked it when I put it on.  :-\\  On the other hand, Windsong was divine (to me)!

...Cheeseburgers cost 50 cents? I saw an old McDonalds ad from 1971, and they were advertising cheeseburgers for 50 cents, lol.

I was telling my sister about this thread sunday, and she reminded of this hot roller set she had, so I googled it and I actually found one on Ebay. Here's a pic, I think hers was pink with flowers though.

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What about the toys that came out then.
Battling tops
Creepy  Crawlers
Ssp's
I am not sure when suzy homemaker started but I think it started around the same time as easy bake ovens did.
One of my favorites was the nerf balls, We use to play with nerf football till it fell to pieces.
Johnny Lighting cars..They didn't last very long.

Here is a memory ...i was reminded by a coworker..

we were talking about amusement parks and she said she was not interested in going on rides but
"I'll be the one that stands under a tree with all the pocketbooks."

LOL

Here is a memory ...i was reminded by a coworker..

we were talking about amusement parks and she said she was not interested in going on rides but
"I'll be the one that stands under a tree with all the pocketbooks."

LOL

;D  ;D Now, those days are coming, aren't they!  :o

;D  ;D Now, those days are coming, aren't they!  :o


I cracked up...then i thought of the days out dancing when all the girls dance in a circle with their bags on the floor in the middle...
soooo funny

...Cheeseburgers cost 50 cents? I saw an old McDonalds ad from 1971, and they were advertising cheeseburgers for 50 cents, lol.


McDonald's had two commercials in the 70's that stand out in my mind, one was you could
feed a family of four with five dollars and get change.

The other was, you went to a McDonalds and sung the Big Mac Song in a certain amount of time
you got the Big Mac free.

Two All Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles, Onions, On A Sesame Seed Bun.

I just remember back in the 70's the big three of fast foods, where McDonald's, Burger King and Jack in the box. Hey wait what ever happened to Jack in the box anyways?

I just remember back in the 70's the big three of fast foods, where McDonald's, Burger King and Jack in the box. Hey wait what ever happened to Jack in the box anyways?


I've been to Jack in the Box while driving through North and South Carolina. 

We used to have alot of them here in NH. But now u can't find em here in upper New England. Last time at one was in 1988 in SD Ca.

Sure thing...

http://www.fragrancenet.com/f/net/wf_items.html?cat=01147&cur_letter=H&gs_gen=W


What does reformulated mean?

I wore Cachet exclusively in High School

What about the toys that came out then.......
Johnny Lighting cars..They didn't last very long.


Johnny Lightning cars are still around today

McDonald's had two commercials in the 70's that stand out in my mind, one was you could
feed a family of four with five dollars and get change.

The other was, you went to a McDonalds and sung the Big Mac Song in a certain amount of time
you got the Big Mac free.

Two All Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles, Onions, On A Sesame Seed Bun.

How about Burger King's little jingle  ;D

Hold The Pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us

How about Burger King's little jingle  ;D

Hold The Pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us




"Have it your way".  I wonder if they still do that. I haven't been to BK in so long.




Cat

Have no clue if they do or not. My fast food now a days is either pizza or subs. Have not gone for burgers since forever. :P

Ok, I had a major flashback last night, had to post it. Remember getting the Christmas Wish Book. Sears, JC Penney and Montgomery Ward. Oh man, we couldn't wait for it to come in the mail, so we could look through it, page by page, usually more than once, carefully looking over all the awesome toys we wanted for Christmas, circling almost every one of them and thinking we were actually going to get everything we circled!  ;D What a great memory  :)

I just remember back in the 70's the big three of fast foods, where McDonald's, Burger King and Jack in the box. Hey wait what ever happened to Jack in the box anyways?


They are still here on the West Coast - California, Oregon and Washington all have them.  There is an entire new add campaign with Jack himself - pretty cute.  They also have GREAT milkshakes.  :)

Ok, I had a major flashback last night, had to post it. Remember getting the Christmas Wish Book. Sears, JC Penney and Montgomery Ward. Oh man, we couldn't wait for it to come in the mail, so we could look through it, page by page, usually more than once, carefully looking over all the awesome toys we wanted for Christmas, circling almost every one of them and thinking we were actually going to get everything we circled!  ;D What a great memory  :)



I remember having a LONG Christmas list.  ;D ;D




Cat

Ok, I had a major flashback last night, had to post it. Remember getting the Christmas Wish Book. Sears, JC Penney and Montgomery Ward. Oh man, we couldn't wait for it to come in the mail, so we could look through it, page by page, usually more than once, carefully looking over all the awesome toys we wanted for Christmas, circling almost every one of them and thinking we were actually going to get everything we circled!  ;D What a great memory  :)


I remember both of my grandmothers saving the catalogs and my brothers and I would spend hours looking over them so Grandma and Grandpa could get us what we really wanted.  TODAY it is the  Toys R Us catalog which my kids spend so much time pouring over.

I remember both of my grandmothers saving the catalogs and my brothers and I would spend hours looking over them so Grandma and Grandpa could get us what we really wanted.   TODAY it is the  Toys R Us catalog which my kids spend so much time pouring over.

I remember it was in a plain brown sleeve when it showed up, probably thought they could disquise it so the kids wouldn't know what it was!  ;D  ;D  ;)

I remember it was in a plain brown sleeve when it showed up, probably thought they could disquise it so the kids wouldn't know what it was!  ;D  ;D  ;)



I thought it was... um..."other" things that came in the plain brown sleeve.  ;)  I remember when we discovered where my dad hid his Playboy magazines.  :D ;D ;D




Cat

Remember this jingle:

Once upon a time there was an engineer
Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
He had an engine and he sure had fun
He used Good & Plenty candy to make his train run.
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Charlie says "Really rings my bell!"
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Don't know any other candy that I love so well

Ok, I had a major flashback last night, had to post it. Remember getting the Christmas Wish Book. Sears, JC Penney and Montgomery Ward. Oh man, we couldn't wait for it to come in the mail, so we could look through it, page by page, usually more than once, carefully looking over all the awesome toys we wanted for Christmas, circling almost every one of them and thinking we were actually going to get everything we circled!  ;D What a great memory  :)



oh gosh,  I used to LOVE perusing those catalogs when I was a kid!! You know you can find vintage wish books on Ebay? I think it would be fun to get one and reminisce all of the toys you once played with as a child..that would be fun!!

oh gosh,  I used to LOVE perusing those catalogs when I was a kid!! You know you can find vintage wish books on Ebay? I think it would be fun to get one and reminisce all of the toys you once played with as a child..that would be fun!!


  Yeah, I was going to mention the eBay auctions.  I do alot of browsing just to see what I can find...

  I've found, with few exceptions, any wish books which include anything Star Wars is going to be hotly contested (read - sniped) before one can refresh ones browser...

 

I don't know how far removed we were here in the midwest from the norm in the 60's, but I remember picking up buckeyes scattered below the tree of same name and rubbing them on the road and getting them real hot from the friction and then handing them to an ususpecting friend like a hot potatoe, we called them "hot rocks".

oh gosh,  I used to LOVE perusing those catalogs when I was a kid!! You know you can find vintage wish books on Ebay? I think it would be fun to get one and reminisce all of the toys you once played with as a child..that would be fun!!


   Yeah, I was going to mention the eBay auctions.  I do alot of browsing just to see what I can find...

   I've found, with few exceptions, any wish books which include anything Star Wars is going to be hotly contested (read - sniped) before one can refresh ones browser...

  

I had the same idea! I really want one now! I'll let you know if I have any luck  :)

What does reformulated mean?

I wore Cachet exclusively in High School


I guess all the things that could cause cancer have been removed as well as all the animal products that aren't used anymore...

Remember this jingle:

Once upon a time there was an engineer
Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
He had an engine and he sure had fun
He used Good & Plenty candy to make his train run.
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Charlie says "Really rings my bell!"
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Don't know any other candy that I love so well



  This ad was a little before my time.  I remember the candy, though...

  Interesting tidbit: This candy, "Good & Plenty", has been around since 1893..! :o

 

Remember this jingle:

Once upon a time there was an engineer
Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
He had an engine and he sure had fun
He used Good & Plenty candy to make his train run.
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Charlie says "Really rings my bell!"
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Don't know any other candy that I love so well



I remember the Ad
It was a blk, white & pink commercial

Loved the commercial, but Good & Fruity was my favorite

Remember this jingle:

Once upon a time there was an engineer
Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
He had an engine and he sure had fun
He used Good & Plenty candy to make his train run.
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Charlie says "Really rings my bell!"
Charlie says "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Don't know any other candy that I love so well


I totally remember that song.  If you gave me just the first line I could have sung the rest.  Great memory!

I totally remember that song.  If you gave me just the first line I could have sung the rest.  Great memory!


They brought that commercial back in the late 80s.  I used to sing it to the kids on my bus route...they thought it was hysterical.

This may be a regional thing but I Remember a part of of my childhood that involved the
selling of YUM-YUM, maybe Italian Ice elsewhere but here it was YUM-YUM. I would go
to a go a house, put up ten dollars for the YUM-YUM and a fifteen dollar deposit and I was
off to sell my YUM-YUM. 10 cent single scoops and twenty five cents for a full cup. If you sold
the whole barrel you earn about fifty bucks.

Hi, everybody, I am happy to find this board!  I am a real vintage 70's nut, graduated HS in 1977.  What a fun time that was. 

I remember my friends and I sitting in the school bathroom while a friend cut "feathers" in our hair with a pair of scissors.  We thought we were so hot with our flippy wings.  That chunk of hair on each side of our heads was very important!  ::) 

Famalore shoes, Candie's slides in all colors, wavy platform soles.  Kissing potion, in the bottle with the roller top- lips so greasy you could fry potatoes on them!  :o  Midnight movies with the air thick with smoke.  Concert tickets for $6, $7, and $8.  Where you lived and bought the tickets at determined where you would sit at the concert, so when you went, all your friends were there, too.  Always, always, music playing.  It was woven into the very fabric of who we were.  The boys were always in a big conflict with the adults to grow their hair long.  Chevy Novas, Custom vans, Ford Pintos, 8-track quad sound systems, (Hey, if you were cool, you had quad! And if you were REALLY cool, later, you had it with cassette), A large supply of incense and air fresheners at all times,  ???  Being just absolutely optomistic and naive enough to think nothing bad would ever touch us, and that we would be young forever.  We honestly thought nothing would ever change in the world from the way it was that very moment.