Do You Remember When?

[McWilliams]

They were terrific!!!

You are so right Larry! Its been a long time since I enjoyed such!

 

[Hackett]

Do you remember when you could go to Walgreens and sit at the soda counter having ice cream ro some other wonderful treat while your folks waited for prescriptions to be made?

 

[McWilliams]

Oh yes, what a loss when they took all the soda fountains out of drug stores! Sad day!!

 

[Hackett]

Walgreens, Woolworths and Kresses were really great stores to shop in. Candy by the pound. It looked so appetizing in the case rather than the server yourself bins they have now.

 

[fieldlily]

My big sister, then a teenager, took me to see Lassie, Come Home, in the theaters when I was a little girl. She also bought me an all day sucker (huge) to lick during the movie. The movie got quite sad in some parts and I started to cry. Somehow I got the sucker stuck in my mouth. My sis had quite a time trying to help get it out and I cried all the louder. Finally she tapped me on the back and the sucker fell out. Some body behind us said..."Don't hit that little girl!"

 

[keeptrying]

My big sister, then a teenager, took me to see Lassie, Come Home, in the theaters when I was a little girl. She also bought me an all day sucker (huge) to lick during the movie. The movie got quite sad in some parts and I started to cry. Somehow I got the sucker stuck in my mouth. My sis had quite a time trying to help get it out and I cried all the louder. Finally she tapped me on the back and the sucker fell out. Some body behind us said..."Don't hit that little girl!"

I like family memories like that.

 

[Hackett]

Me too. Like seeing your big sister's first kiss.... .yuk

 

[angelwind]

My big sister, then a teenager, took me to see Lassie, Come Home, in the theaters when I was a little girl. She also bought me an all day sucker (huge) to lick during the movie. The movie got quite sad in some parts and I started to cry. Somehow I got the sucker stuck in my mouth. My sis had quite a time trying to help get it out and I cried all the louder. Finally she tapped me on the back and the sucker fell out. Some body behind us said..."Don't hit that little girl!"

This is really funny birdfriend...at least looking at it from this end of life.

 

[Larry_Fout]

My big sister, then a teenager, took me to see Lassie, Come Home, in the theaters when I was a little girl. She also bought me an all day sucker (huge) to lick during the movie. The movie got quite sad in some parts and I started to cry. Somehow I got the sucker stuck in my mouth. My sis had quite a time trying to help get it out and I cried all the louder. Finally she tapped me on the back and the sucker fell out. Some body behind us said..."Don't hit that little girl!"

That is a side buster

 

[fieldlily]

Me too. Like seeing your big sister's first kiss.... .yuk

Didn't get to see my sister's first kiss, but my brother was kissing his girlfriend good night once and I barged in on them. I was about three or so. He says I said, "You can't do that!" He is still telling that story and all of the others especially to my kids and grandkids.

And my sister loved telling the story about me getting the sucker caught in my mouth until she went home to be with the Lord in 1999.

I am guessing there are other family memories here for us all to share.

 

[fieldlily]

This is really funny birdfriend...at least looking at it from this end of life.

Yes, it was funny and she loved to tell that story to her friends for years and years. among several other stories which I will save for a rainy day.

 

[Larry_Fout]

Back in the days of brick streets Cushman motorbikes, and autos which you could nearly walk under, my dear cousin purchased a small motorcycle. A bunch of my family were admiring it at my cousin's home. None of us had ridden one much before. So I hopped on to take a quick ride. I don't know if they forgot to tell me or told me and I forgot but it was an English motorcycle meaning the throttle was backward from an American model. When turning a corner on an American bike you tend to turn the throttle backward lowering the speed. However this particular bike turning the throttle back toward you would increase acceleration.

As I cruised away on the slightly damp brick streets and came to turn at the nearest corner the throttle opened and I skidded under a parked car, trapped. I waited and for the group of family members to come rushing to my aid. No one moved!! I wiggled around to try to look over my shoulder at the crowd and asked"aren't any of you going to help me. The answer from my dear concerned cousin.."OH yeah,... of course, ...we just wanted to see if you were alive first".

Dear cousins what would we do without them.

 

[Hackett]

Back in the days of brick streets Cushman motorbikes, and autos which you could nearly walk under, my dear cousin purchased a small motorcycle. A bunch of my family were admiring it at my cousin's home. None of us had ridden one much before. So I hopped on to take a quick ride. I don't know if they forgot to tell me or told me and I forgot but it was an English motorcycle meaning the throttle was backward from an American model. When turning a corner on an American bike you tend to turn the throttle backward lowering the speed. However this particular bike turning the throttle back toward you would increase acceleration.

As I cruised away on the slightly damp brick streets and came to turn at the nearest corner the throttle opened and I skidded under a parked car, trapped. I waited and for the group of family members to come rushing to my aid. No one moved!! I wiggled around to try to look over my shoulder at the crowd and asked"aren't any of you going to help me. The answer from my dear concerned cousin.."OH yeah,... of course, ...we just wanted to see if you were alive first".

Dear cousins what would we do without them.

WOW. That must have been a wild ride!

 

[keeptrying]

Back in the days of brick streets Cushman motorbikes, and autos which you could nearly walk under, my dear cousin purchased a small motorcycle. A bunch of my family were admiring it at my cousin's home. None of us had ridden one much before. So I hopped on to take a quick ride. I don't know if they forgot to tell me or told me and I forgot but it was an English motorcycle meaning the throttle was backward from an American model. When turning a corner on an American bike you tend to turn the throttle backward lowering the speed. However this particular bike turning the throttle back toward you would increase acceleration.

As I cruised away on the slightly damp brick streets and came to turn at the nearest corner the throttle opened and I skidded under a parked car, trapped. I waited and for the group of family members to come rushing to my aid. No one moved!! I wiggled around to try to look over my shoulder at the crowd and asked"aren't any of you going to help me. The answer from my dear concerned cousin.."OH yeah,... of course, ...we just wanted to see if you were alive first".

Dear cousins what would we do without them.

Yes indeed, what are family for.

 

[pilgrimgal]

OH yeah,... of course, ...we just wanted to see if you were alive first".

Dear cousins what would we do without them.

And uncles and aunts and other relatives; but I imagine they were just so stunned they were speechless (momentarily, anyway).

Thank God you were okay and are here to tell us this story.

 

[McWilliams]

Hey, those little motor bikes were dangerous! My husband bought one and took it with us on vacation. My daughter took it for a ride, never having ridden such before. She zoomed down a steep hill and ended up of course in ER! Many sutures later she resumed her vacation as an observer using crutches for a while! Those bikes are not for novices!

 

[fieldlily]

Do any of you remember when everything happened at train stations? We would meet the train when relatives came to visit and see them off. I remember as a child visiting the big train station in Chicago...and the ceilings were so high. It looked to me then like the biggest place in the world.

Just for the fun of it let's do a little "Do you remember certain places?" if you wish.

I'll list a few memorable places which may give you pause to reflect and remember...or maybe you can think of others.

Mount Rushmore
Niagra Falls
Grand Canyon
Jantzen Beach
Disneyland (CA.)
Melody Land (CA)
Washington Memorial
Smithsonian
Duncan Gardens, B.C.
Your first farm visit.
The roller skating rink.
dime stores
your first ball park
the store where you rode an escalator for the first time.
Macys
a factory (of any kind).
a wax museum

etc.

birdie

 

[keeptrying]

Gee I have visited many of those places (sign of old age) but the one that struck me the most today is the skating rink.
My mother would drop my sisters and I off at the town skating rink and we would spend the day there with each other and friends. That was back in the day you could leave your young children in a public place. Nice memory for me.

 

[pilgrimgal]

I've been to Niagra Falls (not on a honeymoon) and walked along the path overlooking the falls on the American side. It was awesome. I think it will live in my memories a long time. It was fall and the sun was shining brightly that day.

 

[Larry_Fout]

First escalator in our city was in Montgomery wards. I think people went there just to ride them.

Washington DC many times in relation to my job. It's too busy to enjoy but has a distinct beauty. Bored Texans go there to try to get a job in a big white house.

Niagara falls a couple of times (not honey moons). Very impressive. Lots of people with cameras.