Memories which qualify me to be a Golden Eagle.

[fieldlily]

MotherofPromise,

Wonderful memories from you too! Sounds like you grew up out in cotton country...

Did you catch fire flies(we called them lightning bugs) and put them in jars after darK?

I was once chased across one of those fields by a wild pig...help!

And those old winger washers and clothes lines. No driers, right?

Mother made a beautiful quilt with those flour sack squares. I still have it.

And we starched almost everything and sent my dad's white shirts to a laundry.(not coin op) He managed a restaurant and wore a clean white shirt every day. Never another color.

And we ironed everything including our p.j's.



I forgot to mention this in my other posts but I also remember being on a party line on the telephone. We thought it a big thing when we switched to telephones in which you dialed the numbers. Before that you just picked up the phone and the operator (real one, not a machine) said, "Number, please." and you told her the number. If someone on your party line was talking you just waited until the line was free. The phone rang different ring signals for different parties.

Blessings from,

Birdfriend...

 

[Pilgrim1951]

Wood stoves.

Had 2 of these after I was married!

Homemade ice cream.

Nothing nowadays tastes quite as good, and all the men would take turns cranking for what seemed like hours.

A pickup truck that never wanted to start. We parked it on the hill so we could easily give it a push to get started.

Had one of these after I was married, too!

 

[MotherOfPromise]

We put the lightening bugs in a jar also. I can't believe now that we did this. We would mash the bugs and smear them across our clothes. We thought it was so neat because it would make our clothes glow in those spots. I guess you could say it was the first glow in the dark toys.

Please don't bop me, Migs.

 

[Pilgrim1951]

Well, I'm guilty of bug slaughter too, Prom. Only we used to pull their little shining bottoms off and stick them on our fingers to look like a jewel in a ring. Oh the horror!

 

[fieldlily]

We put the lightening bugs in a jar also. I can't believe now that we did this. We would mash the bugs and smear them across our clothes. We thought it was so neat because it would make our clothes glow in those spots. I guess you could say it was the first glow in the dark toys.

Please don't bop me, Migs.

Is that bugicide? Oooops, just kidding. B.F.

 

[fieldlily]

Well, I'm guilty of bug slaughter too, Prom. Only we used to pull their little shining bottoms off and stick them on our fingers to look like a jewel in a ring. Oh the horror!

As I responded to MofPromise....Is that bugicide? Only kidding? B.F.

 

[MotherOfPromise]

I guess it must be bugaside.

 

[miggles]

If I caught a lightning bug today, I'd probably feed it to Ocky. Hm. I wonder how Ocky would feel about eating a glow. But in my childhood, there was no way in . . . that place . . . that I would do what y'all did. Not even put them in a jar. I loved to frolic through them. I would never harm them. And I certainly would never give one to a spider.

 

[Snow Angel]

Hi Guys, been here two months and just found this forum. Being a birdwatcher I was just going to post something about eagles on the pet and animal forum when I noticed this one called Golden Eagles. I qualify because...

I am 68 years young and I remember...

When the veterans came home after W.W.II.
I remember Viet Nam:
band concerts in the parks.
I remember riot's in the parks.
drag races
I remember stock car races:
When your mom asked you why you wanted to see a movie and you said, "Because it is in technicolor: I remember 3-D- Movies
When there was no TV and we listened to the radio!!
I remember round T.V.Screen
Chocolate ripple ice cream
I remember swirle cones from Dairy Queen;
1 cent packages of kool aid you dumped on your palm and licked.
I remember Hot Tamale candy:
Sock dances.. I remember sock Hop dances at the skating Rink;

canon balling at the swimming pool.I remember The Tall Diving Board;

Twirp season... I remember gigging for Frog :

peddle pushers I remember Peddle pushers and penny Loafers:

decorating for the junior prom--Didn't go to a prome

sliding down hills on cardboard boxes- I remember Hopscotch

stick ball in the street: I remember Hulahoops and Stilts

watering the lawn without a sprinkling system and mowing with a hand mower. I remember This one,Did it quite often.

I Love Lucy : I remember Howdy doody :

The Day the Earth Stood Still . I remember Wolf Man:
Johnny Mack Brown: Did You know he was a quarterback for U.of Alabama:
before he was a cowboy star:
The first Superman and the first Batman in the movie serials.
I remember them on television :
Dale Evans when she was still Dale Evans and not married to Roy.
I remember Nellie Belle :
Horse movies that made you cry. Blue Velvet. elizabeth Tayor:

Dog movies that made you cry. Old Yeller:

tweed wool skirts long, tight, and down to the ankles.Remember Bobby Socks

pee jackets: I remember suede Jackets

reading Nancy Drew and the Bobsey Twins. Remember Nancy Drew On T.V.

when hot pink was called fuschia and neon green was called chartreuse.OK:

Freddy, the Detective and Dumbo the Flying Elephant.Remember Dumbo:

Snipe hunting I remember horned toads :

trick or treat which included the tricks. Remember,Fun,Fun:

Margaret O'Brien I remember Giget :

sitting in the sun without sun screen lotion. O'yes" Burn,Burn,Burn:

When kitties all went outside and there were no litter boxes in the house.
OR"went in the floor,and We had to clean it Up:
making snow angels every time it snowed. No snow in Texas:

reading under the covers with a flash light...Remember rapping a wet sheet
around us and laying in the yard trying to get cool,so we could sleep:

when everyone said 'cool' the first time around... Still Say Cool:

Cars only had stick shifts. The first car I drove was Stick on the Steering Column:

Forgetting to say your prayers at night because you thought you would live forever...or fell asleep reading a book under the covers. Yes I did Think
I would live for ever,and Some day I will:

Going to Sunday school when you were the student and not the teacher..
Loved going to sunday school.Summer Camp.The Girls Club:
When a prayer ministry meant praying for the neighbor's lost cat. (still do that) I remember praying for Rain:

When 30 miles from home was a long distance trip.Only If Your Walking:

And hardly anyone ever flew in an airplane. Geting that way again:
Boy birdfriend, you sure remember a lot of things, Good Post:

Let's not for get poodle skirts,and duck tails,55,56,57, Chevys,and Orange
Crush Soda:

 

[MotherOfPromise]

Hm. I wonder how Ocky would feel about eating a glow . QUOTE]

Do you think it would make her tummy light up? Just curious.

 

[fieldlily]

Hi Guys, been here two months and just found this forum. Being a birdwatcher I was just going to post something about eagles on the pet and animal forum when I noticed this one called Golden Eagles. I qualify because...

I am 68 years young and I remember...

When the veterans came home after W.W.II.
I remember Viet Nam:
band concerts in the parks.
I remember riot's in the parks.
drag races
I remember stock car races:
When your mom asked you why you wanted to see a movie and you said, "Because it is in technicolor: I remember 3-D- Movies
When there was no TV and we listened to the radio!!
I remember round T.V.Screen
Chocolate ripple ice cream
I remember swirle cones from Dairy Queen;
1 cent packages of kool aid you dumped on your palm and licked.
I remember Hot Tamale candy:
Sock dances.. I remember sock Hop dances at the skating Rink;

canon balling at the swimming pool.I remember The Tall Diving Board;

Twirp season... I remember gigging for Frog :

peddle pushers I remember Peddle pushers and penny Loafers:

decorating for the junior prom--Didn't go to a prome

sliding down hills on cardboard boxes- I remember Hopscotch

stick ball in the street: I remember Hulahoops and Stilts

watering the lawn without a sprinkling system and mowing with a hand mower. I remember This one,Did it quite often.

I Love Lucy : I remember Howdy doody :

The Day the Earth Stood Still . I remember Wolf Man:
Johnny Mack Brown: Did You know he was a quarterback for U.of Alabama:
before he was a cowboy star:
The first Superman and the first Batman in the movie serials.
I remember them on television :
Dale Evans when she was still Dale Evans and not married to Roy.
I remember Nellie Belle :
Horse movies that made you cry. Blue Velvet. elizabeth Tayor:

Dog movies that made you cry. Old Yeller:

tweed wool skirts long, tight, and down to the ankles.Remember Bobby Socks

pee jackets: I remember suede Jackets

reading Nancy Drew and the Bobsey Twins. Remember Nancy Drew On T.V.

when hot pink was called fuschia and neon green was called chartreuse.OK:

Freddy, the Detective and Dumbo the Flying Elephant.Remember Dumbo:

Snipe hunting I remember horned toads :

trick or treat which included the tricks. Remember,Fun,Fun:

Margaret O'Brien I remember Giget :

sitting in the sun without sun screen lotion. O'yes" Burn,Burn,Burn:

When kitties all went outside and there were no litter boxes in the house.
OR"went in the floor,and We had to clean it Up:
making snow angels every time it snowed. No snow in Texas:

reading under the covers with a flash light...Remember rapping a wet sheet
around us and laying in the yard trying to get cool,so we could sleep:

when everyone said 'cool' the first time around... Still Say Cool:

Cars only had stick shifts. The first car I drove was Stick on the Steering Column:

Forgetting to say your prayers at night because you thought you would live forever...or fell asleep reading a book under the covers. Yes I did Think
I would live for ever,and Some day I will:

Going to Sunday school when you were the student and not the teacher..
Loved going to sunday school.Summer Camp.The Girls Club:
When a prayer ministry meant praying for the neighbor's lost cat. (still do that) I remember praying for Rain:

When 30 miles from home was a long distance trip.Only If Your Walking:

And hardly anyone ever flew in an airplane. Geting that way again:
Boy birdfriend, you sure remember a lot of things, Good Post:

Let's not for get poodle skirts,and duck tails,55,56,57, Chevys,and Orange
Crush Soda:

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Hi S.A. I also remember most of what you posted since I was also alive then. Just want to correct that when I fell asleep without saying my prayers and thought I would live forever should have said, "that I would never die" but better to say "death wasn't something I ever thought about back then." Now I know I will not ever die either as Jesus is my Savior, Lord, and Redeemer and I shall spend eternity with Him. Also, that movie wasn't Blue Velvet with Elizabeth Taylor...Her movie was National Velvet. Just showed it to my granddaughter last year who was bored? with it. Not enough special effects maybe but we sure did love it, didn't we? Blue Velvet was sort of a kooky mystery-drama with Dennis Hopper which came out about twenty or so years ago. I remember that Ingrid Bergman's daughter, Isabella Rosselli, was also in it.

I love horse movies and did like ...."The Horse Whisperer." with Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansen. And I remember My Friend Flicka and Thunderhead, Son of Flicka....

Besides pony tails girls(not only boys) in high school in the fifties had duck tails. I loved mine because I had hair that curled tight and this way I never had to do anything but comb it and keep it cut. Wow, that is too long ago...to mention...thanks for your wonderful responses. So well thought out! This has been a great thread with so many replies...Thanks to all and I am sure there are more memories out there....??? Bless you all.

birdfriend...

 

[MotherOfPromise]

I remember black and white saddle oxfords that took forever to break in. You could always count on heel blisters for a few weeks.
I remember going barefoot in the summer and could walk on a gravel road without shoes.
I remember when flip flops came out the first time.
I remember sling shots and rubber band guns.
Flying Ginny. Does anyone remember the Flying Ginny. It was like a see saw on a stump but with a bolt in the middle. Instead of going up and down, a kid was on each end and someone would push and spin it around. We could get them turning so fast it was hard to hold on.
Annie Over was played with a small rubber ball about the size of a tennis ball. A team would get on each side of a building that had a clear way to run around. Someone would throw the ball over the building. If someone on the other team caught it before it hit the ground or on thr first bounce, the whole team would run around the building, throw the ball and try to hit oponnents to claim for their team. The other team would take off to the other side trying to escape. The game ended when everyone ended up on the same team.
I really do remember kicking cans.

 

[fieldlily]

Polishing my finger nails and using nothing but red.

girdles with fasteners for nylons.

worrying about getting chilled or out in a crowd where we might catch polio.

When the only Italian dish most of us ate was spaghetti (not pizza).

Wearing long dresses to church and teasing my hair.

babysitting for 25 cents an hour and picking beans all day for $1.25.

When dime stores really were dime stores.

When my bishop was one of the twenty year old seminarians who taught us summer bible school.

When mother and dad drove me to college in a big green Buick with holes on the side and coming home at Thanksgiving by Greyhound Bus.

Washing cloth diapers...before Pampers...

Those little plastic baby chairs which doubled for car seats before there were car seats.

When no one wore a seat belt because there were none.:o

Getting in to the movies, buying a coke and popcorn altogether for less than 25 cents.

Not locking our doors.

Buying a turquoise refrigerator.

Sitting out on the porch just to look at the stars....(still do that)

When the Berlin wall went up.

When the Berlin wall came down

Watergate...

Viet Nam

Elvis

Where I was when Kennedy was shot. (watching a rerun on t.v. of Father Knows Best while spoon feeding my two month old baby girl. ) Walter Cronkite saying. "We interrupt this program to make the announcement that the president of the United States has just been shot."

The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.

The first episode of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and my kids watching it.

When scary movies were all in black and white...like The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

When "It's a Wondeful Life." was not shown every Christmas.

And finally....when the last dance was always to... "Goodnight Sweetheart."

 

[keeptrying]

I remember staying at my grandparents house and I was too young to tell the difference in the ring tones or sequence of rings and I would pick up the phone everytime it rang. Poor Grandma! But she loved me.

 

[frogalone]

Yep, I remember party lines.
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Howdy Dowdy, Bonanza, Rawhide, Perry Mason, Micky Mouse Club, Real McCoys
Black and White Tvs, Record Players,
Saddle shoes.
When it was ok to learn Bible in public school.
When boys wore slacks to school and we wore skirts or dresses.
When pantyhose first came out.
young girls teased hair
3-V Cola
hula-hoops

 

[Pilgrim1951]

During the Cuban Missle Crisis, I remember going to bed at night and holding my pillow over my head while my parents watched the news. I was certain the news commentator was going to say "WAR!" For years during the cold war, I was certain the Russians were going to drop "the bomb" on me. We watched films about fallout shelters and how to deal with radioactivity.

When JFK was assassinated, I was in my Common Learnings class in Junior High School and the teacher went out of the room for a few minutes. When she came back, she looked very serious, and told us that he had been shot, and was dead. It didn't seem real.

We were not allowed to play in rain puddles, or standing water of any kind, because we might get polio.

On the lighter side, we could run up and down the street at night and play outside in the neighborhood until our parents called us in, and it was always too soon.

 

[frogalone]

Teaberry chewing gum...yum

 

[frogalone]

Teaberry chewing gum...

 

[Latreia]

Do I qualify?



Making mud pies with leaves and berries for toppings.
Playing in the rain in the summertime.
Big red candy lips, that made you look like a clown.
Starched net petticoats that made your skirt stand out like a mushroom.
Corduroy everything, before polyester.
Sky King, Frank Buck, and The Shadow knows.
Hugging pine trees.
Talking to thunder and ligntning.
Pretending the wind came to you if you wanted it to.
Brenda Starr and Nancy Drew
Real comic books, if I still had them, I would have a small fortune.
Real Home made _______, you fill it in.
School cafeterias where food fights were unknown.
Cracker Jacks and prizes in the boxes were not collectors items, just toys.
My life sized Shirley Temple doll, who knew she was prettier than me.
Mickey Mouse Club and Howdy Doody and the real Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
Picking just ONE rose or just ONE fig or just ONE flower from the neighbors yards was OK
That orchid and white girl's bike one Xmas morning.
Singing "Beautiful Dreamer" at a piano recital at age 11, and I still don't know why, cause I only took piano.
Eating a Milkbone to see why dogs liked them so much.
Thinking that "Later, Alligator" was the funniest thing anyone could possibly say...



Agape

 

[Wildwood]

I remember in the early 60s that we never locked our doors. The milk man would let himself in the back door and put the milk in the refrigerator (only we called it the "ice box").