Remember The 50's & 60's

Where, oh where, did the time go?! Now I'm crying and missing a time gone by. Thanks for bringing back memories :)

Jas

My wife watched it again and asked if my mother and father wear a suit and dress for dinner, I said No, only to go out, not at home.

Then she said, Americans had a good life, she said, "I wish we'd had a home to ourselves and a car, oh look, you had one desk per student."

Yes, our life was very different than her's and other's I'm sure, I know Expat888 and boyinadress would agree.

For myself, America was a land of wonder and opportunity. The sun always shone and food was plenty.
On this side of the pond, Britain was doing fairly well too, although the culture and mind-set was still
wrapped within the rationing and shortages from WW11.

But I recall reading the back-pages of comics that told of Charles Atlas-type bodies and Sea Monkeys
frolicking in aquariums. A small boy would assume all Americans were still enjoying the multi-equipment
lifestyes advertised in the 50's and drove long-finned cars to a kingdom called Disneyland.

Me...? Well I was the kid with the drab hand-me-down coat and the ballaclava with one of my ears
sticking out of the side! Money was scarce and so was the sun! The 60's music was still a little too grown
up for me and my world consisted of running through seasons and musing on whether I'd ever obtain that
rare artifact, a girlfriend!

Yep, life was certainly simpler then!

Those were the days, I wanna play jacks,

I was born in 1950

My heart is heavy after watching that.

Born and raised in the time of Saturday morning cartoons, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Bugs Bunny...never to replicated. I have downloaded every single episode of all those cartoons for my enjoyment and hopefully for the grand kids as a treasure to pass to them.

I watched the moon landing on our first color tv that was purchased for that very reason. It took me a long time to know that tho. I was told it was my birthday present... roflmao

Fishing alongside my dad when I was more interested in frogs and he was even more interested in the bottle of whiskey in his metal lunch box he used from the mines.

Actually waiting til dark to play kick the can or even to venture out on Halloween. Day time wasn't even an option. And yes, we walked to school without our mom. If we took a school bus, we never had all the moms standing there or waiting for us when we got back.

The comics, cars, treats, drive-ins, pinball, magical Christmas mornings when you were happy with what you got instead of angry with what you didn't ...

Not all good, but most memorable nonetheless.

Jude

that's cool, my fathers side was from Austria, we always went to summer ethnic festivals, mom wouldn't eat, lol

I was born in 58. I remember all of the stuff in the video. Mr. Potatoe head, dial up phones, roller skates with the key etc. LOL Back then kids played outside and made friends easily and had fun using their imaginations and were more respectful. Today everything is about electronic devices and how much 'stuff' they get.