Things that are nearly gone forever... Days Gone by Items...

[KimIn Wis]

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Hey, I have an old radio that looks just like the one you posted here! Last time I checked, it still worked!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Here is a similar clock we had in my childhood home. It sat on top of the fridge and mom had it on each and every morning.

Notice the flip numbers! No digital or LCD technology here! LOL!

 

[KimIn Wis]

Here is a similar clock we had in my childhood home. It sat on top of the fridge and mom had it on each and every morning.

Notice the flip numbers! No digital or LCD technology here! LOL!

I wonder if kids now days can read an analog clock ??

 

[Aunt Marg]

I wonder if kids now days can read an analog clock ??

I came across a video on YouTube, where an old analog clock and rotary telephone were presented to a group of younger folk, and they had not a clue! LOL!

Here is the rotary telephone video!

 

[Pinky]

I came across a video on YouTube, where an old analog clock and rotary telephone were presented to a group of younger folk, and they had not a clue! LOL!

Here is the rotary telephone video!

I'm speechless

 

[Aunt Marg]

I'm speechless

I was speechless, too, Pinky!

There are more like it, just snoop around to find them.

 

[applecruncher]

Remember those wind up alarm clocks? We used those when I was a kid. How anyone slept with all that ticking noise is beyond me!

 

[Aunt Bea]

Remember those wind up alarm clocks? We used those when I was a kid. How anyone slept with all that ticking noise is beyond me!

The ones with the radium face that glowed in the dark.

https://timeline.com/radium-girls-kate-moore-2bc5746f9a6b

 

[Pink Biz]

Here is the rotary telephone video!

 

[gamboolman]

"A Little Dab Will Do Ya"
Hair could withstand hurricane force winds with this stuff....

 

[Camper6]

Us kids never had bronzed baby shoes, but a lot of my cousins did, as did many kids I used to babysit. So true, at the time it was a novel idea, and everyone was doing it, but decades later, they become nothing more than dust-collectors.

I remember Pick Up Stix! We used to also play with dominoes, not in the true sense, but rather, we used to set them up in a standing row and push one into the rest to watch the domino effect. Everything I remember from back in the day was hands-on, unlike today, and nearly all required no batteries.

I agree about the crotched doilies, such a shame that all the work that goes into the making of such is no longer appreciated as it was back in the day.

Pick up sticks was good training. I use it every day after washing the dishes and putting them on the rack to dry. Then I have to pick up the forks, spoons and knives and put them in the drawer without dropping them and having to wash them again.

 

[Camper6]

Hey, I have an old radio that looks just like the one you posted here! Last time I checked, it still worked!

If that old radio still works it is worth a few dollars. There are people that restore old radios and the parts are tough to come by especially tubes.
I watch restorations on the internet. Try Mr Carlsons lab. He goes through the entire process of restoring old radios and equipment. And his voice is so soothing, I watch it just to relax. Most of those vintage radios had AM and short wave, but no FM.
They did have good sound however because they had huge speakers.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Remember those wind up alarm clocks? We used those when I was a kid. How anyone slept with all that ticking noise is beyond me!

Believe it or not, I love the sound of a ticking clock, I find it both soothing and relaxing.

 

[Lashann]

I didn't care much for sound from those old wind up alarm clocks either but I did love the old "mantle" clock, with chimes, in my parents home.

Similar to this one:

 

[Aunt Marg]

I didn't care much for sound from those old wind up alarm clocks either but I did love the old "mantle" clock, with chimes, in my parents home.

Similar to this one:

I can't get enough of this.

That is one of the most beautiful sounding mantle clocks I have ever heard.

 

[mike4lorie]

Still use it to this day...



What my kids learned on to tell the time...

 

[mike4lorie]

 

[mike4lorie]

 

[OneEyedDiva]

There's hardly a need for these anymore.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Adding to this wonderful thread... telephone/power pole glass insulators.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Who could forget these old-timey numbers! LOL!

 

[Aunt Marg]

I remember when EVERYONE had one of these!

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Aunt Marg]

The scrapes, the bruises, the skinned knees!

 

[Aunt Marg]

And then there were those wonderful 8-track cassettes... NOT!