Things you won't find anymore...

Here’s a brief clip of Froggy the Gremlin from the notorious 1950’s American kiddie show, Andy’s Gang. Now Froggy was obviously made of rubber and was a primitive, low-budget special effect, but he was pretty surreal in the 1950’s. Froggy was magical, and he would perplex and torment the host, preparing us for the psychedelic 60’s… 🙀

 

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Home shopping catalogues. They were huge here in the 60's 70's and 80's... and some even made it into the 2000's but no more..
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I used to love looking through them on a winters night.. imagining what I might be able to buy..... I have 6 in the loft of first editions from the 70's and 80's .. they're bound to be collectors editions one day...
 
Sadly...
  • Public signage along most urban roads and highways that discourage littering.
  • Public trashcans that are not overflowing and actually adequately serviced.
  • Water spigots that actually work in our city parks.
  • Drinking water fountains in city parks that have not been turned off.
  • Open to public, restrooms that are regularly cleaned.
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Just wondering if it's because of old lead or crumbling pipes.
Could be in a few cases but far more often is because of a few irresponsible inconsiderate people living in vehicles or RV's them that may leave the spigots running when they are done wasting water. And of course it can draw homeless that they then set up tents near. Once cities began shutting off their park spigots and drinking fountains and closing park restrooms, many other cities did the same. It is especially difficult for women traveling because many businesses have closed their restrooms to the public. There are obvious solutions but cities have chosen shut offs and closing mainly with selfish economic excuses.
 
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S&H Green Stamps was a line of trading stamps popular in the United States from 1896 until the late 1980s. They were distributed as part of a rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company (S&H), founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson.

Here in the UK, Richard Tompkins purchased the name Green Shield from a luggage manufacturer and founded Green Shield Trading Stamp Co in 1958, along similar lines to S&H Green Stamps. They were popular during the 1960's and 1970's.
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In the early 1970's inflation saw the demise of the trading stamp. Richard Tompkins who had previously established Green Shield Stamps in the United Kingdom came up with the idea that people could purchase goods from his "Green Shield Gift House" with cash rather than savings stamps.
 

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