Growing Up In The 50's

Remember the Hula Hoops?

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I lived on my roller skates that looked a lot like these. I flew like the wind and acquired many skinned knees and elbows. No mandatory knee pads or helmets and I survived.
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I loved the Hula Hoops,took me awhile to get into the groove,also throwing the Frisbee straight,usually it would veer to left or right.
I remember watching'Howdy Doody' with Buffalo Bob Smith,who was from my hometown,Buffalo,NY Sue
 
Pill-Box 'Dens'

All around the UK coast, many of these WW2 Coastal Defences Pill-Boxes remained throughout the 1950s and became play areas for hordes of kids and courting couples.
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dkay said:
I lived on my roller skates that looked a lot like these. I flew like the wind and acquired many skinned knees and elbows. No mandatory knee pads or helmets and I survived.
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Mine looked exactly the same dkay.....my prized possession back then....got em' one Xmas....brings back memories like it was yesterday....I took them everywhere with me to skate the sidewalks at the relative's houses too :) Thanks for the pic xo
 
I was born in 1950....so many happy memories of growing up and playing with friends outside and on the moors in Devon. I wish it could be like that for kids now! I remember playing with hula hoops, tops, knuckles, pogo sticks, and so many simple things!
 
lindyb said:
I was born in 1950....so many happy memories of growing up and playing with friends outside and on the moors in Devon. I wish it could be like that for kids now! I remember playing with hula hoops, tops, knuckles, pogo sticks, and so many simple things!
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I was born in western Texas in 1952. When I was a young child, I made mud pies with my little toy pots and pans [the hot desert sun dried up the mud quickly.] I remember my mom giving me wonderful birthday parties in the back yard with homemade cake and ice cream and lots of my friends and neighborhood children. I loved my yellow hula hoop. I loved hunting for horned toads in the nearby vacant field [Texas horned toads are actually lizards that look like little dinosaurs and are now a protected species.] I also made homemade ant farms with red ants. [Red ants were the horned toads' favorite food.]


Texas horned toads are harmless and soooo cute !!


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See more photos/info at links

http://www.wildhorizons.com/photos/index.php?module=media&pId=102&id=5722

http://naturephotographyblog.square...reat-horny-toads-the-texas-horned-lizard.html

http://jonathanneff.com/what-happened-to-the-horny-toads/

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RadishRose said:
I don't either. Apparantly the artist is taking advantage of artistic license; or came from Hollywood.
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That blue area to the right on the wall , I remember that being tin , on ceilings . In the beginning those tin pieces were all hand hammered. Then later on , of course they were 'manufactured' Now?..hardly ever seen.
 
"Playing For Change" appeared on the video selection at the end of this film subject. I urge everyone to google it as it is very touching to the human spirit.
 
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