I Grew Up Back When - Post Your Memories...

SmoothSeas said:
”And I see this WE ARE A GENERATION THAT WILL NEVER COME BACK. A generation that went to school and walked back. A generation that did their homework alone to get out asap to play in the street. A generation that spent all their free time on the street. A generation that played hide and seek when dark. A generation that made mud cakes. A generation that collected sports cards. A generation that found, washed and sold empty coke bottles to the local grocery store for 5 cents each. A generation that made paper toys with their bare hands. A generation who bought vinyl albums to play on record players. A generation that collected photos and albums of clippings. A generation that played board games and cards on rainy days. A generation whose TV went off at midnight after playing the National Anthem. A generation that had parents who were there. A generation that laughed under the covers in bed so parents didn't know we were still awake. A generation that is passing and unfortunately will never return!!...”
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Awe, I remember almost all of these. ♥
 
GAlady said:
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Oh I hated those suits! The ones we had were dark red, the elastic on the legs was too heavy-weight, too thick, and too tight, so after gym class we'd spend the rest of the day with very itchy, uncomfortable, big ridges in our legs.
I was glad when some of the girls complained and they started letting us wear shorts and t-shirts for gym instead of those awful suits!
 

Rah-Rah said:
I was a younger kid in the 70's and I remember playing hopscotch, kickball, and dodgeball with my friends and in the 80's when I was a teen and in high school it was a great time. I remember spending a lot of time at the Mall with my girlfriends, movies, school dances, and sporting events. It was a lot of fun. I guess in my teens the only thing we sort of worried about and it really wasn't that much was the Russians.
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We are in the same age bracket and I remember the hours wondering around the mall!
 
There was no television but the wireless (radio) was on all the time....Housewife's Choice and Music While you Work, kept my mother singing along while she did the housework.
 
SmoothSeas said:
”And I see this WE ARE A GENERATION THAT WILL NEVER COME BACK. A generation that went to school and walked back. A generation that did their homework alone to get out asap to play in the street. A generation that spent all their free time on the street. A generation that played hide and seek when dark. A generation that made mud cakes. A generation that collected sports cards. A generation that found, washed and sold empty coke bottles to the local grocery store for 5 cents each. A generation that made paper toys with their bare hands. A generation who bought vinyl albums to play on record players. A generation that collected photos and albums of clippings. A generation that played board games and cards on rainy days. A generation whose TV went off at midnight after playing the National Anthem. A generation that had parents who were there. A generation that laughed under the covers in bed so parents didn't know we were still awake. A generation that is passing and unfortunately will never return!!...”
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Pretty much the same, the 60-70s were difficult with loads of unexpected deaths and "Bereavement Counselling" although available, never came nor offered. It made me harsh! The first one in 66 the last, my own beloved Papa, in 74.

I grew up in a tough area, which gave me loads of street-smarts so that was a plus, but school, although extremely great studies, brought home extra abuse which I was already suffering at home. I've seen great technology developing over these decades.

The first typewriter I played with, gave me a lifetime of great typing expertise, was an IBM Selectric with the cute balls for interchangeable fonts. It lead me to being a Word Processing Operator in the 80s.

Cycling everywhere, build up the body, my thighs are still reflecting the grueling climb of every hills in town on my Mustang bike with banana seat. Playing in boxes from the store behind our house was an experience where I could hide from the world and read away the coveted library books.

Shopping at Woolworths, mother worked there to help out the payments of my one (horrible) sibling who got married in 68 and waited until mother had died to file for divorce in 2011. Ah but the Woolworths banana cream cakes and the sundaes, yum!

Finally, the worst of it all... The expropriation of so many houses which ended up displacing too many families and turned downtown into a ghost town and a concrete jungle. The memories of dynamite blasting at all hours (picture Mary Poppins scene where they're holding everything in place...) but the wonderful artistic paintings on the perimeter of the construction sites. Remembering seeing the last hanging platform behind the justice courts in 65.

Those were the days that either made you or broke you... I remain to this day, sitting on the fence between the two, not totally happy of remembering but not too upset either, still a bit broken today!
 
...going to the library and going through the little drawers of index cards to find a book.
Trolls, easy bake oven, creepycrawlers, pogo sticks.
Playing endlessly without a screen.
Teachers in dresses and school nurses in full uniform including the cap.
Gym suits.
Then...Driving all around on .50 cents worth of gas, shag haircuts, sun in, smoking on airplanes.
 
Sassycakes said:
I was just thinking back about the past. Going on vacation for 2 weeks every summer with all my cousins and their parents. Always having cousins to play with. Those were the days.
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I grew up on a farm, so we had to be there to take care of the animals. My grandparents offered to send me to church camp, but that didn’t interest me. My friend would invite me to go to this big theme park up on Lake Erie called Cedar Point. It was close to Toledo. We would stay there a few days and have a lot of fun. They had a really great roller coaster. His parents were very nice. My grandparents would give me plenty of money to pay my way, but they wanted to pay for everything, so I gave Gramps the money back and he would tell me to hang onto it for a rainy day.
 
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