I'm sure you all remember this stuff and more

Remember the fairground rides back in the day ....? I still love the fair to this day not as much as back then , now rides are very much shorter and way more expensive.....but the fairground back when we were kids was full of atmosphere and the smells of Toffee apples, and candy floss...yummmmy!!

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Great pics Holly! There's something awesome about being a kid and going to the fair that you lose as you grow older. Maybe it's just the innocence of being a child? I have very fond memories of the carnival that used to roll into town for a few weeks every summer. It was much bigger than the smaller "pop up carnivals" you see these days. I thought it was so cool that it had a double Ferris Wheel. I also remember the "Freak Tent" with the Bearded Lady, Snake Man and Lobster Boy.

There's a tragic story about Lobster Boy aka Grady Stiles Jr, involving alcoholism and murder. Stiles murdered his daughter's fiance on the eve of their wedding and he was eventually killed by a side show performer/hitman who was hired by Stiles wife and stepson.
 

Interesting Jim, I've never heard of Lobster boy!! we never had ''freak shows' when I was a kid, I believe they had them in Victorian times tho'...
 
I know Jim, I have heard of them... but I never saw any when I was a kid ..I believe they'd stopped them at the carnivals by the time I was a kid in the 60's...
 
Fulton 83621 was mine in 1954. I can't remember any friends numbers

When I was a kid in the 50's I Lived in Philadelphia and my number started with Fulton also. Mine was Fulton 9-7264. I got laughed at a few times when
I had to say my number started with Fu. Now that I'm married my last name also starts with Fu !:lol1::lol1:[SUB][SUP]
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Oh that's a real co-incidence Sassycakes....:D, your phone number and your name...


The road behind ours when I was growing up was called Fulton... :D


I thought of this thread today when I was paying a bill over the phone. When I had to give my name she said "Did you say FU !" I laughed and tried to continue the call without upsetting her more.:D[SUB][SUP]
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I can remember every phone number I've ever had. Plus every address I've lived at.

Ask me what I had for lunch yesterday; I couldn't tell you.
 
I can remember every phone number I've ever had. Plus every address I've lived at.

Ask me what I had for lunch yesterday; I couldn't tell you.


I'm the same Sunny...unbelievable I even know the address of a home I lived before I was 2 years old... but as you say..short term memory SHOT!!!
 
Gracious...I remember the luggage porters very well from when I was a kid.. I haven't seen a porter at a Train station for a very long time...

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You're right it really is horrible :D but everyone had that type of pattern in the 60's and early 70's ..wallpaper. carpets , soft furnishings (cushions etc)...

My parents were the exception... they had pink floral wallpaper in the livingroom and plain walls in the bedrooms ..plain sofas..no carpets just scatter rugs .. but all my friends houses looked like this...

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Our livingroom looked more similar to this..... (this is a modern retro version of a 60's livingroom)... and instead of the pictures on the walls we had ugly mirrors.....still unattractive but a lot less Garish than the fashionable psychedelia

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Army ration pack... I don't know what war this was for but it looks like it was an American ration...

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