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

[jujube]

Sock hops in the school gym....a Friday night staple after the football and basketball games. No street shoes worn on the gym floor, that's for sure! Teachers circulating the dance floor making sure nobody was dancing too "close".

At the first sock hop of the year, there was always the same game. You threw one shoe in a big pile and kept the other shoe with you. Everyone grabbed a shoe from the pile and then found the person whose shoe it was. You had to dance with that person once.

Except for the couples "going steady", the girls usually danced with the other girls and the boys sat around on the bleachers. It was a pretty brave guy who asked a girl to dance. The teachers frequently grabbed a random guy and dragged him over to dance with a girl. That was pretty humiliating.

Of course, when The Stroll and The Twist came along, that was great because everyone was out there dancing in a big group.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Kids bring their lunches to school, @rgp, but with reusable thermal lunch containers.

I was a big fan of saddle shoes and had a pair into my early 30s. So fun!
I still love to play pinball. Old machines or new, I love 'em all!

The washing machine was before my time as was that version of a hobby horse. The rest were familiar to me.

Speaking of dabs, @Aunt Marg, do you remember this one?

OMG, Star, I totally remember Brylcreem!

Also remember Hair Tonic, it was a clear oil. Wish I could remember the name of the stuff my dad used. Smelled awful!

 

[jujube]

Boy, does the picture of the rubber pants ever bring back memories! As a stay-at-home mom of 6, I put all 6 of my kids through rubber pants, and there wasn't a household around where I babysat at where rubber pants weren't in use. Everyone used cloth diapers.

Outhouses, you bet! The ugly and scary spiders, the stench, the middle of the night treks to visit the potty with flashlight in-hand, oh my word, I DO NOT miss those days!

Toni Home Perms, OMG, when it came to the odour, was there anything worse?! The stink would linger for DAYS, burning your nose and eyes, and it seemed like our house was Toni Central! If it wasn't my mom getting a perm, it was my grandma, or an aunt! I used to dread perm night at our house! Between the stink of the perms and cigarettes, it was enough to drive you out of the house!

OMG, indeed. I was exempt because I had naturally curly hair, but she gave them to my sisters......poorly. My youngest sister had pale blonde short fine hair and her head looked like a cotton ball after a perm.

 

[Aunt Marg]

The picture of the diaper pins, well, those are the exact ones I used (and then some)! I still have a collection of diaper pins leftover from the baby days in our house. For those of us who experienced changing diapers the old-fashioned way, you don't forget the pin-pricks that went along with! If only I had a quarter for every time I stuck myself with a pin when changing diapers!

As for the wooden baby potty, they don't make them like that anymore! LOL! The wooden baby potty graced the corner of our bathroom for a good 15 (or more years)! Between the wooden baby potty and plastic diaper pail, there were times I thought our bathroom would never be the same!

Gosh, I could write about each and every picture posted! Have hands-on experience with nearly all!

 

[Aunt Marg]

OMG, indeed. I was exempt because I had naturally curly hair, but she gave them to my sisters......poorly. My youngest sister had pale blonde short fine hair and her head looked like a cotton ball after a perm.

ROFLMAO!

Yes! Perm quality was hit-and-miss in those days!

What fun memories!

 

[StarSong]

Never had a home perm. Apparently I dodged a bullet on that one. Whew!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Never had a home perm. Apparently I dodged a bullet on that one. Whew!

Did you ever! ROFLMAO!

It's been a good 40 years since I smelled a home perm, and I can honestly say, Star, I don't miss the stench one bit!

 

[Sunny]

Me either. My hair is too curly already!

This is a great thread, lots of memories there.

 

[Pepper]

*I* played 'Pick up Sticks,' my son played 'Pick Up Sticks' and dang nab it, HIS son will play 'Pick Up Sticks!'

I bought my mother 'Evening in Paris' at least once a year, poor woman!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Here is a picture of one of the old-fashioned drop-sided baby cribs I used when my kids were little. Apparently, drop-sided baby cribs are banned now.

All I can say is, what a blessing my two drop-sided baby cribs were. I can't imagine lifting a 30 (plus) pound toddler in and out of a fixed-railing crib.

At any rate, notice the steel hardware on the crib, no plastic garbage.

 

[Giantsfan1954]

Shoe stores with sales people,butcher shops,full service gas stations(where they checked your oil,etc.)

 

[Aunt Marg]

And another... old-fashioned plastic diaper pails.

Lifting the lid of one of these used to bring tears to ones eyes!

The strong ammonia odour was overwhelming!

I'm convinced there were times I witnessed green vapors emitting from the pails in our house! DANGER! LOL!

 

[Pink Biz]

*I* played 'Pick up Sticks,' my son played 'Pick Up Sticks' and dang nab it, HIS son will play 'Pick Up Sticks!'

One of my favorite games (I must be easily amused) and I was damn good at it, too!!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Here's a definite "days gone by" item.

Only the oldies will remember these!

 

[Camper6]

Brown paper bags are back in our liquor store in Ontario.

Also. For recycling yard waste in the spring and fall, the city requests huge paper bags for leaves and grass clippings . They are sent to a special section of the landfill and allowed to compost and then the compost is available to anyone who wants to go an pick it up.

 

[Pepper]

@Aunt Marg.
If you don't stop with the diapers already, why I'll.............
PTDS=Post Traumatic Diaper Stress

 

[Camper6]

For the guys. Everybody had a crew cut. I refused to get one. You had to get some kind of cream to make them stand up.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Here's another "days gone by", and what a blessing it is to wave goodbye to this!

Butter Mints in restaurants, where a dish sat filled on the counter (at the till), where everybody reached in and grabbed one. It was found that these mints contained high concentrations of urine.

 

[Aunt Marg]

For the guys. Everybody had a crew cut. I refused to get one. You had to get some kind of cream to make them stand up.

Yes, men always looked smart (as in clean and proper), unlike the unshaven and unkempt movement of today.

 

[Camper6]

Here's another "days gone by", and what a blessing it is to wave goodbye to this!

Butter Mints in restaurants, where a dish sat filled on the counter (at the till), where everybody reached in and grabbed one. It was found that these mints contained high concentrations of urine.

That's the rumour alright as with any bar snacks on the counter.

I give it a 3 out of 10 for accuracy. Most people wash their hands.

 

[Della]

So many great memories! My mother had a bottle of Evening in Paris perfume on her dressing table forever. I loved to pick it up and look through the glass. Midnight blue is still one of my favorite colors.

My first mascara was that red box of Maybelline. You could do your lashes and your brows with that little brush. Now the young girls buy elaborate brow makeup kits that cost a fortune and make them look like Groucho Marx.

 

[Pepper]

@Della
There was no Evening in Paris perfume! It was toilet water!! Ok, Eau du toilette!!!

 

[JaniceM]

Here's a definite "days gone by" item.

Only the oldies will remember these!

Well, I'm older than you, but I have no idea what those things are...
I'm guessing the safety pins could be used for diapers, but don't know about the other parts.

 

[JaniceM]

Yes, men always looked smart (as in clean and proper), unlike the unshaven and unkempt movement of today.

and wore shoes (not sneakers/boots), and shirts.
You'd totally wig if you saw all the guys around here who never bother putting on shirts. And I'm referring to middle-agers and seniors, not young kids.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Well, I'm older than you, but I have no idea what those things are...
I'm guessing the safety pins could be used for diapers, but don't know about the other parts.

Good guess.

They were crib blanket holders.

You pulled the rings around the crib railing, where baby's blanket typically laid, and then fastened the pins to the blanket, keeping it in place. No more kicking the blanket off at naptime/nighttime.