Who remembers these things back in the day ?...come and add your own memories..

hollydolly said:
The twintub washing machine...

I had this model when I was first married ...what a PITA it was...

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My aunt had something like this...I remember hers had some kind of roller squeegee to ring out the excess water


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Marie5656 said:
My aunt had something like this...I remember hers had some kind of roller squeegee to ring out the excess water


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prior to the twin tub machine, Marie.. my mum had a similar tub like the one you posted..only hers was gas controlled .. and her mangle was seprate and she attached it to the sink.. we had a double sink.. so either I would feed the clothes through the mangle and she would turn it or Vice versa...

like this

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JBR said:
["Get a Job"] I remember the song. I'm not sure I heard it when it was a new radio hit, but I do remember it... and I had a friend, same age as me, who used to sing it (a cappella, of course) sometimes. Anyhow, in my very early teens I heeded the advice.
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Very memorable tune. I loved the silhouettes. But I always conflate them with the song "Silhouettes" (also from 1957), which was actually sung by The Rays. One of my favorite slow dance/make out songs...:cool:
 
My country, Scotland... always has and still is the Biggest producer of Whisky in the world......it's always been said if it's not made in Scotland it's not really whisky..of course that last thing may or may not be true.. but for sure Sotland produces the mostt Whisky.....and as a school-leaver I even applied to work at the whisky distillery. I'm glad I didn't get the job because I absolutely hate the smell of whisky...:D

https://www.whiskyinvestdirect.com/about-whisky/world-whiskies
 
I do remember my parents first phone number.

We farmed with horses until I was four. In 1951 the work mare passed away, dad bought a 1947 2N Ford that my brother still has and it still runs like a top.

My maternal grandmother had a mangle iron as she took in laundry for extra money.

I didn’t have a Poodle skirt but I went to sock hops.

I remember civil defense drills in the classroom in the elementary grades.

I wish I hadn’t sold my old record player - it played both 78’s and 45’s.
 
Nice memories, Imogene. Yeah, those CD drills were useless. If we'd been hit with an A-bomb, getting under the desk would offer no protection whatsoever..😄

But I believe one can still buy turntables with 33, 45, and 78 speeds. Vinyl has had a big comeback.
 
Marie5656 said:
My aunt had something like this...I remember hers had some kind of roller squeegee to ring out the excess water


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Mom had a wringer washer like this. It lived out on the enclosed back porch and would be rolled over to the stone twin tubs, which would be filled with cold water. When the load was done, the sheets, towels, clothing would be wrung through the ringer into the right-hand tub and then swished around with a thick dowel rod (usually by me as I wasn't allowed to use the ringer). Then the wringer would be rotated to squeeze the items into the second tub of cold water, where they'd be swished again (and again by me) and then the wringer would be rotated again and the clothes would be squeezed into a waiting laundry basket on the floor.

Then of course, it was out to the clothes line. Boy, was I glad when she got a gas clothes dryer that we used in the winter or when it was raining. And even happier when she got an automatic washer. It was uptown for sure!
 
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Imogene said:
I do remember my parents first phone number.

We farmed with horses until I was four. In 1951 the work mare passed away, dad bought a 1947 2N Ford that my brother still has and it still runs like a top.

My maternal grandmother had a mangle iron as she took in laundry for extra money.

I didn’t have a Poodle skirt but I went to sock hops.

I remember civil defense drills in the classroom in the elementary grades.

I wish I hadn’t sold my old record player - it played both 78’s and 45’s.
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Did you mean 33's and 45's....?
 
ChiroDoc said:
Nice memories, Imogene. Yeah, those CD drills were useless. If we'd been hit with an A-bomb, getting under the desk would offer no protection whatsoever..😄

But I believe one can still buy turntables with 33, 45, and 78 speeds. Vinyl has had a big comeback.
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Huge comeback.. but those of us who have saved all our or much of our Vinyl from back in the day can't play it, not because there's a lack of record players.. there isn't, the much more modern versions are back on the market at affordable prices.. the problem is all of our vinyl.. has tiny scratches which make it sound awful now when they're played.. the crunching and the rumbling and the crackling ... so sad... if you listen to a version of a Vinyl record you already own..on Youtube then listen to that original one in your collection.. you'll be very disappointed , sadly..
 
3b69ecb97e8978d7e371a7fae3a205c0ae21e839_1280.jpg Even in the 70's when I was a teen, the Pht booths were a big attraction for us to spend our time having head shots done.. the booths were just everywhere and especially in the major rail staions so we spent a lot of time wandering around there.. . with little money, it afforded us. somehwhere warm to be on a dark evening, and the aforementioned photo booths were our fun.. how easily we pleased we were.. :ROFLMAO:
 
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coke machine.jpg My ex husband served in the Royal navy on an aircraft carrier during the 70's.. when they were docked in Florida , they were invited as a crew to visit the USS Nimitz the American aircraft carrier... I'll never forget my husband telling me that compared to his ship, the Nimitz was veritable luxury... and the thing he couldn't stop talking about was that they had coke machines on every deck...
 
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hollydolly said:
LOL...no need for the link explaining the difference.. I think we're all old enough to know what they all looked like... its just that you failed to mention 33's (LP's ..long playing records) so I thought you mean to say it instead of 78's..
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Sorry. I do a Friday night chat that includes trivia on another forum. I always provide the links so folks know I’m not making things up and also they can read the entire story if they want to🤠🤠
 

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