Quake Cereal
The milkman
Nickel Hershey popsicles
Milkshake candy bars
28 oz. leaded glass bottles of Coke sold by the case at the gas station
Flat top rectangular quart milk cartons for 15 cents from the vending machine
2 cent half pints of milk in glass bottles at Kindergarten
W.T. Grants Department Stores
The Hartford Times
Open Reel Tape Decks (7 1/2 ips, please)
78 RPM Record Players (Grandma’s Rosemary Clooney and Patti Page records)
Family of seven in a Dodge Lancer, not breaking any laws
Tapes of candy buttons given out by the nice lady at the corner store with every purchase
S & H green stamps from the gas station
Bootlegged 8 Track tapes for $3
Little red “P Box” kits at the Radio Shack for making your own electronics (that barely worked)
Red tops on the mailboxes
Men who wore fedoras with a feather in the band
Soda cans that needed to be punched open
15 cent comic books
Locally produced children’s television (in Connecticut it was Hap Richards and Mr. Goober)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Backyard incinerators
Clotheslines in every backyard
Milkshake candy bars
They used to sell those frozen at the country club pool, almost broke your teeth to eat one.
Grant’s lunch counter was the place for a banana split. You chose a balloon and popped it releasing the little square of paper that indicated your price for the split. Most times regular price but sometimes a real bargain.
Murphy’s, Kresge and Woolworth’s also did similar promotions for hot dogs, sub sandwiches adn milkshakes.
Wax lips
WBEN TV Buffalo said every evening, “It’s 11 O’clock. Do you know where your children are?”
Dial phones
8 mm home movies
The milk man
The knife sharpener man, with his ringing bells
Being sent out to start the bonfire at 8 years of age. And not burning myself.
You could let the dog out. On his own.
The wringer washing machine.
Mama Mia! That’s a spicy meat-a-ball!
Ironside.
Going to the dentist when there was no pain relief.
Your Mother MADE you eat liver* (*insert your own hated food here.)
Washing your jeans with Sunlight bar soap, to make them fade.
Watching bears at the dump.
Star Trek looked futuristic.
Great thread, thanks.
Great post.
It was Hobo Kelly in Los Angeles.