If you grew up in the 1950s….you remember this - PART 1 

Almost anyone with a high school education could easily find a job, and if desired, keep it for an entire career. And with that job alone, he could buy a house and feed a family.

Growing up in the 50s and becoming a teen in the 60s was special... You didn't have to be wealthy, (we certainly weren't), but between family, friends, good food and great music, (especially music of the 60s), well, it couldn't have been any better, and I'm grateful to have been there...

My 12 year old grandson was mortified when I told him we didn't have a television in the 1950s. "That's terrible! You guys must have been bored out of your minds!" We were _never_ bored. With eight siblings we had lots of fun. We played games, read books and rode our bicycles around town. It wasn't like today where you worried about everything. We felt safe. The thought of a school shooting was unheard of. In those days kids respected their elders.

I'm 71 and grew up in the 50's. I remember it as the best decade of my life.

These kids would grow up to be some of the most resilient people because they were allowed to explore freely. Most of these kids had a mom and a dad, they ate well, and lived in communities that shared common values. They were taught right and valued institutions.

I really think that as baby boomers our parents all felt so happy feeling fortunate they survived the Great Depression and WWII. People were much more immersed into a religion of their choice and going to church then. Those 10 years seemed like heaven after so many years of tough and horrible times and being thankful was a common emotion in the 1950’s.

Anyone remember the Sears Christmas toy catalogue? I would sit and look through it for hours. Great time to grow up!

As a younger child I so remember many of these things: jacks, the yo-yo, hula hoops, silly putty and slinkies. The Saturday morning westerns and being able to roam the neighborhood afterwards was always something to look forward to. Fridays brought the Manor Man to our door for bread and certain baked goods; always tried to get my mom to purchase the rectangular banana cake; the Sealtest Dairy brought our milk and ice cream. I remember there was a code of respect for ALL authority and teachers supporting the parents and vise versa; everyone, outside of the criminals, looked up to and greatly admired law enforcement. People KNEW their neighbors and everyone worked together for the betterment of one another. You take everything that is happening today and turn it upside down and you pretty much have the 1950s; not perfect but infinitely more cohesive and reasonable.

My wife and I both grew up in the 50's. We watch TV shows from the time and wish so much we could go back to when the world made sense.

My era… I remember it all. So sad to see how far down our country has gone.

Great video. Many thanks. Being a child in the 50s was wonderful … I had a Mum and Dad at home, lived in a house full of love without any fear. Was free to play with my friends and had a wonderful imagination. No screens then, except the B&W TV at night for a little while. Today’s young people cannot imagine such freedom and such happiness. So much is put on their young shoulders now.

Ahh, the memories. I was born in 1950 and lived next door to my grandparents. We lived in a small town, and my grandfather had farm animals. I also remember that many times a hobo would stop at their house and have supper with them - my grandmother wouldn't turn any hungry person away. My grandfather had a coal furnace - and I learned that the registers were super hot. on television my favorite program was Miss Francis' Ding-Dong School (like todays kindergarten class). Riding bikes, playing outside, catching lighting bugs, going to church, and counting on my parents and grandparents would always be there- My grandparents bought their house in 1920 and I still own it - too many memories and happy times to sell to some else. Someday it will be sold, but not yet.

Born in 1950, I remember these things with a smile on my face. A much simpler time when things happened much slower.

I grew up practically the same way. I was born in 1945, so I was a preteen till the end of the 50's. Green Stamps were a way of life. My Mom got a whole set of Samsonite Luggage in "Hawaiian Blue". I could skate all around the neighborhood as long as I came home when I was told to. Loved my childhood ! We would play Army in a vacant lot, or go to the school which was only 1 block away and play baseball ! ELVIS, MARILYN AND JAMES DEAN WERE MY FAVORITES ! Our Christmas trees always had Tinsle on it until my folks bought a new home in 1961 and they bought the all "Aluminum" Christmas tree from either Reynolds or Alcoa. Kids today have no idea the freedom we had back then. Great memories !

Born in 1946, I remember Elvis on Ed Sullivan where his hips were blocked so we couldn't see his pelvis grating obscenely... I also remember my family gathering on Sunday evenings to all watch Bonanza together. And I remember Ginny dolls, Barbie wasn't around yet!

Alot of this happened in the 60s, too. Really enjoyed growing up in the 60s.

I remember pop together plastic beads, Katy Keene paper dolls, Nancy Drew Books, roller skating with clamp on skates that needed a key, records, playing kick the can after dark.

I was diagnosed and went thru extensive cancer treatments 6 years ago . Today at 57 years old I'm blessed to say I'm cancer free . All these wonderful videos and memories are what kept me going to this day . Only those of us who were fortunate enough to grow up back then can appreciate the world as it once was . Because of videos like this I can periodically put my headphones on and escape to the past . Again thank you so much for your channel. It has made a Huge impact on my life .

One thing I remember from the 50's is you turned on the television, then went off somewhere for 5 minutes while the CRT warmed up, then you had to adjust the horizontal & vertical, then move the rabbit ears around to get the best reception....

As a child of the 50s and 60s, I remember all of this. I grew up in a small town, and besides the milkman, we had an egg man, an ice man and a bread man who delivered Wonder Bread.

I remember almost all of those things ...don't forget Davey Crocket .He was my hero .I had his hat ! This was in England ,and I was the best backwoodsman this side of the pond!

Born in 1942. This was the best decade of my life. Things were simple, the country was united with everyone considering themselves American before anything else. No internet, no cellphone and no need for them. It was a very good time. Things changed for good in the 60’s and the innocence and solidarity never returned. From my perspective, every decade since has gotten worse, and it now appears that things will end badly for us as a nation. No one in the 50’s could have ever imagined where we would be in the 2020’s, and that is a good thing.

Yes I remember all this and what the kids of today have missed out on totally. So sad. When kids were actually kids doing kid things and being so much more physical in their activities and had actual face to face conversations everyday all the time. The kids today are actually stunted.

What lovely memories! Having run of the neighborhood on our bikes, moms in front yards calling kids home, packing into the car in our pajamas and a pillow for a double feature at the drive-in theater, getting a hot dog and a small soda for a quarter at the 7-11.Three channels on the TV. Tossing a ball around in the street in front of the house. Dressing up to go to church and to parties. Sisters with their hair in rollers every night. Most of all feeling safe wherever we went. Thanks for these great videos! 👍😃👏👏👏

I was born in 1950 and remember those days so well. Boys had short haircuts and everyone went to church and respected their elders. All the retail stores were closed on Sunday and we spent the day together as a family. We lived in the suburbs of NYC and followed the NY Yankee baseball team. Micky Mantle and Yogi Berra were among the great members of that team. I remember we had a Chevy station wagon with wooden panels! Everybody smoked cigarettes in those days.Mothers stayed at homes rather than pursuing careers and children were well supervised. Fear of Communism was always in the air and the world was neatly divided between good and evil, right and wrong. We knew which side we were on and needed to stay. Miss those days!

Definitely did the green stamp thing well into the 1960's.

Children respected their teachers during this time, unlike today! I was born in '59. Such a great time.

(1) Practically all autos were from the Big Three, and you could easily identify the make, year, and usually the model (e.g., Impala vs. BelAir) without having to read an emblem. You knew which car your friends owned, b/c it was a part of the family. (2) No one will forget the magical sound of a steam loco or its mournful whistle. Nothing today can compare. Thank you for sharing this exceptional video -- well done!

The 50s were awesome. You could walk almost anywhere without fear, Saturday afternoon movies for a quarter. You should have mentioned American Flyer, Lionel, and Marx trains. Erector sets, chemistry sets, almost everything we played with was educational. Possibly your best video to date.

Cap pistols, pocket knives (I had a switchblade) skate keys, collecting baseball cards (I was a Tomboy). All those candies shown in the video, plus wax lips, teeth, & mustaches. Play or ride bikes all day but be home by dark. 29¢ a gallon gas, full service, collecting a set of glasses & Green or Blue Chip stamps. 20¢ for the kid's matinee double feature. Mom, aunts, & grandma cooking holiday dinners or making quilts on a huge rack. The men playing pinochle at family gatherings. Collecting eggs from the chicken coop, incinerators in the back yard....and this was in L.A.! Best of all...DISNEYLAND wasn't crowded. What great memories.

I was born in 1952 and I remember a lot of these. TV Westerns were all morality plays that taught us good guys always came out on top. Western Flyer bicycles, toy guns complete with holsters, chemistry sets, the visible man, and of course the constant threat of nuclear war.

1950's were the best decade. The best music, cars, fashion, family life I love 50's. Today's life is so stressful.

there are so many many wonderful cherished memories about my childhood! my personal belief is that the 50s were positively one of the very best decades to grow up in. i loved it!!!!! my grandchildren were amazed with my childhood stories.

Born 1950 remember it all. I smiled, laughed and cried with this video. Does anybody have a time machine? I am ready to go back😁😁😁 No fear walking around by yourself as a kid. Ride your bike all over and not worry about anything. My mother walked at night to see my aunt(no car). Around three quarter of a mile . My uncle was working nights so they could reminisce as sisters. Mind you when my uncle came home about 3am she walked back no problem. This stopped in the mid 70's. Then she started taking a cab home or my uncle would drive her back . I do not envy kids today . There is so many things wrong today to many to list! At least I have good memories 😊😊😊.

This is SO COOL, Recollection Road; THANK YOU!!! 👏👏👏 I was born in 1950 and recall 99% of the content of this video! 😍 My little brother Tommy was born in 1952, and my sweet sisters; Anne in '49, Patti in '54, and Lori in '61. We had the happiest childhoods possible in the BEST decade of the past 200 years!!! 💘💝 Our parents were loving and nurturing, and there was NO confusion by any kid as to whether they were a boy or a girl. There were NO tattoos, or ugly facial or body piercings (except for earrings for GIRLS ONLY)! I'm gonna sent this video to my siblings and my 12 nieces and nephews. I feel very sorry for any kid born after 1970, and especially the poor kids born in the 21st Century. 😢 The 20th Century had it's fair share of horrible problems (the World Wars, etc, etc, etc.) but it was NOTHING like the anarchy and unrest today, not only in the USA, but also worldwide. 🌍🔥🌎🔥🌏 At 71 years of age, I'm glad I don't have to be around much longer, and I am happy that my dear parents died many years ago. 💔💔 That is all for now, folks. Precious memories; thanks again, dear Recollection Road!!! 🤗🥰

Those are memories that I will cherish always. Life was so much better than. I am so glad to have grown up in the 50's and a teenager in the 60's, for me it was a wonderful world! 🙂👍❤

I the 60s when I was in elementary school we had drugstores with soda fountains that we would sometimes go to if we had a dime or a quarter. We took this stuff for granted thinking these places would be there forever.

sad to think thing's have changed so much it was a great time to be a kid.

Made me finally teary eyed when it hit “sock hops.” Yes. I remember it all.

There was hop scotch, jump rope, tree houses, and I lived on roller skates. The neighbors all knew us, and we had lots of pals within walking distance. We were always at each others' houses and it's true, we were free to roam but we had better be home for dinner, or else! The neighborhood dogs ran in packs and chased cars.

I was born in 1955, but as I remember it the early 60s were the same. Played outside or rode our bikes till we dropped. Built a lot of plastic models. We used regular playing cards on our bikes where I was. That's the way I remember all of it. Just like the video. Thanks again for the great memories! 👍👍

Thanks, that's exactly how I grew up, except no street lights where we lived. My mom was a enthusiastic fan of Green Stamps. Don't forget Erector Sets.

I was born in 1947 and the 50's were a great time for kids. We used to ride our bikes all day long, you didn't wear helmets or knee pads, didn't have to stop at stop signs or obey traffic laws, you could use common sense and that was enough. We used to look forward to the fall when the new cars would be on the road, it was exciting seeing so many different styles! Those were carefree times when kids were outside and active year 'round, you couldn't wait to get outside!

My mother saved S&H Green stamps and Blue Chip stamps. We had a party line, but dad got tired of it. You'd only make long distance phone calls after a certain time of the day as it was cheaper. I remember when you left the envelopes unsealed if you wanted to save on postage.

I was born in 1940 and grew up on a farm. No electricity, no running water, coal burning stove and heater for the house. The only technology I was exposed to was a battery operated AM radio. But by 1950 things began to change rapidly. Electricity arrived at the farm when a power line was run through the district. With that came running water, TV, and no more use of kerosene lamps for lighting. In 1955, we got a new car with V8 motor, wraparound windshield and tailfins. Music was nice and tame until one day, I heard a new song on the radio - Rock around the clock! And by the mid 50s, a new singer with a strange name came on the scene - Elvis Presley. Remember being isolated for a while during the polio epidemic days and the sigh of relief when the polio vaccine was developed and deployed. Enjoyed seeing movies in the 1950s, and here too there was a big change when CinemaScope and stereophonic sound was introduced. It was a great decade, for sure.

What an amazing time to grow up I can't believe this is the same planet I was born in 1951 who remembers making monster models? Comic books, baseball cards, that brand new Stingray bicycle under the Christmas tree.

This video was fun, remembering those simpler times. I was born in 1949 and remember all of this. I love 50’s and 60’s. And the music was fabulous!

This was great, took me back to school, Church, crawdad hunting, chasing lightning bugs, learning to ride a bicycle etc. Was a great time to be a child. Thank you so much.

I also remember quilted skirts. They were dark blue with red interiors. Also, light-blue loose leaf notebooks. Taking soda bottles back to the store for the deposit money, which I often spent buying Kool-Aid from the stands that my friends had. The doctor coming to your house if someone was sick.

I remember all of the above and I also remember being a "Cloverine Salve" salesboy running from house to house before the other kids trying to sell the same salve got there first! I don't remember EVER selling a can of the stuff! We also played "flashlight tag" at night and played a lot of "marbles" as well! Skate keys and street baseball were part of the deal too! I loved being a kid then! No bars on windows of houses, no locking doors on either houses or cars, no gang violence, no purple haired fools burning down cities! It was a different country then.

Those were the real "HAPPY DAYS" of this country and will never be seen again. Downhill all the way. Loved the 50's.

I was born in January of 1951. This video brings back a lot of memories even being as young as I was. I remember most of what was in this video except the sock hops! I remember I loved playing Jacks and hopscotch. Drive Ins were such fun. The doctor would actually make house calls! I remember Shirley Temple movies and Pop Beads and I had my Saddle shoes! I remember watching I Love Lucy, and the cars we had back then. I remember my old metal roller skates with the key and Hula Hoops. I remember our washing machine had a wringer on it you'd roll the clothes through and hang out on the line. I remember Jump ropes and the games we'd play outside at night, like No Bears are Out Tonight, and Red Rover, and Hide and Seek and Tag. So many things. Just a mish mash of memories.

Stop!!! I'm having a memories overload!!!!! Between goosebumps and tears I can barely contain myself! I take my own mental journey down the same memory lane ever so often and indeed it was such a wonderful time to have lived and been a child! THANK YOU RR for an excellent recalling of those days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was the decade my parents grew up in. I have a couple of my father's old high school yearbooks. He graduated in 1958 and his picture is there, showing off his crew cut. I think I would have felt very much at home in the '50s. It was definitely a simpler, more fun and more innocent time. I too enjoy the TV shows of the time, especially "I Love Lucy", "Leave It To Beaver", "The Honeymooners", "Perry Mason" and "Gunsmoke" (which was still going when I was a kid). I love '50s music...Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and the Comets, the Everly Brothers, Paul Anka, Fats Domino, Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Buddy Holly, Patti Page, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, the Platters, Eddie Fisher, I could go on and on. And I really love '50s cars ('60s cars too), they are totally cool! It was the era of tailfins, fancy two-tone paint jobs and lots of chrome. Many thanks, Recollection Road, for this nostalgic presentation. You have demonstrated exactly why those days were called "Happy Days"!

I was born in 1956, but this era is more my childhood memories than the 60's. This was exactly my life.

I grew up in the 50s, and I remember very well EVERY SINGLE THING in this video. It was a great time and fun to remember.

I turned 5 in 1960, and all of these things were still going. I well remember the excitement of collecting S&H Green Stamps, but I'll be darned if I can remember whatever we got with them. I sometimes watch my 8 year-old grandson after school until his mom or dad gets home. When I was 8 none of us needed watching. We had great times getting together with friends and running all over town.

And thank you for that trip down memory lane

I remember rollar skates that you had to put over shoes and tighten with a rollar skating key. I can still remember the sound when I skated down the sidewalk in Brooklyn , New York.

Great memories, safe streets, family style living with grandparents right upstairs, home cooked meals, candy stores, dodgers and ny Yankees were the best, brooklyn was a beautiful place with the best friends around the corner and the cars were beautiful

In my Pittsburgh area neighborhood you would walk over to your friend's house and just yell his name outside rather than knock on the door and he would come out to play. Mothers would yell their kid's name or do a loud whistle from the porch to call their children home for dinner.

Not the 50's but the early 60's. Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤😊

As a kid growing up in the 50's was a fun and wholesome times and exciting to me. It was a totally different kind of world back then. Christmas and the holidays were nothing like today; as kids our gifts weren't elaborate nor expensive yet we were thrilled to get whatever inexpensive gift mom n dad gave us and had fun playing with them. Always playing outdoors till the sun went down and street lights came on. I remember we didn't lock the doors at night and cars didn't have seat belts and we felt safe, those were the good old days. Life was sweeter back then, miss those days.

That was a time when a kid could be a kid. There was so much to do - hayrides, ice skating, horseback riding, bike riding, roller skating, slinkies, hop scotch, jump roping, birthday parties, clubs to join such as being a Brownie gal, and Camp Fire gal. I did these things and more. I visited a farm as a city gal and milked a cow.That was a time to have a life and believing in a future. And not what it is like today. It wasn't a perfect life, but it far out-weighed the times of today. It was a normal life. A life of freedom.

Growing up on a small farm in the 1970s and 80s wasn't much different than this for me. The closest neighbors lived a mile down the road and had 3 daughters. The oldest daughter has been my wife for 35 years (this coming May) and there were other farms nearby. We all came up together and always helped each other out. Our parents always knew where we were and what we were doing. As long as we got our chores done and didn't miss supper, we were free to roam. Oh, we'd best not cause any trouble either...if we did, our parents knew before we got home and took care of it when we got there!

Damn You ! : I grew up in the fifties , and I wanted to jump into every one of those photo's and never come back .

This brought back great memories. The one thing I thought about was the media. We had 30 minutes of news and it was the truth.

I remember back in the 50's we had those sticky fly paper things hanging from the ceiling to catch flies in the summer. We didn't have air conditioning back then and it was pretty hot inside the house during summer months. In the winter months we didn't have a heating duct in every room. We only had one big heating duct and it was in the living room. In order to get some of the heat upstairs we had to remove a pie plate shaped thing to open a hole in the ceiling so some of the heat could rise upstairs. At night we slept under big heavy quilts, nothing like today's quilts.

What a great video! Brought back so many good memories from my childhood. Kids today don’t know what they missed!

I was born in 1957 but fortunate to enjoy most of these experiences. We would ride our bikes for miles, walk around day or night in the neighborhood with no fear, family get togethers on Sunday at grandma’s and watching Gunsmoke, all the penny candy, the milkman, Dairy Queen here had little trucks that brought ice cream treats to the neighborhoods. Wish I could teleport back for awhile to enjoy it.

I remember my mom telling me when I was a kid in the 60's. You think it's bad now....wait till you get my age it's going to be way worse. No truer words said!!!!!!

I remember “pitch’n woo” in the backseat of my Oldsmobile. I wonder if anyone remembers what that means. The good Ol Days

I was a kid in this era This is the most accurate description of this time I’ve ever seen. Great job

Great video! I looked almost exactly like the kid second from left at 0:26 around 1957. Blonde buzzcut. Candy cigarettes? Yes and other candies mentioned too. Back then, there was a general principle that there was a clear demarcation between child and adult priveleges and woe unto you if you stepped over that line. At least in my family.

Everyone's mom was home during the day for the most part and yes I remember and wish things were alittle more like that today

Shopping from a catalogue that came in the mail was great fun. I remember how one of the advertisements came with a personalized name on it - a shower curtain with our last name on it. The advertisement on the shower curtain read: Saturday night at the Kleizos. As a small child I was amazed how a company could know our last name and print it there for all to see. The Sears catalogue was a big deal too. And AVON came out with fuzzy soaps for children in the shape of animals like lambs and bears - the Fuzzy Wuzzy bear soap. And, Mr. Bubbles came out in a box with big pink soap bubbles. I always felt so special getting a gift from a catalogue or indulgent soaps or perfumes from Avon.

I was born in the mid 1960's, and remember a few things that carried over into the early 70's. Like the green stamps. Thank you for sharing the 1950's.

I was born in 1946 & remember the whole of the 1950's very well! So, you really needed to be an early "baby boomer" or "war baby" to fully appreciate that wonderful decade!

My husband and I are in our thirties, living in Spain. For the upcoming long weekend we’re going to the country with another married couple. We’ve got our bikes, picnic basket, board games and puzzles. We’re turning off our phones until Sunday. We’re even bringing an old digital camera so we can take pictures without using our phones. I can’t be more excited than to live a weekend like my parents had when they were growing up. 💕

Thanks for explaining what a "sock hop" was. I always wondered about that expression.

I was born on January 13th 1959..I grew up in the 60's & 70's..what a great time my generation grew up in..all these things you talk about I experienced thank you for reminding me of my youth..

Thank you so much for this wonderful trip down memory lane. I feel fortunate to have been a child during that era! Such happy memories!

I remember Woolworth's selling peanuts and cashew nuts warm from a heated glass display cabinet. A change from sweets !

As a kid I save up my green stamp and one book was how I got my Bible and I still have it today

I was born on June 16, 1957. I was raised in the 1960's. I still remember the old TV Shows 📺from back in the day. I remember the Good Humor Ice Cream 🧊Truck 🚚.I still remember the Soda Fountains at the Drugstores. And, I still remember the S&H Green Stamps that Great Scott!Supermarkets gave out. I also remember when Kroger gave out Top Value Trading Stamps also.

Okay, I was born in 1951 in a small rural town in Iowa. 98% of your content is just as I remember the 50's. I would add that my Davy Crocket coon skin hat was special. We didn't have dial-phone service until 1960; we also had a bread truck service much like our milkman. Thank you for a great video.

I remember this so well. The kids now of days have no idea how it was then, I’m so glad I was born then.

Just learned why the sock-hop was called the sock-hop! I actually had a pair of saddle shoes, but that was back in the 80s when they had a comeback. I would have absolutely adored a milk delivery!🥛

Thnx for the memories.

This was pretty much the same in Sydney Australia when I was a kid in the 50s. A lot of stuff was delivered by horse and cart followed by a bunch of boys asking "has he done one yet mister?" We were sent by our parents to collect it for the garden. I was into Astrophysics. I would put a small lizard in a matchbox and tape it to a sky rocket and send him into space.

Flying homemade kites (with some help from Dad) made with bamboo and tissue paper. Playing with my "WHAMO" slingshot and Duncan YoYo's. Great walk down memory lane.

I wish we could go back to those days. People had more respect for themselves and for each other. People took more time for others then. There was prayer and discipline in school and at home. People went to church more then and their lives showed it. In the churches everybody was welcomed by everybody and everybody helped everybody. Neighbors were more neighborly, you could walk down the street at night without any problems. They had dances at dance halls and in homes, people will have stacks of 45’s on their phonographs playing music to dance to. Their fun was for the most part clean. Even though not perfect, it was a whole lot better then than now. We’ve left God out of everything and we are more than paying for it dearly. The day of reconning is comming for the people of this nation. I was born in 1960 and I got a bird’s eve view from the early 60’s how much better it was in the 50’s

I love this video- It brought back soo many memories of my childhood. What a wonderful time! Innocence! Friendships! Family!

Being a member of the Felix the Cat club, was pretty cool. Watching the Thunderbirds, My Friend Flicka, Sky King, the Real McCoys there were many TV shows that were fun to watch back then. Great Memories of my Childhood here...

Born in 1950 I remember the horse drawn milk wagon, candy cigarettes, and the lamp and chair purchased with green stamps. It was my job to paste the stamps in the books.

Many of these things spilled over into the 60s as for all of us what a great time our childhood, so very much safter and kids could go just about anywhere, with no fear.

I remember that we had to wear good clothes (shirt and tie for boys, dresses for girls) to church. Saturday matinee at the movies for 25¢. The matinee was one movies, a short serial and one or two cartoons. Nesbitt orange soda was the top of the line, it was 5¢ more than Coke. Our school lunch sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper which we later used to polish the playground slide to get more speed. Just to name a few. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video.

When we moved into our new house, mom redeemed her green stamps for a dining table, chairs, hutch, sofa, love seat, arm chair, two end tables, and a coffee table. After that, we got to use the large suitcase for clothes on vacations instead of toting the books of stamps. We also participated in The March of Dimes in the ‘50s.

No smart phones, no internet and you got up to change the TV channel. What a super time. We all dressed nice had our hair combed and roamed our neighborhood feeling safe cause everyone looked out for us. I was born in 48 and I sincerely feel that the children of today have been robbed of the opportunity to experience all the wonderful things we had then. Not only did TV entertain but it taught us values that guided us throughout our lives. We had role models like Roy Rogers, Superman, and Howdy Doody. It is sad that in order to have these moments again we can only do that by watching these fine saved videos. Thank you.

Don't you just love the man sitting around in his suit and tie watching television with the family?