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If You Grew Up in the 1970s - You Remember... 

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Join me for a nostalgic look back at what summer was really like for kids of the 1970s.
In the glorious days before cell phones and social media, American kids experienced a level of freedom and independence that today's kids would just not understand.
Generation X were the original latch-key kids. Our adventures began after a big bowl of cereal in the morning and came to an end when the streetlights came on.
In this video, we'll saddle up on the banana seat of the ol' Schwinn Sting-Ray for a visit back to the playground, community pool, and roller rink, ending the day with some night games in the neighborhood.
I really appreciate you watching these videos and reading this far in the description. I know there's plenty more that could have gone into this one. Please feel free to share your 70s memories in the comments so we can all be reminded of those great times when we were kids.
(NOTE: As of Sunday, June 16th Early AM - Comments are occasionally shutting off automatically. I've contacted RU-vid for assistance and hope to get this issue fixed ASAP. I really do want to hear your comments and stories...)
Thanks,
- Kevin
#1970s #1980s #genx

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Комментарии : 7 тыс.   
@Renobu
@Renobu Месяц назад
I really miss that era. No internet , social media, phones. Just being a kid without worrying about anything . I’m sad that the kids today will never experience that feeling.
@TMendocino
@TMendocino Месяц назад
It was a magical time. Movies at the mall. Going to the beach by ourselves. Freedom was ours!
@American-Motors-Corporation
@American-Motors-Corporation Месяц назад
​@@TMendocino but who do you blame I mean you would be the parents of the children that you're complaining about. Perhaps you are the grandparents of those that you are complaining about. So I mean if you wouldn't have been helicopter parents then guess what things wouldn't have changed.
@TMendocino
@TMendocino Месяц назад
@@American-Motors-Corporation I am a Grandparent, helicopter is not my parental style. My grandson got a hickey and the drama was over the top. When they asked me, I said, he is 16, that is what happens. 😳 😐 😑 😆 🤣
@bcfly1965
@bcfly1965 Месяц назад
I sure do miss those days. I tell my grandchildren the stories of my childhood so often. The expressions on their faces is priceless when I talk about things that are pretty much obsolete now. Like calling to get the latest weather updates or if you were really bored, calling to get the correct time. My 36 yr old daughter grew up in the 90's with her brothers and always tells her kids how they played outside all the time. My husband and I couldn't afford a computer until 1998. So no internet but they did have video game consoles. They just didn't play nonstop like kids now or even their parents do. No kid had it better than us 70's kids, though. I'm sure kids that grew up in other decades say the same thing.
@bradcraft9567
@bradcraft9567 Месяц назад
Anyone is welcome to still live like this. We all happily adapt to the benefits.
@tonyg3573
@tonyg3573 Месяц назад
Reminds me of the old saying, 'At one point in your life, you and all of your neighborhood friends played together for the last time, and nobody knew it'.
@ericclark133
@ericclark133 Месяц назад
I remember that day. For me it was mid 1985. We frequently played games like hide and go seek and “phantom” (a reverse versions of sardines). That night we instead got an offer to play D&D from the new kid on the block, and that was the end of those games. Then again we were just finishing up 8th grade; I guess we wanted to be more “serious” and hence move on from childhood. Alas, that D&D phase for me ended less than two years later - and after that point life got a lot more formal. Not just for me, but also the generation of kids behind mine.
@janakafka4427
@janakafka4427 Месяц назад
Oof...that hit me hard.
@eunoiavision7567
@eunoiavision7567 Месяц назад
@@janakafka4427 Right? Like a ton of bricks! This was the comment I wanted to leave but you beat me to it!
@eunoiavision7567
@eunoiavision7567 Месяц назад
@@ericclark133 Did you pronounce it Hinggoseek?
@janakafka4427
@janakafka4427 Месяц назад
@@eunoiavision7567 Nah...we called it hide and seek but I am from the South and we tend to shorten things up a bit. lol Also, I remember being so young playing "hide and seek" and not being able to find a good spot? But the oaks we played under were large enough not to be seen. You could keep circling behind the tree, keeping behind it as the person seeking moved. Thing was, you had to be careful not to stumble on the roots or the noise would be a dead give away. If you managed to stay hidden long enough for someone else to get flushed out, you could race to "home base" and be safe to hide again in the next round. FUN TIMES!
@LLEGG5087
@LLEGG5087 29 дней назад
Graduated in 78. I am so blessed to have been a teen in that era! I wish my gkids could have that same experience! This is exactly my life in the 70s… great job. Also we had the BEST MUSIC!!!!!
@lowen9778
@lowen9778 29 дней назад
I want to go back to the 70's!!!😭
@user-dc2ed2dm8d
@user-dc2ed2dm8d 29 дней назад
I wish my granddaughter would have the same freedom that we did. It was a great time to grow up.
@maryaha7
@maryaha7 Месяц назад
If I could go back, I'd run!
@HomeAtLast501
@HomeAtLast501 Месяц назад
Great comment.
@Howrider65
@Howrider65 Месяц назад
You and me both. I had that bike.
@Lucy-be8ft
@Lucy-be8ft Месяц назад
Same here!! Those were the days
@deborahgross1045
@deborahgross1045 Месяц назад
Me too!
@mofatjippyfransisco713
@mofatjippyfransisco713 Месяц назад
God help anybody in my way, it was AWESOME...I would hate to be a kid today...its horrible.
@lharr
@lharr Месяц назад
I’m 59, my daughter is 28 and she can’t believe when I tell her we didn’t have water bottles and only drank from the hose or a water fountain. We survived on concrete playgrounds, no bike helmets, no seatbelts, no parental guidance. We basically raised ourselves. It was awesome growing up in the 70’s!
@stevemoore3951
@stevemoore3951 Месяц назад
The BEST drink of water I’ve ever had was from a garden hose. You had to let the warm water get pushed out in the summer.
@jonburrows2684
@jonburrows2684 Месяц назад
We had Charlie Manson and Jim jones back then.
@aquarius2914
@aquarius2914 Месяц назад
​​@@jonburrows2684And we still have serial killers, cult leaders, and undesirables around today! Whether it's past, present, or future, the dark side of human nature will also follow along from generation to generation unfortunately.
@15Beaches
@15Beaches Месяц назад
Yes !! I'm 67 so we rode to the parks on our bikes, no worries! We would go to the grocery store in our own from about 8 years old, with a list of what to buy. We played imaginative games, roamed the neighborhood, not a worry. I have a 23 year old daughter and often feel sad she never was able to experience these things. I always say I'm so lucky to have experienced the 60s 70s and 80s. And of course, let's not talk about the cool bands lol
@jonburrows2684
@jonburrows2684 Месяц назад
@@15Beaches 23 year old daughter? You started late didn’t you sister?
@DianeSchmidt-id7ve
@DianeSchmidt-id7ve 29 дней назад
The seventies was the best time in life to live, I wish I could go back and stay there.
@Thomas-ej9fz
@Thomas-ej9fz 27 дней назад
I was born in 1964 growing up in the 60’s and 70’s was a blast ! I would not trade it for anything .. think god I didn’t grow up in the 2000’s and up !!
@KRAZEEIZATION
@KRAZEEIZATION Месяц назад
There’s absolutely no doubt that the smartphone is the single most powerful weapon to destroy your entire life.
@robertking3539
@robertking3539 Месяц назад
As we watch this on our smartphones
@user-iv2iu2wf4w
@user-iv2iu2wf4w Месяц назад
@@KRAZEEIZATION yet here we are all destroyed
@theresehill1660
@theresehill1660 Месяц назад
No on a tablet. Have Parkinson's so this is.my connection to the outside world. I'm a.70:'s kid, loved summer!
@phillipcotton833
@phillipcotton833 Месяц назад
3 words....THE GREAT DISTRACTION 📱
@sherribrown294
@sherribrown294 Месяц назад
@@theresehill1660 hope you’re having a great day 😘 from one 70’s girl to another!! 🙋🏼‍♀️❤️
@lar4305
@lar4305 Месяц назад
The 70's was a great time to be a kid.
@amjz77
@amjz77 29 дней назад
My dads notorious words on Saturday mornings and summer days, “I don’t wanna hear you or see you until I call you to come in” 😂
@brianpiegza9535
@brianpiegza9535 29 дней назад
Yup, thats the way it was.
@davidquintero7862
@davidquintero7862 28 дней назад
I would actually hide from my dad or else he'd make me help him fix the car or work on the plumbing lol.
@cavaliermama56
@cavaliermama56 28 дней назад
I’m very grateful that I grew up in this era. It was fun and it was safe. We played outside, rode our bikes, played with simple things, went to dances and roller skating rinks and had manners. As teenagers dating was pretty wholesome. I feel sorry for kids now.
@emmettjones5165
@emmettjones5165 Месяц назад
The older I get, the more it hurts to see these scenes and memories...we are all longing for a place that doesn't exist anymore.
@valeriewedel2775
@valeriewedel2775 Месяц назад
Let’s rebuild it!!
@sid2112
@sid2112 28 дней назад
@@valeriewedel2775 They won't let us. We've been trying but unfortunately this generation cannot comprehend the idea of outside as anything other than the space between two buildings.
@valeriewedel2775
@valeriewedel2775 28 дней назад
@@sid2112 do you go outside? My kids got a fair lot of outside time and are doing interesting things now as adults. It still exists. Also, my kids did not get cell phones until they were in middle school, and we used them as communication devices.
@sid2112
@sid2112 28 дней назад
@@valeriewedel2775 Yeah, that's how I know the only people out there other than me and mine are tourists who couldn't survive a night out in my woods.
@77atbirth
@77atbirth 27 дней назад
@@emmettjones5165 Very well said. It’s hard mourning for something that can never be replicated.
@capncrunch9053
@capncrunch9053 Месяц назад
The thing that stuck out to me the most, was the smiles on ALL of the kids faces. Kids today look like zombies with their faces buried in their phones.
@jcbulldog533
@jcbulldog533 Месяц назад
Exactly,not to mention no color to their skin.. Vitamin D is good for the skin!! Hint Hint 🌞🌞
@GrannyEarth
@GrannyEarth Месяц назад
I was born in 1960 & we stayed outside until dark! Except if we had chores.
@dinodiciolli7519
@dinodiciolli7519 Месяц назад
I grew up in the 70s. I was born in the 60s. I miss it. It was simpler.
@ev25zv
@ev25zv Месяц назад
That's because life is simpler when you're a kid.
@dimatrue
@dimatrue 25 дней назад
@@dinodiciolli7519 it was human and humane. What we have now is a mild version of the digital prison. Still mild, but getting less mild every day.
@timp3035
@timp3035 Месяц назад
It was a great time to be a kid, we were never inside.
@timp3035
@timp3035 Месяц назад
@@chrisjohnston7403 Yup and after awhile we would get kicked out back into the yard.lol
@timp3035
@timp3035 Месяц назад
I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, everybody knew each other and we didnt dare get into any trouble. Christ we even knew who owned every dog that got loose.
@s.lew.2040
@s.lew.2040 29 дней назад
1964 born. Too poor for bikes. Walked MILES everywhere. Tag, dodge ball, red rover, mother may I... Spending EVERY weekend with cousins, aunts, uncles. Miss it sooo much. Thanks sooo much for the video. 😢
@user-gk1qo2hb7y
@user-gk1qo2hb7y 6 дней назад
Was the best time to grow up, we were lucky to be kids in this era.
@sassysue6472
@sassysue6472 Месяц назад
What a great time to be young. I’m so glad I grew up when I did.
@ceraroberts2691
@ceraroberts2691 Месяц назад
I am so glad I got to grow up in this era. We definitely we a lot tougher than the kids today.
@jacquelinea3358
@jacquelinea3358 Месяц назад
I grew up in the 70s. We literally ran in the streets all day on weekends snd summertime. We didn't worry about cars, crime, drugs or anything...except getting home before the street lights came on! True, playgrounds were quite dangerous and kids did fall down and break arms and legs. But parents didn't freak out. They just got us fixed. And we couldn't wait to get outside to play again. I actually never broke anything, and I climbed plenty trees and jumped off the roof of my neighbor's shed...just because it was there! In short, we had fun.
@GMans-World
@GMans-World 28 дней назад
Those were the days, Mum always told us to come home when the street lights came on..... we lived it.....
@thomasm9139
@thomasm9139 Месяц назад
I'm 67 and my Mom who is 98 always tells me that we grew up in the greatest time ever and I 100% agree.
@lastmanstanding2622
@lastmanstanding2622 Месяц назад
"We had no idea at the time, but those summer days that seamed to last forever would be gone before we knew it." How true.
@doriasalmon4790
@doriasalmon4790 27 дней назад
No cell phones, we walked to school, after school we went outside to play, when school let out for the summer we were truly free!! No planned extra curricular camps or activities, we played outside and came home to eat and go to bed happily tired. I loved those days
@barbarapistella2819
@barbarapistella2819 Месяц назад
Im 62 yrs young now and i remember doing all that stuff when i was a kid. Now those were the good old days...still have my childhood friends now too ❤❤❤😊
@judiw2045
@judiw2045 Месяц назад
Don't forget about the ice cream truck that came into the neighborhood. Oh, and snowcones too!
@emmettjones5165
@emmettjones5165 Месяц назад
You guys are killin' me with the memories...and the comments, lol! Lord, I lived so far out in the exurbs growing up in the 70's, the ice cream man didn't even make it out that far. I sought friends where they did go! We are all longing for a place that doesn't exist anymore...
@davidmarkstone5628
@davidmarkstone5628 Месяц назад
I’m 62 yrs old. Brought tears to my eyes. Made me remember all those good times. It was so much fun. As the video mentioned…we taught ourselves how to have fun. And how to figure things out. And yes…I had a schwinn sting ray. I remember the day my dad took me to our towns bicycle shop. I wanted the candy apple red sting ray so bad. My dad bought be a gold one. It was $6 cheaper than the candy apple one. I loved my bike and all the freedom and adventures me and my sting ray had.
@gardyloo3093
@gardyloo3093 Месяц назад
I'm 61 and I got a purple one, because the purple ones were cheaper for some reason!
@robholloway749
@robholloway749 28 дней назад
I am 60 years old and every one of these things brought me back to when I was a kid it was a great time
@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669
@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669 29 дней назад
Going to concerts to see the greatest bands of all time. Never been anything like it since.
@KepiGal
@KepiGal 27 дней назад
"Laying out" in the backyard, Sun-In or lemon juice in our hair and baby oil all over to get that perfect tan
@RushWorkingMan
@RushWorkingMan Месяц назад
Living on a street with many of the kids you went to school with, playing running bases, fast pitch, ghost in the graveyard until dark. Summers seemed like they lasted forever. No internet no cell phones. We used our Imagination and were never bored. Best times of my life.
@jerrytalley802
@jerrytalley802 Месяц назад
Notice, they all look normal, healthy. Outdoors all day, fresh air and sunshine. Learned to interact with people, I long for some of that today, but sadly, it’s gone forever
@brendalee8831
@brendalee8831 22 дня назад
I'm 62 and yes I miss those days back in the 70s,that was a good era😊
@Heartwing37
@Heartwing37 Месяц назад
I feel sorry for kids today. We had total freedom as a 70s kid. ❤❤❤
@johnnysager8899
@johnnysager8899 Месяц назад
I don't care what anyone says. We had a better childhood than the kids today!!
@claudedalton8970
@claudedalton8970 Месяц назад
TRUE! CELL PHONES AND PROGRESSIVES HAVE DESTROYED THE USA TODAY! BUT, I THINK A SHOWDOWN IS COMING!
@Redandranger
@Redandranger Месяц назад
@@claudedalton8970 Yeah - I'll wait until you can handle the caps lock before I worry about a showdown.
@claudedalton8970
@claudedalton8970 Месяц назад
@@Redandranger "TUFF GUY", I USE CAPS FOR MY EYESITE! SEE YOU AT 12 NOON IN TOWN! LOL! GET A JOB!
@janakafka4427
@janakafka4427 Месяц назад
@@RedandrangerBully much?
@greggill7066
@greggill7066 Месяц назад
Born in 1963 and fell in love the first time in the summer of 79, I held her hand twice and kissed her once. I still remember her today.
@thomburleson4884
@thomburleson4884 Месяц назад
Though I’m 72 (born in ‘52), this was a very accurate portrayal of growing up in that era. I experienced all this in the 1960’s. I can remember once a week, my beloved mom giving me a dime so we could ride our bikes up to a local pharmacy and splurge on all kinds of goodies! Amazing how much candy, jawbreakers and bubble gum that you could get for 10 cents! Wonderful memories.
@user-uv8tn6tm2m
@user-uv8tn6tm2m 6 дней назад
Oh man... I was 14 in 1970, and 19 when the disco era was in full swing. There were no personal computers, no cell phones, no e-mails or texts, no online games. But what a glorious time!
@tracy9397
@tracy9397 Месяц назад
How I miss those days! No cell phones and we definitely spent our days outside! ❤
@whaleoilbeefhooked3892
@whaleoilbeefhooked3892 Месяц назад
Hop-scotch then, malt-Scotch whiskies now
@juliedepaolo9971
@juliedepaolo9971 Месяц назад
All day. Everyday outside having fun. Our mom would have to drag us in the house at the end of the day.
@suz165
@suz165 Месяц назад
We had a good childhood in the 70’s.
@michelle.goodridge
@michelle.goodridge 23 дня назад
I grew up in the 70s and did every one of these things, the playgrounds, the bike, the swimming, making forts, rollerskating, ramp jumping, sprinklers, roaming the streets, drinking kool aid. Gosh those were the days.
@hamwa4eis
@hamwa4eis 29 дней назад
We were playing outside every minute every day Sad never see a lot of kids outside anymore
@BradJames878
@BradJames878 28 дней назад
There are no open spaces to play anymore. Greedy land developers build on every inch of available land.
@guitarandmore69
@guitarandmore69 Месяц назад
I grew up in the 70's. And I approve this message.
@spaztekwarrior
@spaztekwarrior Месяц назад
Man I miss the 70s. Born in ‘66. The 80s were fun too :)
@Runswithwolves6323
@Runswithwolves6323 Месяц назад
Heck yeah!! Im an 80s child.I was born 77 but the 70s looked awesome! Lol GEN X!!!❤❤❤❤
@jimbolen6364
@jimbolen6364 23 дня назад
You nailed my youth in the 70's! Wonderful times to be a kid.
@traceyhellsten649
@traceyhellsten649 29 дней назад
Don't forget hurrying to get inside at dark on Friday nights to plop down on the scratchy green shag carpet in front of the big Zenith console TV to watch The Brady Bunch and Partridge Family ❤! 😊. God bless 🙏
@mattmorrow7777
@mattmorrow7777 29 дней назад
That is an important detail this film left out. I loved the Brady Bunch. Still do.
@BJBDF
@BJBDF Месяц назад
The last great childhood. So glad I got to be there.
@donnalulloyd2072
@donnalulloyd2072 Месяц назад
So grateful to have been part of this... Best days ever..😊to grown up in!
@nevrtrumpr1044
@nevrtrumpr1044 28 дней назад
"Go outside and play with your friends; come home when the streetlights come on". -Mom
@user-bl6gx9hr2n
@user-bl6gx9hr2n 29 дней назад
I was born in ‘72. Same situation in the ‘80s. A great time to be a kid!!! Playing ALL DAY!!!!
@VelvetJazz
@VelvetJazz Месяц назад
Yep, we stayed skinny because we were always moving. I miss that.
@lynneb8639
@lynneb8639 Месяц назад
We also had food that wasn't tainted.
@cavaliermama56
@cavaliermama56 27 дней назад
@@lynneb8639 Agree. The food tasted better, too.
@GrannyEarth
@GrannyEarth 27 дней назад
@@VelvetJazz It was a real treat then to get a burger n fries out somewhere. Mom cooked every meal. I did the same with my kids. Too many moms these days r drive thru cooks! Too many obese children because of it.
@15Beaches
@15Beaches Месяц назад
I was born in 57..i loved growing up in those days. We always had the bist fun, always inventing new things to do.
@LBWWhi-lc4px
@LBWWhi-lc4px 27 дней назад
My heart's smiling remembering how awesome it was to grow up in the 70s♥️
@toddcornelius5817
@toddcornelius5817 29 дней назад
Those were the days my friend I thought they would never end
@matoko123
@matoko123 29 дней назад
We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days I miss them but am happy to have lived them.
@chewie2055
@chewie2055 Месяц назад
Was born in 1963…..60s and 70s kid best time to grow up ….just take off and explore
@vickiwatson1801
@vickiwatson1801 Месяц назад
It was the best of times. So much better than a tablet in your face 24/7.
@lambchop206
@lambchop206 Месяц назад
awwww you forgot the ice cream man! we waited all day for that.
@writerforlifeify
@writerforlifeify 29 дней назад
Oh yes, that ice cream truck playing its signature jingle (which is now punctuated with that super annoying & unnecessary "hello!"). And only 2 flavors back then: chocolate & vanilla with your choice of pointy cone or flat-bottom.
@nancyryan7971
@nancyryan7971 29 дней назад
Stop!!
@willowz22
@willowz22 29 дней назад
Ours were a big cooler on bike wheels with bells called Dickie-Dee.
@lambchop206
@lambchop206 29 дней назад
@@writerforlifeify always off key! lol
@lambchop206
@lambchop206 29 дней назад
@@willowz22 ours was a man named Mario with a old refridge unit on the back of a 50's dodge. My dad used to fix his truck from time to time cuz it would break down. Free IceCream!!
@amynaddra7230
@amynaddra7230 28 дней назад
Best summers ever. Swimming in the creek, bike rides, walking to 7 11 for candy, roller skating
@mikehosac5625
@mikehosac5625 Месяц назад
60s too. Grab your bike and be home when the street lights came on. And in those days, any parent could hit your reset button if needed.
@emmettjones5165
@emmettjones5165 Месяц назад
I like how you phrased that "...hit the reset button" . My reset button got pushed alot, lol! 😂
@HillaryMack-ow8pu
@HillaryMack-ow8pu Месяц назад
It was a magical time. We would play hide and go seek until the street lights came on. Great childhood ❤😊
@LisaLisa-xj1hs
@LisaLisa-xj1hs Месяц назад
If we could only go back in time & enjoy again !!
@D-Boss-1958
@D-Boss-1958 Месяц назад
yep.. I have a few times I'd like to do again.. But I don't know if she does.
@josephchartier1910
@josephchartier1910 Месяц назад
I say the same thing all the time
@TheChipster61
@TheChipster61 Месяц назад
The 70’s was a great decade to grow up in. We also enjoyed cruising with our friends, or best girl. We also enjoyed stopping to play around of Putt-Putt. Dollar night was always a favorite, and getting a hole in one and winning a free game. And the music in the 70’s was the best
@copperdee3073
@copperdee3073 Месяц назад
70s and 80s were the best of times. If Time Machines were real i'd take a one way trip back, along with the knowledge i have now.
@pnwrocker1965
@pnwrocker1965 Месяц назад
Born in ‘65. Grew up in the ‘70’s. This was like watching my childhood.
@TheHistoryLounge
@TheHistoryLounge Месяц назад
I'm glad to hear it - I hope it brought back some good memories!
@jodopeg
@jodopeg Месяц назад
Born in Miami in 1961, I'm still in South Florida and it's getting really crowded now.
@user-bi5fu6me4r
@user-bi5fu6me4r Месяц назад
@@jodopeg I moved to Golden Gate Florida. When I was 2 years old, we had a 130 miles of canals to explore by ourselves with no adult supervision. From the time I was 5 years old. incredible music on the radio country rock.Everything was great
@ninamc6116
@ninamc6116 Месяц назад
Great year!! Me too.
@darkomiklic6627
@darkomiklic6627 28 дней назад
I grew up in the 70s in Germany. We the kids were outdoors the whole free time we had. Once you got out you were on your own with your friends, challenging whatever our imagination lead us to. Our bonds still last until today in our 60s. Times I will never forget! ❤
@mjm4ut
@mjm4ut 28 дней назад
Rhein Main Uber Alles!
@bogallerito1709
@bogallerito1709 29 дней назад
Oh man!! That was the best! Hit me right in my heart... All of it. A golden era
@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys
@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys 29 дней назад
Stomped on my heart also~!!!!
@bruceraymond2114
@bruceraymond2114 Месяц назад
I grew up in the 60's and it was pretty much as you've described the 70's. Pretty much all of the time we were outside. Unsupervised. I'm glad that I had the experience of growing up in the 60's.
@ronsamborski6230
@ronsamborski6230 Месяц назад
I was in kindergarten when President Kennedy was killed in 1963. So yeah, this video applies to the Sixties as well. Strange that there was no mention of the US Bicentennial in July 1976. 🇺🇸
@frankjennings8647
@frankjennings8647 Месяц назад
Classic!! Born in ‘63…experienced everything mentioned in the video! Summers were absolutely great! Never broke a bone 😄!
@freespeechie6970
@freespeechie6970 Месяц назад
Same here! 63 class of 81!!!! I never went grocery shopping with my mom… she would tell me to go outside and play and come back for dinner🤣🤣🤣we would go in the woods find a stream and help dig out waterfalls!!!! And bring our barbies to make a resort for them!!!! Ahhhhh what a time to be a kid. I feel sad for these kids now. I tried to have my own kids experience at least some of what we had… but the world got very creepy .. fast ..
@splender88
@splender88 29 дней назад
I had a red Schwinn Stingray that took me to many adventures and jumped many a ramp. Those were the days.
@lesleylight4690
@lesleylight4690 29 дней назад
Kids were kids.we had lots of outdoor play...60's 70's great decades to grow up on. So miss those decades too but what great memories.
@gingernightmare9152
@gingernightmare9152 Месяц назад
you forgot sneaking into your parents bedroom with your friends to use the phone and make crank calls with the phone book. That was me. 😁😁
@deeperunderstanding7495
@deeperunderstanding7495 Месяц назад
Me too. I recorded some of mine on cassette tape.
@mrgreenbudz37
@mrgreenbudz37 Месяц назад
62 years old here and boy did you hit the nail on the head and hit the memory button. I am sad right now watching this video for SO many reasons. One I wish I was a kid again as this world we live in is really F up, and two I am sad that kids today will never get to experience what we did. That is beyond SAD.
@carolynw3602
@carolynw3602 Месяц назад
Amen, this country has been given over to a reprobate mind.
@markjohnson6485
@markjohnson6485 29 дней назад
Yep I lived it born in 61 rode bike to school all over town no worries by my parents just be home on time we stayed outside played sports everyone got along had a good time
@Raelven
@Raelven 29 дней назад
'61 here, too. Be home before the street lights go on. Sitting under the light closest to home, trying to milk every last second out of the day.
@Sally-ih6ls
@Sally-ih6ls Месяц назад
Crazy days! I wouldn’t trade those days for ny other generation, so freeing!
@s.patrick6136
@s.patrick6136 Месяц назад
Man… the 70’s and 80’s were the best. Most things just plain suck now. I wish I could take my kids and grandkids back to when things made sense.
@ronsamborski6230
@ronsamborski6230 Месяц назад
There’s an ad for an online company recently. One of the t-shirts says “I may be old but I was alive before the world went to shit!” 💩 Or something like that. Enjoy life as much as you can, because once you’re dead…..
@B1B904
@B1B904 Месяц назад
If you could take them back you would find that things didn't make quite the sense you thought they did.. your kids will be why is there a line at the gas station.. who is this Charles Manson guy? Who's the son of Sam. Why did daddy lose his job.. the 70s weren't all that great don't get me wrong I grew up then and I have great childhood memories.. but also remember everything else too.
@s.patrick6136
@s.patrick6136 Месяц назад
@@B1B904 i agree. There lots that weren’t as great as I remember. I just feel that the world made more sense back then. Lots of things suck now and our kids have to live with it. I’m just being nostalgic
@B1B904
@B1B904 Месяц назад
@@s.patrick6136 I completely understand.
@jasonlovern2322
@jasonlovern2322 Месяц назад
We rode our bikes for what seemed like forever. We played outside, climbed a million trees, built forts, skinned our knees, walked for miles, swam until our arms were gonna fall off, we were chewed alive by mosquitoes and we were never afraid of the dark or fearful of being injured. Great times. I just wish that I could remember more.
@ozyankee4403
@ozyankee4403 Месяц назад
Walked along railroad tracts, shot bottle rockets at each other, knew how to cross the street, played in the rain, played in the sun, explored abandoned places, … cuts got “stingy medicine” from mom (aka tincture of iodine).. or tetanus shot from e/r when more serious ..casts for broken bones often got signed …
@user-iv2iu2wf4w
@user-iv2iu2wf4w Месяц назад
Sounds like you forgot all the bad parts
@ozyankee4403
@ozyankee4403 Месяц назад
@@user-iv2iu2wf4w There are good and bad parts to every day, month, year, decade, century… Did you want to share what “bad parts” in particular….
@tproudboomer5965
@tproudboomer5965 Месяц назад
@@user-iv2iu2wf4w Like your mom?
@AnthonyHarris-dy8pi
@AnthonyHarris-dy8pi Месяц назад
We drank out of the garden hose.
@user-kq2mn3rg8w
@user-kq2mn3rg8w 29 дней назад
Man I loved growing up in the 70’s!!! It was so great being a kid back then, looking back I really miss it!!!
@garytorresani8846
@garytorresani8846 Месяц назад
I watched a video of Lynard Skynard from a concert in Oakland a couple of months before the plane crash. I was at that concert. As the camera was sweeping over the crowd, I saw no obesity, none! We moved and had fun. I maintained a healthy lifestyle and at 76, jog and work out, all things I started in the 70s and continue to this day.
@rjl9707
@rjl9707 Месяц назад
Correct..! so many videos of our days back then, and people were generally in shape. Now...., video games & tic-tock fat non-communicating young people.
@edfriedman4252
@edfriedman4252 Месяц назад
I'm 59, TAKE ME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All those things were so true and spot on..........................😭😭😭😭😭😭
@user-jv2qr2rf8s
@user-jv2qr2rf8s Месяц назад
me too!
@gary6463
@gary6463 Месяц назад
I was 8 yrs old in 1970.. Life looked so much fun and full of discovery.
@patriciav3261
@patriciav3261 Месяц назад
Graduated high school in 1975 in So. California. Such a great time. Met my husband in high school. Just celebrated 46 years married. Also, turn back to the “oldies” music to bring us back to those days. 😊
@bassin692
@bassin692 Месяц назад
Being a teenager in the 70's was the best of times. Loved it!
@caligirllala1267
@caligirllala1267 Месяц назад
This made me cry…I had so much fun growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. There will NEVER be another time like it….😢😢😢
@teedee3428
@teedee3428 Месяц назад
I feel the same way.
@sandiego9168
@sandiego9168 Месяц назад
Me too peace and love is no more ✌️
@ninamc6116
@ninamc6116 Месяц назад
I cried too! The scenes of the swim club. I had so much fun
@8ema533
@8ema533 26 дней назад
Every last word he said was true, I was there LOL
@vickeysteffin8061
@vickeysteffin8061 23 дня назад
I was a teenager in the 70s, graduated in 75, and it was a blast! 😂
@brianb5594
@brianb5594 Месяц назад
That is all spot on. I recall the bike ramps, and catching lightning bugs at night, and building the tree fort. Great times that kids today will never experience.
@187manowar
@187manowar Месяц назад
We had 3 tv stations and the only time we really got to veg out was Saturday morning cartoons.
@gardyloo3093
@gardyloo3093 Месяц назад
Yep! And as soon as Soul Train came on, it was time to go outside and play!
@67Stu
@67Stu Месяц назад
True, but if you didn’t go out and play or go shopping with Mom, you would have found that Soul Train had some pretty cool acts on it.
@67Stu
@67Stu Месяц назад
🎶My Hero Zero🎶 🎶Good Good Good Good 11🎶 🎶So I Unpacked My Adjectives 🎶 🎶Verb! That’s what’s happenin’ 🎶
@67Stu
@67Stu Месяц назад
On Sunday’s my father and I would watch Abbot and Costello movies together from from 11:30 am til 1:00 pm in the ‘70s. In the ‘80s, we’d sometimes watch kung-fu movies together at 3:00 pm.
@ROHM53
@ROHM53 22 дня назад
@67Stu And all for free on regular TV. What a glorious time it was then, and most of us took it for granted.
@user-hq5hs7bt2c
@user-hq5hs7bt2c Месяц назад
And the music was FANTASTIC!
@marylyn66
@marylyn66 29 дней назад
Farm kids had more chores but we also had PONIES! We spent the hottest part of the day down by the river, bareback on our horses playing in the water, gone for hours with not an adult in sight and my children who are in their 30's now had it the same way. So long as chores were done and we were home for dinner, it's all good.
@ralphholiman7401
@ralphholiman7401 Месяц назад
I'm 66 now. When I was seventeen, between my junior and senior year, me and a friend went to Panama City Beach, Florida during Spring Break and rented a room. Back then, they would let two seventeen year olds rent a room. I met a girl down there, sixteen, who was with her family at the same motel and we hung out all week and talked for a year after that, but I never actually saw her again. But when we were younger, we just roamed the neighborhood. I had a Schwinn Stingray.
@user-sy6fj2bm1z
@user-sy6fj2bm1z Месяц назад
Bikes 🚴🏼 no helmets no knee pads . At the end of the day we were physically exhausted in a good way . We had to be home by nine and we didn’t bargain with our parents. Bedtime was bedtime and our parents were parents, they were not your Best Friend. It was the best time ever.I’m so glad that my Sister and friends still reminisce about the 70’s
@tjblackforest69
@tjblackforest69 4 дня назад
Those were the days......and the early 80s. And here I sit, watching it on my smartphone, being melancholic....
@NoMoreMrNice
@NoMoreMrNice 2 дня назад
I was thinking “the good old days without smartphones” as I was watching this on my smartphone.
@Zonfeair
@Zonfeair 29 дней назад
OMG this brings back such wonderful memories of the 1960's and 70's.
@goe1punk
@goe1punk Месяц назад
This makes me cry. We'll never see this again. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end. The internet and tracking devices, called cellphones, have ruined the world.
@sueraymo3239
@sueraymo3239 29 дней назад
@@goe1punk totally agree!
@thetruth7046
@thetruth7046 Месяц назад
The greatest span of 10 years ever, for a kid.
@TheHistoryLounge
@TheHistoryLounge Месяц назад
Agreed. I miss the sound of Big Wheels on the sidewalk. That sound used to be everywhere - I never hear it anymore!
@758rhari
@758rhari 29 дней назад
Today you never see kids out riding bikes or just hanging out. Too bad. 😮
@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys
@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys 29 дней назад
Way too damned dangerous as our Society is polluted~!!!
@jflow178
@jflow178 Месяц назад
Riding bikes all day...going to the local man-made pool, the candy shop, and all of our friend's houses. We explored without a care. Home for dinner and then back out again to play kick--can, capture the flag or just catch fireflies. Those were great times. My heart aches that my grandchildren will never know the freedom or security we knew then.
@valeriewedel2775
@valeriewedel2775 Месяц назад
Help your grand kids recreate it!!
@valleygrl1
@valleygrl1 Месяц назад
No obesity and not a they them in sight! Joyous.
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