TFS! My Dad would bring me to a local record shop to buy “45’s”. Love Ben Franklin store that was across the street from the record store. Had several transistor radios over the years! No Howdy Doody! We didn’t own encyclopedias until I was older. I used to go across the street to a neighbor’s to use theirs. Brought our son home in a station wagon with wood paneling! Chuckle. Loved drive-in movies! No banana seat bike on my 26” Schwinn! Great video! TFS❤
By the time I was able to drive, in 1977, I ended driving my foster mother's old Ford Fairlane Station Wagon. I was 16, and drove it till age 20. It was a classic by then. I guess station wagons are no longer sold or made anymore. I wanted one when I bought a new car in 2019.
Thanks for bringing back memories. I had a respectable album collection with stuff starting with Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino just to name a few in the beginning then later in the 60's was stuff like The Rolling Stones, Cream, Deep Purple among many others. I never collected too many 45's. In our town we were fortunate to have both a Woolworth's and Ben Franklin. I remember the Ben Franklin was two stories and had very distinct sounds in it as people walked around on the old creaky wooden floors. I remember it being jam packed with stuff with very narrow aisles. I always got warned not to cut up in there or knock anything off shelves or I'd get my hide tanned. For a while we had a station wagon. Of course we kids always wanted to sit in the back. It was out of reach from being slapped for something. It almost always turned into arguments and one of the younger ones yelling "Mom, he (or she) won't stop touching me." We'd get the warning, "Don't make me pull this car over and come back there." Nice memories. It is bitter sweet thinking of them. All my family have long passed on leaving me the last one. One day I'll join them and there will be great times again, just no station wagons though.
Even though I was born in 72, I remember alot of these things. The 5 and 10, the Rexall Drug Store with the diner in the back. My grandmother would give me money ro buy a burger there. The transistor radio that had headphones. I remember hearing Marina Del Rey by George Strait on it and my mom bought me the radio at White's Auto Part Store in River Oaks Texas and she had a Fairmont Station Wagon..minus the wood paneling.
Growing up in the 1960's, we had a set of the World Book Encyclopedias in our house. Outside of school, this was the PRIMARY source of all information. To stay current, each year we also got the World Book Year Book, which updated the original content and included events from the previous year. Any further need for information required a trip to the county library, during their somewhat limited hours of operation, of course.
My first album was Donny Osmond and my sister bought Bobby Sherman. Great memories! My 19 year old grandson just got his first turntable, it's fun sharing those memories with him.
Grew up in northern San Diego county during the 1960s and 70s. I vividly remember going to the record section of our local department stores to check out their record inventory. They had the LPs on one side and the 45 records in their own section. Then along came record stores that had tons of records where one could peruse to one's content by genre! I can only remember two of those record stores, Licorice Pizza and The Warehouse (?). Not sure if there was a Sam Goodys around. If anyone from SD county during the 60s and 70s remembers, let me know! 🤙🏽✌🏼
my first radio was crystal radio kit I put together it only had an earphone. I used to listen to it at night under the covers. At night I could pickup Chicago and St Louise and other clear Chanel stations. I lived in Pensacola Florida.
Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia. This you got in installments at your grocery store. A new volume every 2 weeks. That became a quip on the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In show "Look that up in your Funk & Wagnall's!" Top-40 stations with the hits that you went to your record store for the 45 RPM record with a usually crappy side B selection.
OMG! My parents did this. Friday night grocery runs were exciting. My sister & I fought over who got to peruse each volume when it came home with the groceries.
I had to special order Bob Dylan’s eponymous first album when I was twelve. Saving up my .25 a week allowance was easy. Getting to play it on my parent’s big stereo unit was more difficult.
I'm Gen X, so a lot of these things are before my time, but the first thing I DO remember is the Encylopedia Britanica. I remembered studying with it, and also leafing thru the pages when I wanted to
A record Album when I was 14 was way out of my price range. I had a portable radio from age 13 to 17 a medium sized portable radio. After 17 I have no idea what happened to it. Both my parents are Dead and things from the past have more sentimental memories. Some times I think lord please take me home again I'm so lonely 😢
Always wanted a banana-seat bike.. never got one, though.. .was told they're "too dangerous"... even though I never saw any of the kids on the block getting into any accidents... HOWEVER, their bikes were the 1st ones stolen LOL!!!
Because I lived in Japan I missed the 5s and 10s of the 60's, but we did own a set of Encyclopaedia Britannica, which was probably purchased more for prestige than actual use.
I had my first transistor radio made by Philips in 1967 that have AM-FM with very beautiful sound on sale for $15.00. I love that FM radio that we brought from Shell station. This radio was stolen by my drug addict step sister and sold it for Drug in 1971.
We had a Woolworth's and a Spouts Reitz in our city. I was too young for Howdy Doody but I remember The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show featuring Jerry's buddy Knucklehead. Also watched Sheriff John, Hobo Kelly and Kuckla Fran and Ollie!
Mine was called "Abbey Road". Just wanted to Bee Fun Knee to make you laugh! Didn't want to be a "Mean Mister Mustard" or anything. I agree that that's a very good album too!
As a child i loved Woolworths and Newburrys My. first record was Johnny Angel by Shelly fabres.I thought Howdy Doody was frightening!!!!My brother would tease me with it! I still have my encyclopedia set (World Book) and boy does it help me with Wordle!
I'm not sure if it was "banana seat", but I had a Huffy bike, and my friend thought he was so cool as he had a "BMX". So Gen Xers had at least the last half of the stuff mentioned here
