Those were the days my friend. I wish that life was that simple again and everyone was alive again. Life is to complicated and everyone politically have gone nuts! To much stress! Wish I could have the 60s back. Thanks to you the 60's are back for a moment! 👍
I was eight in 1962 and this one really tugged at my heartstrings. What a wonderful world it was. I loved cartoons, going places and the enjoyments in life were understood and defined. Wouldn't change a thing.
Born in '54. Different part of the country; as well as being a "city kid" (Seattle); otherwise spot-on!!!. A couple differences in a few details... 1962, my Dad had a 1956 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, two-tone (turquoise & white). Sunday afternoon we might go for a Sunday Drive; if it was after dinner there would be a good chance we'd stop for some Dairy Queen (not DQ) ice cream cones ( My older brother and I would both get soft-serve vanilla with the chocolate dip); then we'd park somewhere along the "Ship Canal" to watch the fancy boats returning home and watch the raising and lowering of the bridges for the taller sailboats. In addition to Sunday evening Disney, there was The Ed Sullivan Show and The Hollywood Palace. The Party Line was always good fun!. Fast forward two months to Summer Vacation and if it was a Saturday my friends and I might hop a city bus to catch a matinee at the Neptune Theater in the University district. No permission asked , no permission given; never supervised! All summer it would go: "See ya mom!" "Where you boys going today?" She'd ask. " I don't know, we might ride our bikes to the trails in Woodland Park," to which she would always reply, "Ok, just be home by dark."
you people keep bringing back soooo many good memories with your comments, i did like the little or no supervision of the time, i would spend hours out in the desert near las vegas catching scorpions and snakes and mom never even asked where i was, so much fun - we had just returned from living in france when my dad was deployed to libya (who was our friend then) so we drove a little opal brought home from france, pretty much the only foreign car in town!
I was 8 during this time period, growing up in Fort Worth, we had 3 TV stations. I watched a lot of the same shows you did, Lassie and Wonderful World of Color were my favorites for Sundays, though I too watched them on a B/W set. In 1974 I was stationed at Charleston AFB for nearly 5 years. Small world I found out through my travels to different states and countries. Thank You for the memories.
Spring 1962 was about 14 months before I was born, but I can only imagine the good times people had then, mainly because there was so much more innocence.
Your video brings back so many memories! I would have been 6 in the spring of 1962. Those days were truly the "Good Ole Days"!! Much simpler times, and people were kinder.
For me, as a kid in the early '60's, before my sister was born, it was Matchbox Cars, GI Joe, The Jetsons, Captain Kangaroo, playing in our apartment's courtyard in Denver, riding my single-speed bike around the neighborhood, and visiting our wealthier relatives for the holidays. Mostly pleasant memories, except for my Army Dad being away for many months at a time, fighting in Korea and then in Vietnam. (Two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star.) My Mom had to be both parents. I remember my mother crying when she heard the news of President Kennedy's death on TV.
Closet door closed? To keep the monsters away? I would put cloths hangers on the door handle as the alarm. My memories are sparking right now. Amazing times.
I would have been four in 1962 and my Sundays weren't far off from yours. The only difference was going to church at 10am and grandma's house after church. Enjoy your videos, they always put a smile on my face!
I'm 63 and watching these films is beyond. Fits like a shoe and sometimes a little uncomfortable. I can't believe the true innocence of the time. Brings back lots of memories. Thank you
Thank you Fred for the work you put into your videos. They allow us the pleasure of seeing long lost memories of what we thought were simplier time in Our lives! God Bless you and yours!🕆🇺🇸
Yep 7 years old in 62. We lived in Arkansas in a small town of about 300. Some of the streets in town was still dirt. And there was no street lights. And no one locked their doors. There wasn’t any crime. Everybody knew everybody and our school friends are still our friends. I sure miss those days.
Memories of what was, and will never be again. Very much enjoyed the vids, thank you. Also kind of sad in a way. All this traded for internet, fakebook, cellphones, etc. Modern living I guess.
Actually, you raise a good point. RU-vid is all I do, I don't do Fakebook, Twatter or any of that, I do enjoy much of the older music, and the vids from Fredflix. Lol, and yes, I do watch many of the "dogs afraid of farts" vids. That's about it. I have no use for the bumpthumping trash rap or garbage like that.
The only odd thing I find here is, people steal each others videos. 5 to 6 people who do the "fail" videos blatantly steal each others stuff. Sign of the times I guess.
actually 1962 was the year i built my first computer at age 8, got a book from radio shack told how to build computer using paperclips and such, taught myself boolean algebra and redesigned the radio shack design to use relays and such to build a computer that filled a huge table that could add/subt/multiply/divide to 4 places, took an entire summer - little did i know then it would be a lifelong passion that would lead to what we have today, what a leap in technology - about the only internet i do is youtube cant stand all the social media junk
I was in high school then; I turned 16 that year. No happy memories to report because high school was very lonely for me. I didn't fit in with the other kids and it was many, many years later that I learned that I have Asperger's syndrome and learned to make peace with that fact. We did have a party line, a tv like the one you described, and many other similar things in our lives, but at different times from yours.
Miriam, I also didn't feel I fit in at school and had to deal with physical maladies as well. I chose to pick mostly the good memories. Those things helped me cope so I remember them well.
There weren't very many happy memories so I tried avoiding remembering it for the most part. At least the kids in high school were not as vicious as those I encountered in middle school. It was a different town, so that probably made quite a difference. The best thing is that we all grow up and time tends to dilute the things we'd rather not dwell on.
Exactly right Dave! we didn't even have KEYS back then because we never locked our doors, except to go on vacation.. and on the rare occasions we DID lock the doors, the neighbors across the street would say "what are you locking your doors for, got something to hide from the rest of the neighborhood?" LOL aaahhh well, those are times we'll certainly NEVER see again, that's for sure!
Man we had it made back then. I had quite a collection of Tonka toys back in the 60's. I had a little patch of my back yard specifically for my trucks. I would be out there for hours. Sunday nights my aunt and uncle and cousins would come over to eat cold cuts and my aunt would bring donuts from the bakery. After dinner, my dad and brother and uncle would play pinochle, mom and my aunt would chat for the rest of the night and I would play games with the cousins. Great memories. Thanks again Fred.
Theresa McTier, I still have 1 Tonka toy in excellent condition that I managed to salvage from my parents house before selling the house. I have a few Corgi toys and a couple of Hot Wheels I managed to save too.
I, too, was 7 years old on 1962 and lived about (what is now) 4 hours away from Johns Island in the mountains of western NC. My life was similar to that depicted in this video except that we went to church on Sundays.
Phyllis, I'm also your age. I lived in Columbia but had relatives on both sides in Western NC, in and around Hendersonville, Brevard, and Asheville. Back then just Columbia to there was 4 hours but the I-26 extension to Asheville cut the time back.
I was born in 1953 in post war England but many of your experiences seem the same as mine. I have watched a few of your videos and enjoyed being back in a better world. Thanks!
Gorgo! OMG! Have not seen nor heard of him since. Wonder how he's doin' . I was in fourth grade and on Sunday night the TV lineup was just two shows I could watch before bed...The Flintstones and the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Thanks for the memories. Dinner at the table with the family....and may God have mercy on our souls if we were late.
These amazing videos are wonderful!! Those who grew up in the 60’s can relate and reminisce about “typical days/nights” we may have had similar experiences and households, friends, neighbors..oh geez so good!!👏👏 thank you for all your hard work putting these clips together!😄
Great childhood memories! Thank you for posting. I would like my 20+ y.o. children to watch this and see how we lived back in the early 60's. The best part was despite not having much, we were happy!!
Great time for a young boy , being only 5, I remember this song very well, I can still remember my first day at school,back in 62, I'm good with my long term memory, but if you asked me what I did yesterday, I'd be lost.
I was born in 1942 near Los Angeles, and well remember the milk man and other trappings of that era. Until about 1950, our entertainment was one of the big Zenith console radios on which we listened to the popular (and now classic) radio shows of the time. I also remember watching the Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1952 on our newly acquired B&W TV.
I too was a '70s kid, and I can recall getting (in New York) CBS, NBC, ABC, WOR (channel 9), WNEW (now WNYW or FOX 5), WPIX (channel 11), WNET (PBS), and a few UHF stations including WMHT (PBS), WTXX, and TBY (a TBN affiliate). When we had cable TV in the late 1980's, we had more variety of TV viewing.
+ThisGuyFrritz... We had plenty of music tho!! Loved Grand Funk Railroad!! There were 3 kids plus my mother and we had 45s and albums everywhere! Tough period on our parents I'm sure but a great time to grow up. The 70s was a great decade to be a kid!
I was 15 and in high school. By that summer I was working full time in lower Manhattan and from that point on never had a summer to myself. It was the only way I could take care of myself since my folks were struggling with a mortgage they couldn't really handle. So from basically 16 on I worked until I retired at 67. Not bitchin' mind you because based on my devious nature if I hadn't been working I would have ended up in Juvee hall. I was too smart for my own good. Anyway going back in time based on references to some of the toys of the time back around 1960 (we were living in the projects) my folks got my sister a Mr. Machine. She basically would just wind it up and it would parade around the room clacking and ringing. (YAWN!) The toy was supposed to encourage mechanical dexterity and was meant to be taken apart. So I did and left it on the table in pieces. :-D She had a shit fit, my father was livid until I put it back together in under 6 minutes. She and I had some fun with it when I showed her how to make it go hyper speed by taking out the governor. Later when I was in college I ingratiated myself with my parents when I gave my bro a Whamo Sonic Blaster and showed him how much fun it was to load it with talcum powder.
John Brandolini huh? The wages were the same as todays. I thought after ww2 the americans were all relatively rich. What did they do with that mony, hmm they told you something. You bought it.
OK, here's the scoop. about 39 cents bought a loaf of bread in the early fifties but the minimum wage was about 95 cents. Chicken fryers went for about 18 cents a pound, necks and backs for soup about 8 cents/ lb. Chuck steak was 49 cents / pound etc. Milk was about 60 cents / gal. Bottom line instead of trying to compare to the economics of the 50s to the economics of the 21st century on the basis of dollar cost one should use the immutable measure of time. That is how much time will it take you to earn enough money to buy a roasting chicken today. Turns out that goods are cheaper today than when they were in the 50s. A loaf of Pepperidge Farm bread costs $3.19. Wonder bread in the 50s cost again about 39 cents. It took about 40 minutes to earn the money to buy a loaf of bread in the 50s whereas today it takes only 20 minutes to earn enough to buy a loaf of bread. So, no wages are not the same. They are actually better. It's just that people think that entry level jobs, the so called hash slinging jobs, should be able to support a family of four. When I was growing up kids aspired to skilled jobs whether as plumbers, carpenters, or electricians or researchers, doctors, or scientists. The mitigating factor in choosing those worthwhile professions is personal effort and diligence. You don't become an auto mechanic by just wishing it. As far as all Americans being rich, we are a rich society insofar as anyone can aspire to and can achieve greatness and wealth. In my case my spouse and I have, thru hard work, have achieved economic independence in our retirement. Prosperity is not a right; you have to earn it! Love ya!
All very familiar except I was 5 in 62. We would go to the beach, but it was on Lake Michigan, and we had about 2 1/2 TV channels. One thing I noticed about your Sunday morning was no church, we'd go to church and then it was off to Sunday dinner at my Grandparents farm. I don't think my grandmother ever used a cookbook, but she was a West Michigan farm wife and that lady could COOK!
WOW FRED ! . . I Love your series . So many of the things I remembered . I was your age then too . We only had one phone , mounted on the wall in the kitchen on a short cord , it didn't reach any of the kitchen chairs , no place to sit . I think dad planned it that way. So nobody would be on the phone for very long . If so I, Id hear from the other room" THAT'S ENOUGH! ! GET THE HELL OFF THE PHONE!" . (he was the only one in the house that was allowed to swear) He only said get off the phone once ! If I didn't ? . . there was hell to pay ! Ahhh . . The good ole days ! ! . . 🤗
Forcemaster2000 I was only a bit younger than you and indeed it was a very amazing time in history in the USA, probably one of the best times ever in any place on Earth.
That was wonderful. Just like I remembered it. We lived in PA and AZ at the time. Seems everybody was on the same page. Living in AZ walking on the asphalt and cement with bare feet in the summer. We walked fast in those days.
Oh! The memories! Although I was only 4 in 1962, I can remember everything but the gyroscope space ship. I lived in the country outside of a small town in central Georgia where everyone knew everyone else. We had a B&W TV until lightning hit the house and went in through our ungrounded wires. I don't remember air conditioning then. I too had a Slinky, a cap gun, and a bike just like the one pictured (even though I was and still am female. Ha ha ha!). I too watched The Lone Ranger, Sea Hunt, and Lassie and read the comics. I remember each one you showed. I too loved Henry. I didn't check my closets but I remember making a flying leap onto my bed so that the Boogie Man couldn't reach out from underneath to get me. LOL. Neither my brother nor I were supervised; we KNEW what would get us into hot water with my Mom (who used a switch liberally) and my Dad (who used a hand or belt, depending on the severity of our misbehavior). I wasn't traumatized by it and I truly believe it made me into the law-abiding citizen I am today. Thanks for the memories!
Oh! And I had the invisible woman, complete with her being pregnant. My Grandparents had the party line, so I remember those days too. Sweet memories now. Nostalgic.
You solved a decades old mystery for me. My parents once dragged me to the house of one of my dad's work buddies. They had a son a couple of years older than me (6). I hated it until he showed me this flying saucer toy he had. I loved that thing! I never saw that kid again and always wondered what that gyro-saucer was. Now I know. Thanks!
Long ago in a galaxy far away...... I turned 12 in April of 1962. We lived a few miles outside a town of about 2000 in southwestern New Hampshire, in in a rambling old farmhouse with 3 attached sheds that my parents hoped to convert into an apartment for my Gram - at least until the quotations started coming in. And there was a secret room! I, too, had a bike that was still too big for me (a hand-me-down from an uncle), but would pedal to school on a smaller one. No helmet, of course. Dad had a black & yellow Studebaker wagon (seat belts? What are those?) Black & white TV, 2 stations (sometimes 3 in the winter) - favorite shows were Red Skelton, Twilight Zone (when I could watch it - it was on late), and Car 54 Where Are You. I had a Visible Man, a Visible Head (still have its teeth), and a construction set using plastic girders and panels. I was in the Boy Scouts, and looked forward every year to the annual camping trip on an island in the middle of a small NH lake. I developed my love of kayaking there. Some days I'd stop at the Village Store on my way home from school and buy an ice cream soda while looking at horror comics. It was also there that I picked up my first paperback by HP Lovecraft, who I've been a fan of ever since. A friend's parents had a huge Wollensak open-reel tape recorder that my pals and I would fool around with, which developed into another lifelong passion - audio recording & editing. Back then cut & paste meant marking the 1/4" mag tape with a grease pencil where you wanted to cut it, snipping it with ceramic (ie, non-ferrous) shears, taping it back together & hoping for the best. There was no Undo, and every backup copy you made degraded the signal. Some things really have changed for the better!
Thank you for the resonance points! Time travel becomes exponentially easier when the Traveler has cohesive reference matter to work with, and you sir are a gold mine. See you earlier!
Spring of '62 I was 5-1/2 and in Kindergarten, Mrs. Galvin's class. I feel spoiled. I grew up in Bergen County NJ, about 9 miles by car from the George Washington Bridge. We had 7 TV stations, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 & 13; all 3 networks, 2, 4 & 7; 3 independents 5, 9 & 11; and 1 educational, 13. Sunday mornings I watched Wonderama with Sonny Fox on 5; I hadn't yet discovered Let's Have Fun with Chuck McCann on 11. I have no idea what was on the rest of the stations - probably some boring adult news shows - YUCK! I didn't read at that age, but ask me about Spring 1964 and that's a whole other story, I could read and read I did, all about the 1964 NY World's Fair and The Happy Hollister Mysterys too!!!!
Very fascinating! I'm a UK resident and remember watching Yogi Bear, the Flintstones and Top Cat on a neighbour's black and white TV (we didn't have one at the time). I lived in London so no dirt roads but I remember not only the milkman but the laundry service and the 'rag and bone' man with his very distinctive call - 'raaaag 'n' booooone' at very high pitch! We also used that up-to-date device, the dial telephone, to ring our food orders to the local butcher, grocer and greengrocer - a very early version of online shopping! We also had a winter more like those in the northern USA from the end of 1962 till about March 1963. I had at least one Slinky! And a cap gun. No snakes but I did read The Cat In The Hat and enjoyed it hugely!
The part of the big bike reminds me of the time my cousin gave me a big bike and I had a heck of a time getting used to it.I kept falling over and getting back up to try it again ,Finally i caught on...lol.
1962 was the year of my birth. I turned 7 in 1969, and it was pretty much the same thing. We would make mud pies. Party lines were common in rural Nebraska until around 1980. There was even one unpaved US highway in Nebraska back in 1962, US Highway 183 between Elm Creek and Ansley.
I love all your videos, but A Day In The Life are my favorites. I was born in ‘63 and saw most of the shows here in reruns because my daddy loved cartoons. I remember Slinkies and always wanted one. My parents had “Walk Right In” on a 45 and Brook Benton records too. Good memories. I love the Charleston area. History, beaches, and yummy food. Can’t beat that!
I was born in 75. Keep making the videos I'll watch them because they are always good.I like the nostalgia and if there is something I haven't seen it makes me feel a little younger.I need that Fred and by the way that was my dad's name.
Ghoulies and Ghosties. And long legged Beasties and things that go bump in the night. Good Lord deliver us! Amazing how We could terrorize ourselves to death. With our imagination.
I was also a 7 year old in SC then. I went to Sunday School a lot that year because a neighbor woman was my teacher. Later on I started going to church and I got saved and baptized just before age 14. My family was a minority not going to church back then but now I am a minority since I do go.
I was born in March of that year, and for me, if it was a Sunday we would have been getting ready for church in the morning, which was just across the street from our house. No getting out of it. The good thing was that when we were a little older we didn't have to stay for services after Sunday School :)
I know this was posted a while back but I just saw it. And omg. I had a phone identical to that one and I remember all the comics. I’d forgotten all about Henry. These are so fun to watch. I was your neighbor in NC. Keep posting please and thanks! A lot too
Absolutely gorgeous narrative and visuals. Again so similar to my own life. I loved Sea Hunt too and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Flipper and Run Tin Tin and Walt Disney on Sunday nights here too on Channel 9 at 6.30pm. Yes my mother too hung clothes on a washing line, as I still do today as I refuse to let my good clobber get destroyed in a clothes dryer! Doesn't it seem that today, in the now and the present, we are over supervised, over governed, over policed, over everything. Kids today, do not have the same opportunities we had, the freedom to be creative, they know nothing, of cap guns and forts. I wager the average 7 year old has never climbed a tree, which was an obsession of mine, living in a tree lined street, I had a new tree to climb every day of the week, and it was wonderful when my girl buds climbed with me, a fabulous vantage point from which to spy or throw water bombs on smaller children riding their tricycles, or skates along the footpath, we spent hours in the trees, even bought our Barbie dolls up with us..........as I said one could go on and on....our generation were blessed with the world at peace, there seemed to be no famine, no inequality, everyone seemed healthy and happy, moms and dads loved each other and stayed together....Anyhow time marches on, we have new realities to contend with and deal with, interesting and fun none the less. But!!!! can you imagine, as a 10 or 12 or 15 year old back in the day, having a mobile phone or an iPad or an internet connection....would have been incredible for us....but I suspect it would have limited imagination and creativity, similarly as it has to todays youth.....a sad legacy of this time.....
Another well thought out comment, Melly. You have a real and positive connection to your past. I loved climbing trees as well and was good at it. Not so much anymore. But you've inspired me to put that in a future video. You're right when you said there "seemed to be" no famine or inequality. We wee protected from that. Thanks for your words.
Born ' 54, my father sold Fords while I was growing up, we had 65 Mustang 2+2 fastback, 71 Mustang Mach 1, 351 day I got my learners permit, new cars all thru HS dating. Made 1.85 hr as a dishwasher. 2.00 hr as an apprentice carpenter @ 18 yo. Drinking age was 18 in MA, could smoke in HS lavs, draft card was 1H. Had fun then.
1972 for me.....almost the same except we got 4 channels and sometimes early in the morning we would get a 5th channel. Sunday night was bath, animal kingdom next wonderful world of disney....then bed.
I was 6 years old at this time. Forget all about Nancy comic strip. Fish fries caught by family members were common growing up in the Great Lakes. Delicious! Love the videos all of them.
Just found your channel and being from England I find your video's fascinating. How everything was so different between the two countries. Love the channel. Respect from England 🏴
Spring 1962, I would have been a 6-year-old boy. My upbringing was a bit more "suburban" (think Mayfield and the Cleavers), but you touched on MANY similarities that we shared at that age. Thanks for the trip back.
I was a 7-year-old boy also back in 1962 THANKS.......... Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And think of all the great things we would do Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la la la La la la la la la
Guy Azbell, I get the humor but I was referring to having milk delivered fresh, daily, nothing more. We would fill out the milk ticket the night before (I always wanted chocolate milk) and each morning the delivery man would fill our order and leave a ticket for the next day. I'm sure you are your father's biological son. Besides no man could "service" the town. : )
I'm a "double nickel" guy myself. In '62 my dad had a white '60 Pontiac Station Wagon with chrome rims and "baby moon" caps that my oldest brother talked him into buying. Woody Woodpecker was my favorite toon too!
I remember Nancy and Henry being in the comics as a child in the 1970s too.I loved Top Cat and Yogi Bear too And Woody too. I haven't seen a Woody cartoon since I was a kid though. And Boomerang hasn't showed any old Hanna Barbera cartoons in forever. Like The Flintstones, and Top Cat and Yogi.I LOVED the singing version of Lassie! I have heard this version on Cozi TV, but have never heard it sang to music before. Thank you for these videos.
Thank you this brings tears to my eyes,I was 6 years old, this brought me back to times I thought I forgot.The song walk right in if that's the name of the song? would play on my Dads 55 chevy impala am radio and my Dad loved it.He was a paid firefighter,when he was on nights he would watch the kids,when he was on days,my oldest brother was the babysitter.We would walk down to the fire station to see my Dad, man he was a great cook,the guys on duty would ask him for his recipes,all he said was hey its nothing you or anyone can do I keep my meals in my head! You know you,when your young you don't get it until you get older and its too late.
Our 1952, 20 inch TV had the channels 2, 4, 5,7, 9 , 13, and two channel 11s! But its sound gave out in 1979 …😢 The 1951 TV was thrown out, it was an empty shell before 1970… There is an “I Love Lucy” episode, when the Ricardo’s are giving the Mertzes a new TV with a big bow around it, that is just what our 1952 TV looks like …😊
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And think of all the great things we would do Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la la la La la la la la la
Fred, we are exactly the same age. I remember those because had that same dinosaur set. I remember my grandmother had a party line. Beany and Cecil came on Sundays too. I had a beany cap ... it launched a propeller and flew pretty high. Top Cat was one of my favorites. Everyone remembers the slinky and super ball. Sea Hunt was really cool. I am a fan of Loyd Bridges son Jeff. When I was a kid you could buy those snakes from the 5 & 10 store ... also Alligators from Woolworth. So I guess you remember 58, 59 &60. So as a kid I would watch the Whirley Birds, Blue Angels, Lone Ranger, The Millionaire, Route 66 and Captain Kangaroo. My parents took me to see him in person at the Civic Center and I saw Roy Rogers performing at the Fair Grounds. I would watch Roy Rogers every Saturday morning. That was the series that had ... was his name Pat Garret? He had a jeep and he would yell "whoa Nelly Belle" that was the name of his jeep. Thanks for the great video's !!!
So familiar.!..age.7 for me was 1971...in KCMO..but no Sunday morning would have been complete without a Protestant church service. I don't recall party lines. but antenna tv..four or five tv channels..but who counted PBS??..the last class in my school that learned our phone numbers with letter prefixes..and President Nixon!!
I was only 2 but I remember my first big bike a couple years later...I had to stand on a saw horse my dad had in the back yard to get on it...and 2 out of 3 times Id just fall over the other way..once I was on though watch out and just go nuts up and down the street covered in dirt and blood with the biggest shit eating grin you ever saw...what memories
