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Name ONE thing you remember from way back when...............



I remember when street cars ran in Cleveland, Ohio. They had poles that went up to the wires above which made them run.

I remember when we didn't have TV, and played outside all day long until dark.........and then some.

I remember the song, "Wake Up Little Susie," being played over and over again, every single morning, when I had to share a bedroom with my older sister while an addition was being added onto our house! Geesh....I wonder what the heck happened to that dang recorded? That song sure brings back THAT memory!

I remember hearing that one day just about everyone would have a computer in their home. I didn't belive it:-3

Oh my gosh, I heard that song forever (since I am a Susie) until high school, then it was Susie-Q!

Space hoppers.

I remember listening to the original radio program "War Of The Worlds" produced and narrated by Orson Wells. We lived very close to where the supposed Martians had landed in New Jersey. Our whole family was glued to the radio and convinced that we were under attack from outer space. That show made major changes in what could be broadcast on radio. BTW that show can be downloaded off the net and it's still exciting to hear it.

I remember

when you could go to the Saturday movies at 1:00 and stay to see it again and agin until they changed it to the "evening movie". TWO new movies for the price of one!

I can remember when Coca-Cola came in a glass bottle.





-for those of you who dont know, I have drank a Coke almost every day for breakfast since I was 14, I am now 38.



-Jasmund

I remember as a kid during WW2, saving aluminum foil, collecting metal pots & pans, bacon grease for the war effort. And folding bandages at the local Red Cross with other school kids. And waiting expectantly for packages from my brother-in-law in Europe, who would mail home German bayonets, flags, and other war relics.

I remember being at a friend's birthday party, and I guess we were about five or six years-old. My friend's grandmother was there for her party. While her grandmother was eating cake -- and she was old and shaky, by the way -- I happened to notice numbers stamped into the skin of her wrist. All I could do was stare. My mouth had to have hit the floor, because my friend's mom tapped me on the shoulder and whispered into my ear, "Stop staring."

Later, my friend told me that it was okay to ask her grandmother about the numbers on her wrist and that her grandmother didn't mind talking about it, so we asked her grandmother about it. Her grandmother was in a concentration camp during WWII. That is how I learned about the Holocaust and that they burned/stamped numbers into people's skin.

I remember when garter belts were daily wear...............

...when the milk was delivered by a horse drawn 'Milk Float'....I used to visit the horse at the stables at the dairy which i passed every day on the way to school....I wish I could remember the darn horses name...it's on the tip of my tongue !! Paddy or something...

I remember thinking anyone over the age of 25 was old ahahahaha that was almost 20 years ago hehehehehe

I remember

when stockings came with seams in them

and

you purchased them at a store which only sold stockings..............

SnoozeControl wrote: I remember when stamps were under 10 cents.


I remember coal cellers..........

I remember when cigarettes were .65 a pack.

Valerie100 wrote: I remember when cigarettes were .65 a pack.


I remember wearing hats and gloves, even in Summer.

I remember those "fuzzy" home perms that mom always liked to give! Ugh!:(

CountryDweller wrote: I remember the song, "Wake Up Little Susie," being played over and over again, every single morning, when I had to share a bedroom with my older sister while an addition was being added onto our house! Geesh....I wonder what the heck happened to that dang recorded? That song sure brings back THAT memory!
the Everly Brothers!! they's frum I-O-dub'ya-A

ok. Y'all need to stop.

you are really starting to show your age.

10 cent stamps? i can remember 22 cents

65 cent Smokes???????? i remember $1.99 packs.

Wolverine wrote: the Everly Brothers!! they's frum I-O-dub'ya-A


I like the Everly Brothers but NOT that song!

Sis just drove me nuts with it.

Must have either broke or hid that record on her!

I remember vinyl records.

CountryDweller wrote: I like the Everly Brothers but NOT that song!

Sis just drove me nuts with it.

Must have either broke or hid that record on her!

I remember vinyl records.
Yep. My sis had an enormous collection, so did mom.

I remember 8 track.

CountryDweller wrote: I like the Everly Brothers but NOT that song!

Sis just drove me nuts with it.

Must have either broke or hid that record on her!

I remember vinyl records.


I remember when people had jobs as elevator operators and wore a uniform with with gloves................ HA!

SOJOURNER wrote: I remember when people had jobs as elevator operators and wore a uniform with with gloves................ HA!
no kidding?

i remember listening to my GRAMPA tell me about them.:wah: :p

I remember "pull-top" beer cans

and Schlitz

Wolverine wrote: no kidding?

i remember listening to my GRAMPA tell me about them.:wah: :p


Watch it Junior --- The cloaked lurker will get you, if'n you don't watch out!

Wolverine wrote: I remember "pull-top" beer cans

and Schlitz
I can remember when you had that can opener/beer thingee to open the can to drink your beer...........I was way too young to drink at that time!

chonsigirl wrote: I can remember when you had that can opener/beer thingee to open the can to drink your beer...........I was way too young to drink at that time!


Another babe...........



I remember going to the movies on Wednesday nights and getting free dishes.

It cost only 50 cents for the mationees on Saturdays, and you saw 3 movies! I hate that you only see one now!

I remember when getting 50p from my dad was like getting a kings ransom. My friends and l would ron to the sweet shop and get a huge brown paper bag filled with half penny chews.....

SOJOURNER wrote: Watch it Junior --- The cloaked lurker will get you, if'n you don't watch out!
Who? Where?

16oz glass bottle pop. gawd, i miss that.

JAB wrote: I remember catching lightening bugs in the summertime as a child and putting them in glass jars so we could see how bright we could make it. It would probably be considered cruelty to animals these days!
i remember when my cousins out in Cali would come back over the summer. they would shriek in excitement when they saw the "Butt-lite" bugs.

I always took 'em for granted. so every year or two, even now (i'm 26 and they're 17 &19) when they come back for reunions, we go out and chase

"Butt-lite" bugs.

I remember when children respected their elders..............

I remember playing jacks and and jumping rope and roller skating all day long in the summertime.

and paper dolls.............

Oh, paper dolls! And making our own ornaments for the Christmas tree, the paper snowflakes! And stringing the popcorn, and eating half of it..............

chonsigirl wrote: Oh, paper dolls! And making our own ornaments for the Christmas tree, the paper snowflakes! And stringing the popcorn, and eating half of it..............


yes, yes, yes



and remember doll houses...............

I still have my barbie dolls-the original one. It is in my closet, I loved playing with her as a little girl.

chonsigirl wrote: I still have my barbie dolls-the original one. It is in my closet, I loved playing with her as a little girl.


these could be worth money, tho you'd probably never sell them.

i remember the Old School Transformers. when they were great big. not the size of "hot wheels"

Wolverine wrote: i remember the Old School Transformers. when they were great big. not the size of "hot wheels"


What's a transformer?

My oldest son had those Wolfy, all over the house!