Middle Aged Memories

Sugar77

I do remember adding material to make flares.  I also remember in grade school we all wore either Levis or GWG jeans.  Other kids used to try to pull off the Levis tags so we used to sew it down so it couldn't be torn off. Our Prime Minister in Canada during the late '70s was Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret had a line of jeans called "Maggie T's." Those who were lucky enough to Maggie T's were the envy of the other girls at school (I never had any Maggie T's...but I sure wanted them!).

Meece

Girls didn't get to wear pants to school until the early 70s around here.  I got my first pair of jeans in 1974.  Not long after that came Jordache...I never could afford them.  But we already hit on Dittos from that era earlier in this thread.

elimar86861

I saved up for ONE pair of Calvin Klein jeans once, only to find out that the cut was a narrow waisted one, and discomfort was the price I paid to be fashionable.  I learned from that one.

GoogsMN

I have a cool photo booth pic of my boys from about 5 years ago, from a booth at the MN State Fair.  I keep it on the fridge, it's fun to look at!  I wonder if that booth is still there...? 

Meece

I only used a booth once with my best friend.  It was at Magic Mountain.

elimar86861

I've seen Bazooka gum around but not with "Bazooka Joe."  Does it still have the comic inside?  And what on Earth was the story of Joe's eyepatch...giant bubble explosion accident?

                               

Meece

Must have been a Red Ryder BB Gun incident!

Meece

Shoes from 70s/early 80s.

Chrerokee brand:

I actually had this pair in dove-brown.  Made me nearly 6' tall!

Meece

And did anyone have Yoyos by Connie?

Meece

And then the Candies "Mules" or "Slides"

elimar86861

I remember the third pair, but I was never looking to add to my height, so I had the lower platforms, huarache sandals, tatami flip-flops, Earth Shoes, chinese house slippers.  Never the Dr. Scholl's, they were not even comfortable!

I'm surprised other shoe-holics haven't been by with their memories yet.

Sugar77

I had Candies.  I also had a pair of suede wedge sandals in 1976 that had mushrooms on the side of the heel.  Oh, I loved those sandals...they were my favourite.  I wish I could find a picture of them!

Laurie_R

anyone else remember Chinese jump rope? We only wore pants after school and mine were home-made.  Weren't allowed to wear them to school until the year after I graduated.  Wore pants under our skirts on our way to school, had to walk and it was a long ways, took them off when we got to school. Our school had rules regarding how long our skirts had to be and how tight the jeans that the guys wore could be

MTG

We weren't allowed to wear any wooden soled shoes to school - too much noise. But at least we only had to wear skirts or dresses on Tuesday, Assembly Day, By the way, on Tuesdays, the boys had to wear ties and jackets !

elimar86861

What IS Chinese jump rope?  I remember some rhymes for jump rope like Cinderella & 3-6-9.

I remember Chinese Handcuffs tho', that little woven tube that trapped your finger in it.

Laurie_R

The long piece of elastic that was tied in half, put around your ankles, you spread your legs apart so the elastic formed a circle and then jump thru the different positions.  I don't remember all of them.

elimar86861

Nope, never played Chinese jump rope, only the American variety.

Had to wear shorts under the skirt for gym class all the way thru' junior high.  (Middle school hadn't been invented yet!)  We could only wear pant on Fridays. 

Then in high school, no such restriction.  We changed clothes for gym.  Girls had to play field hockey.  Ugh!  Too bad I was a few years too early for the popularity of soccer.  After one semester of field hockey torture, I did all the rest of my p.e. as swim.  Those tank suits were so lovely, and back then made of cotton.  Can you imagine how baggy and out of shape they got?  Did anyone else do synchronized swim?  That was very fun.  At least better than racing.

dutchgirl6

I didn't realize that you could buy Chinese jump rope, we made our own using 1/2 inch wide underwear elastic from the fabric store.

I went to a high school where the girls had to wear a uniform, but the guys didn't!  Anyway, it became a ritual in the winter of the girls at their lockers taking off their long pants from under their uniform skirt.  I remember that one year the yearbook had a double page spread of photos of the "hallway change".  Too funny.

MTG

Those photos sound too funny! I can easily imiagine my school yearbook doing that. For a few years, we had to wear uniforms for gym - ugly little jumpers with a striped top attached to blue shorts and a zipper down the front! I also had and hated field hockey. Some of those girls were truly violent with their sticks; I always ended up bruised. But on the fun side, we also had fencing - which I loved and actually pursued competitively.

NativeMainer

MTG--I remember those gym suits!  Ours were green and white striped with green shorts, but the zipper was in the front and they looked soooooo horrid! 

Sugar77

The gym suits we wore in high school were a one piece puffy red cotton thing with elastics at the bottom of the legs and at the arms.  It's kind of hard to describe but picture a bumble bee halloween costume but in red cotton with a zipper. 

dutchgirl6

Ah yes, good old gym rompers.  Green in elementary school, blue in high school. 

Meece

Our gym clothes were bright blue cotton shorts that zipped up the side, not very flexible, and white blouses that had gripper snaps up the front.

Laurie_R

My high school gym uniform was dark blue shorts/side zipper with a white blouse that buttoned down the front.

Meece

Oh, and the smell if you forgot to take it home to wash on the weekend!  Ewwwwwwwww!!1

Meece

I had a memory today.

Remember when you dropped openthe glove box and there were two little round flat spaces on the inside of the door to put your soda when you were at the drive-in?  That was before cup holders in the console.  I also rememebr little plastic brackets that you wedged in your car window that held a cup.

MTG

The smell of unwashed gym clothes just made me think of the musty smell of the locker room during warm weather. I can almost taste it.....Ewwwwwww

suzwes

Ya, I still live with the smell of unwashed gym clothes when I open the 19 year old boy's bedroom door and it is EWWWWWW.

I remember the spaces to set the drinks in the glove box and the plastic brackets in the car window - they broke pretty easily and more than once I had my drink slopping all over!  Thank goodness for modern day cup holders.

I remember when I had horn rimmed glasses and then the wire rims came out (in the late 60s - early 70s) - I was so happy to get my first pair of wire rimmed glasses in eight grade.  Now those horn rimmed glasses are back in style!

Mandy1313

I had the same gym uniform  as sugar77 did only mine was in a hideous shade of bright green. No one looked good in that color.

Meece

The guys always got to wear an in fashion t shirt and shorts.  Why were girls held back?