Remember When!!

grammamuses

Remember when nurses wore nursing caps and white dress's uniforms that had to be well below the knee?

Beaverntx

Oh, yeah, and I was one who wore them!I

Before lap belts there were no belts!

Spookiesmom

drinking from the garden hose.

Yogatyme

Spookiesmom, I still do that when I’m gardening. The dogs too

Remember when Bobby Sox and saddle shoes were all the rage.

ceanna

Remember penny loafers?

Spookiesmom

poodle skirts. Bouffant hair styles that required half a can of hair spray. After sleeping on rollers the size of soup cans.

Water tasted better from the hose.

Yogatyme

Toni home perms

ceanna

Remember when you could buy a roll of Lifesavers for a nickel? (I liked the cherry ones the best!!!)

Sunshine99

These are hilarious! I remember working at a summer camp. We would load up a bunch a kids in the back of a "cattle truck" and all 30 or so of us were standing up the whole way, singing songs, yelling "hello" at the cars that passed us on the road. Fun days!

ceanna

Remember wearing blue, one piece gym suits during PE class at school?

Spookiesmom

OMD those suits were AWFUL

Yogatyme

remember going to the gas station & the attendant pumped the gas AND cleaned the windshield. Would check oil, water and tire pressure if you asked.

ceanna

Remember when the "smiley face" first came out in the 70s--it was not an icon but a yellow sticker!!

Spookiesmom

Gas was about 25 cents a gallon, competitive stations would have price “wars". Cashing in pop bottles to put a gallon in your moms gas hog.

I still won’t do perms today, 65 years later cause of those nasty home things.

SarahSmilesatMe

Remember shopping for a new hat, white gloves & ankle socks, new shoes and a new “frilly” dress for Easter Sunday...

(Easter, a visit to Santa Claus, and the first day of school were our main shopping treats!).

Yogatyme

Spookiesmom, I with you on perms secondary to the trauma of those home perms!!

DH and I were just talking about the price of gasoline back then and all those gas hogs.

Remember when Black Jack, Beemans and Clove gum were in every store.

Spookiesmom

If there's a Cracker Barrel near you, you may be able to find the gum. Or some of the candies from our memories.

Yogatyme

yes, Cracker Barrel and Mast General.....I go there to get Mary Janes and Squirrel Nut Zippers. I have a dental bridge that makes the gum impossible....quickly becomes a gooey mess.

ceanna

SarahSmiles, I laughed and also remembered how that new hat for Easter came with a very tight elastic band around your throat! Did we ever wear the hat again!!!???

SarahSmilesatMe

Ceanna - you are so right !! I completely forgot about the elastic band around my throat! Thanks for helping me to remember...

I’m sure my Easter hat was passed to a cousin or someone, cause as a young girl, I had a new hat for each Easter!

ceanna

Remember pumping yourself higher and higher on a swing! Flying!!!!

MinusTwo

Have you all shopped with the Vermont Country Store? Their catalog has all sorts of these old fashioned things and is so much fun to read through. Like "Lanz" flannel nightgowns. Link attached for the gum:

https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/candy/category...

MinusTwo

Click on the tab "brands from the past" for a real trip down memory lane. Let's hear it for Evening in Paris!!!

Yogatyme

Minus, I haven’t thought about Evening In Paris in years. My older sister and her friends just knew they had something akin to Channel No. 5 ! 😂😂

grammamuses

Oh my, Evening in Paris, my first very own cologne at age 9, I thought I was as grown up as could be. And now MY favorite is Chanel # 5. Anyone remember Hopscotch?

Yogatyme

Loved hopscotch and double Dutch jump rope.

Yogatyme

Remember when Sandra Huckabee Sanders was press secretary!!😂😂. Seems like a lifetime ago!! 🤣🤪 (sorry, couldn’t help myself)

ceanna

Remember learning to read with Dick, Jane and Sally books!!

Yogatyme

And their pets, Spot & Puff

Spookiesmom

jacks. How much they hurt if you stepped on one.

Lincoln logs. Erector sets.