Remember When!!

pop beads.

If we went to a local ice cream shop, we could order their version of a Dilly Bar. Sometimes the stick under the ice cream had a stamp that gave you your next dilly bar free.

Cracker Jacks with a prize inside each box

Fuller brush , yes and I still have a broom I bought in 1967 and it is as good now as it was when new. I do not recall all the door to door salesmen or what they were selling but there certainly were a lot of them way back when.

Tupperware parties jewelry parties invites to those from friends and better buy SOMETHING ! Anyone ever have an invite to an Amway party? Or have one yourself?

Fuller Brushes were really well made products.

I have a friend who makes those old spice cans into vases for artificial flower arrangements. Here are the two I have.

Remember gym uniforms? When I was going to school, they were usually one-piece romper-style outfits in navy blue or dark green or some other color that wouldn't show dirt too badly. I didn't have one of those, because my school was way too old-fashioned for such modern things. We had a two-piece outfit that consisted of short bloomer-style pants underneath a one piece blouse and skirt combo that ended roughly at our knees. The whole thing was made of a heavy-duty cotton fabric that was just slightly lighter than canvas. White cotton fabric. I can still recall my mom's look of absolute horror when I brought the thing home for the first time. I was the oldest of three girls, so she faced the prospect of a decade or so of trying to keep those utterly impractical gym uniforms clean as we made our way through junior high and then high school.

Joanne - I always see it in the Vermont Country Store catalog.

Remember the Pez (candy) dispensers? And metal lunch boxes with a thermos inside?

JO-5, I just looked on Amazon and they sell White Shoulders.

We wrapped string around & around the guy's ring to size it to fit our fingers, then covered the string with nail polish.

And 4 or 5 stiff, flouncy, net crinolines under the poodle skirts!!! How did we ever survive with all that elastic around our waists?

Remember the "civil defense" drills in school (in the early '50's) when we had to practice duck and cover under our desks, in case of an atomic bomb attack? I think in conjunction with that, we were also issued dog tags with our names & other personal info.

Oh yeah, I remember the hide under your drills. As well as all the people building underground "bomb" shelters in the back yard,.