Were you alive in 1960?

monster · 03-13-2010, 06:58 PM

If you were, and you remember anything about it, please share your memories with me, especially anything related to swimming, summer, food, drinks, clothes, and parties.

thanks

skysidhe · 03-13-2010, 08:19 PM

alive? That's funny.

Let's see people born in 1950 would have been turning 10. People born in 1940 would be 20. I guess it depends on who you want reporting what.

Nice way to call out the people getting their AARP cards in the mail.

Bruce 9012 · 03-13-2010, 08:30 PM

Born 7-66 I remember sitting between my fathers legs watching moon landings. Most of my friends had model cars.I had Apollo rockets.

spudcon · 03-13-2010, 08:37 PM

I graduated from 8th grade that year. Swimming was done more in swimming holes in local creeks than in public swimming pools. Big treat to go to a lake to swim. 16 oz root beer could be bought for 11 cents. Block dances downtown, band concerts in the park. Mostly old fart bands, but they were good. Garage bands played at dances we had to pay to get into. My clothes were hand me downs, so I didn't have much chance to follow latest fashions.
All this in a small village, and I was the 7th of 7 children, and my father worked in a factory, so not much money unless I found work, which was hard to do under age 16.

monster · 03-13-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

alive? That's funny.

Let's see people born in 1950 would have been turning 10. People born in 1940 would be 20. I guess it depends on who you want reporting what.

Nice way to call out the people getting their AARP cards in the mail.

WTF are you on about, you crazy bitch? I'm not calling anyone out, I am interested in the memories of people who were around in 1960. I know you are a little "challenged" but how hard is that to understand?

monster · 03-13-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

I graduated from 8th grade that year. Swimming was done more in swimming holes in local creeks than in public swimming pools. Big treat to go to a lake to swim. 16 oz root beer could be bought for 11 cents. Block dances downtown, band concerts in the park. Mostly old fart bands, but they were good. Garage bands played at dances we had to pay to get into. My clothes were hand me downs, so I didn't have much chance to follow latest fashions.
All this in a small village, and I was the 7th of 7 children, and my father worked in a factory, so not much money unless I found work, which was hard to do under age 16.

That's cool, thanks.

Offering root beer 1960s style at 1960s prices could be a fun thing. Were you in New York then?

monster · 03-13-2010, 08:50 PM

..and were the bands in bandstands?

Bruce 9012 · 03-13-2010, 09:13 PM

Uuummm. Oh yahh. Dr.creep the late sat. night horror movie...braiiins. He was the host with the ghost.

classicman · 03-13-2010, 09:28 PM

"Only the Shadow Knows"

Pico and ME · 03-13-2010, 09:33 PM

I remember...

The Beanie and Cecil cartoon - I got the stuffed Cecil for Christmas one year. He talked when I pulled his string.

The Ray Rayner Show in the mornings with Chevelston the Duck and Cuddly Duddly the stuffed dog - Again, I got him for Christmas, too.

The Garfield Goose show. Im pretty sure that is where I saw the Christmas cartoons Suzy Snowflake and Hardrock, Coco and Joe.

Coming home from kindergarten and watching Bozo Circus.

Watching Family Classics with Frazier Thomas on Sunday afternoons - lots of good ole movies like Treasure Island, Lassie Come Home, and The Adventures of Robin Hood.

monster · 03-13-2010, 09:41 PM

Hmm, maybe it would be a cool idea to set up a screen and show this stuff? thanks, Pico

Bruce 9012 · 03-13-2010, 09:56 PM

The three stoges, Godzilla, Thunderbirds,Lassie,Gillagans island,The Beatles,Wax lips,Short skirts,

Bruce 9012 · 03-13-2010, 09:57 PM

stooges

Pico and ME · 03-13-2010, 10:12 PM

Is this for a party, Monster? Check out this site for retro candy.

lumberjim · 03-13-2010, 10:22 PM

i turned -10 in 1960.

I was so fucked up. I don't remember it At ALL

03-13-2010, 06:58 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Were you alive in 1960? If you were, and you remember anything about it, please share your memories with me, especially anything related to swimming, summer, food, drinks, clothes, and parties. thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2010, 08:37 PM	#4
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I graduated from 8th grade that year. Swimming was done more in swimming holes in local creeks than in public swimming pools. Big treat to go to a lake to swim. 16 oz root beer could be bought for 11 cents. Block dances downtown, band concerts in the park. Mostly old fart bands, but they were good. Garage bands played at dances we had to pay to get into. My clothes were hand me downs, so I didn't have much chance to follow latest fashions. All this in a small village, and I was the 7th of 7 children, and my father worked in a factory, so not much money unless I found work, which was hard to do under age 16. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

03-13-2010, 08:50 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	..and were the bands in bandstands? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2010, 09:28 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	"Only the Shadow Knows" __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-13-2010, 09:33 PM	#10
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I remember... The Beanie and Cecil cartoon - I got the stuffed Cecil for Christmas one year. He talked when I pulled his string. The Ray Rayner Show in the mornings with Chevelston the Duck and Cuddly Duddly the stuffed dog - Again, I got him for Christmas, too. The Garfield Goose show. Im pretty sure that is where I saw the Christmas cartoons Suzy Snowflake and Hardrock, Coco and Joe. Coming home from kindergarten and watching Bozo Circus. Watching Family Classics with Frazier Thomas on Sunday afternoons - lots of good ole movies like Treasure Island, Lassie Come Home, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. Last edited by Pico and ME; 03-13-2010 at 09:51 PM.

03-13-2010, 08:19 PM	#2
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	alive? That's funny. Let's see people born in 1950 would have been turning 10. People born in 1940 would be 20. I guess it depends on who you want reporting what. Nice way to call out the people getting their AARP cards in the mail.

03-13-2010, 08:30 PM	#3
Bruce 9012 Living in the blast crater Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dayton, Oh Posts: 123	Born 7-66 I remember sitting between my fathers legs watching moon landings. Most of my friends had model cars.I had Apollo rockets.

03-13-2010, 09:13 PM	#8
Bruce 9012 Living in the blast crater Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dayton, Oh Posts: 123	Uuummm. Oh yahh. Dr.creep the late sat. night horror movie...braiiins. He was the host with the ghost.

03-13-2010, 09:41 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hmm, maybe it would be a cool idea to set up a screen and show this stuff? thanks, Pico __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2010, 09:56 PM	#12
Bruce 9012 Living in the blast crater Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dayton, Oh Posts: 123	The three stoges, Godzilla, Thunderbirds,Lassie,Gillagans island,The Beatles,Wax lips,Short skirts,

03-13-2010, 09:57 PM	#13
Bruce 9012 Living in the blast crater Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dayton, Oh Posts: 123	stooges

03-13-2010, 10:12 PM	#14
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Is this for a party, Monster? Check out this site for retro candy.

03-13-2010, 10:22 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i turned -10 in 1960. I was so fucked up. I don't remember it At ALL __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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