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05-13-2010, 06:28 PM

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GrammaNan

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Originally Posted by canmitch1971

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Originally Posted by GrammaNan

What a great thread! I remember my mom giving me a quarter and sending me to the corner store for a loaf of white bread. I remember gas being cheaper than the loaf of bread. No credit cards, cash only. Dick and Jane, black boards and cleaning erasers, Safety Patrol, Captain Kangaroo. Land as far as you could see now covered with houses. Going on Sunday drives and going to the A&W for root beer. When a single look on my dad's face could cause four kids to become totally well behaved in an instant. Crinolines (I saw one on a little girl's dress yesterday at Sears, I think they are coming back in style). The garden lady next door who had the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen. Ahh, I think these memories have lowered my blood pressure about 20%

They were drive ups with real car hops and on Sunday they wore roller skates. I remember my dad accidentally drove off with the tray one time and my three brothers and I laughed until we cried. My dad was so embarrassed! I also remember Green Stamps, the kitchen cupboard full of jelly jar glasses. Kool-aid tasted the best out of them. Fishing with my dad, waiting for hours to see Paul Revere and the raiders drive by the corner grocery store. Watching the Beatles ride around the edge of Stapleton Airport on scooters and wondering what all the fuss was about. Putting dresses on layaway for the start of a new school year. Wearing pants under my dresses to keep my legs warm walking to grade school in the winter and having to take them off for class, getting sent home from school because my dress was too short. They had me kneel down and my skirt didn't touch the ground. LOL!!!
Was your A & W a drive up one? Ours was. The trays hung on your partially lowered windows.

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