I certainly remember my first job. Went to work the week after graduation working as a secretary in a school of nursing for $1.00 an hour. That was good money back then.
I remember when I was a child, we lived in the country also. And I do mean country. We lived in Montevallo, AL before it was a college town, but we lived in a rural area. My mom canned all our vegetables and my dad raised chickens, pigs and cows for meat. Mom had a day she baked bread, pies and cookies for the rest of the week. She also had a wash day and an ironing day. Ironing was sure a chore back then because she ironed everything -- most of it was starched, too. I have lots of memories of that time. Then we moved to St. Louis, MO. We lived there for almost two years and my dad passed away, so Mom and I moved back to Alabama. I had three brothers and two sisters, (2 brothers have since passed away), they were all much older than I. The sister closest to me in age is 8 years older. We sure had some good times and times were tough a lot back then. I remember listening to the radio at night "Fibber McGee & Mollie", "Innersanctum" (spelling), and "George Burns and Gracie Allen." I remember when Elvis' "Love Me Tender" made #1 and all the others after and before that one.
So many memories! Like you said Carole, wouldn't trade these memories for anything.