Originally Posted by QuiltingGrannie
Does anyone remember:
Breck shampoo and hair setting gel products? Breck came in a glass bottle with a lid that had a slot in it to make it a 'piggy' bank. I still have it! - with coins in it!
Green Stamps? Mom saving them and us putting them into the books so she could go buy things.
M&H stamps at the filling station (remember filling stations?) and you could get dishes and glasses? Remember towels and washrags inside of laundry detergent? Remember putting peroxide on your hair to lighten it? Remember "Brush-a, Brush-a, Brush-a, with the new Ipana, "Cream of Wheat is so good to eat and we have it every day", "L-A-V-A, L-A-V-A" (It was a hand soap for really dirty hands and it had pumice in it to take the grime off), Ivory Soap - "99 and 100 percent pure"! Remember mixing Johnson's Baby Oil and Iodine together to make your skin look tanner? Remember putting bandaids around your boyfriend's ring when you went steady? Remember "Rock Around the Clock", "Unchained Melody", "Purple People Eaters" (Minnesota Vikings), "The Stroll", I could go on! "Blue Suede Shoes", "White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation".
Some more? White Bucks, Argyle Knee Highs, Penny Loafers, Bernard Altman Cashmere Sweaters, Sweater sets (a short sleeved pull-over sweater and a cardigan in the same color), mint green sweater and a navy blue skirt,Poodle on a felt skirt, crinolines (who wore the most) ammo boxes (leather - from WWII purchased at a local army surplus store) to use as purses and they were too small, the high school homecoming parade and your parents letting you use the big family car and you decorated it all up and drove around showing it off and then loaded your friends in the car and was in the parade; drive ins, drive in movies, necking. Oh, I could go on forever. But I can't. I am 72 years old (in one week and one day) and I have to get back to my quilting. Reminiscing is so neat! Keeps one young, eh? Edie