I remember mom hanging clothes out on the line (we didn't have a dryer). In the winter, they'd freeze, and after taking them in, we'd hang them in the kitchen to thaw out.
I remember my dad sending me to the corner store to get him a pack of cigarettes - they were $.28/pack. If I was lucky, dad would give me $.30 and I'd have 2 cents to buy penny candy.
I remember my dad paying me $.10 to shine his shoes on Saturday night before mom and dad went out.
I remember walking everywhere - never ever thought to ask dad for a ride (mom didn't drive).
I remember working on a tobacco farm at 13 for $1.05/hour, 9 hours a day, 6 days a week. That was the only work you could get (besides babysitting) at 13.
I remember ice skating at the rink made by flooding the field the local elementary school. We only went home to eat lunch, then back to ice skating. The city would also close down the street next to it after a snow storm so the kids could sled down it. If you didn't have a sled, you used a cardboard box.
Yes, those were definitely simpler times and I miss them.