Originally Posted by judi wess
Yes, I remember all of those things. Some more things....
They closed the public wading pool 'cause of the polio epidemic, my older brother shoveling the cinders from the coal furnace. Groceries were delivered when Daddy was on the road, Mom didn't drive. The bucket bag was the purse of choice. If your family didn't attend church on a regular basis you were considered strange. Saturday matinees at the local movie theater were .15, candy bars were five cents. Sen sen breath drops. I could go on and on.
I am so old I fart dust! Almost 66.
The polio epidemic. Such a fearful and painful time for many families and their children. Some people today don't want to vaccinate their children these days, but I remember back then, and I remember my little playmates who suffered so, and I would hate to see polio or smallpox or the other diseases return as an epidemic. Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.