Nickel candy bars cost $1.00 now.
Penny candy was worth bothering with.
If one got $0.25 an hour for baby-sitting - those people paid well!
We brought milk in to the house in glass gallon jars that we begged from restaurants. The cream layer would be 3 to 4 inches thick.
We used textbooks for several years at school - and we were NOT supposed to mutilate the books in any way.
The boys had three organized sports during the year - football, basketball, and baseball. Most of the uniform belonged to the school, and the player was issued that uniform (or parts of it) for the season and returned it when the season was over.
White paste smelled minty, and we were issued a dollop for projects. Some people ate it.