Dottie Bug

I remember the good old days. all the ones listed,on a rca tv. we only had 1 chanel we could only watch bonanza and the news. their was 9 of us, you talk about poor. i wore hand me downs twice used .granny had a singer treadle , we were not aloud to touch she made all our clothes. but we were happier than kids today. we even made our own toys.ragdolls and the boys made cars out of tin cans the tops were the wheels the good old days. Dottie

BARES

I remembered. I even washed on a metal washboard as a kid. The old hand push plows for gardening. Mother kept a sawed off shotgun for killing rattlers. It weighed a ton!

janjj

yep I am older than dirt too! Remember all 14 and then some. Never had milk delivered tho. Had cows and remember how my sister and I hated to clean the seperator! I now have it and plant flowers in the bowl.
Our phone # was 2 short and 1 long ring.
Worked in the summer at a place called Kansota Farms, weeded onions, topped onions, and picked potatoes. Used money earned for clothes for school. Rarely ate 'out'. Mom was a great cook. Had a cookstove with a resovior on one end that heated water. Bath - a large wash tub. entertainment - radio. remember 'Blondie and Dagwood". Went to a movie theater, took our own popcorn, remember a song from one movie "Down in Oklahoma".
Oil burner stove for heat, before that upgrade had coal for heat. Made great big lefse on that cookstove.
Penny postcards and 3 cents to mail a letter.
Played in the woods - used twine to make 'rooms'. had an old stove and stumps for chairs and old broken dishes.
White buck and saddle shoes.
To get heat in upstairs bedroom used an aluminum tube from the stove to register in floor. Had to cover half of it up as it got too hot in the bedroom.
Saturday nights went to town. traded eggs (we had LOTS of chickens) for groceries and got a 5 cent ice cream cone before going home. Stores had a metal thing that they sent up to second floor of a store when you paid for something and your change would come back down for you.
thanks Ditterand all of the rest of you for all the memmories.

gingergrandma

I remember all of the above. I am only 60, but grew up in rural PA. The good old times.

Patchworkmarion

I remember every one.That makes me REALLY old. Bring back the good old days.

TN Donna

I got 13, well it would be 14 because we had milk delivered to school in glass bottles. We were too poor at home or got milk from the neighbor's cow.

Gramof6

I didn't know that 57 was ancient even though I feel every day of it. LOL I remembered all of them! LOL Thanks Ditter. You are such a gem! LOL

retiac

Thanks for the memories I remember all of the above and one more how about out-houses or slop jars as my grandparents did not have indoor plumbing until I was 12.
retiac

gingergrandma

Same here. We took baths in wash tubs.

tlrnhi

Do you remember sprinkling the clothes for ironing and if all the ironing didn't get done, the clothes went into the freezer?