OMG, we used to ride our bikes in that fog whenever the mosquito truck came around. My sister and I were just talking about that the other day!! Sure wonder what it was they were using to kill the mosquitoes.

Ref, PMT and emt .......ugh yes I do and the oil truck that dribbled oil on the dirt roads to settle summer dust. In a way, glad Pres. Nixon started the EPA. It is only an authority of our fed government,but it has changed things, as did Ralph Nader and the Nader Raiders !

OMG -- I remember those, and haven't them in many years.

I loved those beads!

I had spoolies I had dark brown ones. the pink ones hadn't come out yet. they made pin curls without bobby pins. I too liked to play with them. I also remember the milkman coming by in his truck with big chunks of ice all around the dairy products. and he would let us get a piece of ice to crunch on. and my mama always wearing a apron with a bib on it over her printed house dress.and her always having a hankie in her pocket to spit on and wipe our faces. Mary

Oh My gosh!!!! the trip down memory lane you started!!!!
I was in kind of a funk this morning---until I started reading---
Of course - "POP BEADS" caught my eye----and that started the ball rolling........Thank you all for bringing back wonderful, memories.

I did a LOT of inside roller skating at our local rink - which was a HUGE tent that the sides rolled up for the summer breeze---do you remember having ump-teen pairs of pom-poms on your skates!!!!! Oh for the "Good ole days"

Ok, that brings back memories---I used to make them for myself and my doll too

Hi Ruth. I often think about the pop beads we wore in the 50's. we had some much fun taking them apart and putting them back together again. I still can remenber the popping sound they made. brings back childhood memories
Ada

I had the rearl pale pink too. the were smaller then the ones rhat first came out. I loved them

Man, I have loved reading this thread and remember alot of the stuff. How about the paper dresses we wore? and the square cinnamon suckers? THis has been so much fun, now i HAVE to get up and do something....lol

I had forgot all about the paper dresses. We wore them in one girlfriends wedding. Such fun.

Here are some earrings I found, it says from the '60s: http://www.greatvintagejewelry.com/inc/sdetail/1644

yeah I remember paper dresses and the cinnamon square suckers. remember stockings with the seam down the back and a garter belt to hold them up before panty hose. and a new hat for easter sunday church. cottage cheese and jelly coming in fancy glasses that mom would keep for drinking glasses. how about bottles of milk with cardboard bottle caps to play games with and hop along casidy.Mary

I used to play with them at my grandmother's house in the early 60's. Absolutely loved them!

We got our glasses out of the soap boxes and we used a lot of it. Mom still has the glasses and they are in perfect condition.

Stanley parties is where she got our living room lamps. Still has one of them.

We would go roller skating at the school gym all day
Sat. they fit over your shoes and you tightened them with a key.

And when you had gym class you had uniforms to wear and absolutely had to take a shower. lol few drops of water on your face and shoulders and you was done.

Anyone remember green stamps? Use to save them and paste them in a book and get different gifts out of a catalog........Michele

yes, I remember green stamps - A&P had the orange plaid stamps, but we didn't shop there much. My grandmother bought laundry soap that came with a dish towel inside - it was compressed and stuffed in a small box.

Those were the days...

Getting Grams a quarters worth of hamburger at the butchers.

oh yes..loved those green stamps...........but we had to do all the lickin to put them in the books...then the 4 of us would argue about what to redeem them for!!!

Wonderful memories. Thank you all for sharing. Instead of Ruth, my name should have been Retro !

Blessings,
Ruth

Oh my, what memories you brought back. I can't remember the colors mine were, but I sure had some. Wow, love thinking of the good olden days....LOL

Do you remember when we put green food coloring in our hair for St Patricks Day and all got sent home rofl. Look at them today.

I loved pop beads. It was a young person's idea of "real jewelry." Surprised they haven't made a comeback. Seems everything does.

You've all gave me joy with your memories,too. I still have some green stamps and some yellow - top value stamps that my sister and mom left behind. Until last year (and I missed the boat) you could go online to Green Points, which is what Lowes Foods had down here in NC. You could redeem your old green stamps there. But, Lowes discontinued the points and I don't know what is going on now. My most vivid memory of my teen years was sneaking to the 'show'. My Holiness folks didn't believe in movies nor TV ergo, I was a sneak. First movie I saw was North to Alaska. I thought it was divine and John Wayne was breath taking, darn the redhead. She should have jumped in his arms! A friend came to pick me up at his sister's house in a Fiat.....one where the front door opened backwards. Come to think of it, it didn't have back doors. What a ride down memory lane. Thank you all. Blessings, Ruth