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Boomer

01-19-2008, 02:56 AM

Darn it, Nonie,

I was not going to take the time to post this evening. You see, I have really important things to do like watch "Monk" in a few minutes. But when you said that about the boyfriend's ring and the angora, I had a flashback and I could not resist.

Besides, I want to know if high school girls anywhere else in the country did this.

Here goes:

The boyfriend's ring was wrapped with ribbon so that it would fit. But it did not stop there. Wrapping the ribbon through for the few times it took to close the size gap just was not enough for us small town girls.

After we made the size right, we would fold the ribbon back and forth and back and forth, like folding a little fan, until we had a great big thing (for lack of a better word) that could reach from the palm nearly to the top of the first knuckle up if we really had too much time on our hands. (Yes, I know. Groan.)

But Wait! There's More!

After we had created the huge blob of ribbon, we would turn it to stone with layer after layer of clear nail polish. Sometimes we would add glitter or paint on initials or hearts with colored nail polish. We created some of the most hideous art forms you could ever imagine.

Of course, after spending all this time making these messes, we would spend the next day at school showing them off.

What were we thinking?

It's amazing that any of us ever got enough school work done to graduate.

And sometimes you could only get those things off the ring by using a razor blade which could get a little bloody if you were in a hurry.

This token of love could also create drama or injury if you threw it at your boyfriend in one of those breakup fits. And by doing that you had the added fun of thinking about him trying to get the mess off his precious ring.

OK, it's out there. Now you all know more than you ever wanted to know about a fad in my little high school in the midwest. I have not thought about this for many, many years. But this gives me the chance to finally find out if this was some weird tribal custom or if the fad reached from sea to shining sea.

So are you girls going to let me just hang out here in embarrassment or will somebody please tell me that you know exactly what I am talking about. (I guess there's always the delete button - that I finally found.)

BB :)

nONIE

01-19-2008, 03:22 AM

Boomer, That was so funny, Thanks for elaborating, I just cant believe what you girls went thru, that is really a labor of love, at least until you threw it back at the guy! lol

Boomer

01-19-2008, 03:25 AM

Thanks Nonie,

Between doing all that and teasing my hair to the point where it resembled a motorcycle helmet, I kept pretty busy.

BB

KathieI

01-19-2008, 03:48 AM

Boomer/Nonie, sorry I never went steady so I never wore a boy's ring, boo hoo!!!

But, what about the flair skirt with the poodle on it. (I didn't have one, they weren't allowed in da bronx), Also, what about ponytails, ??

Did anyone wear chignons in their hair in the 50's? Or was that a NY thing?

Later on, it was mini skirts and midi skirts and hot pants!!! Remember those? That was more in the 70's but still a long time ago.

Kathie

JohnnyM

01-19-2008, 03:55 AM

For the guys; saddle stitching and pegged pants!

redwitch

01-19-2008, 04:39 AM

Oops, did forget the hot pants. How could I????

We used dental floss on the rings, then pink (and it had to be light pink -- no other color was allowed) fingernail polish. I had really small hands so it would take me at least one thing of floss and forever to wrap the dang ring. And, yes, it was fun to think of the work the guy would have to do to get the stuff off if we got into a fight. Course, there was always rewrapping when we got back together.

LovinItAtTheVillages

01-19-2008, 04:49 AM

Hip hugger bell bottoms for me please

long blonde hair with bangs like Allison McKenzie in my freshman yr
and mini skirts with hems as short as my hair was long

twiggy haircut in 67

white go go boots

redwitch

01-19-2008, 05:31 AM

Now, how many remember who Allison McKenzie was?

My hair was long -- almost to knees. Everyone I knew ironed their hair or slept in the frozen OJ cans. Mine was disgustingly straight.

nONIE

01-19-2008, 05:34 AM

Red, you just brought back some really funny memories of me leaning over the ironing board and steam ironing my hair to straighten it. ::)

redwitch

01-19-2008, 05:49 AM

Jan, you're bringing back some weird memories. Next thing I know, you're going to ask if we inhaled. ;)

Donna

01-19-2008, 05:54 AM

You guys brought back so many good memories..

What about all the fads with the Muscle Cars???http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/sportcar2.gif (http://www.millan.net)

Drive In Movies..Beach Parties...8 Track Players...Disco Days...Platform Shoes..Button Earrings...Huck-A-Poo Shirts..Tube Tops..Fake Eyelashes..http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/glittersmileys.gif (http://www.millan.net)

BB..I too love Monk...

chuckinca

01-19-2008, 06:50 AM

I'm waiting for POGs to come back in fashion - still have my son's collection of about a thousand of the things.

And, my wife has the attic full of unopened boxes of Hallmark Christmas ornaments she bought in the 80's that were supposed to help finance our retirement but never will get back half of what she spent on them.

We won't discuss my baseball card collection.

scottke

01-19-2008, 12:52 PM

We used wax to fill our boyfriends ring so that it set up high on our hand. You melted a candle and molded the wax to go into the top of the ring and then put the ring on your finger to mold the wax to fit. Knee high socks with short skirts and big sweaters were also popular at our school.

renielarson

01-19-2008, 03:00 PM

We Kansas girls used plain old scotch tape to wrap around our boyfriend's ring...

Not all fads but fond memories:
Skirts with knee socks
Bass penny loafers (with a shiny penny, of course)
Flipped up hair with lots and lots of hairspray
Brush type rollers that hurt like :edit: to sleep on
Pink sponge rollers
Home perms... :yikes:
Portable hair dryers with the hose connected to the cap

JohnnyM

01-19-2008, 03:04 PM

I still have my PEZ despensers :yikes: (just kidding)

nONIE

01-19-2008, 03:10 PM

Johnny,

they may be valuable collectables by now, hang onto them! How old are you?(you dont have to answer that, just kidding)

JohnnyM

01-19-2008, 03:26 PM

64 and holding, Nonie!

KathieI

01-19-2008, 03:45 PM

Brightspot, I still have my portable hair dryer with the cap attached. Really! Probably from the 60's and the cap has a psychodelic (sp?) flower design on it.

Those rollers were a killer. I still have ones that are the diameter of soda cans, I can't believe we tortured ourselves that way. I'll probably come across them when I'm packing to move to TV and can show them at a monthly meeting.

Did anyone wear stiletto heel shoes with the pointiest toes you could find? No wonder we have feet problems.

Good ideas, come up with more memories.

Kathie :redface:

renielarson

01-19-2008, 03:46 PM

Just remembered a "girl" fad at our high school...silver charm bracelets...still have mine, too! We would buy charms to represent anything in our lives (and I mean anything!) just so we could be the one with the most charms. The weight of those bracelets make me tired just thinking about them.

Donna

01-19-2008, 03:51 PM

I just thought about all the old candy..Guess that is not a fad but some great memories..

http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/lollipopsmiley.gif (http://www.millan.net)Wax Lips..Buttons..Double Bubble..Wax Bottles..(Pez..JohnnyM)..Sugar Daddy's

All the old games...Stoop Ball.(Brooklyn thing..)...Red Light, Green Light...Spalding Balls..Water Guns (My mom stepped on mine every time I bought one, for soaking my brother from head to toe..http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/laugh3.gif (http://www.millan.net)

nONIE

01-19-2008, 04:06 PM

Donna,

your bringing back so many old memories, wasant life grand! 040

Donna

01-19-2008, 04:09 PM

Noni..
Those days were so simple yet so enjoyable..No school shootings, we had respect for authority..

Sorry Topicop.. :cop:

nONIE

01-19-2008, 04:14 PM

yep! and how about Saturday morning cartoons and American bandstand(Dick Clark)? :hot:

Boomer

01-19-2008, 04:27 PM

nONIE

01-19-2008, 04:38 PM

Jan, What a fun thread you started! Thankyou! Its even taking my mind off of Veal!!!!!!!!!

KathieI

01-19-2008, 04:41 PM

Boomer, I laughed so hard, I was crying.

So true, if you wore the rollers around on Saturday afternoon running errands, everyone knew you were going out on Sat night. It was a status thing especially if you ran into some friends who didn't have rollers in their hair. So funny.

Kath :redface:

JohnnyM

01-19-2008, 04:46 PM

redwitch

01-19-2008, 04:46 PM

Saddle shoes ... I remember being sooo thrilled getting a pair for my 13th birthday. Until then, it was Keds tennis shoes for home, Mary Janes for school.

Easter hats were mandatory. So were gloves for church. I remember having a fit cause I still had to scrub my hands.

Let's see, high school was pin stripe "gangster style" suits. Skirts rolled up the second we got around the corner from home, rolled down when we had to see the dean because our skirts were too short, rolled back up for the next class and so on throughout the day. (We had to kneel on the floor. If our skirts didn't touch the ground, crepe paper was pinned to the hem. Besides looking ugly, we were constantly being stuck by the pins.)

Beehives with petals for the prom. Shoes dyed to match our dress. Going in your boy friend's family car was a big deal. If his folks had to drop you off, it was get out a block before the high school gym and walk the rest. Of course, if he had his own car, you were really hot stuff!

Donna

01-19-2008, 04:48 PM

Big hair rollers - absolutely.

And we would find an errand or something to have an excuse to wear the rollers downtown in our small town on Saturday afternoon so that everyone would know we had a date on Saturday night. (like the pharmacist and the butcher really cared)

Remember the small bows with the clip on it, we used to put them in the middle of the teased hair??
What about the half blouses, like shell designs?? Garter belts, there were no panty hose..We all had 45's (records) the record players..I used to take mine on the stoop..LOL..I loved the Theme from Dr. Ben Casey..

Put playing cards on the bicycle spokes with clothes pins to make noise..

We made go-carts out of milk crates and a long board, then we added roller skates on the bottom, we decorated them with bottle caps..

Donna

01-19-2008, 04:51 PM

Hey Donna stoop ball was big in the Bronx too. Also, stick ball, punch ball, slap ball and the all time favorite "kick the can". Collecting and trading bottle caps. Chocolate egg creams , malteds and ice cream sundaes in metal dishes at the "candy store". Going to the movies at noon and getting out at 5pm all on .27 cents. The good ole day's indeed!

How could I forget EggCreams??? Every Brooklyn kid grew up on Eggcreams.....http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/yum2.gif (http://www.millan.net)

Boomer

01-19-2008, 05:01 PM

KathieI,

I love it about the wearing of the rollers downtown being in the big city, too. Who knew?

Redwitch,

About those boys who had their own cars -- Did those cars have their own names that had been lovingly painted on the fenders?

C'mon, all you guys reading this,

Did you have a car with a name? What was it? And why?

Now, I really must leave this computer. I have a date tonight.

Buhbye,
BB

nONIE

01-19-2008, 05:09 PM

redwitch

01-19-2008, 05:36 PM

Babushka tied on the chin? NO WAY -- you'd be a social outcast. The were tied under the back of head. Never ever up front. ewwww

Yes, to the flames and name. Course, we were just thrilled if they had a car that ran!

Hinding in the trunk of the car to sneak into the drive in. Remembering to remove the speaker before leaving. All the "bad" kids parked in the back 2 rows. The "good" ones got the next 3-5 rows and the families got up front.

Never saw the silver spoon thing. Probably a good thing since I know Mom would have killed me.

Girls using masking tape to put their boy friend's initials on their stomach while tanning. Boys using lemon to get the surfer boy bleached look -- even in New Jersey (Springsteen sported that look and I still wonder how he got that curly hair straight!).

Mel's Drive-In with the carphops on roller skates. I was actually one of those!

PE uniforms -- ours was this icky one-piece blue thing that looked like shorts with a short-sleeved top and belt. PE exercises outside, in front of the boys ("We must, we must, we must improve our bust.")

The velour and crushed velvet furniture our moms were sooo proud of. Shag carpeting. Harvest yellow and avocado green kitchens.

Boomer

01-19-2008, 05:37 PM

How about the girls wearing their babushka"s tied up on their chin instead of under their chin to look like really hot stuff! Please please tell me you did that, or did us Chicago girls just think we were really tough?lol

Nonie,

You just had to mention those babushkas.

We wore ours tied in the back, under our hair. And we smalltown girls thought we were "tuff enuff" :)

For some reason, my dad hated it when I wore those babushkas. Poor guy, little did he know. Those babushkas were the least of his worries.

Now, I am going to stop looking at this computer. This thread is way too much fun.

I guess it is time for those of us who know what we are talking about to move to TV if we are not already there. This thread is really some kind of test I think.

judylou

01-19-2008, 06:26 PM

For the guys, remember leisure suits. I liked them, my husband hated them. Remember pink and black color scheme. That was really popular. My brother had duck tails and spent many a day combing them in front of the mirror.
I loved American Bandstand and can still remember the name of my favorite dancer. Kenny Rossi. He was so cool!

renielarson

01-19-2008, 07:04 PM

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/renielarson/musicalnotes.gif Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind. Memories, sweetened thru the ages just like wine.http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/renielarson/musicalnotes.gif

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/renielarson/Thosewerethedays-1.jpg

Nonie...wish I had kept my hair dryer like you did!
Sorry...I meant Kathie... :redface:

kregski

01-19-2008, 09:13 PM

Babushkas? geez No No my Babcia wore a bubushka. Well there are a lot of polish people in chicago..Veal ? Is that a new kind of vegetable? Kregski dont like veggies ;D

nONIE

01-19-2008, 10:28 PM

Kreg,

good to see your catchin on! Believe me, youll be a lot better off in the long run! :cus:

Also, everyone wore babushkas in Chicago, not just bobshi's. It was the "in" thing. :2cool:

nONIE

01-19-2008, 10:34 PM

OMG, I think were all ready for a big jidderbuggin sock hop when we all get to tv. We can dress up like the 50's and dance the night away to the Oldies. I LOVE IT!!! :hot:

handieman

01-19-2008, 11:29 PM

Sandy222

01-19-2008, 11:50 PM

This topic has really made me laugh today....its been awhile since I rolled my hair in orange juice cans, but can still remember trying to position my pillow at night,so I could get to sleep...

I loved my pantaloons with culottes. Of course had a favorite pair of hotpants! Then the fashion statement was Dad's big shirt . Its so much fun to think back.

I threw away my hooded hair dryer and my rollers when we moved down to TV. I do still have my charm bracelet..... ;D

chelsea24

01-20-2008, 02:18 AM

Oh Nonie, another Chicago girl here! Yes, scarves or babushkas tied on our chins and black leather jackets, almost white lipstick??? Remember! Before that "cool" period. Saddle shoes, poodle shirt (third grade) Hi-Fi's. American Bandstand, absolutely! Of course, desperate jealousy of Annette on the Mousekteers. Then a beatnick phase, black tights and gloom all the time. Coffee houses, and they actually read poetry. (I miss those :dontknow: Older- Military shirts and bullet belts (not real) with jeans. Mini skirts, midi-skirts, mico-mini skirts and Yes Hot Pants! Red, I too had the Orange Juice can rollers! lol And Nonie, I'm with you on the angora around the guys ring, and sweaters from the guys in gangs (not lettermen!) Sock Hops, pajama parties. Dances, the Twist, The Mashed Potatoes, The Roach, The Swim, The Fish, The Watusi! God I haven't thought about some of this stuff in years. Also, stylish, hot pants with long thigh boots and a patent leather long coat (The Carnaby Street Look) :bigthumbsup: Of course bellbottoms. Oh and Red, we had to kneel down at our highschool too and if our hems did not touch the ground, we had to go to sewing class and take them down. No makeup allowed, no hairspray. Wow I love reminiscing like this. Flower children, make love not war -- still a good motto. Thanks for the memories and thanks for the fun. :2cool:

chuckinca

01-20-2008, 02:24 AM

I am most famous for being on Ray Rayner's Saturday afternoon TV Dance Party in 8th grade (1958) in Chi town (was partnered, by the teachers, with the Hot blond 7th grader and the envy of all my buddies)

nONIE

01-20-2008, 02:29 AM

LovinItAtTheVillages

01-20-2008, 02:51 AM

Oh Handieman. I hope you decide to do the 50's party
Im sure it would be lots of fun....
My little friend here is all ready to partyyyy

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t190/DuchessOfSolana/lanalotta50s.jpg?t=1200796068

Springer

01-20-2008, 03:18 AM

Don't forget about us greasers with the "Elvis" do and black leather jackets. Oh and the comb yeah the comb -- don't leave home without it.

chelsea24

01-20-2008, 03:23 AM

Gosh Springer, you just reminded me of Kookie on 77 Sunset Strip. I had his picture plastered all over my bedroom walls. "Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. . ." I would swoon! Handi are you having a 50's party??? Don't forget to invite me! ;D

nONIE

01-20-2008, 03:55 AM

Chuck,

dont remember the Sat. afternoon dance party, but hey thats great that you got picked to danceon it. You must have been a heck of a dancer when you were a kid, and pretty darn brave at that age to go on tv and dance. Do ya still dance up a storm?????

kregski

01-20-2008, 04:41 AM

Ray Rayner was the the best. If your still in the WGN viewing area ,every so often they run a look back at Ray ,,Bozo,,and Garfield Goose. Do you remember Im hard rock im coco im joe?

Donna

01-20-2008, 06:08 AM

I was thinkin the other day about throwing a 50's party inviting you all to dress for the occasion. I have a collection of 50's,60's music and we could decorate the garage and dance up a storm. I'm visualizing all you girls in rollers ;D
Too Funny
Handie :joke:

Handi..
Please have the party when I am there..http://www.millan.net/minimations/toolminis/xother_radiogaga.gif (http://www.millan.net)I don't want to miss this one..http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/slowdance.gif (http://www.millan.net)

chuckinca

01-20-2008, 07:12 AM

Ray Rayner website:

http://www.tvparty.com/lostrayner.html

Has mention of "Ray Rayner's Rayner Shine (Rain or Shine) Dance Party. It was a Chicago-area "American Bandstand"-style teen dance show on Saturdays."

And I never could dance a lick (they used to have Saturday night sock hops at the local Luthern church, youth fellowship, that we went to a lot so we could sit on the side and check out the girls and I think that was the group that went on the TV dance show)

Didn't watch his show in the 60's as it was aimed at the under 7 set and I was a teen and older by then.

redwitch

01-20-2008, 11:36 AM

Chels, thanks for going down memory lane with me. Its just sooo much fun isnt it?

Im so glad you remembered the babushka's tied up on. our chins, see Red, Im not halucinating after all, it really happened!

:hot: 040

Oh, there were a couple of girls who tied them under their chins but they were the freaks and losers. Just not a California thing. I do remember one girl doing that once -- she was quickly clued in that we didn't THAT here. She'd just moved from either Springfield or Chicago area, can't remember which. So, it may have been a Midwest thang.

jmarkohio

01-20-2008, 02:05 PM

White flip top shoes, grey flannel pants and a pink shirt...cool man!

Boomer

01-20-2008, 03:18 PM

Oh, there were a couple of girls who tied them under their chins but they were the freaks and losers. Just not a California thing. I do remember one girl doing that once -- she was quickly clued in that we didn't THAT here. She'd just moved from either Springfield or Chicago area, can't remember which. So, it may have been a Midwest thang.

RW,

NO-O-O-O-O-O.

I am a Midwest girl, only farther south than Chicago.

I was trying to figure out what the Chicago girls on here were talking about with that tied on the chin thing. Being a Midwesterner, I was too polite to say, "What the :edit:?"

Nobody in my town did that. And we were a lot closer to Chicago than California. I guess we must have wished we all could be California girls.

Of course, we were busy being freaks in our own way. When we were not creating those big messes on those class rings, we were polishing white tennis shoes (Keds I think) with white shoe polish and wearing them with stockings. I think we thought it made our legs look so much better than they did in socks. But why we picked tennis shoes I will never know. Nobody played tennis.

Who would have thought that a discussion of babushkas could be so much fun. I was telling Mr. BB about this and he had no idea what I was talking about so I had to try to demonstrate by using a towel. I still don't think he gets it.

redwitch

01-20-2008, 04:16 PM

OMG .. I am literally cracking up. Even scared the cats. A towel as a babushka? tff

We wore the Keds cause they were comfortable, didn't weigh a ton like saddle shoes and made our feet look smaller. Wore them with stockings once. Feet sweat too much and decided I'd just go without socks or stockings, at least until my mom noticed and had a hissy fit to the nth degree.

Okay, ladies, what was your favorite pattern of tights that you wore with your mini-skirts? I loved the horizontal stripes, especially my black and red pair. (Boy, am I glad Jess doesn't read this site. She'd never let me live it down!) I also remember a really cute pair with big lady bugs on them in psychedlic colors. I thought they were so cool!

Boomer

01-20-2008, 04:28 PM

Regarding those patterned tights with miniskirts: Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

beady

01-20-2008, 05:29 PM

How about full or circle skirts with 2 or 3 starched crinoline petticoats, worn with bobby socks and saddle shoes. What were we thinking ??? ??? 1rnfl:

renielarson

01-20-2008, 05:54 PM

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/renielarson/Big_jukebox.gif Handie http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/renielarson/dancing20052-1.gif
Gettin' my saddle shoes all polished up, poodle skirt out of the cedar chest, neck scarf ironed, and practicing putting my hair in a pony tail again.
Hope I'm in town...sounds like a lot of fun!

Barefoot

01-20-2008, 07:13 PM

How about full or circle skirts with 2 or 3 starched crinoline petticoats, worn with bobby socks and saddle shoes. What were we thinking ??? ??? 1rnfl:

Those full skirts with crinolines sure made our waists look small. What we were thinking? That we were perfectly beautiful! I remember how important it was to stick my boyfriend's initials on my upper leg and get a tan around it.

Sleeping on orange cans? That was before we started ironing our hair.

Good memories. ;D

KathieI

01-20-2008, 07:47 PM

Barefoot, you brought up another memory for me, remember when we wanted our waists to be as tiny as Scarlet O'Hara's especially with the crinolines so we used """CINCH BELTS""""
Had them in 47 colors to match every skirt. Wish I had that waist size today!!!

Never did the thing about boyfriends initials cause never had a boyfriend.

Also, never ironed my hair cause by that time "the Shag" was in style and curly hair was perfect for it.....

Good memories guys, Thanks, Kathie

kregski

01-20-2008, 09:08 PM

Barbi

01-20-2008, 09:32 PM

Remember the drive in movies --- what didn't go on there. I learned a lot at the movies --- stay away from the boys. Seems like it was a set up for trouble but what fun. It was a tough choice -- the dance hall or make out. I bet most of us would be embarrased to say what really happened at the movies. Good thing they had intemissions.

redwitch

01-20-2008, 10:11 PM

redwitch you purchased shoes as a young un for comfort value rather than style? shucks when mom and dad took me out 4 shoes I wanted cuban heels with cleets,,and pointed toes. put tacks in the soles I didnt care just gimmie those cuban heels

It was much easier to dance in Keds than saddleshoes. And we liked having our feet look cute and petite. Course, if we could get away with heels and the pointiest toe we could find, that would be our first choice. Sadly, most of us had mean moms!

KathieI

01-20-2008, 11:08 PM

bump.

This was so much fun, let's keep it going.

Kathie

nONIE

01-20-2008, 11:11 PM

Thanks Kath, have to get my brain working in that direction again. Fads hummm!!!!

Hope we didnt cover them all!

nONIE

01-21-2008, 01:15 AM

I think this sums it all up. Turn your speakers on.

http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm

Nonie

JohnnyM

01-21-2008, 01:43 AM

Nonie that was great!

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg233/johnnyme2008/ROCKNROLL.gif

Barefoot

01-21-2008, 01:52 AM

How about Mood Rings?

bsliny

01-21-2008, 02:12 AM

Hey Donna stoop ball was big in the Bronx too. Also, stick ball, punch ball, slap ball and the all time favorite "kick the can". Collecting and trading bottle caps. Chocolate egg creams , malteds and ice cream sundaes in metal dishes at the "candy store". Going to the movies at noon and getting out at 5pm all on .27 cents. The good ole day's indeed!
We did the same in Brooklyn what about Johnny on the Pony and Skelzee yes those were the days

chelsea24

01-21-2008, 02:54 AM

Hula Hoops anyone????

Barefoot

01-21-2008, 02:55 AM

Oh, this topic is so great, I forgot about hula hoops, used to love them. Also yo-yo's.

JohnnyM

01-21-2008, 03:38 AM

Penny loafers with real pennies stuck in the shoe tops.

nONIE

01-21-2008, 03:43 AM

Im so glad we bumped this topic, so much we havant covered yet! ;D

JohnnyM

01-21-2008, 04:05 AM

Has anyone ever played a game called "Knucks"? If you lost you got smacked with the deck of cards on your knuckles. Also card games called "Scoop", "Briscolla" (not sure of spelling). Jacks, marbles and pick up sticks.....Johnny

nONIE

01-21-2008, 04:07 AM

yes Chels,

We would start spinning them around our necks and work our way down to our knees, all the time keeping them spinning. Now thats talent dont ya think? ::)

redwitch

01-21-2008, 01:05 PM

What is with you Mid/East Coast girls? First babushkas tied between (I think) the lip and the chin and now hula hoops just to the knees? Sheesh -- it has to go up from the waist to the neck, down to the ankle, one foot up, foot down, up to the shoulder, down to the wrist, back to the shoulder and over to the other shoulder and wrist, back to center and down to ankle and other foot up. And they say California girls are wimps. HAH!!!

Now, double dutch was an East Coast thing. We played jump rope but individually. It was rare in California suburbs for kids to use long jump ropes. We did invite others to join our rope and jump together.

Marbles was big throughout the country. I still have my shooter and steelie.

Bella

01-21-2008, 01:16 PM

Remember double dutch very well...How about a good old game of jacks!!! Anyone ever here of Chinese jumprope!
Peace sign necklace with peace sign earrings worn with hair parted in the middle with forehead headband also with peace signs on it...
Platform shoes...

Donna

01-21-2008, 01:22 PM

Nonie that was great!

Johnny..Love that icon...http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/dancegirl3.gif (http://www.millan.net)

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg233/johnnyme2008/ROCKNROLL.gif

KathieI

01-21-2008, 01:31 PM

Donna, love your posts. They are so creative.

Back on topic, how about "potsy" - in the Bronx, we played it on the sidewalk and used our keys throwing them into the boxes and then jump on one foot and pick up the keys and jump back on one foot to home place. I think that was the name? Johnny M might remember cause he was from the Bronx too.

Another one is riding your bikes or roller skates on a closed street called, "A Play Street" that kept cars out so kids could play..... Please forgive me, these are big city activities where there weren't any playgrounds or formalized activities. Kathie :redface:

redwitch

01-21-2008, 01:42 PM

Guess you're talking about hopscotch, Kathie? We used the chains that held the little coin purses that you squeezed to open (another fad/era thing?).

Okay, fad drinks/food: RC or Coca-Cola (no Pepsi, EVER) with peanuts in them. French fries with mayo (yuck!). Moon pies and RC. Egg creams. Real soda jerks making chocolate sodas (yummmmmmm). Wax Coke bottles. Candy cigarettes. Candy straws (thank goodness those are still around and still yummy). (Yeah, I know, not faddish, just nostalgic.)

Bella

01-21-2008, 01:42 PM

"Potsy" sounds similar to Hopscotch -

Donna

01-21-2008, 01:49 PM

Remember the chains made out of gum wrappers..

Coke in bottles..http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/cokesmiley.gif (http://www.millan.net)

Penny Candy..http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/lollipopsmiley.gif (http://www.millan.net)

The milk man would deliver milk, eggs, butter..

The foil Christmas Trees...http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/julegran.gif (http://www.millan.net)

Then of course the GREAT TV shows..

KathieI

01-21-2008, 01:57 PM

I think your right, the formal name probably was Hopscotch but we called it potsy (remember Potsy on happy days?)

Thanks for the info.

Bella

01-21-2008, 02:13 PM

Had the longest gum chain in the neighborhood - can't remembe how to make them though...A lost art...what ashame...
Along with the foil Christmas tree came the color wheel that shined on it...
We actually lived across the street from a cow farm and would get quart bottles of milk from them that still had the cream on top because it wasn't pasturized or homoginized (can't remember which)...

JohnnyM

01-21-2008, 02:58 PM

Yes Kathie it was Potsy or Pottsy. Mostly the girls played and the guy's watched. You drew boxes with numbers 1 - 9 I think. They used chalk (too expensive at times) so they used soap or just the side of a big rock. You threw you keys or a stick or rock onto a number and then had to hop without hitting a line pick up the item and hop back again without losing your balance. Some called it Hopscotch. How about bouncing the Spalding ball under your legs while singing a song? Johnny

nONIE

01-21-2008, 03:10 PM

OMG, almost forgot small portable radios. Held them up to our ears and walked around the neighborhood beebopping along. Cool man!

Bella

01-21-2008, 03:29 PM

There was a particular song that stands out that we used when bouncing the ball under our leg - I remember it had something to do with the alphabet...
Didn't have a lot of concrete (grew up in a very rural area) so we had to draw our hopscotch in the dirt...lines got buried alot...

This is fun...

nONIE

01-21-2008, 04:50 PM

Bella,

Was it the song about"my name is Anna and I come from Alabama with a car load of apples." Then you would go on to the b's and all thru the alphabet????

Did anyone mention Double dutch jumprope where you use 2 jumpropes going at the same time in opposite directions?

nONIE

01-21-2008, 04:52 PM

Sorry, I see double dutch was mentioned, another senior moment. sigh!

Bella

01-21-2008, 06:17 PM

Nonie,

What a memory - that's the song...

JohnnyM

01-21-2008, 07:26 PM

Bella just to let you know my sister did the bouncing and singing not me!

bsliny

01-21-2008, 08:11 PM

Do you remember Stick Ball Punch Ball Running Bases Monkey in the Middle Ring ALeevio
(not sure about the spelling )and what about Stoop Ball

KathieI

01-21-2008, 08:17 PM

Nonie, great memory, Kid. But I remembered it too, can't believe that and after the surgery I had... good for me...

Now, does anybody rememberrrrrrr bouncing the spaulding, singing "A my name is Anna and I come from Alabama and with us we bring apples," and thennnnnnn crossing your leg over the ball (there was a name for that action and I can't remember it)

....and as you sang on by the time you got to L's, you had to be able to jump up in the air and double cross your legs over the ball. Gosh, today, I'd fall flat on my tush!!

JohnnyM, you've got the game of Pottsy perfect. I remember it all too well. Yes, chalk too expensive, we used stones... ha, ha ha, ha I love this thread!!! Kathie :redface:

nONIE

01-21-2008, 09:49 PM

Kathie, it sounds like you would have to be a contorshinist (sp?) to do that bouncing ball trick. Gosh we were never that advanced!!!Also Reds Hula Hoop trick I was amazed reading her post. You girls were really tricky ! LOL

You should have been on Ted Mac's amature hour.(remember him?)

Avista

01-22-2008, 12:14 AM

Nonie, Of course I remember babushkas. They were tied in front under the our chins, of course! Will try to find a picture and post.

nONIE

01-22-2008, 12:26 AM

Sorry Avista,

guess I didnt make myself clear. Our babushkas were tied ON our chin between our bottom lip and lower chin. That was supposed to look really cool! LOL

nONIE

01-22-2008, 01:27 AM

How about the big black velvet bow stuck right up in front of our huge boufant hairdoo!

OMG I cant stop!!! 040

Barefoot

01-22-2008, 01:34 AM

My husband said to me today "I wonder ..." and I replied "Don't wander too far, you might get lost". That was one of the stupid high school expressions I used when I was 14; I could not believe it actually came out of my mouth!

Or when someone asked us to do something, we would cleverly reply: "Who was your servant last year?"

Anyone else remember the stupid high school expressions they used?

nONIE

01-22-2008, 01:46 AM

See ya later alligator, after while crocodile! Later Gator!

oh how corney we were.

chelsea24

01-22-2008, 01:51 AM

Yeeeks! I still say Later Gator, especially since we moved here! Here's an old expression used on the guys or snotty girls when they were staring at you "Take a picture, it lasts longer." I'm sure we've all used that one. I'm still with ya on the busbuska's Nonie. On chin or between the lower lip and chin. Lol ;D

JohnnyM

01-22-2008, 04:35 AM

Bungalow Bar Ice cream truck, The Good Humor Man, Hear a knock on your door and it's the Dugan man selling doughnuts and cake. The beungalene man (Sp?) for the clothes washer. Bottles of milk at the front door in the am and of course the Italian Ice Cart man scraping the ice into a little pointed cardboard cup. How, oh how did we survive taking swigs from our best friends soda bottle....we never got sick. Johnny

Donna

01-22-2008, 05:45 AM

OMG..I just remembered the Fuller Brush Man..He was a real pest..LOL

Johnny..ya forgot Mr.Softee Ice Cream .Remember the truck had the music..

chuckinca

01-22-2008, 07:16 AM

Coal and ice deliveries.

Rag man's horse wagon going down the alley.

Working in the bowling alley loading the pin machine by hand.

Grand mother's phone number in Indiana was two longs and a short on party line.

Phone numbers starting with words instead of numbers. Magickist Carpet, the Kiss of Beauty Hudson 3-2700.

Stanley Home Products (like Fuller Brush) (and Jewel Tea Home Delivery)

Egg deliveries to your house

Welcome Wagon when you moved to a new town

Tuesday 1 PM air raid warning practices and you had to get under your school desk(all the cars had to stop, too)

Avista

01-22-2008, 12:10 PM

Nonie, Nope, my babushka was tired under my chin. Do you remember telephone exchanges such as Bittersweet 8-0000 or Wellington 5-0000. Do you remember the Omar man coming to the house with all sorts of good bake goods.

Avista

01-22-2008, 12:37 PM

Nonie, Do you remember Riverview, The Bobs, Parachute Jump, Mil d Floss, Greyhound etc.?

nONIE

01-22-2008, 02:49 PM

Avista, how could I forget Riverview? Of course, I was so sorry to see it torn down, we had such fun there. Thankyou for bringing that up! Apologize to all who arent from Illinois. Riverview was a huge amusement park right smak dab in the middle of Chicago with some very scarey rides and rollercoasters.

Any other Illinois people have some Riverview experiences they can share?

nONIE

01-22-2008, 03:03 PM

chuckinca

01-22-2008, 10:17 PM

Chuck, those were great! and really brought back some memories.

Those air raid drills were really a pain. I do remember crawling under my desk. How funny as if that would help us in an actual air raid!!

Chuck, off topic for a seconed, are you still interested in that slow and easy bike ride, Im drumming up some interest.

Nonie:

You bet - slow and easy for me and the misses (we will be staying all next winter - one more year of working for me)(unless the market takes a huge dump)

Do you remember 2 cent days at Riverview - admission and all rides were 2 cents!

Here's their website (!): http://www.riverviewparkchicago.com/

I bought a tee shirt from there last year.

nONIE

01-22-2008, 10:28 PM

chelsea24

01-23-2008, 12:46 AM

Gosh! Riverview! I loved it! Our neighbor and my sitter at times used to take her two daughters and I and we'd beg her to take us in the Tunnel of Love. And then we'd all make loud kissing sounds just to be brats and I'm sure all the teenagers loved that! lol

Also, beside the rag man with the horse and cart, we had a man that would come to the door to sharpen knives! And can anyone forget the Encyclopedia Salesman sitting in your living room. My parents actually fell for that one. Made time payments. Encyclopedia Britanica.

nONIE

01-23-2008, 01:46 AM

Chels,

I was hoping you would see the riverview post. Isnt it great!!!

your parents obviously wanted you to be well educated , did you use those encyclopedias?

Avista

01-23-2008, 02:39 AM

That Riverview Post was fantastic! What fun it was to explore the site.

chuckinca

01-23-2008, 04:52 AM

Chuck,

Thankyou so much for this website. its incredible! Where in the world did you find this?

Thanyou, thankyou, thankyou, I know there are a few people out there that are really going to have fun with it. ;D

Nonie, Avista, Chelsea and others:

Isn't google the greatest thing since sliced bread!

Like I mentioned earlier - I bought a tee shirt from the site and often proudly wear it
around TV and get more comments than I get from my "Where the Heck is Wall Drug" shirt.
(also bought after a google search)