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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

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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:

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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:

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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

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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:

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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)

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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!

This entire thread just makes me wanna start doing the twist! "lets twist again, like we did last summer"!!!

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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

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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.

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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

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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?????

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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?

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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!

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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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!

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bump.

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

Kathie

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

Hope we didnt cover them all!

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

http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm

Nonie

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Nonie that was great!





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How about Mood Rings?

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We did the same in Brooklyn what about Johnny on the Pony and Skelzee yes those were the days

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Hula Hoops anyone????

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

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Penny loafers with real pennies stuck in the shoe tops.

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

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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

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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? ::)

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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.