Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Funny, I read your posts and am so envious. My childhood was a mixed bag with all the traveling we did. The first time I heard of Halloween was when I was five or six in California -- it was practiced anywhere else in the world that I can remember back then. All the kids talked about their costumes and were all excited. I went home and asked my mom for a costume. She thought I was nuts. My father, fortunately, saved the day (he was American) and turned me into a little G.I. That first time trick or treating was actually frightening. Knocking on strangers' doors and asking for candy just didn't feel right to this little girl. However, after seeing my bag of goodies at the end of the evening, I was all for it and couldn't wait til next Halloween.
Most of my younger days were spent in post-WWII Germany where survival was the order of the day and treats were few and far between, excepting when my dad was around and brought us K-rations. Loved the jam and bubblegum and, of course, the Hershey bars! I do remember things like collecting soda bottles to get the money. Also candy cigarettes (loved 'em) and marshmallow peanuts. Saturday matinees were one of the great things of being in the States or near a military base. Loved everything -- the newsreels, the cartoon, the main attraction (usually a western). America was also where I saw my first television. I couldn't watch The Mickey Mouse Club (it was on opposite American Bandstand, which my brother watched) but loved The Howdy Doody Show. Ditto Sky King, Lassie and Fury. BTW -- According to my brother, The Mickey Mouse Club was a Communist plot to take over the minds of American children. Took me about six months to figure out that I could watch MMC since I wasn't American and he was now stuck taking turns watching it or Bandstand. Of course, we moved to Japan right after I figured that out. And let's not forget the Red scare. Think it terrified all of us way too much.
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The Times They Are A-Changin.
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Thank- You Halle !
Thanks for the " support ".
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Cleveland had a lot of people from Southern Europe and Slovakia, Bulgaria and so on.. Just as Wisconsin and Minnesota had a lot of people from Northern Europe. There were a lot of German Lutheran churches in Columbus too. I was raised German Lutheran and became a Catholic as a young adult. Our worlds were very different back then than from now. It is very interesting to live in The Villages where people really didn't have the same exact life experiences as children
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My mother also got into the sewing thing, it wasn't good, she'd get out the Simplicity patterns and you'd know a cockeyed dress was coming. Anyone else remember the duck and covers drills where you put your coat over you head, get under the desk (with your butt to the window)? Yep, that sure would have been effective.
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I recall much of what has been said up to now. I also was reared in an ethnic neighborhood and didn't realize until I was 12 that other nationalities existed beside Italians (that's a joke)
I remember that tires had tubes and tubes were valuable because my buddies and I would search for pieces of wood and cut the tubes to make gigantic rubber bands and fashion what would be rubber guns . We would then do battle and yes those large rubber bands hurt. We had the best Italian flavored ice lemon, cantaloupe, etc We had a Woolworth's and Grant's . We had record hops and competed to go on TV Dance Party broadcasted from that very large city called Syracuse (that's also a joke). My wife and I won a number of dance contests and we did get to go on TV's Dance party (want my autograph) (that's a joke too) I remember my Grandmother telling me to marry a nice Italian girl and my reply Ï don't know any nice Italian girls" Got a tongue lashing ( that was my first clue that I could not tell a joke) Like probably all of you I believe that I grew up at the best of time and in the best place on earth. I loved our neighborhood ,my friends, my town. good people good citizens, loving caring and generous |
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Rubicon! You grew up in German Village, Columbus, Ohio too????
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