Crazy 1960s Things That Were Once Normal

Life in the 60s was very different that what it is today. Many of the things that people used to do would make parents cringe and freak kids out. For some, these things may seem strange but they were fine for anyone growing up during the decade. In this video we will take a look at some of the crazy 1960s things that were once normal.
#nostalgia #memories #60s

[@ZMAN_420]

Rhetty, what a high quality retro production! Lead, asbestos, hair spray! Just incredible!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching ZMAN_420 and I appreciate the super thanks as well. I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Out of all of that the asbestos was the worst. Especially when it was loose like the snow.

[@happylittletrees5668]

I got a flash back when you showed the creepy crawler set! Yes, that unforgettable smell came back to me, too!

[@carolynhotchkiss4760]

Car seats? Hah! I remember standing on the front passenger seat while Mom drove to the store. I remember lying on the back window shelf taking naps on long distance driving trips. I remember sitting on Granddaddy's lap 'steering' the car. Or lying with my head in his lap watching the odometer ticking over (he always made sure I was awake when a milestone rollover was going to happen...50,000 was a great number!). Oh, and lying on the floor in the 'way back' of the station wagon as Daddy drove the switchbacks down a mountain road, rolling back and forth and thinking it was the funniest thing ever. And sitting in the front seat meant that I always had the "mom seatbelt"...she'd do that move where her arm would shoot out to hold us in place if she had to brake suddenly. Adult me knows car seats in the back seat are best for kids but kid me remembers the years where we had free reign in the car very fondly.

[@jillv4006]

Yes and it was the best sleep ever riding in the car in those days when we were kids, wasn’t it?!

[@RangerRon75]

@@jillv4006 my folks would take me for a ride to get me to sleep. Usually I was out within a couple miles.

[@RangerRon75]

I do remember the Mom hand across the body while standing on the seat next to her driving. I grew up out in the country. And when deer crossed in front of the car, was when that usually happened. We had a station wagon and I would crawl over the back seat a lot. And when we went to the local drive in movie . They had a foam mattress covered in vinyl my Mom made , so I could fall asleep at the very back and not disturb them. If it was a gory movie I would peek over the back seat , until I got scared enough to lay down. :-)

[@laureencriss8220]

Yep - born in 66. I can relate to all of that. At night, I often pretended to be asleep in the car. It was a sure thing that someone would carry me into the house. I was the youngest of 8 and small for my age till later in life. I was used to being babied, lol.

[@pam8962]

I was 9 and my aunt gave me a bee hive hair do for my other aunts wedding. I had fun sleeping on it the night before 😅😂😅

[@RhettyforHistory]

Did it all work out?

[@cindytrayer4279]

I was about the same age in the early 70’s and went to a beauty salon for a beehive hairdo for my cousin’s wedding also!! It went great with my maxi dress! Didn’t know it had a name at the time lol

[@heathermanning5368]

Lol! I love the pictures of the people all looking happy while smoking on the plane!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

They definitely were happy doing that! Thank you for watching @heathermanning5368!

[@laureencriss8220]

The planes smelled terrible until they banned smoking.

[@brianquilty687]

Never even heard of ice cream in Cream of Wheat. My dad used to make Jell-o and put chopped oranges, bananas or apples in it. Great video Rhett, thanks for sharing.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I bet the parents wanted to get hold of the person who came up with the ice cream on top thing and beat him senseless! 🤣

[@lesliehackney7519]

I left elementary school in 1960 and got married in 1970 so this was one of my most influential decades. Remembering all these things made the years melt away. As always, Rhett, you have done a great job bringing another decade to life. I enjoyed the trip back to my youth.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Leslie and I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane!

[@zenabumblebee9738]

I miss the Dixie cup dispenser in the bathroom. My mom made peach jello with peach slices and green grapes inside, great in the summer. Never thought of ice cream in cream of wheat, sounds delicious.

[@kathyorourke9273]

I was born in 1949 and childhood was not a bloodbath. People drove carefully and children had sense enough to be careful when playing. When I had children myself, child car seats were made of a thin metal frame with thin plastic with foam and cardboard for stability.

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

In the 1960s, about 40,000 Americans died each year in traffic accidents, at a time when the US population was 40% smaller than it is now.

[@sammy6235]

Let’s see what I had at home: my brother made his own fishing lures, had a chem set & a wood burning kit, my sister had an easy bake oven and the creepy crawler set (we made armies of bugs for wars), I had the fun flowers, candle maker kit and incredible edibles - all without adult supervision. I know I’m forgetting quite a few like lawn darts and slip ‘n slide. But dang, I wouldn’t trade any of it. Where did the fun go and the sense that went with it?

[@lainiwakura1776]

Creepy Crawlers made a comeback in the 90s with a more Easybake Oven looking apparatus to cook the bugs. I still remember the commercials.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. They were supposed to be safer and the goop was also supposed to be better. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories @lainiwakura1776!

[@lutinab5265]

No wonder my autoimmune system is cra cra!! Child of the 60's I remember most of the items listed. Instantaneously, as soon as the Creepy Crawly set was shown the scent came to mind! You're so right, thats a scent one won't ever forget. Like rubber babydoll hair. Cant count the times I fell off back seat into floor of car when mom slammed onto the breaks! The hours of trying to comb through hair after all that teasing and the amount of hair loss. Its a wonder anyone had hair. And, yes, our ironing board stayed upright mainly for hair, not clothes. Loved this video and funny narrative 🤣 Makes me wonder what future generations will be shocked about at the times were in now????

[@JamieHitt]

I grew up in a state that, we often said, was 20 years behind the rest of the country. We lived in "the 60s" until about 1995.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and letting us know how it was where you were @JamieHitt!

[@annaqsmith]

Totally groovy!

[@LISA.R.2112]

Celery flavored jello 😜😆 this was great Rhett. Man, seems like everyone smoked in the 60s. Thanks as always !!

[@lutinab5265]

My mom was in hospital a lot and one of her biggest complaints was the odor of cigarette smoke! Often oxygen tanks sitting right next to beds! Crazy times! Wonder what will shock future generations about the current time.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching @LISA.R.2112! I never was a fan of the different savory jell-os or of any that had anything in them, even fruit. They were big in my family and they all claimed they loved them but for some reason I really didn't see anyone making them anymore in the 80s.

[@glennso47]

I didn’t smoke then and I don’t smoke now.

[@glennso47]

@@lutinab5265Covid vaccines are a good thing to shock future generations. And government coercion.

[@celinemccutcheon1988]

Back in '85 I worked at a bank, and I could smoke at the back counter behind my wicket, also there were ashtrays attached to the stantions so customers could smoke while waiting in line. Fortunately I quit smoking 20 yrs ago😊

[@vixengypsy]

2:16 Rhetty, you cracked me & my partner up with that Paint Scraper. Thank You! 😆

[@RhettyforHistory]

Haha! You're welcome and I'm happy knowing that both of you got a kick out of it @vixengypsy!

[@bobbieschendel3144]

I had a creepy crawler set given to me in the 60s for Christmas, that was so much fun. You had to be careful not to get burned, I did a couple of times. I never thought it should be outlawed. It was one of my favorite gifts. I also remember eating incredible edibles. I didnt own it, one of my neighborhood friends did. They werent bad. Thought you might want to hear from someone who really lived it

[@chimom7112]

I had the incredible edibles kit. Loved tutti fruitti flavor. One of my fav toys.

[@sird2333]

Sorry a$$ women ruined it, I’m sure. “Little Johnny got burnt!!! We must make sure this doesn’t happen again!!!” Why today’s kids are pansies.

[@alphawoolf5981]

I still remember our old "safety" seat for kids. My younger brother had to placed in this little sling that fitted over the back seat back. One good stop and that thing was gonna fly off the seat back and my brother was going with it. Crazy times!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of the old safety seats for kids.

[@BrianMcKnight68]

Now Rhetty, you know those Creepy Crawlers were totally safe. It even says “soft, non-toxic plastic” right on the package. They wouldn’t lie….would they?

[@RhettyforHistory]

Nah, no way! I'm not sure if they were non-toxic in the beginning. They had a super strong smell. Thank you for watching @BrianMcKnight68!

[@glennso47]

They didn’t lie about Covid vaccines being safe and effective either but they were not safe or effective.

[@matt007]

I remember even in the 80s smoking in restaurants and movie theaters. 😶‍🌫️

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh yes. It really wasn't until about the mid 80s when the changes started taking place on where you could and could not smoke. Then it became a smoking or non-smoking section. Thank you for watching @matt007!

[@nonelost1]

@@RhettyforHistory”Will that be smoking or non?”

[@DaveTheRred]

As a kid we all played hockey in the winter as soon as the pond froze over, no one wore a helmet.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm not even sure if their were hockey helmets available? Kids probably would have needed to wear a motorcycle helmet or something. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories @DaveTheRred!

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Ah, the good 'ol days of hockey. Teeth optional 😂

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

I remember my mother in law getting her hair done in their kitchen by a friend of hers who faithfully came, I don’t remember how often. This was in the early 90’s. Her curls were more towards the back rather than on top of her head. She slept using a satin pillow case.

[@janedee6488]

Loved the Incredible Edibles!We always ironed our hair before school; you could never get it straight enough.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us @janedee6488! It seems like that ironing would really be time consuming.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

We had a big slide like that at school on an asphalt playground. I have a picture of myself on a skateboard doing a handstand on my driveway almost exactly like that lady! I got one of the flower maker kits and spilled red liquid on our linoleum in the den. Had to cover it the stain with a throw rug. Daddy wanted to strangle me, lol. We used to fly a lot since my dad worked for the airlines. We were SO glad when smoking sections were done away with! Considering the stupid stuff we did with bikes (Evel Knievel style), it's a wonder we didn't have any serious injuries.

[@stanford-nf4jk]

My parents were hippies. I’ve seen the photos. Long hair with flowers in it, sundresses on mom and dad clad in loose fitting cotton pants, worn denim jacket, ascot or scarf tied around his neck. Oh, and according to my mom, *her* mom would make tomato flavored gelatin and take it to potlucks.

[@jillv4006]

I was the last of the boomers and we would lay on the floor of the car with our heads rested on the axle hump or on the back ledge behind the rear car seat when we could still fit. We even had a station wagon with the backseat facing backwards, so you could really see those semis coming straight at you. And the only “seat belt” we had was our mom’s hand reaching over to brace you when she stopped short! Yep, somehow we survived car rides from the 60’s.😂

[@juicyjules7409]

@@jillv4006 oh wow 😳

[@pam8962]

Mom had a fish shaped jello mold. Thank goodness it was only a decoration on the wall 😅

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is different but I bet it would have made a great looking jell-o!

[@leonnahofer9138]

I never ate jello in my younger days. My motto was I am not gonna eat something that jiggles more than I do. Well I now eat jello in my 60’s lol.

[@ricardoguzman5014]

Born in '68 so I don't recall the decade. But in old photos of the family, my mom often had the classic big bouffant hairstyle that was so common back then. She always had a can of Aqua Net in the bathroom and when she did up her hair she would spray it like crazy until it was crispy and stiff. I always tried to avoid the fumes because they were overpowering and nasty.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Hairspray back then was definitely a thick smog that would stay in the area and then it would coat everything with a thick layer of gunk! Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us @ricardoguzman5014!

[@heatherforrester8979]

Thanks!

[@RoySmith-nz2qk]

I used the electric spring device called an epalady ,I think, anyway it pulled the hair out . After a year or so, the hair did not grow back. My legs were always soft and smooth after that. It really didn't hurt and NO more shaving 😂😊!!

[@pam8962]

Sleeping in the back of a 1967 Charger hatchback on long trips. Loved that car

[@jubi400]

I did a lot of tree climbing, and riding bikes of course.

[@glennso47]

It was normal in rural areas to ride in the back of pickup trucks or on hay wagons. Oatmeal and Cream of Wheat was good enough for me. I liked it straight up with no seasoning except a little milk or cream.

[@Slane583]

Funny enough, Mattel re-released the Creepy Crawlers toy for a time back in the 90's. But instead of it just being a hot plate would molds it was made to look like an over. You would fill up the mold and then used a spatula that was included to insert it into the heating unit. So there was less change of burning yourself. But I'm sure there were kids who found a way to burn themselves regardless of how safe it was made. A kid I went to school with had one. :)

[@lainiwakura1776]

Yeah, it looked like an EasyBake Oven.

[@Slane583]

@@lainiwakura1776 Yup, It was bright green, orange, purple and had a bug on top.

[@Lunafalls]

The original one from the 60's really did have a big, fully exposed area that got HOT. It came with a little cooling tray to fill with water to place the hot metal mold into when your bug was "done". I remember a sizzling sound when the hot mold would hit the cool water.

[@Slane583]

@@Lunafalls I bet, it's pretty much an open heating element aimed at kids. By the time the 90's came around they had to make it safer.

[@Lunafalls]

@@Slane583 Yes, one of my kids had the 90's version -- much safer and just as fun. 🙂

[@rjc7289]

The 60's were my parents' young adulthood years. I wasn't born until June '72, but they would often tell me stories about things that were commonplace then that are either rare or obsolete now, like rotary-dial telephones, Bryl Creme hair styling gel for men, diaper delivery services, a bread man and a milk man who made weekly door-to-door deliveries, leaded gasoline, dangerous toys like lawn darts and wood engraving kits, etc.

[@VickiCampbell-1216]

Thank you, Rhett!! The amount of research, and editing put into your content is very much appreciated. 😊I love this time machine of memories. 💙Always a lot of fun!!

[@ZMAN_420]

I wasn't alive but alot of my family was, they look forward to Saturday and your videos!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@rebekahmeegan8922]

I was born in 57' and I loved this video!! 😂😂😂

[@SRV3433]

I found my Uncles Creepy Crawler set in the 80’s and some how found a place that still sold the liquid plastic. Nana was so mad when I made Crawlers by the next time I came to her house the whole thing had “disappeared”.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Haha! They could have a really strong smell that lasted for awhile. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of your Uncle's Creepy Crawler set!

[@DanniTheMagicJunkDrawer]

I wasn’t around in the 60s, but I find them fascinating. That sky lift thing with no seat belt gives me the chills

[@Houkasmokingcaterpillar]

The seatbelt of my parent's car was whoever was the fastest to throw their forearm in front of me.

[@MillerMeteor74]

I was pretty young in the 60s (born in `63), so my memories are of the 70s. Throughout the 70s we visited my grandparents on their farm every weekend, every summer. My grandfather always made either oatmeal or cream of wheat, and we always put granulated brown sugar on it. When I was a young teenager, and my mom made me start shaving, she bought me the same razor my dad used. It had a coiled up blade inside of it, which you advanced once a week. Last year, with the help of people on Facebook we determined that it was a Gillette Techmatic. I wish I had it today.

[@laureencriss8220]

I was born in 66. Our grandparents had a dairy farm in a tiny town outside of Great Falls, MT. We visited every summer. I loved it there. Where was your grandparents' farm? Edit *loved

[@MillerMeteor74]

@@laureencriss8220 Ocean County, NJ. It was a chicken farm from 1922-56. From then on it was produce.

[@laureencriss8220]

@MillerMeteor74 That must bring good memories. 😊

[@RabittsGal]

I still have several scars on my legs from that old razor. 😅

[@lutinab5265]

Me too!! Ankles and knees!! Bl**dy bath water! Yep. I remember it well and have scars to prove it!😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your experience with them @RabittsGal!

[@MarcPagan]

Great fun - ah, accept for the lead paint chips :) - Nice fellow up to your 60s video on no bike helmets, seat belts, car seats for kids, etc. Thanks!

[@user-xu7wy3ur9q-Lynn]

My mom (deceased) had one of those belt machines. I sure did have fun playing with it. 😂😂

[@pamelas1002]

I was born in 1964. I have a picture of my mother, when she was pregnant with me, smoking a cigarette! All normal back then 🙂

[@seth1704]

Do you have ill health effects from that?

[@pamelas1002]

@seth1704 I, unfortunately, picked up the habit in my late teens. I didn't quit until in my late 40s after being diagnosed with emphysema. Can I say it was definitively due to my mother smoking while she was pregnant? No.

[@TH-hy9kr]

I think they were asking if you were a low birth weight and if you had allergies or asthma as a kiddo. My mom smoked too and I have lifelong asthma and allergies. ​@@pamelas1002

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it sure was. My mom smoked with me and my brothers. Thank you for watching and sharing how things used to be @pamelas1002!

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

people would tell narrow hipped women to drink to 'keep the baby small' so they don't need surgery!

[@RobinBoBobbin]

I can remember reading a Weekly Reader (remember those?) in elementary school in the early/mid 1970s, and there was a hockey player who had a mask that he had taken a marker and made a mark on it for every time he was hit in the face during a game. The article was about how the masks were for safety. I had the Incredible Edibles toy! Got it for Christmas in 1967. I can still remember the smell, and the taste!

[@barb-jm7990]

I remember as a teen coming home smelling like a cigarette even though I didn't smoke. My mother was very suspicious that I must be smoking although I insisted that I wasn't. I hated cigarettes and I hated other people make me smell like them. During the night one night, I woke up and screamed because my mother was leaning over my bed and was looking right in my face! She scared the heck out of me! Turned out that she was smelling my breath for cigarette smoke (and found that I had not been smoking, like I said.) I was so happy when the laws began to protect those of us who did not want to breathe other people's cigarette smoke. By then, I had developed allergy and asthma problems made much worse by those damned cigarettes that people smoked.

[@jbrou123]

My mom had big hair like that. Kept in a closet on a mannequin head.

[@nickimontie]

Yes! My mom did too!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us @jbrou123!

[@616imhotep]

Born in the mid '50's, I remember we still had a old fashioned curling iron. We would lay it across our lit gas burner on our gas stove until hot. Then test it on a piece of newspaper to be sure it wouldn't scorch. Then if was ready to curl your hair up. You had to reheat the iron for each curl. It was a long, slow process. It was either that or sleep on rollers. When electric curlers came along, it was a dream.

[@cmtippens9209]

I had the Fun Flowers set and still remember the smell of the cooking plastic. I'm surprised that I don't have burn scars from it. LOL! They also used asbestos "snow" back when they made The Wizard of Oz in the scene where they fall asleep in the field of flowers. Incredible Edibles means something entirely different these days. 😉

[@TheBastet613]

I remember mom having those hairdos using lots of Aqua net. I said she could stand in a 100 mile wind and not have her hair move.

[@tylerjames-yf1ho]

Every video brings a grin to my face! I love making history together and I can't wait to get a t shirt from you one day! 😊

[@jbmbryant]

I had a Gilbert chemistry set in 1967. One of the 'experiments ' was checking sugar in urine. I found out that my mom was pre-diabetic. She went to the doctor and got treated for it. I also made blackpowder from sugar, sulphur and charcoal. Good times.. Thank you for your channel, Rhetty!

[@LymanPhillips]

Loved my Thing Maker - it was the smell. My sister had a toy oven with a real element in it. We baked a baseball in it once (because "why not?"). It smoked like the dickens and stunk up the whole house. I still remember it fondly. Smoking everywhere. Planes. Restaurants. Movie theatres. Then they moved smokers to the bar only at restaurants and to the side sections of the cinema - like that helped. In the 80s we had to replace a slashed dcreen at the thestre where I worked (union trouble) and the screen was a light bronze except for the top where the top curtain covered it Crazy times. But we survived and thrived. And dont wven get me started on the playgrounds ...

[@femaleKCRoyalsFan]

Smokers from the 60s likely did not make it to the 2020s because they may have died of lung cancer or emphysema

[@topofthepalm]

Uranium in the chemistry sets.....boomers you win. Thats hardcore

[@RhettyforHistory]

That really was a crazy thing to have in the chemistry sets and that element might have predated baby boomers. They would have been 5 or 6 when they were out. I think it was more of the silent generation. Thank you for watching @topofthepalm!

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

As a tail-end Boomer that's one trend I'm happy I missed, lol.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

Aqua-Net. I have very strong associations with the scent of Aqua-Net. Whenever I smelled that, it meant my parents were going "out." I had only vague notions of what "out" was, although I would learn in later years why they were often fighting when they came home from "out." 🤐

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

My mom used Aqua-Net when I was a young kid. I'll never forget that smell. On my own, I discovered that Aqua-Net made a great insecticide. Killed cockroaches on contact.

[@ProbablySoonerThanLater]

My friends and I became really good at ironing on the ironing board, our hair. Straight and parted in the middle.

[@norwoodwildlife9849]

Even more amazing is when goaltenders didn't wear face masks, talk about tough. Today, even the referees wear helmets

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yeah it has all changed. There have been some really bad injuries to eyes in hockey. What amazes me is how they just keep playing. Thank you for watching @norwoodwildlife9849!

[@samanthab1923]

I think the reason we got away with so much was our parents were both raised in city’s. In apts. They had us & moved to the suburbs. They were young too. By the time they had five kids he was 30 & she 26! You want to know what I was doing at 26? 😂 Everything was new. We had bikes, went skiing, sledding & skating every winter. No rinks, ponds. Every summer she would drive us out to my grandparents beach house. No life guards. Just a different time

[@rogertemple7193]

I was born in 1964 but i had a lot relatives who lived in the 60's that told me about these things and some of them were still around in the 70's but not for long thanks Rhetty.🇺🇲📺🇺🇲

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome @rogertemple7193 and thank you for watching!

[@swansfan6944]

1969 was a good year. I was born and man was so excited they celebrated by walking on the moon. 🤣 Great video Rhett.👍 ❤Jodie 🇦🇺…. Hi Paul 👋😁🇺🇸

[@paulstan9828]

😁👍Good Year for a moon walk! 👋😁🇦🇺

[@RhettyforHistory]

You've been around for two moon walks. 1969 and 1983 with Michael Jackson! ;) Thank you for watching Jodie!

[@swansfan6944]

@ 👍🤣

[@ScarlettFire341]

Too Bad NASA Lost the Tech to return to the moon - lol

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I remember watching the moon landing. I was 5 and it was a huge big deal. 😊

[@pamczech5984]

I remember being the station wagon and the seats were down and we would sleep on the way to chicago about a three hour drive back in the 60s

[@paulstan9828]

I remember during Vietnam every one of draft age (including myself) was glued to the tv when the draft lottery numbers were being drawn. The lower the number the more likely you were going to be drafted. Old enough to fight but not to vote. I remember at 18 I bought an inexpensive new car and couldn’t even have it in my own name. Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺

[@RhettyforHistory]

That seems so crazy to think about how that used to be with getting drafted and voting. I think it all should be the same age. 18, 19, 21 or whatever. Just seems strange. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Paul!

[@swansfan6944]

That is crazy Paul, you should definitely have been able to vote that you didn’t want to go to war. 🤣😁 my dad had a few mates in the Vietnam war, he didn’t have to go because he was blind in one eye 👁️ when they returned they were treated horribly here as well.

[@lisacobb7525]

Still have an old creepy crawler set in the closet. Little worse for wear. Born in 1970 but youngest of lots of siblings. Hand me downs of all the toys so I remember most everything. My mother would iron my sisters hair. My brother made bugs from the creepy crawlers set constantly. Lawn darts, drive in movies sleeping in the back window. Playing outside all day with no supervision. Walking home from school at 8 years old. Walking up to Woolworths alone to buy candy. Had 21 acres behind our house. We would jump our fence and walk through the woods for hours. When I was around 6 my brother and I put up my dad’s army tent and we camped in the back yard all night alone. It was freezing.🥶 Remember riding in the back of my mother’s bike in a seat attached. Metal with a little padding. No seatbelts. With so many brothers and sisters my mother probably never knew where we were but we were together. We had a great time. Made us tough. But thinking about it now I’m amazed we survived.

[@philip2010]

I was a little kid in the late 60s but I still remember some things like my mom and aunts bushy bushy bondu hairdos I still remember the air being thick with hairspray There was no carseats I remember my mom always telling to sit down in the car But thank goodness we can carseats now

[@leonnahofer9138]

I have never heard of ice cream in your cream of wheat and I was born in the mid 60’s.

[@MargaretLatreille]

My sister ended up in the hospital because of creepy crawlers.....my dad thought it was awesome.....no clue at all how dangerous it was....She burned 4 of her fingertips so badly they almost had to operate.....classic average 60s day for our family.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh my gosh! That sounds horrible and super painful! Thank you for watching and sharing some memories with us @MargaretLatreille!

[@6omega2]

I was one of those kids who got a lesson in "how to get burned by hot metal" from the Thingmaker. LOL!

[@francesvincent793]

I remember ironing my long hair it wasn't for straighten; but it was for making it feel better

[@pam8962]

😅😂😅we had one of those exercises belt machines in the basement 😅

[@RhettyforHistory]

Was it used much @pam8962?

[@TH-hy9kr]

I wasn't around in the 60s but my mom used to made jello with grapes in it.qhen I was a kid.

[@RhettyforHistory]

She probably carried this over from the 60s and 70s. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory of your mom @TH-hy9kr!

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Fruit and nuts were ok in it for me, but when people put meat in it that was so gross! 🤮

[@annaqsmith]

We all know now how extremely dangerous lead is. My 2 yo niece got lead poisoning by eating paint chips off the walls. She had the highest levels of lead in her blood that the Drs ever seen n would’ve died soon if she had not been taken to the hospital. She had a hard time in school n was called retarded. She was smart in other ways tho. At around age 52 she had been feeling poorly for awhile n she was ultimately dx’d with ALS. Studies show that lead poisoning n ALS are positively correlated. No one knew what the consequences were for lead poisoning especially long term. My niece is now age 60 n life is very difficult for her. There have been some advances in medications for ALS in the past 7yrs. If it weren’t for this , my niece wld not likely still be here. I understand the Chinese govt still allows lead in paint in 2025! And those products aren’t allowed here but they can n do still get thru somehow. So always be vigilant about lead poisoning from any painted surface. Pottery, jewelry, furniture n especially paint on the walls if your house was built before 1978.

[@01FozzyS]

I remember that Glibert kit @5:14. My uncle had one and my brother and I would tinker with it. lol

[@RhettyforHistory]

They had several different ones depending on the year and how much you wanted to spend. Thank you for watching @01FozzyS!

[@jons.6216]

Ahh, my brother and I never got Creepy Crawlers, but played with the sets the neighbor kids had! The challenge was getting them interested in something they may have been bored with already! Haha! Lead based Christmas tinsel also looked better, hung better on the tree and was fun to step on and make imprints in when the tree came down! Another thing about air travel back then was how smart and stylish travelers dressed since it was more of a luxury in those days! None of this wearing pajamas and flip flops on flights like today!

[@Lunafalls]

Yes, everyone dressed up for a plane flight!

[@jasonrodgers9063]

I remember those days well! Better times.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on the decade @jasonrodgers9063!

[@AnitaLonski]

Thanks Rhetty for another interesting video

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome Anita and I appreciate you watching!

[@ishtiaqali2373]

Thanks for old day's ،

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching @ishtiaqali2373!

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123]

Thanks for the video Rhetty 🇦🇺🙂

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123!

[@Mama4d8]

I remember only using our wooden skateboard to wheel out the heavy metal trash cans to the road on trash day.

[@Lunafalls]

Before it occurred to anyone to manufacture garbage cans with wheels! 😂. You really have to wonder why some things took so long to get invented.

[@Mama4d8]

@@Lunafalls Right? I was just thinking that.

[@tonycollazorappo]

I had the creepy crawler toy and knew better than to burn myself. I was born in 1961. I miss those days and would go back in a heartbeat and do it all over again. 😀👍🏻

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and letting us know what you had and miss @tonycollazorappo!

[@FredCarpenter-j6m]

Born in 1962. For some reason, I had a couple of the plates in my back pockets when my mom gave me a spanking, so I pretended it hurt.

[@kellychuang8373]

Can say good video really hard to imagine going through that time let alone growing up then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was definitely a different time. Thank you for watching Kelly!

[@kellychuang8373]

@@RhettyforHistory You're Welcome Rhetty and also hard to imagine for the kids out there now or this generation growing up as well. Really have to be careful out there.

[@monikameza4107]

I really enjoyed this video, thanks Rhetty❤

[@abrakahocus]

Memories from the 60's... My mom's pink Lincoln Continental, with a electronic eye for the high/low beams (actually looked like a eye lol) and suicide doors. Also seeing the Vietnam war on the TV news broadcasts.

[@nickimontie]

Combing smoking with using hair spray caused some situations. I remember the Fire/Safety monitor warning us to not spray your hair while smoking, and that was the mid 80’s.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I definitely remember my mom having a lit cigarette in an ashtray as she was teasing her hair and applying a lot of hairspray. Thank you for watching @nickimontie!

[@ingridfitz5677]

I had the Thingmaker! In addition to the electric cord and metal tray was that you had to add water for the metal tray to be bathed in. What could go wrong!! 😆

[@patsloyan9755]

Wow! That explains a lot of my health problems

[@DaBoff858]

1:40 ...I'm from the 80's and i remember CoCo Wheats lol If I had Coco Wheats with a scoop of vanilla ice cream i would be in heaven as a child lol

[@gregoryhuston4485]

You forgot the wood burning kit. It could be quite painful. But fun.

[@EGSBiographies-om1wb]

I was an Airman stationed at Hickam AFB in 1983. I remember when President Reagan issued an executive order that set the drinking age limit at 21 for military personel. I stood there in the dorm and watched as they took away the beer machines. I dont drink;but I remember thinking ,*a man is old enough to die for their country,but not old enough to have a beer*. Im a Reagan fan,but Ive wondered why he did such a @ss move,especially since he was a WW2 vet.

[@Leste-e5k]

4:43 lead overexposure.. but it did keep kids busy for a while

[@Pontius888]

DE safety razors and straight razors are kind of popular now, lots of KZbin channels dedicated to old fashioned shaving!!! 👍

[@BrianMoon-u9t]

I bet that fat shaker belt would be great for alleviating constipation

[@RhettyforHistory]

I bet you're right on that! Thank you for watching Brian!

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

Some of those things were still around in the 70s like the bug making kit and the edible jello bug kits. I remember my older brother and sister having those

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes they were. The Creepy Crawlers were even made in the 90s but at some point the plastigoop was made non-toxic. Thank you for watching @ITIsFunnyDamnIT

[@thequeenofwitches7943]

I was born in 1979. I thought we did dangerous things, guess not😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was definitely a little more wild in this decade than some that came after. Thank you for watching @thequeenofwitches7943!

[@DaveSomething]

nice... and that baby goes in the trunk! /s :)

[@RhettyforHistory]

Lots of us laid on that back dash as kids but that Corvair was almost being marketed as that being a spot for babies. Thank you for watching Dave!

[@DaveSomething]

@@RhettyforHistory I've taken a nap on the "package tray", used to sit on the arm rest on the passenger door... with the window down! it was a different time.

[@cjb2749]

I wasn't around in the 60's, but as the oldest kid in a family of 7, I am VERY familiar with making do 😂 I've used a regular iron to straighten my hair- myself- hundreds of times, and I've never had any issues beyond the struggle to get as close to my scalp as possible without creating a line 🤣 it's really all about using the right settings, making sure there's water in your iron, and being careful not to pause, even for a second, while the iron is on your hair

[@epeterd]

I used one of those razors one time a few years ago. I cut myself five or six times. LOL strangely enough, none of the cuts hurt. Still, once was enough. I failed chemistry in high school, but one of those chemistry kits would have been fun. My elementary school was built around 1929. The upstairs was condemned when I was there in the early '80s due to asbestos. They put up partitions in the gym to make classrooms. It got torn down about 1984 and a new school was built.

[@fob1xxl]

My mom used to make JELLO cake ! It was delicious !

[@RhettyforHistory]

So was it cake on the bottom? What was the flavor of the cake and jello? That isn't something I ever had so I'm curious about it. Thank you for watching @fob1xxl!

[@fob1xxl]

​@RhettyforHistory you actually mixed the jello mix with the cake mix.

[@deaw87]

@@fob1xxl my aunt used to make jello cake by just making a white cake then making holes in the cake (was it with a drinking straw?) and pouring a box of jello water (not set) into the holes Then whipped topping to ice it. Sounds weird but I really liked it.