A Special Generation / We Are the 1 %-ers / Memories No One Else Has / Over 60

[@mariegier6018]

I will celebrate my 97th Jan 30 and my memories sustain me

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

A very happy birthday to you, my friend…🎂🥰❤️

[@patriciaratchford2826]

A very happy birthday to you, young lady!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@hmp9468]

Happy Birthday!!🎉❤

[@vickylee5579]

Happy birthday ❤🎉🎈🎂

[@donnagatsoulis5125]

Happy birthday!

[@rosemarypurnell3674]

Loved this video Nanny, I was born in 1950, so I'm a baby boomer and grew up during the 50's and 60's. However, I remember a lot of the same things you mentioned. We lived on a farm in the country, so we were a bit behind the rest of the country who lived in the cities. We had one bathroom in a 13 room farmhouse, a party line with a rotary phone on a special telephone table with a chair and we had to endure frequent bomb drills at school due to the cold war that followed WWII. We played outside all day, rode our bikes for miles on country roads and learned to drive a manual transmission vehicle when we were just 15. I also remember the Watkins salesman coming to our door and my mother would only buy her baking vanilla and other spices from him. Thanks for the memories.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Thanks,Rosemary, for the nostalgia…❤️

[@nancygreen217]

We had that chair & phone also🥰

[@janiskay-m8f]

I find the older I get, the more I enjoy reminiscing...takes you back to simpler, more innocent , safer times we can only wish we had now for our children. Thanks for the memories,Nanny❤❤❤

[@yvonnejones8286]

I was born in 1936, so I remember radio. The family would gather around our console radio to hear Inter sanctum, Jack Benny, Fibber McGee and Molly….the list goes on.

[@AngelasJoys]

I was born in Brooklyn, NY. I do remember the milk man and also the ice man for the kitchen ice box coming often. I remember being little and scared by his big ice pick. A man even came every so often to sell bleach. My friend, Mary's father bought a TV and he'd put it near the window and everyone sat in chairs on the sidewalk watching. My mother bought our first huge Catholic bible when I was 11 from a man who came to the door. I started reading it at that age and I still have it to this day. It is beautiful. Lots of paintings of Jesus in it by Hoffman. And yes, I've told every story I could think of to my kids and grandkids over the years. They can finish my stories now, when I repeat myself and they laugh. They love the 50s stories. I loved my childhood and teen years. I wouldn't change any of it. Getting old is a gift but it's not for wimps. Not easy. Where is my heating pad? Hahaha.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Great nostalgia, Angela…❤️

[@patsy6589]

Remember the encyclopedia sales men coming to your door, and you weren't afraid to answer the door.

[@patriciafay-magiera1304]

You brought back so many memories, Mary Ellen, I can't name them all. For some reason, this one lingers on from the days of no T.V. and great radio. Remember "Who knows what lurks in the hearts of men, the Shadow Knows". I remember being spread out on the living room floor with three siblings, each one with a coloring book, crayons in the middle, and listening and coloring together.

[@5578pedro]

@@patriciafay-magiera1304 what a lovely memory.❤️

[@texaslady7630]

Lots of great memories. I was raised out in the country on a dirt road. The Borden milk truck would come once a week, the avon lady every few months, Tupperware parties, mud pies, cardboard tents, a big Zenith console TV was a luxury to us back then with outdoor antenna, and the party lines. My cousin had polio and was crippled, but lived a fairly long life. I am in my 60's, but remember so many things you mentioned. Thank you and Moosie for the video(s).

[@dscharf461]

1943 here, we used to have to get under our desks at school and listen to a fake air raid siren.

[@elliecobb2734]

Yes I got in trouble because I refused to get under my desk, the teacher asked me why I was so upset about the expectation, I explained, because a desk was not going to save us from a bomb, all it would do was get my dress dirty. She smiles, and said You're right. but I needed to set an example for my classmates, and respectfully follow the rule.I did as asked, but was angry about it for days!

[@allisonspeer649]

My husband was born in 1950 and his family didn't get TV until he was about 8 years old. He has a vivid memory of the TV and what shows he watched. He also lived in homes which had outhouses and only cold water plumbing. I was born in 1960 but we had a milkman where we lived until I was about 5 years old. I remember sitting on the Milk Box on the stoop of our house. When I was a kid my doctor would still make house calls. We had a party line out here in the country until the mid 1970's. My mom and both here sisters were telephone operators for Bell Telephone in the 1950's. When I was in high school in the early 1970's we still had manual typewriters, I could never use them either.

[@shannongaddy5873]

I was born in 1951 and I remember those things We had a mahogany floor model tv and I used to get up early on saturdays to watch cartoon with Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang I’d sit on the living room floor and watch the screen that had some kind of round thing and stare at it until the cartoons came on Remember Captain Kangaroo? Wow! What a time My aunt was a switchboard operator for Bell telephone ar that time too Well nice sharing with you Happy 2025

[@glendamock2041]

I’ll be 81 in March. I remember taking the bus with my mother to visit my Dad at Fort Bragg. We had a Victory garden. I remember squeezing the pill in the margarine to color it yellow. I remember party lines on the phone, milk delivered in glass bottles, walking to and from school. My Grandfather was a Conductor on the Soo Line RR and he would give me rides in the caboose and an overnight stay on the train. We had no TV until I was in the 6th grade. Green metal with metal legs and it sat on the floor…black and white.

[@NSkrobis]

I am 88 years old and have these memories too! The milkman was part of our life. If it was super cold the milk would rise out of the bottle. The cream would also rise to the top. The McConnin man delivered vanilla. A shoemaker would come by with his cart to resole shoes.

[@redrobin99]

You sure know how to make this 80 yr old special❤

[@frenchievise2509]

I am 78. I was born in 1946. I remember the small tv. I was small when we got a tv. I remember Howdy Doody time. I really liked Captain Kangaroo before going to school. I remember getting 3 cents to get a cup of milk from a dispenser in the gym. We as girls had to wear dresses to school and everyday if we went anywhere. In winter we could wear a snow suit that had pants that matched the coat. We had to walk to school. Thank you Nanny for sharing that article that Moody's friend sent him it did bring back memories. Love you 2. Xoxo

[@juliepomp5843]

I feel privileged to be in the 1% group -- turning 87 in 2 weeks. We lived in the best of times despite the 2nd war. Loved being a high school student in the 50s. Great memories! During WW II, we had a 50 lb sack of black market sugar in the back of our coat closet. My mother was terrified that we would get caught. 😊 I fondly remember listening to radio programs as a family. Special memories! Loved the freedom we had as children to go off and play around the neighborhood using our imaginations. Such a healthy life exercising and eating vegetables grown in our victories garden.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Happy early birthday, Julie…🎂❤️

[@Pamela-bm7nj]

I was born in 1943,we lived in a terrace house and played out all day 2balls to chants hop soach skipping rope and ring games all the children in the street joined in.babies were left outside the door in the street I used to knock on the door and ask to push the baby round the street,I am still in touch with that baby now 74. We were 14 when we got our tv.my Dad would get my brother and I a magic paint book , clay and bubbles.we never had a car .our sweets were rationed and I got mums and some neighbours rations that were put at the top of shopping list. I party for the Queens 1952coranation.also at just 2 the victory party after the war at my nannas .we payed for the doctor so only went if very ill.I had all the childhood illnesses to the whooping cough left me with a permenat week chest.my mum who is 99 was born in 1925.🤗

[@jenniewinchester8792]

Born in 1948. You brought tears to my eyes thinking about my childhood. I didn't realize how happy I was. Lived in suburb of Chicago. We used to play outside til dark. Hide and seek..built snowmen in the winter. Was in girl scouts and went camping and sledding! Good times. My mom had 5 sisters, so i had lots of cousins. When street lights came on, we better get inside. We rode our bikes and pulled wagons on the sidewalks. Getting to go to the corner store for mom was such fun. The city bus came right by our house. When I was 14 I could ride it alone downtown. We walked to grade school 3 blocks away. First tv show I remember was Romper room and Howdy doody later on, I'd turn on American Bandstand right after school! . I was 10 yrs youmger than my sister. So I was spoiled. But even tho we barely got by, we had everything we needed. At least I wasn't aware of being without anything. Brown bags to tote my lunch. Getting new shoes was a big deal. Mom only drove us to church. Dad drove other times. We walked on the railroad tracks behind our house. I loved kresages store. Also was my first job . Mom wrapped garbage in old newspapers. We got milk delivered and I got to bring it in. We obeyed our parents. No back talk. Homework b4 tv. I can still remember the names of our neighbors! Oh yes, the TV man came in with all those tubes. Paperboy came by wkly for payment. Never had party line. Dad walked to work. We had a basement bathroom. Creepy. In the 60s I was swallowed up by rock music and adoring the Beatles!! Still do. I'd go in my room and listen to the radio or my 45s for hours. Buy teen magazines and paper my walls with pix. I wasn't aware of the war by this time. My dad grew a beautiful garden with huge tomatoes. Today's world is a place I feel uneasy in. I enjoy the internet and all the conveniences, but I'd go back in time in a heart beat. I take every chance to tell my grands about my past life but kids really find it boring. Well it wasn't to us. I loved my childhood..I wouldn't change anything. Thanks for this video. It's helps remember our past. Someday our children will hopefully look back on their pasts with fond memories. Why oh why didn't I ask my parents and grandparents more questions?? Oh! I did learn that my moms dad, came over as a stowaway on a boat from Switzerland!! So that's exciting to me and the beginning of my past!! Grandma was from Ireland. Love this video and love you two ❤❤

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Great nostalgia, Jennie…thank you.❤️

[@5578pedro]

What beautiful memories. Those were the lovely days when we could have a quiet life in our own world. I was born in January 1947, memories become more intense as we get older. Possessions didn’t make us happy, playing with our friends, and the simple little things of life like Mum’s cooking did. Life was good.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Great comment.❤️

[@anndugal5007]

Moose..you have a great memory ❤

[@RileyLee-u3p]

So many wonderful memories ! My mother did the same thing when I was sick, she would go to the corner store and bring me a popsicle and comic books. My favorite was Little Lulu 🌺

[@cynthialagraff4144]

Comic books. Archie and Veronica. Had a huge collection passed down to me. Jughead. Etc.

[@itzasunnyday4me]

I wish they still made "sandwich spread". I loved that on bread. We always had butter because we lived on a dairy farm. One of my chores was to churn the butter. We would put the milk in the "icebox" and the cream would rise to the top and we skimmed it off and churned it into butter. We didn't have a TV until I was 6 or 7. I watched "Captain Kangaroo" and "Romper Room". When the tubes went out we sometimes went weeks or months before Daddy could afford to get it fixed. I well remember the party line telephone. It required it's own set of etiquette. We lived in the rural country and we used an outhouse until I was in JR High and we had indoor plumbing put in. I remember being amazed at the flushing toilet

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Great memories, my friend.❤️

[@cheriebyrnes4697]

I'm proud to be a 2

[@betht390]

I was born in 1961 7th out of 8 kids. My dad was in WW2 and we know about the victory garden he had 2 big ones for veggies and a smaller one for flowers us kid’s manned. We had a bungalow house with 1 bathroom for 10 people. The 1 kitchen phone with a cord that could reach the living room 😂. We had to be home when the street lights came on. My mom was a stay at home mom and Dad work with the N&W railroad. We shopped at the salvage food store. Dad took us young ones for walks and wagon rides to get us out of Mom’s hair. We had a black and white TV and when we got the colored TV it had a stereo in the cabinet with radio on one side and the record player on the other side. The repair guy in a red station wagon came to replace the tubes when needed. I remember a neighbor always got blocks of ice delivered for their ice chest. The milk man came with a metal carrier for glass milk jars. We had to return them when empty. We used to churn our ice cream on the back porch. All kids were involved with churning. My house now has a coal shoot and milk door on the inside and covered up on the outside. What memories Andy and you gave me. Oh and Mom would order all of our school clothes and shoes from Sears and a big box would come to the house - like Christmas. Also the 3 TV channels would go off at 10 or 11pm with that funny “hazard sign” and static noise played. ❤

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

I remember the coal chute,too,Beth…and my Dad constantly going down into the cellar to put more coal in the furnace in the Winter.thanks for your wonderful memories.❤️

[@elliecobb2734]

I grew up in a small town in the sou I remember southern tier of NYS, I remember black our shades/drapes, tokens for shopping,air raid wardens, who walked the streets after dark, if they could see a sliver of light, they knocked on our door and said turn out your lights, Do you remember Sat. morning radio shows, Buster Brown is on the air , sky king, sidewalk roller skates with a key that fastened to your shoes, laundry day, with a wringer washer and two rinse tubbs, clothes hanging on the back yard line to dry or clothes bars in bad weather next to heat. My Mom sewing on a singer treadle sewing machine.4 kids in the back seat of a big old car, bench front seats, no seat belts. meals at home, for most there was no eating out. and meals as you described, left overs, if there were any becoming hash with an egg on top, cereal was oatmeal, cream of wheat or shredded wheat! our milk was left on the front porch, in cold weather if left to long, it would freeze and push the cap off, we had an ice box, and the ice man brought big blocks of ice that went in the bottom, to keep food safe from spoiling.Big multi colored Christmas tree lights that got hot to touch,. We got our first TV in my teens,second hand, we got two stations, but most of the time only one you could really see, out antenna was a coat hanger and a wire nest to the window, which Dad had to adjust every time. Early soap operas my Mom listened Pepper Young's Family, and the Secret Storm. And in the morning Don McNeil's breakfast club, and "march around the table".My grandparents were dairy farmers and live at the top of a very steep hill, with a dirt road, we spent our holidays there, and when it was icy or a lot of snow, Grandpa would meet us at the bottom of the hill with a horse and sleigh, what fun! As you said party line phones. Cleaning tools were a broom and dust pan, a mop, and if there were area rugs, a non electric rotating brush push "sweeper"I could go on, but I must get to work on my laundry in my front loader stack unit.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Oh,yes, Ellie…I remember it all. Thank you.❤️

[@nancygreen217]

I remember marching around our table with my brother to Don McNeil’s breakfast club, I would march under the table and he couldn’t and I couldn’t understand why he didn’t until one time I couldn’t either ☺️ I was born in 1939!

[@chlorismcgahee1366]

I have all the same memories as you. I was 17 years old before we got a TV. We played outside until dark and even under the street light when it came on. My Dad had a floor refinishing business, which he ran out of our home, and had to pay extra to have a private telephone line, so we were not allowed to use the phone without permission. Great memories. Even though we didn`t have a lot, I don`t recall ever regretting my childhood. We had family living near. My Mom`s parents lived across the street, her sisiter lived next door and my great grandmother lived a couple of blocks away.Thank you for taking me back more than 80 years. Love and Blessings to You and Moosie.❤

[@Almosthomeforever]

I’m 62 and we had a party line. We weren’t allowed to use the phone unless it was an emergency. A small TV with only three channels and one that worked well lol. I remember when the Jewel T man would come. We lived in a farm house down a long dirt lane in PA and we always couldn’t wait for the Jewel T man to come in his little truck full of all kinds of goodies. My mom would give us a coin and we could get something small. He was basically a peddler. And when the milk man would deliver the milk to our door. And the dr came to the house…

[@CharlotteUnser]

Hello Dear Mary Ellen! What a delightful walk down memory lane. I have written my memoirs with so many of these childhood memories that you have shared. Just a few here...roller skating, climbing trees, hop scotch, making a tent over the wash line, hide and seek, playing paper dolls, dressing up in old clothes, snow forts, shopping at the Five and Time! Mom giving us horrible hair cuts, drinking out of the garden hose, and yes house deliveries as you mentioned of milk and bakery items...and for Catholics...a visit yearly to your home by the local priest!! Doing house chores and getting .25 cent allowance and maybe later .50 cents! Going to Sunday School and fun shopping for your Easter outfit...patten leather shoes, a new Easter bonnet, lace gloves and a new dress. Respect for parents and teachers and remembering to say "Please" and 'Thank You!"...weekly visits to our grandparents and being 'seen and not heard' at the table. A Sunday ride in the car and if behaving a stop for an ice cream treat! Perhaps we didn't have all the current technical 'gadgets' that our children have today, but we had fun and were innovative in our play and the simple joys of life.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

I have every single memory as you, my dear friend…oh, what fun we had!❤️

[@gwennunley297]

Born May 25th, 1946. Proud to be a one %-er! Those definitely were the GOOD OLD DAYS!

[@samsungtablet9155]

My husband shares your birthday

[@marymcgregor9450]

We played kick the can, skipping rope. I remember wooden side wake, clay roads, horse and wagon rides under horse blanket . We would sing as we go alone. It was great memories. I remember the ice man that come in summer.

[@Jendromeda]

my mom is in her nineties and can out-do her kids on many levels still yet !! sharp as a tack, too.

[@bobbiewilliams5101]

Oh Nanny…the memories you brought back today! Although I am a bit younger, you evoked so many really wonderful memories. I was a Bonanza girl myself, and enjoyed so many other entertainment shows. Like you, we were outside playing well into the evening. I remember, when I I turned 11, my mom let me take the bus to the big shopping center and we too had a Kressgee. Best food had at the soda fountain counter! I too could use my allowance to buy myself little things and the adventure was wonderful. I am a little saddened that my grandchildren will not know the freedoms that came with safer, simpler times. While we have lived through so many incredible innovations, medical advances, etc…..it has not all been to the good of the quality of life. Thank you for a beautiful, rich topic today. Great way to kick off 2025!❤😊

[@patsy6589]

Nanny, we were practically neighbors. We lived in Orange, NJ. My grandma lived next door and she had the iceman deliver ice to her for her ice box, now called a refrigerator. Nice bringing back those fond memories. Out playing all day with a break for dinner and couldn't wait to finish eating so you could go back out with all your friends and play some more. Then when it got dark out, my dad would whistle out the window and we knew it was time to come back inside. Remember the Halloween customs, so many creative ones back then and you could go to just about every house,

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Many of my school friends were from Orange,Patsy…❤️

[@leonahanson9127]

I may not have lived then but my great grandfather would tell me story's about he sold his farm in the middle of the dust bowl in kansas and move to colorado and worked. He passed away several years ago at 100 years old he lived life to the fullest. My grandma told me story's about growing up what they had and didn't wonderful storys. That what i like hearing from you two is the story's there wounderful.

[@mi88sunshine]

I loved hearing my parents and grandparents tell stories of their younger days. I have lots of precious memories that I tell my children and grandchildren. Thank you for this walk down memory lane! ❤️

[@TrishaWhelan]

Oh I loved this video. Such special memories. You’re so right about then and now. Although I need to say my childhood was far from idealistic except for going to the movies every Saturday afternoon. Generally a double feature with The Lone Ranger and so many cowboy and Indian movies. I’d be appalled today at such a movie 😮. I’m 10 years younger than you but much of the memories are similar. This is why we love you and Moosie so much because you bring us to a place we either remember or were told about. Love you soooo much Nanny😍😌🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jeaniemiller1929]

Hi Nanny! This was a wonderful video! Hi Ho Silver...Away!!! Yes...a lot of westerns on tv when it first started. Before we got a tv, when I was about 6 years old, we listened to the Magnavox radio. My brother and I would sit on the floor in front of the speakers to a children's story. My mom also had records with children's stories on them too. Only one black phone in the house for most of my childhood, which we could only answer when we reached a certain age and could do it politely. Manners matter a great deal. We played outside with the other children for hours, kick the can, freeze tag, hide and seek, red rover, hop scotch, jump rope, roller skating....lots of fun! I feel sometimes the children of today are missing out some of that good fun time outdoors. When it rained we used crayons and sometimes watercolors to do creations. I could go on and on, but I am so grateful for a lot of my childhood and the way things were. I sometimes watch the Waltons just so I can feel that old warm friendly feeling of when life was simpler and most people were well mannered and good.😊🤠❤

[@liap1293]

That's a beautiful Charcuterie board. I think I'll do that next year.

[@cynthiaurtz4921]

Your topic on this video brought back many childhood memories for me too even though I am a Babyboomer (born 1956). My Mom was born in 1933 (deceased) but your story also helped me know more about her and my Dad's era (born 1934). Thank you so very much as I too enjoyed your video. Hugs. ❤

[@audreysantiago7491]

Thank you Nanny for taking those of us who weren't born in that era, which is called the Silent G 24:43 eneration.Iam what is called a baby boomer , born in 1952. We were the rebellious ones,, bringing about a significant change in history.. Loved hearing your stories of Jersy. I am very familiar to those places u talk about in North Jersey. Sending Love, Joy and Prosperity to u and ur family during the upcoming Seasons.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Thanks for being here, Audrey…❤️

[@anndugal5007]

I’m part of the Silent Generation..born in 1944 ❤

[@patriciaratchford2826]

Nanny, I remember everything you are talking about! We had the best generation! My dad had the best gardens! I loved to go out and pick the veggies! Loved my growing up years!

[@MarciaL-r1v]

Fun to listen to your memories…my soon to be 90 year old mom has similar….I always love hearing about them and make me appreciate some things more..and sometimes wish it could be like that again although I know my preteen grandchildren would not. I remember always calling my friends parents by their sir name…it was Mr or Mrs Smith etc..I am going on 64 now and must say not one of my kids friends ever called me Mrs…always my by my first name and I remember finding that odd when I was in my 30s and the kids friends were young…a lost art of the sir names!

[@Pamela-bm7nj]

Yes in England we always called adults Mrs or Mr. In fact my friends from school im 81 still call my mother aged 99 Mrs ,mum was born in 1925 and often talks about her childhood. Before the war,I can remember the sirens goining off I was nearly two and my nanna pulling me out if bed as mum wanted to stay ther and wrapped in a blanket toon down the air raid shelter across the street,in the dark ,I always hated the very dark ever since😊

[@gloriaspau8994]

At 84 I do remember my dad working WPA program, my mom going to the store with the ration stamps, then moving on to the 5o's graduated '58, worked in radio, tv plants in the 60's, none made here now, but so many memories, what we wore, on an on, thanks nanny for the memories.....gloria from Indiana

[@cynthialagraff4144]

Milk was delivered to our porch early in the morning by the Cloverdale Creamery in my township which was later incorporated into the City of Fremont between Oakland and San Jose. This township consisted of 5 towns each with their own post office A Catholic Church and their own market. We had two big convents one was the Dominican and I can’t remember the other both located near the Mission San Jose. We also had bread delivered. My mom would buy 6 loaves a week and sometimes she’d get cream puffs as a treat. Mostly our treats growing up were her best oatmeal cookies with raisins shaped like a mountain. They didn’t lay flat. We got our first TV in 1953. Yes Howdy Doody and Clara Bell the closer was the greatest kid show. The jingle “It’s Howdy Doody time. Etc. one of the catchiest commercials I remember was I’m Buster Brown I live in a shoe. Yes my parents put us to bed early and they listened to the radio shows one called the Whistler. It started off with a whistling tune that was kind of mysterious sounding. Then came all the Westerns you mentioned including the Long Ranger with his sidekick Tonto and don’t forget Zorro. Then came the Little Rascals. Our street was just a dirt lane with neighbors all separated by fruit orchards. They had the best cherry tree apricots trees and pear trees. I rode my bike up and down the lane daily and would help myself to all the fruit I could eat in season. The other treat my mother made was those Rice Krispy cereal treats made with a jar of marshmallow cream. Otherwise our snacks were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. At school we’d get a full blown Thanksgiving type meal for only one dollar a week.

[@touchofclass6415]

I love listening to you talk about all the memories! We also had a party line, but it was with my mom's sister, so we were relatives, and we also sometimes asked each other to hang up lol and I still remember our phone number!! I love you, Nanny! xoxo

[@wandavalachovic1594]

This was a best for you Nanny. I’m 72 but I am from the town, Bauxite, Ar. We were the town that mined ore and supplied it for the war. Sad to say, our little town is almost a ghost town but the school and our Community Center thrives. I remember when my mother went to the laundromat to do our laundry. We lived in the country, had dirt roads but had wonderful family friends. Sat on our front porch and had great visits. Live was great!

[@LuxuryOption4756]

This video is an absolute delight. Americana at its best!🏈🌎Thanks, Nanny and Moose. We love you! 💞💝

[@VirginiaPepe-lc1ft]

I remember Martin block on Saturday mornings hit parade. Thank you for all the wonderful memories. I'm 87 my husband is gone as well as my sister and parents. My memories are all I have now.

[@shirjoin]

I was three years old when the war ended in Sep 1945. I remember everyone standing around the radio listening to the announcement. My favorite comic book story was Mary Jane and Sniffles.

[@vickylee5579]

I can remember the National Anthem coming on at 12 midnight 🕛 then it would go off the air. Even in the 60s and most of the 70s we could roam the neighborhood and everyone knew everybody. Parents would be saying “Don’t let the Street lights run you home. We would always eat at the table as a family also. I know we’ve gotten away from this. We’ll eat in the living room a lot.I sure miss those days. It sure was more simple back then. Thanks for doing this video. I sure learned some things I didn’t know. Your New Year’s board looks so good.🍴❤

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Thank you, Vicky 🩷

[@vickylee5579]

@ your welcome.

[@anndugal5007]

Lone Ranger,and Dick Clark’s American Bandstand 🎉

[@mummagee9467]

I remember milk being delivered to front doors in the 60's ( Scotland). it would get so cold that the cream would start to expand and push the milk tops off.. The birds often used their beaks to get through the to the cream .Any that was left was put on my porridge!

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

I remember that, too…we lived in Scotland in the late 60’s with 4 young children then…❤️❤️

[@mummagee9467]

@@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose 😘

[@judyberends7021]

We had chipped beef on toast or mashed potatoes. We lived in Michigan in the 1950. Yes ,it did. Oleo Margarine was ugly. Butter 🧈 for me too.🎉

[@patriciakellerman3144]

Oh, so many memories! I remember everything you mentioned. My job was the Oleo also. Ugh! It was such a sweet innocent time. I never knew what fear for my saftey was then. Born in 1935.

[@pattistephan4163]

That was so fun! I remember the sandwich spread. For a snack mama would give me a sandwich with nothing else on it but the spread. I thought it was good. We also had a milkman/ party line! that was entertaining too.

[@Annie-qu9ik]

Hi from Annie oh those were the good old days as a kid we played outside all the time made much pies and cakes etc played with tea sets and dolls, Tv came to our house when I was about 7 or 8 yrs old it was black and white. I loved watching kids shows in the holidays as I was always home by myself parents both worked. We had the milkman and the Tip Top baker in his van deliver bread and finger buns that was great. We had a man on a wagon with rabbits come by every few weeks, and the ice cream Mr Whippy van to with its bell on the van to let us know he is there.A man used to come by on his wagon to collect bottles all placed in a big hesian bag he would give you few cents for those bottles. We also collect at school the aluminium milk tops of the bottles they sent them off to factories, we loved the milk bottle before class. Only one each and at times there was few left over we had seconds. The milk man and baker still came around when my daughter was ten yrs old till she went to high-school there abouts. She often like to stay home from school to be here for the baker van so she got fresh finger buns, bread rolls and bread loaves etc.That would have been in the 80-90s then the milk deliveries stopped. When I was a kid and even my daughter till the age of 8 she would have been when you could still take 5 cents to the lolly shop and get a lont of treats. Like ten lollies for one cent etc. That was fab we all felt rich back then. Well wish we could go back in time. God bless us all.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Great nostalgia,Annie❤️

[@launajorgensen7275]

Speaking of history, I remember being mesmerized by the people who lived and ran my Uncle Billy’s (like grand parents) farm in Ohio. There was not electricity on the farm, or running water. The lady, Mrs Lawrence, would tell the story of how they came to Ohio from Carolina by covered wagon! They treated me to fresh strawberry ice cream made from fresh milk from the cow, and strawberries from their garden. I was honored by the ice cream, and that they would let me give cobs of dried corn to the cow by hand. I was too young to learn to milk her (darn). I have two kerosene lamps from that house and an enduring memory of ice cream fresh from the cow. They kept it and the milk cans in the spring house. Wow, thank you for inspiring this wonderful memory. I am so grateful for exposure to that life. And I am grateful for aging in this time of medical marvels and technology . . . . I wouldn’t have gotten to love you were it not for the tech. ❤❤❤

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Thanks, Launa…great memories…❤️

[@launajorgensen7275]

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[@dianelenahan429]

I remember listening to The Fat Man on the radio. We ate a lot of lamb and ham not too much beef or pork. Not much sweets but Irish soda bread and bread pudding. I remember the margarine with the red dot. Ed Sullivan on the tv. Got my polio vscination on my leg. Trolly cars Horn and Hardarts. The ice man, milk man and the sissor man. We lived in an apartment so we had a dumb waiter in the kitchen. I could go on and on. I googled a picture of my old apartment house In the Bronx and go back to look at it for memories.❤ Oh I forgot the air raid sirens. Let me go

[@concettaalcorn686]

A very happy and healthy new year I was born in 1943 life seems so much easier than and beautiful, but I thank God that I’ve made it this far

[@lynnmazalewski2766]

Goodto hear moose back in the peanut gallery think came from howdy doody.i original ly from Bergan County near hackensack,New Mitford came to Montclair just before getting married in my parents home 100 upper Mt ave.remember on Bloomfield Ave think hardwear store and what products they sent were thru the ceiling think wires?? And by then1963 no troles on Bloomfield Ave, think they shipped them to u guys in California, seen the cable cars u have. Nanny hope 2025 is good for you thank u for sharing ur beautiful life with all of us and God bless us all❤🎉

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Thanks for all the local NJ memories,Lynn. ❤️

[@concettaalcorn686]

Happy New Year 🎆 I was born in 1943 lots of memories wish we had now what we had then life seemed easier ❤A cozy night 😊

[@delightfuldeb1218]

Hello Nanny, I was born in 1962 but I remember the insurance man coming to the house and also going with my dad to Thrifty's at the La Mirada shopping center to test the tubes for the TV. There was also a Newberry's that had a restaurant inside, Lucky's grocery store, Market Basket, Candy Corn, Orange Julius and many other stores. I also remember the Helmes Bakery man coming by the house and we could get donuts/bread. Oh the good old simple days! I miss them so much. I remember every Friday a loud siren would go off by the dairy on Valley View.

[@MarilynDean-i5b]

I was born 1946 and remember the first TV, the fun trips to Kresge’s department store. The old black dial phone as well. My mother was polish and made delicious homemade meals from scratch yummy! homemade breads and coffee cakes plus many more. Good video.

[@yvonnewatkins4272]

I was born 1946 I Remember in Australia we got TV 1956 to watch the Olympic Games my brother was aloud to go only 11/12 x

[@sharonarrendale8418]

I am 71, and I remember so many of the things that you mentioned. Those were the days. ❤

[@catherinedoherty9676]

❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ Happy New Year. Xxxx

[@annedugan-odonnell3134]

I get to be in your group and the baby boomers as I was born in 1946😁! We grew up in the last of the innocents a beautiful time❤

[@patl.4170]

I was born in 1956. Most of my growing up years were done in Germany as my father was in the military. I have fond memories of the flower lady that would go door to door selling flowers from her large basket. The vegetable man would drive down the street with his vegetable cart ringing his bell and yellowing “potatoes, tomatoes…”. He would stop and the moms would run down and buy what they needed. Kids in the neighborhood would have boxes of comic books and would go door to door to trade. There was nothing like coming home from trading and have a stack of new comics to read. And last, I remember the beer man that would stop by every other week and pick up my dad’s crate of empty beer bottles and bring in another crate of full bottles. Great memories of us teens boarding a bus on Saturday nights to head over to the youth center for dancing and shooting games of pool until midnight when the bus would bring us back and we would all walk home. I loved growing up overseas and never appreciated it until my older years. Great memories…

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Yes, Pati…those are great memories …❤️

[@terryruiz7417]

I'm 78, and the first TV I remember had a magnifying glass in front of the screen. I was very small, watched Howdie Doodie. Party lines, May Pole dance with pretty ribbons, praying before eating lunch in public school! Men wore fedoras, we dressed up to go for a big shopping day in Cleveland...there were no malls. Vegetables and fruit were available by what was in season. We had a doctor who made house calls. Oh, and sleeping on rollers in our hair! No hairdriers. My mother sometimes set my hair in rags.

[@Drycreek995]

I remember the oleomargarine and when I talk to people nobody remembers that but I did the same thing. It was my job to work that little red dot till it turned yellow. We lived out in the country so I didn’t have a TV till I was about 10 and they had to put an antenna way up in the in the air for us even to have TV then but my sister lived in town in San Antonio and I could watch TV at her house long before. we had a TV. We didn’t have a milkman, but the doctor did make house calls and I rode my bike into town all the time and would go to my aunts in my grandmothers house way into the dark. I’d come home on my bike with a little flashlight that my dad had wired to the bike so that I could see in the dark. I remember listening to the radio. The Lone Ranger was my favorite. I was born in July of 46

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Yes, Terry…I remember the home Dr. visits,too…and Mom putting my hair up in rags..❤️

[@jasbegs1258]

Precious memories and great history ❤️❤️❤️

[@Judybrett-g5z]

Happy new year. I wax born in 1943,, born in newark. I remember my grandpa had the first t.v. in the neighborhood. Loved listening to the stories on the radio. Yo brought back so many memories, thank you🤗

[@lynnmazalewski2766]

1943 feb17 remember on radio the lone ranger and Tonto. How we had to use our imagination, think that went by the way side🎉

[@Elizabeth-l8l]

Sure Enjoyed your video Nanny, So glad Moosie is back home where he belongs, Glad you had great holidays, I remember the milk in the milk box, The party lines, lap churning milk for mom, by the stove, how the butter would come to the top, Playing outside, I say, those were the good old days when times were bad, but they were not that bad, or didn’t seem like it then, We were a family of seven, raised on taters, and beans, in Tennessee, Took bologna sandwiches to school, wonderful memories, I am 78, I live in a small town, in Indiana now, The last surviving of all of my family, it’s very cold here right now, we are getting ready to get a big snow on Sunday, so I am going to hibernate, Glad you live in a warmer climate, love you❤❤

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Stay safe and warm,Elizabeth…Love and hugs,❤️🥰

[@anndugal5007]

Margarine ..was garbage and butter is the best for us..I use to squeeze those coloured pellets too..!!!

[@shirleygregory8879]

Love your show , remember them all . NL Canada Ps 87

[@cheriebyrnes4697]

I am 80 years young and love remembering those early days. I was the oleo bag squeezer. The ice man would give us slivers of ice. The Friday night radio. Thanks for the memories. God bless you & Moosie.

[@ladyw605]

I was born in 1955;however, I can still remember many of the unique things you mentioned. We had milk delivered twice a week-we didn’t have a metal box-we just had a metal rack on the back porch stoop. I can vividly remember putting the empty bottles in the rack on the porch after supper on the night before each new milk delivery and reminding my mother to get the fresh milk off the stoop before breakfast on delivery day. I definitely remember party lines on the telephone-I was about 12 years old before we could get a private telephone line in my area of the country. My maternal grandfather was a WWI veteran; so, I can vividly recall many stories he would tell about serving in France when he was a young man. He was born in 1895, and died in 1969. Of course, my mother and father grew up during the Great Depression. I certainly recall hearing them talk about so many things being unavailable or strictly rationed,and life being very uncertain and scary. I could go on and on!!! Your charcuterie board looks wonderful-I make these boards quite often. Happy New Year my friends!!!

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Great memories,W…❤️

[@fibromyalgia09]

Happy new year Nanny and Moose....im in my 50s and you have inspired me to give love a chance again x i watch how devoted you are To Moose x im in uk Liverpool i love your show x we cook scouse its Viking tradition but scousers in Liverpool where the Beatles come from in the Uk my Nanna was so much like you good Christian family values and if we had more people like you on the internet it would be a safer magical world x 🎉 keep alive and kicking Goddess 🐦‍🔥

[@josnnemangan.679]

We recently had a conversation with grandchildren about the old days including Howdy Doody etc

[@MaryLuminary]

I was born in December of 1956 so I remember some of these things like the milkman delivering milk in glass bottles. We only had one car. Sometimes when my dad was at work, and I was still home, my mom and I would get dressed up and walk a block or two to the bus stop, and take a ride downtown. My mom would get her hair done at a beauty school, as we called it. I would get mine done too just for fun. I remember going to a large drugstore, where they had a restaurant. I always ordered a cheeseburger, french fries and a chocolate malt. I think that's all I would eat at a restaurant unless I had pancakes. Anyway, I do remember having a tv with a dial on it and you had to get up and change the channel, and there were only about five channels. I remember watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and thinking how cool we're they. Walter Cronkite read us the news at 5:30 pm and that was that. Whatever he said we believed it. When my grandma came for an extended visit, my mom instructed me that I would not be watching my show, but would watch Grandma's favorite western tv show Gun Smoke. And I should act like I enjoyed watching it too. Grandma was so happy that I liked her favorite show. 🙂 I still have an old tv from the fifties. Not sure what to do with it. Also an old radio that was my parents from before tv. I have records from 1936 through the 1960's. Time capsule. Once in awhile I play them on an old record player. Does anyone remember home movies? We used to have home movie night and my parents would invite friends over to watch. My dad would get out a movie projector and screen and set up in the living room. We would make popcorn and Kool-Aide. Soda pop was more of a luxury, as was ordering out for pizza. I think we made it homemade. I remember my dad in an effort to teach us about the depression, would make buttered bread and heat up some baked beans from a can and put on top of the bread for us to eat for supper. I actually liked it. I also remember fried spam with fried pineapple rings and cheesey scalloped potatoes for dinner. I haven't eaten spam for decades, but is a good memory. Thank you for the video. Love the New Years Charcuterie board. Excellent idea! Maybe fondue date for Valentine's Day. Take care and enjoy your weekend.MJ♥️🥳🥂🎇🍇🫒🥖🥨🧀🍤🫕📺☎️🍔🍟🍕🧋🍿📽️

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

I love your Grandma story,MJ…the little memories are the best, aren’t they?❤️

[@MaryLuminary]

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[@candyboyer]

I remember watching our TV at the age of 4-5 -- a big console with a tiny screen...Howdy Doody, Roy Rogers, and The Lone Ranger. We only got 3 channels. We rode our bikes, we caught lightning bugs in jars, we climbed trees. I was born in '58 ❤

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Loved those lightning bugs,Candy❤️

[@davestarr7112]

What a wonderful video. Glad I found you, I'm a new subscriber now for sure. I am in my 80th year, so if the Lord grants me life until September I'll celebrate my 80th birthday then. Unlike many close to my age I am _NOT_ a Baby Boomer. I was born just before the being of the Boomer generation. So many memories flashed through my mind as I watched your video, especially because you and I lived very close during our younger years ... I was born in Newark. My dad was a trolley fan, and even as a young boy I knew by their route numbers which Public Service bus routes had been trolleys before the war and which lines were "new and non-historic "just bus routes". My mom was a die-hard Brooklyn Dodgers fan (she dropped them dead after their move to the West Coast) so when it became apparent that Brooklyn would represent the National League in the 1955 series, my dad dutifully drove us all to the Two Guys From Harrison store on Route 46 in Wayne where we bought the biggest TV we could afford (I think it had a 17inch screen) so my mom could see Jackie Robinson steal home in game one of the series ... the one and only series victory the Dodgers ever had in Brooklyn. Thanks for the memories ... keep them coming.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Thanks so much for those Jersey memories, Dave …and thanks for being here with us…oh how we remember Two Guys from Harrison on Rt 46..❤️

[@wendyrodriguez5375]

❤Ohh ❤ I was born in 1953. This was such an enthralling memory share ❤❤ Happy 2025 🎊💥

[@MargeGnadt]

I was born in 1940 and remember a lot! Victory garden..we had a big one in the middle of Chicago…playing outside until the streetlights came on. Got tv in 4th or 5th grade.. had a booster on the back of the Pictur tube that we had to whack with a rubber spatula. I could go on forever…sigh

[@SueV-kz7hk]

Love the video Nanny! I'm 70, so I share some of those same memories or certainly remember my mom talking of the others. My grandparents all immigrated from small villages in Italy so remember hearing their memories of an even simpler life growing up. Amazing how things change . Most for the better...some not so much.

[@GMa-n2o]

Born in 1955 in northern NY. Not a 1%er but remember a lot of the same things. Thought I’d mention that no stores were open on Sundays. It was a different world back then.

[@BR-kk9qu]

My dad owned a typewriter business! I remember the paper boy collecting for the newspaper subscription.

[@bodeansmith8173]

Memories yes memories💚💛🙏

[@jeannineenos2758]

Wonderful video. I love hearing about the way things were. Happy New Year!

[@RitaVernoy]

I really enjoyed this. I have shingles right now, so you are distracting me from the pain.Thankyou😊 , Nanny

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Oooh…so sorry,Rita…heal quickly…❤️

[@clionamm]

I remember we had sandwich spread here in Ireland in the early 70's. My brother (who sadly died in a horse riding accident aged 16) was the only one who liked it. We all thought it was gross! He'd have his dinner and then head back out to the kitchen shortly afterwards to make a big sandwich spread sandwich! Ugh...It's lovely to hear all of your memories, many I remember my mom talking about. I have cousins who live in New Jersey. Great memories x

[@janebrady1389]

We had air raid drills at schoolSt.Vincent elementary Madison

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

We did,too,Jane…we had to keep blackout shades down at night,too.❤️

[@elaineshropshire5549]

Hi everyone, was very similar in England, think our rationing finished 1954 , our milk was delivered in jugs . First time I watched tv was queen Elizabeth was crowned queen 1953 . 🥰

[@annettehankins3268]

I was born in 1951 and I could relate to many of the things you mentioned. Great video!! Happy New Year to you & Moosie!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@fibromyalgia09]

The Uk is not the same Nanny ❤️ theirs a dark cloud 🌨️ over us right now and you are much needed for my sanity believe me xxx

[@5578pedro]

I agree 🇬🇧

[@nancygreen217]

I was born in 1939….i remember watching my G’mother mixing that whit margarine with the pill and being fascinated at it turning orange! I don’t remember any rations of any food…this was in PA. I do remember playing all over the neighborhood. My brother would be sent out to find me. I rode a bus by myself to my piano lesson and my dad picked me up on his way home. My first TV experience was the same, a neighbor kid got the first one and all the kids would watch Howdy Doody, I was about 10. And the TV was no color….I remember riding my bike all over the neighborhood….many blocks from home! Does anyone remember the radio program on Sat morning called “Let’s Pretend” and their Xmas story of the mouse family? I remember the doctor coming with his blk bag right to your bedroom to take care of you! I have the same vaccination scar on my leg…think it’s the smallpox!

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Great nostalgia, Nancy..❤️

[@wendykornfein3337]

Not necessarily a 1%er, but remember mother taking my sister and I to elementary school on a weekend day, to receive our sugar cube saturated Polio medicine. Wonderful theme, Nanny.

[@susanleighton468]

Woolworth Five & Dime Stores

[@JoY-r2c1d]

I have so enjoyed your video today.I remember so many things you brought up.I look for you every day.Thank you for being so interesting.❤

[@andreagardner2335]

Do you remember having the little metal tank in a hole in the yard for the kitchen scraps? The trash people would go into the yard and empty it. I was born in 1953, and remember most of what you recounted, except for memories of the war.

[@crushingtheir80snannyandmoose]

Now that’s a new one for me,Andrea.❤️

[@MarilynDean-i5b]

Love the hair and the sweater is very pretty.

[@katht9311]

On the back of my birth certificate is written “sugar rations issued”. I was born in 1945. We lived on a farm and our next door neighbor made a stroller for me, but rubber was not available - no tires - he made wooden wheels for it. My mother told me she would take me down town to shop, and I would cry the entire time, because the clack clack clack of the wheels scared me. The first time I saw TV was at our aunts, I was 8 or 9 and it was just as you described. This has been such a great trip down memory lane. Thanks Nanny!