Growing Up in the 1960s Means You Remember This

[@jerry7311]

This makes me cry wishing we all could go back in time and enjoy the simpler life and brings back so many memories.

[@johnzemetra6106]

The genie is out of the bottle, you can’t go back, there is no there, there. Trying to explain to my grandkids that we had no internet, no social media, they have no concept of life in 60’s.

[@LoveToRelax]

Yep. Until I want to watch KZbin videos... 😂

[@garfield2439]

Especially in these disgusting times!😢😢😢😢

[@EastSideTerri]

Oh God YES

[@judithwest4183]

We seniors were blessed to have grownup in a golden era. The nostalgia is real.

[@tomperkins5657]

So was Nam, the riots and looting, mass protests and assassinations.

[@jameshaley5083]

Born in '56. I hear you. We had it much better then.

[@toring61_52]

90% of all the food we see today was Not around in the 60s, the same with all the sicknesses like Diabetes and cancer. Food is processed by Corporations with very much added toxic chemicals making American folks sick !! 2025 hope that RFK will stop all of this such as aspartame. MSG and other lists of crap added. The UK has banned all these chemicals in their food so those corporations leave out the toxins then it's shipped over seas. Question: why is it that America keeps adding this crap here? Those that are doing this should be shut down and not just fined but be on all news stations with warnings. My suggestion is ALWAYS READ THE LABELS !! or go on the web research each additive to see the effects of what these toxins are doing to humans. I use to drink tang in the day but it was sugar NOT Aspartame or High Fructose like today. They have in in many foods. it was a politician Donald Rumsfeld. If you research on this strange chapter in the history of Donald Rumsfeld and have learned two things. One, the chemical additive aspartame is very potentially a cancer and brain tumor-causing substance that has no place in our food. And two, the reasons and means by which Rumsfeld helped get it approved are nefarious at best, criminal at worst. And by the way, that medal that Rumsfeld got back in 2004 was the Presidential Medal of Freedom, also awarded to Tommy Franks, George Tenet and that charming warrior L. Paul Bremer. Evidently, "Freedom" means the right to use your powerful friends in Washington to approve your company's dangerous substance for human consumption and make a fat bonus on the way out the door. So how did aspartame become legal? And more importantly, if it had been rejected multiple times over fears of brain tumors and cancer, why?

[@toring61_52]

@@jameshaley5083 A Big Mac cost around 45 cents in the 1960s, In 1960, the median home price in the United States was $11,900 Cars: In 1960, the average cost of a new car was approximately $2,600, while today it's above $30,000. The price of a 1960 Volkswagen Beetle varied depending on the model: Deluxe Sedan: $1,565 Sunroof Sedan: $1,665 In 1960, a typical handgun, like a basic .22 caliber pistol, would cost somewhere between $20 and $50 depending on the brand and model, which roughly translates to around $200 to $500

[@danielkosta3134]

​@@jameshaley5083I agree. 1951 here.

[@Bonbongirly]

Born in 55 I remember freedom, to run and play, to go alone to the candy store, to stare up through our tree into white clouds in a perfectly blue sky. The day lasted forever. How I long to smell chicken dinner, peach cobbler, my Grandmas perfume. I love you grandma. Those days were life.

[@cathyledger-n4y]

Born in 1955 as well. Loved my childhood

[@shawnhorne9296]

1955 ditto

[@julialynch9369]

Ditto 55

[@michaelwoehl8822]

Agree.

[@mikehedrick8675]

I just turned 70. So blessed to have grown up in the best era of world history.

[@Sluggo01]

My age…yes remember a lot from then…life was easy…mom stayed home, dad worked, 2 acres of PUSH lawn mower…or you didnt get to play baseball that afternoon

[@johnzemetra6106]

I turned 70 this year, precious memories, how they linger.

[@Sluggo01]

@ love that song…Precious Memories…Doyle Lawson..best …yea 1954

[@nilsanarvaez7947]

Me too!

[@erichwehner826]

I totally loved those space food sticks and the breakfast squares, I wish they would bring them back!

[@mikemccormick8115]

Life, society, culture, everything was better. Life was happier. Glad I was there.

[@mustangmikep51]

you bet they were better than today.... WAY better I was THERE LOVED it!!

[@michaelwoehl8822]

Agree.

[@RichardStandingcloud-h6p]

I was born in 59 I saw everything too. And I loved it. Boomer power ✊✌️

[@thomasBanjopunk]

Boy I miss those days...

[@mikewatts1450]

Me too 😢🥺👍!!

[@peterscheid67]

Me also.

[@mikethomas4570]

Made this old broken down marine smile seeing things I’d forgotten about

[@woohunter1]

Thank-you for your service, hope all is well.

[@jaya.0069]

I'm with you Marine! Appreciate your service too!

[@joannaedwards6325]

I bet you still make your bed really TIGHT and with hospital corners. Ha!

[@stephen4763]

Thank YOU sir. Semper Fi.

[@richardstone5241]

I know what you mean buddy!

[@josephgaviota]

12:10 It's probably hard for a young person to imagine what a HUGE deal it was to see something in COLOR on your HOME TV.

[@Pea-bj2qv]

And now ,I like watching movies and old shows in black and white. Isn't that strange. I like Gunsmoke, Andy Griffin show ,Beverly Hillbillies and the rest in black and white better.😊

[@lisahinton9682]

@@Pea-bj2qv Me, too! And old movies that have NOT been colorized are so perfect, just the way they are.

[@lisahinton9682]

@josephgaviota Did you notice in the video, the narrator said "..and if you had a TV, ..."? So true, because not every household had one, and when color TVs came out, many households waited till their black 'n white TV gave out before purchasing a new color TV.

[@josephgaviota]

@@lisahinton9682 Yes, we had only a black & white TV. We had one aunt, the "rich" aunt (I don't think she was really rich, but to us kids she was)--THEY had a color TV ... it was the ultimate treat to watch cartoons in COLOR.

[@sandybruce9092]

I was an adult before even owning a color TV😳😳

[@DianeFosberg]

A great time to be a kid ! In the summer we would be out the door by 8:00 am not back until dark. Playing baseball , building forts in the woods, riding our bikes gave us the freedom to go where we wanted. What was great about the 60`s as a kid, No social media! No cell phones !

[@brucemoose9587]

😊remember, inside as soon as streetlight came on in eve

[@Paladin70]

And no damn video games!!!

[@kipbrown1549]

We had a underground fort with a fireplace that almost killed us !!!

[@thomasmckelvey8884]

And only 3 channels on the tv. And the tv stations shut down at midnight

[@Paladin70]

@@thomasmckelvey8884 And when it was windy we only got two where I grew up. 😂😂

[@MikePeterson-nm7uv]

I grew up in the 60s and it was the best time of my life.

[@kipbrown1549]

Same here !!!

[@BillBadMule123]

🥰🥳❤💯💢💥💫👍👍👍

[@dr.migilitoloveless2385]

Same here 😊👍👍

[@rascal211]

Of course you were a kid.

[@dxradioman6351]

I was lucky to be born in 48, so I got to live in both the best decades of 50s and 60s.

[@josephgaviota]

💯

[@reb1050]

Born in 49, I agree completely.

[@tonycollazorappo]

You are so right, 50s and 60s. The best times for kids. I was born in 1961 and enjoyed it VERY. The 70s were not too bad as well, I hated the 80s and up, lol. 50s and 60s had the best music and movies.

[@tonybrooks7268]

10 4

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

We look back on the 1960s now with some nostalgia, but the fact is it was arguably the worst decade of the 20th century with Vietnam, civil rights, the very traumatic assassination of a president then the attorney general and MLK. Drugs were rife both in Vietnam and at home. The list goes on and on, but those are painful memories....

[@louismcglasson7913]

We had so much more freedom than kids do today; thus, we enjoyed life more.

[@josephgaviota]

Really true. No cell phones ... we were just on our own, riding our bikes all over the place.

[@jonathanabbot4141]

It was our 9-5 "job" to be outside in the summer lunch usually peanut butter and jelly, and Fizzies from 12-12:30 (had to watch "Cowboy Bob" and his sidekick "Sourdough" and he played guitar and sang songs and there were 3-4 cartoons WTTV channel 4 (Indianapolis) when we had 3 channels, and then back outside exploring drinking from the hose, riding bikes and at 5 it was time to come get washed up for dinner. Those were the days

[@dangreene3895]

Yes we were lucky , I would hate to try and raise a child today , my daughter was born in 89 and it was hard enough then , and it was not near as crazy a time as now .

[@charlescline8943]

@@josephgaviota Back then we didn't worry about having our pictures on milk cartons. Kids today would rather be online.

[@saminaneen]

@@charlescline8943 coffee machine jammed ,found a KZbin video, followed the clear instruction to dissemble it ,removed wood chip from ginder , reassembled it all good in less time than buying a new one.

[@VintageVermilion]

I remember the sadness and fear immediately after JFK's assassination. On Feb 9 1964, Ed Sullivan helped change the world by introducing The Beatles. Still a fan after all these years. Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Star Trek-- loved them all back then, still love them now.

[@MissBabalu102]

Dark Shadows was my favorite.

[@sandybruce9092]

@@MissBabalu102Yes!!!

[@monicaqueenan9985]

​@@cheriem432I also grew up in Massachusetts. Your memories are similar to mine. I was 9 years-old and wanted to watch my TV shows, especially since it was the weekend. I wasn't allowed to watch TV on weekdays during the school year.

[@MissBabalu102]

@@cheriem432 It was still a great time to be a kid, maybe that's why the 80s and 90s was good too. The 70s was ugly and maybe that's why now is ugly. For kids, Go outside, or we had a bid basement for our imaginations. I had no idea what was happening out in the world.

[@lancep4164]

Get Smart !

[@BigBlue1026]

The America in which we grew up no longer exists. I miss it.

[@middleclassretiree]

And thankfully so, these films glamorize a time period of racism and prejudice not to mention the crimes against women and kids that went unreported

[@leecowell8165]

@@middleclassretiree A female back then could hitch anywhere. I picked up several to take them to school because I was driving my clunker in the 10th grade. This was in Broward County. Not many people in FL back then nobody had A/C.

[@seanbradley6691]

@@middleclassretiree I'm inclined to agree with you but those things you mentioned still exist. The difference between then was that there was a sense of right and wrong. The morals today are very backwards. No fear or respect of God in our society today!

[@Lou-eye]

Darn good decade!👍

[@virago1776-h4g]

@@middleclassretiree Things were turning around in the sixties. Black actors and actresses were becoming more mainstream on TV and in the movies. Black musical performers became popular among music lovers. More black athletes gained ground in major sports. Then there was civil rights legislation as well as court decisions combatting discrimination. No period is perfect, including modern times. There is always good and bad and the fact that so many of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties have good, nostalgic memories is nothing to be ashamed of.

For kids that grew up in this 60s, like me, 67 years old, i often dwell on the wonderful childhood we had. Although I'm older today, i wouldn't swape those days for anything. Thank you, my beloved parents, for making a child's life so great!

[@lisamcarthur6175]

Amen!

[@SJNrider500]

My neighbor was a farmer who still did his fields with a team a horses. I’d hear the sounds and would jump out of my bed, into my clothes to run out and ride with him.

[@anntunaley9974]

You were blessed to have kind parents.

[@jameswood231]

Amen.😊

[@johnbethea4505]

As a combat veteran in Vietnam 1966-67, the news kept our parents so scared every night.

[@jonathanabbot4141]

Thank you for your service Sir. 🇺🇲

[@johnbethea4505]

@@jonathanabbot4141 you are welcome, thanks.

[@b.j.7837]

@johnbethea Thank you for serving our country in such an awful war. My father served during that time, too. I can’t imagine what you went through. 🥺

[@johnbethea4505]

@b.j.7837 The bad part of war is that we sometimes bring the horrors back with us. And, no matter how much that we love some people, we may visit the horrors on you. For this, I am sorry, but at times, we can't help ourselves.

[@lisahinton9682]

@@johnbethea4505 My boyfriend, only in Viet Nam for about five months (because the war ended), occasionally wakes up punching and screaming. Horrific. As soon as he wakes up, he says, "Sorry. I'm fine. Go back to sleep." He's not fine but will not talk about what gives him these dreams. I will say to you what I have said to him, "Thank you. Thank you so much."

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Put cards on your bicycle fender so that the spokes hit them and made a clacking sound...

[@TRUTH-4U-NOW]

Yea, we were airplanes

[@ElizabethFinn-kt7ye]

Yup,my brother did that !🐸

[@barbaraleszczynski2214]

Yep…held in with a wooden clothesline pin!

[@Robo67-24]

It gave the sound of a Motor bike. I use to think how good if you didn't have to pedal and now here we are with electric bikes.

[@Oldconcreteguy]

Or ballons, that gave your bike a Harley sound.

[@garytafolla2845]

Something that most kids were into, was rushing home after school to watch DARK SHADOWS at 3:00. The show started in 1966 and and became very popular until it ended in 1971. This little tidbit would be cool to add into another 1960's Recollection Road video. 😊😊

[@RiceaRoni354]

I was one of those kids.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Absolutely! Theramin music in the theme..most of my teachers watched it too...

[@incog99skd11]

Angelique was the BEST witch too!!

[@BoopOnYourNose]

Oh YES!! I was 6 when I started watching. Gave me nightmares so bad my mom wouldn't let me watch anymore. Most of the seasons are on Tubi, I had to rewatch , and watch all the other seasons I missed. I LOVE that show!

[@josephgaviota]

The girl across the street always ran home to eat cinnamon toast and watch Dark Shadows. I wonder if kids today still eat cinnamon toast?

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

It was so much better its indescribable. 60s,70s, 80s. I was there. It was nothing like this.

[@jaya.0069]

I loved the seventies, my favorite decade!

[@oldbeatpete]

funny looking back that the 80s weren't so bad compared to the 90s onward.

[@robertmcdonald9280]

Born 1959 loved my young life.

[@pattymiller9040]

@@oldbeatpeteMy kids were young in the 80s, loved that era! Loved the music of the 80s & the 60s!! Both decades, great years!

[@robertshorthill6836]

JFK was going to be POTUS. The astronauts were going into rockets. Beatles were coming to the states. God, those were great times. I graduated HS in '65, went into service, saw hippies in California. Life was simpler then.

[@BarbaraS-o4z]

Born in 1960, we lived in a nice middle class suburban area. Went out to play all day and mom and dad never kept track of where you were at. Had to be home when street lights came on. Cooked brownies for my brother in my Easy Bake. Drank from the hose when I was thirsty. Loved American Bandstand on Saturdays and tried the dances. Played monopoly all weekend long and jacks! Great times and no stress! 😊

[@Lisa-du6pv]

Kick ball in the street using mailboxes as bases. Making no bake cookies on Saturday night at a friend’s (and eating them all). Girl scout camp (2weeks away from home) mom would mail choc chip cookies and treats with a note)

[@oldbeatpete]

yes, 'kickball' with softball.

[@brucemoose9587]

didnt need to worry much about kidnaps or child molesting😮most folks were decent and religious, not the crazy insane groups we have these days

[@billdncn]

Born in '59 the 60's were the best times of my life and I would love to have a do over.

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

Agree, agree, agree!!!😊

[@sherryquilter]

Me too, also born in '59 - best times of my life the 60's and 70's!

[@jvyoung1258]

I was born 1958 and agree

[@jvyoung1258]

I was born 58. I agree

[@anthonychanning3954]

Me too !

[@josephgaviota]

0:50 That little girl is drinking from a hose !! Oh, the HORROR !! Yeah, back then, we all did it. And we're still here, 70 years later.

[@incog99skd11]

Ah, the germ thing. I shared a bedroom with my brother and when he got some horrible disease, I got it too. We shared germs. I think kids were stronger as a result. Now we have diseases like Covid that are more dangerous and I think it's because too many kids are raised in a bubble without being exposed to germs like we were. Now they are isolated in their own private bedrooms.

[@josephgaviota]

@@incog99skd11 Yeah, we had three boys in one room; bunk bed on one side, regular twin on the other. And we actually said, "a little dirt, never hurt." I don't think any modern kid would say that.

[@bruce8808]

@josephgaviota * Back in the 1960s and 70s living out in the country on a farm/ranch groundwater was safe to drink in those days coming out of submersible Wells. Now for about 30 years the groundwater has alkali and other substances in it. We are all drinking bottled water.

[@lisahinton9682]

@@josephgaviota I am a school bus driver and get asked a zillion times a day if I have any hand-sanitizer, or any disinfecting wipes. My gawd, child, sit down!

[@sandybruce9092]

I drank from a hose and I’m still alive and healthy at age 76+!,😁😁. Also played with cap guns and sometimes just the caps - hit them with a rock in the driveway - that was fun!!!

[@susanrolls2211]

I both laugh and cry as I watch this. Laughing at how happy that time was, and cry because the innocence and freedom that seems to be nothing more than a memory. How I wish our world was still like that! Thanks for video.

[@SJNrider500]

It really has become our (the older generation’s) call to keep the legacy alive.

[@davidmick9943]

Born in '62, everything in this video is taking me back to the best times of my life. Drivers license in '77....gas was 42 cents a gallon and a bottle of coke 10 cents......those were the days my friends, i wish they'd never end.

[@ladydiane1811]

57 here, I remember .19 a gallon!!

[@aschule5684]

Also born in 1962 when I read your comment it reminded me of going to the store with a quarter and buying a soda and a bag of cheese popcorn and I believe I even got change back, what a time to grow up. The same thing today costs about $6 😳 unbelievable 😔

[@KevSm-li8yy]

I took a trip to Joplin, Missouri with a friend and his parents in 1972. We stopped at a mom and pop shop along the way to get something to drink. The owners proudly announced, "You're lucky to have stopped here, kids. This is the last place in Missouri where you can get a bottle of Coke for a dime."

[@winstonrocco1981]

Born in 59 remembering brings a smile to my face. The vacations in the Plymouth station wagon pulling over on trips and eating spam sandwiches lol

[@garfield2439]

Penny Candy was a penny

[@questfortruth665]

Compared to what this country's devolved into today, it seems that it was heaven!

[@tonycollazorappo]

So very true, sadly :(

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

Is not that the truth! There days I often find myself thinking or saying that I no longer recognise this world or the people in it.

[@MissBabalu102]

So, how can we fix all this? That's what I think everyday, and I don't hear anybody doing anything but complaining. First, restrict your technology, as I sit here on KZbin. Normalize privacy.

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

@@MissBabalu102 "Normalise privacy." You hit the nail on the head! That is a HUGE problem in the U.S. For instance, there are no laws stopping these "companies" who go around collecting every piece of information they can gather about people from public records in order to sell it. That is insane! No one could get away with doing that in Europe. Anyone who tried it would find himself in very legal hot water. Then, there is all this collecting of information about people in "the name of security." They keep going farther and farther with no end in sight. Last year I added a payee to my zelle account at my bank and sent the payee a relatively small amount of money--$126. The bank immediately cancelled the payment. They ended up cancelling the payment 4 times. It is impossible to speak to them on the phone without giving your name, address, phone number, date of birth, SSN, debit card number, and what you had for breakfast a week ago Tuesday. I complained BITTERLY, and they had the nerve to demand WHY I wanted to give my payee $126. I told them it was none of their bloody business!!! I finally went to the bank in person with my license, debit card, and a slew of other identification. Banker belled their "fraud department" and told them that the account holder was definitely sitting in front of her with all I.D.'s and was very angry. Do you know they made the banker take my license and debit card to the back and look at it under a black light?! She was so disgusted. I have been with this bank 25 years or more at this point. Then, they wanted me to sign into my account. I tried several times with my usual password and could not sign in, so the said I MUST change my password. I refused. They had me locked out of my account for several weeks!! In the meantime, I wrote several paper cheques to my payee. Obviously, this was a legitimate payee. Even after all of that, they STILL would not let me send money through zelle. I complained to zelle directly, but zelle said it was the bank causing the problem. Most recently, I stopped at an ATM to withdraw cash early in the month as I have done every month for. YEARS, and the ATM kept telling me some sort of error. Next thing I knew I reaceived an email about "FRAUD ALERT!!!!!" Email asked, are you trying to get money from the ATM?? I replied YES YOU BLOODY IDIOTS!!!!!! WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE??!!!!!! I do this every month of every year!!!! Finally was able to withdraw some cash, but I was and am LIVID. The bottom line is they are paranoid schizophrenics!!! I have to FIGHT to get access to my own money!! I have to tell them why I want to send a payee money!!! This is my private business. I should not have to tell the bank why I added a payee to my meagre list of payees and want to send the payee a miserable $126!! It is not just the banks and the "companies" who glean information about people to sell to others. It is our own government and companies together disrespecting our privacy. Anyone recall how ATT blithely handed over all of people's emails to the government, once again in the name of security. The really rich people find ways to protect both their money and their privacy, but the poor and the middle classes are vulnerable and have little if any recourse. I could go on and on, but one last example should suffice to show how bad things are now. We all remember how, for instance, if you did not see a doctor or dentist pretty regularly, after a while, they destroyed your records. They did not WANT to keep records of patients they no longer saw, and the law allowed them to do this. Makes sense to me. Now, recall what was happening with Covid the first 2 years. Once my demographic was allowed to have the vaccine, I went to the chemist inside one of my local groceries. I had had Rx's filled there more than 25 years earlier, but I had not done business with them in at least 25 years because although they are convenient to my home, I thought they were the rudest bunch of professionals I had ever encountered. Anyway, I filled out their form, and the woman behind the counter actually pulled up my information on the computer from more than 25 years ago!! I was stunned. I asked, why are you storing information on someone who has not done business with you in over a quarter of a century?! No answer. This is what has become of our "private lives." I suppose with the rise in computerised records and a culture that thinks everyone's personal life is open to the world, we are now in a place where I private lives will never be regained. I blame at least some of it on the talk shows that began in the 80s and continued well into the 2000s where people came on and discussed the most private details of their lives, which I found utterly appalling, but that is at least one part of this loss of everyone's privacy that we are stuck with now. As I said, I could tell you quite a few more appalling experiences I have had of being tracked, for instance, by hospitals where I went in one time for an x-ray or to have blood drawn over 30 years ago, and they have somehow tracked me until this very day---where I live, etc., even though I have not been back there in decades! Same is even true for university. I am not a member of any alumni association, but I was stunned to receive a letter from the college about alumni matters at least 25 years AFTER the last time I had given the an address for me, and I had moved several times since then! The bottom line is whether or not we all realise it, none of us has any private life anymore. The only things private to us are our memories and thoughts, and guess what kids? Science is now trying to find a way to invade those areas of our inner lives as well!!! I figure I have less than 20 years left on my docket, and I hope and pray that reincarnation is NOT real because I never want to come back to this world ever again!!

[@SSN515]

We are from when we thought the future was going to be cool. In a way, I pity the youngers nowadays. Their future is going to be bleak.

[@vickichristian4474]

I miss all this, thank you for the memories ❤😢

[@HeatherB81]

I know so many people say this in the comments, but… I would give anything to go back and live in this time.

[@delles1548]

We had no computers, cell phones, electronic games, only 3 TV channels that ended at either 10:30pm or midnight on weekends, etc, etc, so we made real and lifelong friends not FakeBook friends, played sports, used our imaginations to create, explored the world around us, hunted, fished, camped, etc, etc. It was a time of freedom and innocence and the joy of discovery of each new day.

[@jeffcarlson3269]

@@delles1548 I know...right?.... wasn't it a great time?.. .back in the days when kids could actually buy.. dangerous fireworks on the 4th of July.. cherry bombs... silver salutes.. red rats.. .. a less prohibitive environment.. with more freedoms...less restrictions and laws.. I remember even being allowed to buy cigarettes for my mother at the neighborhood store.. until that changed around 1962 or 1963... and they used to keep them out in the aisles.. where anyone could help themselves... Not behind the counters as they are now.. and what ever happened to the cigarette machines?.. those disappeared too ..I believe around the time children were prohibited from handling cigarettes.. even if they did Not smoke them themselves AND of course Also... where I lived... in Omaha Nebraska... we never had aq sales tax.. until around 1967... imagine.. walking in a store and buying 3 comic books... .. at 12 cents each.. and only paying 36 cents..... what a life... and most magazines cost between 25 - 35 cents..

[@dkwoodsy2082]

Oh man- you’re so right! I wasn’t born till ‘67 but I remember MANY of the things shown here into the early and mid 70s. Not a care in the world! (Except for being home on time in the evening- and getting homework done…)

[@jeffcarlson3269]

@Middleagedbookworm I'll do you one better.... every day... I hope and pray... someone would invent a time machine... so I could go back and relive some of those days.. that hope and reminiscing helps keep me going some days... especially the bad days...

[@altoncrane9714]

Wait for me !!!

[@TyBlack-dc1fi]

Yeah, I miss these days. So sad compared to now.

[@U2BER2012]

I would take the 60's over the 2000's in a heartbeat!

[@suzannemckenzie2873]

Born in 1953. Yes to all. Except Howard Johnson. We didn’t go out to eat. Did anyone else have ‘bubble’ rings in the 60’s. Plastic rings with a dome of solid plastic instead of a stone. The candy! Penny candy and gum. 3 cent candy bars. The freedom we had to explore and make mistakes. It was a blessed time

[@garywagner2466]

And chocolate actually had chocolate in it. Not that brown glucose wax they put on bars today, a micrometer in thickness. Blech!

[@delles1548]

Yes. The penny candies, nickel sodas, large candy bars and bags of chips along with those long tubes of chewing gum. We would visit my great aunt in a nearby small town, and she would give us boys a quarter, and we would walk down main street and visit the 5 and dime store. A quarter went a long ways.

[@robertschmidt9296]

I remember candy bars were 5 cents back in the day when a young kid could walk to the store without being bothered. I blew a gasket when they went to 10 cents, that's twice as much. I protested by refusing to pay such an outrageous price. Well, that plan didn't last long.

[@jaya.0069]

We had RC cola and would put a 10 cent bag of peanuts in the cola and drink & chew! Umm Good!

[@maxon-m3c]

Don't forget FIZZIES, FLAV-R-STAWS, putting KOOL AID into ice cube trays to make cheap Popsickles.

[@mikeking9373]

I was born in '56 and remember most everything here. Thanks for the trip back to a happy childhood!

[@Caligirl-1111]

I’m a ‘56 person too

[@kevinward8915]

Me too, feb1956

[@davidgard8992]

Sept ‘56 here. I also remember getting a pair of roller skates and cannibalizing them to make a skateboard with a short 2x4. Later on in the 60s brought a lawnmower powered mini bike providing hours of fun and a bargaining chip for my parents to use if chores weren’t done or school grades were not satisfactory. I wish I could go back. 😢

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

I would gladly go back!! Thank you for this sweet look back

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

Me, too!

[@hwfranjr]

I was born in 1950, I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF SEEIN THE BEST MOVIES,BEST BANDS,BEST HOUSING,BEST FOOD,BEST CARS,YEP I CAN KEEP GOING ON,WE HAVE HAD AND SEE THE BEST OF IT ALL!!!!!!!!

[@DavidinSLO]

My kids -- now 24 and 22 -- feel the EXACT SAME WAY about growing up in the early 2000's. I think it's generally human nature to have fond memories of your childhood. Meanwhile, in 1960's, my grandparents - who were in their late 50's and early 60's by then - thought the world had gone to hell

[@1977WasPeak]

i'm around your kids age, i'm 21 & yep, i miss the late 2000s and early 2010s SO MUCH! it was a better era then now. i'm also jealous of everyone who experienced the 50s-90s, wish i could've grew up in the 60s-80s

[@robertstancliffsr9575]

@@1977WasPeak Yes, I was 17 in 1961, the 50s 60's70s, and 80's were great.........

[@lisahinton9682]

Oh, how I'd like to go back in time and have a do-over. This was a wonderful trip down Memory Lane; thank you.

[@retired815]

Born in 1951 and glad i experienced all of this👍💕

[@samhain3530]

Sorry, I hit the wrong button. Delete the dislike

[@meatdog]

Same here. I'm a 1951 born kid. So happy to have lived thru all this. Being a Navy kid, VietNam and the Bay of Pigs were the scariest part of life back then.

[@Jake-qx8pq]

June 29 1951..school usually ended on my birthday yippee!!

[@MiriamBarnett-x2v]

I was born in 52. I am blessed to have lived then.

[@mayorb3366]

I had a Major Matt Mason, my sister had an Easy Bake oven. Getting burned was part of the learning curve, as with Creepy Crawlers. So many great memories!

[@Realmotogurl]

Lmao Creepy Crawlers !

[@vernabryant2894]

I loved the 1960s.I wish I could go back.

[@lonnyjaw]

The late 60's were the years I recall so well with fun, freedom, and liberty. That POSITIVE feeling we all had during that time I'll NEVER forget. Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and cool bicycles were the order at ANY time!

[@Badger1949]

I was 11 in 1960, 20 in 1969. From a kid to an draft age adult.

[@JWTX]

I remember them all. Great memories. I had the banana bike could pop a wheelie and ride it that way all day. Hard to do with modern bikes. Oh the good Ole days. Seems like just a few days ago. Anyone else feel thar way too?

[@jonathanabbot4141]

My first banana had a big 'sissy bar about 24" tall and had a matching colored pad on it for a friend who might be on back (usually my sister) 😂

[@michellerjackson5776]

❤​@@jonathanabbot4141

[@mikewatts1450]

​@@jonathanabbot4141I had a Sears spyder 3 bike with the same sissy bar I'd always hit a sign post going around a corner 😂❤👍!!

[@jonathanabbot4141]

@@mikewatts1450 Confirmed mom said it was most definitely from Sears, I can remember that I must have been watching NHRA because I went out in the garage and got 1 of dads leaf & lawn bags that probably fit a 55 gallon drum, and used a very small tool of some sort then cut the exact same amount of kite string in the same length, tied those strings to the bag, and then tied even amounts on each side of the sissy bar folded up in some sort of shape that made sense to me, sat on the trash bag, went several houses back strapped on my Chicago Bears helmet, staged myp 1970 Plymouth Cuda Don "the Snake" Prudhomme Hot Wheels funny car, looked over at the imaginary Tom "the Mongoose" McEwan gave him the "thumbs down" because of the bitter rivalry which Mongoose had a better winning % at the time but "he's going down" then I stood on the peddle (peddling my butt off) then I leanedl Left or Right and pop the chute ..it was the Snakes day today, but Mongoose was always close by. 🏆💰🗾l

[@johnmccree8941]

I wish it WAS just a few days ago

[@smokeynewton]

I was born in 1952 and grew up in the 50s and 60s. Not only did I watch The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, I saw them live at the Indiana State Fair in 1964. I was 12 and yes, I had Beatle Boots. It's hard to imagine just how much the world has changed if you weren't there. And not for the better.

[@brianarbenz1329]

I was there at the ‘64 State Fair. We were right outside the arena when they performed. I was 6, but followed the Beatles passionately.

[@mr.toobigformypants8145]

Also a 1952 product from Indianapolis northside, Nora. Do you remember going ice skating at the coliseum and then going to the Tee-Pee drive-in for an order of fries with your steady girlfriend?

[@smokeynewton]

@@mr.toobigformypants8145 I never went ice skating at the coliseum, but spent a lot of time at the Tee Pee. We've been married for 52 years now.

[@coldlakealta4043]

I saw them on September 7 1964 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada. We went to the 4 pm matinee show because we couldn't stay out late enough for the 8 pm show. Hard to see, impossible to hear, but what a life time thrill to have actually been there.

[@leecowell8165]

Couldn't stand them myself. Orbison was a MUCH better singer. Also had the Aussie group lead by Judith Durham. Also a young Judy Collins. Also of course had Elvis (who could actually sing).

[@d.g.n9392]

I was born in 1954, we had a whole neighborhood full of us kids, mostly near the same ages. We were always outside. A set of woods nearby. Our dad would say, “come home when the street lights come on.” I’d go back again if I could. One Christmas, our parents got each one of us kids, a channel master transistor radio. I do remember watching the Beatles on our black and white tv show

[@sylviacaldwell2139]

I'm 62 and still have my transistor radio! ❤

[@ronaldnorris2179]

Street lights, what were those, I grew up in this era in a rural area, when it got dark it was DARK!!!

[@Music-yq2yz]

All kids should have a woods.

[@billace90]

I was born in 1949, I still remember those wonderful years with a lot of nostalgia. But, I’m happy I was able to!!!!

[@mariahsmom9457]

Never understood why the Jetsons didnt last longer.it was a great show!

[@leonard5606]

You can still watch re-runs on Sundays....lol Flintstones and all those cool cartoons. Most are on MeTV.... :)

[@leonard5606]

@@cheriem432 Yea and he was beat when he got home and rode that floor escalator I mean he worked hard all day. lol

[@suebee3329]

Yea, I really liked that show/cartoon.

[@coldlakealta4043]

yes, and many other memorable shows like the Munsters and Bat Man had very short runs

[@maxon-m3c]

Good show, I also liked Top Cat, on about the same season.

[@oldtimer427]

Born in '58. Remember most of this. Thanks for the look back !

[@josephgaviota]

Ditto.

[@xlerb2286]

'60 for me, so I remember most of this as well. Doesn't seem _ that_ many years ago, does it.

[@j.d.leslie8458]

1958 here as well.

[@matrox]

I was born in early 57...I remember all of this and the late 50s.

[@oldtimer427]

@JimmySSR Rambler stationwagon , then mom had a '66 Chevy Nomad to haul the kids around. She hated that car, I'd trade a kidney for it today.

[@julenepegher6999]

My whole childhood was in the 60’s. Creepy crawlers and easy bake oven we played with unsupervised. Most of our play was. 😊I still have my jacks to this day, once I get down to play I can’t get back up. 😂.👏👏Good old Days.

[@lovly2cu725]

I burned my hand on creepy crawlers machine

[@julenepegher6999]

@@lovly2cu725 I probably did too. 🤭

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

Can't get back up! 😂😂😂😂😂I feel you!

[@buickinvicta288]

Colorforms and Mr. Potatohead 😅

[@lisahinton9682]

@julenepegher6999 Your comment made me giggle. Thank you for that. And, hey, there are KZbin videos on strengthening your body, even at our advanced ages. heeheee @Petra Genco is one KZbin channel that has helped me *immensely.* Her exercises are easy. Put on some music and just do them, period. Set an alarm or the day will get away. When that alarm goes off, you *have to* stop doing what you are doing, and follow along on one of her videos. I promise you, if you are consistent, you will slowly see results. Painful as it is, take a "Day 1" pic of yourself, and then again at the thirtieth day. If you are *consistent* in your efforts, you'll see a difference! I believe in you!

[@Homespunmusic]

Thank you, Recollection Road, for stirring those memories of a bygone childhood! Those history changing, "chaotic" times of the 1960's were only seen on the evening news for us. They seemed so distant from us back then. Yet, it changed the world in both good ways and bad ways as we became adults.

[@RandallvanOosten-ln5wf]

In the 60s I slept outside in our backyard all summer in my makeshift tent. When the school year resumed, my mom made me move back into my bedroom. All I can say is that it was weird to have a roof over my head and be in a confined space. I too saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. My sister and girl cousins always watched American Bandstand. I never missed the Twilight Zone. I still watch it during the New Year's marathon.

[@JamesBrown-i2e]

I was born in 1959 so yes, I remember growing up in the 1960's. I think back and wonder how we lived without smartphones, social media, and computers back then. I still had a great childhood back then anyway.

[@jimh.8138]

I remember it all. It was the best time to grow up, even though we used up several of our nine lives. 😉

[@mikewatts1450]

Lol 😂 👏👏👍!!

[@chirigringo777]

Exactly, I think I got too about 8 1/2 lives but that didn’t stop me

[@kymburriss4260]

It was a great time to grow up

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

The ONLY thing we didn't have was the underground shelter - everything else, absolutely!

[@incog99skd11]

We toured an underground shelter in Indio CA at some fair. When we came out this radio guy interviewed my Mom. He said, "How did you like the shelter?" Mom, apparently did not go with the narrative and said, "I wouldn't get in there with my kids at school and my husband at work, what mother would?" The radio guy swiftly ended the interview but she was right.

[@LandNfan]

I helped my dad build one in our basement. He laid the solid concrete blocks and 13yo me mixed the mortar. Thank God it never had to be used for its primary purpose. When I got interested in photography during high school it made a fine darkroom.

[@danielpearson4972]

Born in 1950 and parents bought a farm in very rural Eastern Kansas, mom was a nurse and dad am engineer. 3 miles out of a town with 100 people no TV. School had the pledge every morning. 1room school with 8 grades 1 teacher. Everyone carried supplies in the cars. We had root celler to go for an attack and tornados. Mom canned water for use. We played cowboy and Indians. Cattle ponds to swim in. Snapping turtles many positions snakes. Played outside in the winter or summer. We worked in the gardens and at 9 years old I was operating a hand crank a John Deere A tractor with a mower or hay equipment. The modern tractor dad used. Now days kids are on video games and texting. Take a kid and give them a old rotary dial phone, a tube type TV without remote. A board game, old style vinyl record player and popcorn you had to make on the stove not microwave. You better have a padded room ready. 2 tours in Vietnam as a medic so 69 to 74 missed much music. In 2020 discovered the Seekers from Australia. Came back in 74 and never rode a motorcycle and bought and new 74 honda 750 motorcycle. Memories and would return in jiffy.

[@mainelivin3699]

they did have shelters back then people with money had them

[@barbarawhite4257]

Born in ‘62. The 60’s,70’s,and 80’s were the formative years that made me who I am. I would go back in a second. My children and now grandchildren will never know that life. It breaks my heart💔💔

[@irock4u222]

born in 61 and would give anything to go back.

[@mikehughes4969]

I wasn't born until October of 1967, so my memories of the 60s are hazy at best but by God I was there. Also so many of those things mentioned carried over to the 70s that I vividly remember. Besides, don't they say if you remember the 60s, you weren't really there? ✌️❤️

[@kenchardavoyne1174]

Born in 1952 still remember clearly my Steve Canyon Air Force helmet with drop down tinted visor voice box 😁 those were the days . Playing outdoors “ getting some sunshine “ until the street lights came on ❤

[@jls-3202]

Remember when we used to call the couch the Davenport

[@user-ni9ny6ei6w]

Absolutely !!!!

[@carolannroberts]

No, sofa

[@three-leggedcrow.]

Grandparents called it the divan

[@hearttoheart4me]

Rich called it a davenport or divan, poor people called it a couch.

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

Yes!!

[@mikeywid4954]

Thank you Recollection Road for another look back to the 60s. I was born in 1949 the 60s was indeed my "growing up" decade. I remember everything in this video and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

[@timklein3962]

Don't forget the Monkees; They took the music industry by storm in late 65 into 66; And by June 66 their own TV Show; And 60s cars were the best and coolest cars ever produced !!!

[@leecowell8165]

One of those died pretty young... accident or something. I never listened to them or the Beatles. by go to guys were the Righteous Brothers and the Everly's. those guys could actually SING!

[@glenndertinger9513]

I grew up in the 60s and boy do I miss that time😢😢😢

[@MustangSally7259]

Omg! My sisters were crazy for the Beatles, screaming and yelling when they got tickets for their concert!

[@lovly2cu725]

My parents wouldn't let me watch the Beatles on tv

[@leecowell8165]

Yeah often wondered about those girls. They'd get wet over these stupid guys I could never figure it. I still can't figure it and I'm 81. Righteous Brothers were MUCH better singers those funky haircuts couldn't hold a candle next to those guys. Same with the Everlys. Yeah these people could actually SING! Unfortunately the only one still around is Medley and he's now 83. Time flies.

[@Bigdong-kl2fh]

Shame on your parents ​@@lovly2cu725

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

Recollection Road RULES!!!!!!!ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

[@kathyelliott6051]

Good God I remember all of this ... 👵💕

[@deadmanrunning6670]

Every time I watch one of these videos, I feel as if I took a vacation to my childhood days!

[@voxpopuli348]

Born in 1957. I remember all of this. Easy Bake Oven, jacks, skates, bikes, Twister, Operation, Star Trek, Superballs, go go boots, etc. Thank you.

[@enoughcorruption5975]

Born in 63, Hot Wheels were big for us boys and rockmsockm robots were huge! Cap guns were big, star trek and the twilight zone! Batman was humongous! Watched Disney every Sunday night! My mom had the beestyle hair and smoking was cool, Jax became huge, the Andy Griffith show was very popular! Incredible innocent times that we will never see again! Growing up in the 60s 70s and 80s was the best ❤ Our world has destructed! Thank you for posting 🇺🇸🙏👍💯❤️🤍💙

[@starmnsixty1209]

Glad you mentioned rockemsockem robots. Think somebody reissues them, but just not the same. 😢

[@leonard5606]

Some of the shows you mentioned you can watch today also on MeTV.......I watch twilight zone most every night after Perry Mason. :)

[@nobullshoot]

our world was purposely deconstructed. Double recession in early 1980s to export a lot of our manufacturing to china. So i went high tech, early 1990s recession america exported all the high tech jobs to India. Then signed agreement to let in endless Indian high tech workers on H1B visas which continues today.

[@matrox]

Twister was a fun game. It was an ice breaker that loosened people up at parties.

[@leecowell8165]

As long as there was alcohol. I never played it.

[@annaleefinch7266]

I was born in 1949. Thanks for the memories.

[@mimi-422]

Yes we certainly were the very lucky generation, Thankyou Lord Jesus ❤✝️🙏✝️

[@TheTerminator-2]

I was enjoying the comments until I got to yours. Suggestion: why don't you keep your "pimping for the cult" to websites dedicated to Ghost Worshippers, like yourself, and leave the rest of us alone?

[@mimi-422]

@@TheTerminator-2 And just exactly what cult are you talking about?

[@TheTerminator-2]

@@mimi-422 Your cult. The one with a long, long history of brutality, genocide, etc. But that's what one would expect from people who, don't just believe in, but actually worship an invisible torturing murdering monster. HAVE A NICE DAY !!!!!

[@TheTerminator-2]

@@mimi-422 Aw, poor widdle Ghost Worshiper couldn't handle the truth and ran to daddy (the moderators) and made them take it down. Dry your tears widdle Ghost Worshipping Freak !!!

[@TheTerminator-2]

@@mimi-422 How come your imaginaweeee fwend doesn't help you? Why does he let people beat the holy living crap out of you in public? Maybe he doesn't like you ... half as much as you think he does. NOW RUN TO DADDY & GET THIS REMOVED !!!

[@julienelson9095]

Born in '58, I loved it. While I wouldn't go back, I'm grateful I lived during that magical time.

[@trampslikeus3575]

Wide World of Shorts - and that guy wiping out on the ski jump. I don't know if it was common, but we used to crush a pop can on the the heel of our shoes and walk around making some noise as we walked around.

[@laurafranich4807]

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

[@thedreadtyger]

agony of the feet 😅

[@williamwilson6499]

Wide World of Sports.

[@lisahinton9682]

@trampslikeus3575 Not sure if you realize it, but it's "Wide World of Sports." If you like, you can fix it by tapping the three dots in the upper right corner of your comment, hit EDIT, make your changes, and hit the blue button. Not a criticism at all, just some info in case you didn't know you can edit your comment. 🙂

[@thedreadtyger]

@@lisahinton9682 pretty sure it's a joke, just like "the agony of the feet."

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

Thank you. Thanks for bringing me back to my childhood. It triggered what I call “My almost photographic remembories” of various details from back then.

[@bigp3006]

I was born in 62' which means I'm currently 62, 😅 love these posts, reminds me of good times of the past. Might mention the collarless jacket of the Beatles is called a nehru jacket which originated in India. It's preferred among the anabaptists. Thanks again!

[@deborahstevens9763]

They didn't have those until the late sixties. I had two of them.

[@lar4305]

What a great time to be a kid. I can't believe how things have gone south in this county. God i miss those times.

[@laureencriss8220]

I was born in 66. I remember all of this stuff. Thanks.

[@daleupthegrove6396]

Born in 57. Now I have a craving for Tang and Space Food Sticks.

[@laureencriss8220]

@@daleupthegrove6396 😄

[@bp39047]

Family vacations (50's/60's) on the road is where I have the most fondest memories of that era. Use to play a game on the way who can spot the most different state car tags. Also, I would follow the trip on a map making it even more interesting. What a great time to live.

[@KCRvrRnnr]

Counting state license plates and completing the alphabet A-Z reading road signs/billboards. Q,X, and Z were the toughest UNLESS allowed to use X from 'Exit' signs.

[@pacmanc8103]

And getting individualized AAA spiraled trip maps to follow the route across the country. Staying at Howard Johnson’s and eating at Dennys.

[@bp39047]

@@pacmanc8103 Best bill board on I-35 during on of those trips was "Eat at Stuckey's and get gas". :)

[@BarbaraS-o4z]

We played the state tag game also on road trips!

[@lindabradford9591]

And we laid in the back window of the car on the way to Florida.

[@kcindc5539]

That second pic at the beginning was of Shirley Jones, her son Shaun, and her stepson David

[@Godforever202]

I was born in the 50s our music of the 60s was the absolute best to this day BeeGees Beatles Elvis Motown ( not that rap junk of today ) Motown music made you move and it was true soul ,the temptations,Dionne Warwick ,ray Charles ,we weren’t scared to walk our streets ,we never had food recalls ,and kids were fit not obese like the majority of kids today .I could go on and on about what a great era this was ,the absolute best by far ,to never be repeated sadly .

[@bdflatlander]

I was born in 1953 and can relate to basically everything in this video. I even owned a Schwinn Stingray which I absolutely loved. Today when I drive through residential neighborhoods I hardly ever see children playing outside like we did in the 60’s. I guess maybe the kids are all inside and online, which didn’t exist back then. My childhood was spent in white middle class suburbia (Southern California) and was both exceedingly normal and idyllic. It seems like it was so innocent compared to today and was just good, wholesome fun.

[@covertcounsellor6797]

What a great time! I know, like any time, it wasn’t all gravy, but it seems like a golden age compared to this thoroughly disappointing century.

[@jeffreylee2993]

My parents married in 1960 in Washington, DC. In the 60s, as an interracial couple with mixed race kids, taking a family road trip was completely out of the question. Just crossing the river into Virginia meant risking having the parents thrown in jail and the kids separated from the parents. And forget about finding a hotel to stay in. My mother was a native of Anniston, AL. In the year I was born, the freedom riders left Washington, DC and got beat up with steel pipes and clubs in my mother's hometown and the buses were firebombed. We traveled as a family for the first time to Alabama only in 1968, after Loving v. Virginia. But, I was a big fan of The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Batman, etc. And my mother kept her beehive hairstyle well into the 70s and 80s. Some things from the 1960s feel nostalgic. Some were horrific. We can look back fondly at some memories. Some we never want to go back to.

[@matrox]

Oh somethings were bad.....but even worse today....the black on black violence is so dangerous as they put the KKK out of business. They are killing each other on a daily basis than the KKK did in a years time. Sad.

[@lisahinton9682]

@jeffreylee2993 And, sadly, racism is alive and well today more than ever, except the other way around. I am a school bus driver and, by far, it's the blacks who are haters these days. These little black kids are being raised to look at whites with contempt. Some won't even acknowledge me. I hear comments made to each other like, "Why you be talkin' to the bus driver? She white! Why you even talk to her?" For no other reason than my skin color am I being treated with as much respect as they'd give the piece of trash blowing by on a windy day.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Thank you for adding some depth and truth to this discussion! And I appreciate your family’s courage.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Its a shame us kids didn't make the rules bc we didn't care about color, didn't even notice! It was the parents raised to be racist that decided too many things bc they were forced believe crazy things. I'm very glad some things totally changed.

[@DJmemoriesPlaylists]

I grew up in Atlanta.

[@gregfallin5001]

Im 67 yrs old now and i grew up in Orlando Fla from 1959 till 1970. Orlando was a Super Great town to live in back then. The Drive In movies were all over town and we went to them just about every weekend. The Colonial Plaza on hwy 50 was the place to shop, and Ronnies Restaurant was the place to eat. The 1960s there in that town was ABSOLUTELY magical!! The Best Tacos to eat in Orlando was at El Taco Don on Orange Bloosom Trail. Great times & Super Great Memories!! Thank God I was there for it!!

[@jerrylafever6549]

I'm a 75 year old man without much longer on this planet. Watching this makes me cry, remembering all the good times and knowing that it will never happen again. I hate that my children and grandchildren will never get to experience what I experienced.

[@ecthelion222]

My great grandmother always called it the Davenport. Our couch. Which was funny to me as a child bc we lived in a city named Davenport so I’d ask her silly confusing questions when she would say it and we’d giggle together. I miss her dearly. She is the only adult in my entire family I looked up to and respected. (That’s not entirely fair, her husband my great grandfather I highly respected and loved very much. He made prosthetic limbs in his own shop during the war. I respected what he did for people who were suffering and fighting to protect us all; she was just my favorite of the two lovely couple.

[@JanTraveler]

I remember summer of '63 I was 9 and my family and my best friends family were staying by the beach in Capitola, California and my friend and I wanted to go see "The Birds".My mom wouldn't let us see that movie.She probably thought I would have nightmares 😀, so I didn't see it until I was older.Thankyou for the video!

[@jamesmathews1841]

I was 9 in '63 also and did see that movie "The Birds". Your mom was right. It scared the crap out of me and I had nightmares for a week!

[@davidlynch3077]

Born in 1956 Orange , Ca. I remember erector sets, tinker toys , Lincoln logs, model car kits, slot cars , Lionel train set, vacuum -form , silly puddy , playing cowboys and Indians ( I still have my Roy Rogers gun belt ) steel wheeled skates and skateboards, sting ray bikes , going to the roller rink Skate Ranch in Santa Ana , Ca. Playing Kick ball in the street , flying kites , never a dull moment ! Heck, we had Helms Bakery truck drive through the neighborhood selling fresh baked goods in the mornings and the ice cream truck in the afternoons. Sad to see what America has become ! ,

[@thrummer1953]

I had most of those plus Creeple People Sets ,American Plastic Bricks and Dodgy Chemistry Sets. Dangerous Fireworks. It was Grand.

[@maxon-m3c]

The bakery truck was grand, 7 cent doughnuts! Then off to the corner Mom and Pop store with a note and a quarter to get mom a pack of Camel cigaretts.

[@leecowell8165]

Erector sets. Damn! Forgot about those. Were those ever cool or what? Powered by a coupla D batteries (NOT included). Used to make derricks, merry go rounds, trucks. all kindza little motoring things.

[@catw6998]

My mom would order from Charles Chips. Sometimes potato chips and sometimes peanut brittle. The guy that delivered was a super nice guy.

[@Ron-n4s]

I was born in fifty seven I remember everything you mentioned

[@janettemasiello5560]

It was such a great time to grow up ! Thanks for the memories ❣️

[@karensteele8147]

This was my childhood. Wonderful memories.

[@vetgirl71]

I was born in 1962, growing up in the late 60’s -70’s we drank Koolaide with lots of sugar! Ate cereal like Frosted Flakes, Corn Pops , Rice Crispies. I grew up in Brooklyn and the snow cone man would come around in the summer! We had lunches handed out in the summer with bologna & fruit! I loved going to the pizza shop in my neighborhood & bought a slice of pizza for 50 cents back then! We had a candy store on the corner & could buy candy for pennies & single cookies for 5 cents, homemade icies in a cup for 5 cents! Those were the good old days especially the summer playing hide & seek, red light -green light , stick ball, hopscotch, double Dutch , freeze ect until the lights street lights went down we had to go home! In the hot summer months an adult would open the hydrants on our block and everyone would jump in and cool off! Missed those days , kids had fun and made the best of those days filled with laughter!

[@dianavasto3047]

Yes!!! Growing up in the late 60’s in Williamsburg Brooklyn- great memories ❤

[@deborahstevens9763]

I grew up in a rural area. But our games were the same, and we caught lightening bugs after dark.

[@oldbeatpete]

Fireflies in the 'burbs too. Good Humour man, maybe Dairy Queen or Carvel's, too 😊

[@annettevillain4352]

We girls had jax competitions at recess. I practiced for hours at home to take the championship. We added tap, double tap & around the world & other variations to show off our skills!

[@anthonychihuahua]

Little did we know that playing these "childrens" games then would lend themselves to our business senses in the future, lol! Marbles was my game. And like I would rarely, or ever see a girl, playing marbles, I'm very certain you wouldn't see any boy playing jax? 💁‍♀️🔴✨️✨️

[@lisahinton9682]

@@anthonychihuahua I never saw a boy playing jacks. I occasionally played marbles, though. In fact, my dad had a bucket of marbles from when he was a kid. Oh, what I'd do to have that bucket of marbles now, but, sadly, one of his A. A. friends stole it right on out of the house. (His A. A. friends stole a LOT from our house.)

[@anthonychihuahua]

@@lisahinton9682 I, like you, lisahinton, have _lost my marbles_ long ago 🤪

[@leecowell8165]

From my understanding there were 10 jacks and a rubber ball. you had to bounce the ball throw the jacks and pick up before the ball landed? I didn't have any sisters but remember watching the girls playing with them. Boys did NOT play jacks! Wow those were the days. Nowadays you would be kidnapped sitting out all day like that. and especially if you were cute. yeah you had to sit to play jacks. We played marbles. I wasn't worth a sh*t at it but my Father could fire a marble so hard it would break other marbles he had a special and very weird way of holding the "shooter". He was a killer shot too! had to play marble in the dirt with that guy. if you played on the sidewalk you'd be losing a buncha marbles!

[@Scott-pe6te]

I had a 5-speed Schwinn Sting Ray with the banana seat. It came in several colors and I had the "grey ghost". At the time in the late 60s, I thought I was the coolest kid in the world. Wonderful nostalgia. Thanks for this video.

[@lynnmakely5260]

I had a purple sparkle schwinn with a banana seat.

[@kevinburt]

My sting ray, I got for Christmas, was stolen. I knew who did it, and he is living this very day.

[@maxon-m3c]

Rich kids got the Schwinn, Poorer kids had to put up with a J.C. Higgins knock-off.

[@Navygrl58]

What a joy to be able to look back on these nostalgic memories and know that I actually lived them! In these twisted and upside down times that we live in now I hope these children will have something to look back on themselves in their senior years to come!

[@edakiyama8562]

Born in '52, what a great time we had! Disneyland was the place to visit, and Walt Disney shared his dream on his TV show.

[@TRUTH-4U-NOW]

2:04 I had a Stingray for 6 years, repainted and retreaded it too, that was fun.

[@thomasallen3818]

My parents own a chain of grocery stores and there were Motorola tube testers in each store, with a complete selection of vacuum tubes. I can remember the picture or sound going out on one of our televisions in the middle of a program, and my dad saying, put your shoes on, we’re going down to the store to pick up a new tube. He would bring the old one and we’d drive down and pick up a new tube. When I was about 15, I suggested that he should get a set of tubes for each television, which I thought was a great idea, but I think that he still thought like he was raised during the Great Depression, so we’d just get what we needed. He was a different kind of guy.

[@coldlakealta4043]

my dad's first reaction to the tv going down was to give it a hard slap. surprisingly, it sometimes worked. must have had a loose tube or something. I loved the tube tester when it didn't.

[@meatdog]

And every time my dad had to replace one of those vacuum tubes, he would get a little shock, scream a but then smile and say , see we did not need to call the TV repairman out Dotty!

[@BarbaraS-o4z]

Very frugal generation! Never buy what you don’t need!

[@robertfergison9921]

@@coldlakealta4043 My dad was an engineer. So he would love to open the back of our Zenith 25 inch walnut cabinet set with a turntable built into the top. Make sure the tubes were tight and not burned out, check all the wiring and connections. Then make the trip to the local hardware store for bulb checking. Ah the wonder of it all.

[@loiscarrillo4058]

We knew every family on our block!! All got along and were respectful. Hopscotch, running bases, you name it, we made up games to keep busy!

[@CarolJane52]

Great compilation - thank you! Feels like I was just transported back to my childhood. Every single thing!

[@jimkreider9997]

Did this bring back a lot of memories. Times were so simple then. Miss it

[@lancedavies2472]

At the grand age of 71, my memories of growing up in Vancouver, BC, remain a cherished collection of unforgettable moments. I can still picture Dad up on the roof, adjusting the TV antenna after a heavy wind, determined to restore the signal for our favorite shows. And who could forget the thrill of the slot cars? There was even a massive track at a shop just down the block-ten lanes wide-where we raced against other kids, adrenaline pumping with every twist and turn. Halloween brought its own magic: wandering the neighborhood at night, setting off firecrackers in the week leading up to the big day. By day, the girls on the block claimed the sidewalks with hopscotch and double dutch, while we joined in or retreated to play hockey on the front porch, battling it out on our trusty board. These simple, joyful moments defined a childhood rich with connection and play. If, one day, my memory falters, I hope these will remain-bright, vivid, and full of life. Here’s to everyone who remembers the 1960s with the same warmth. Cheers!

[@daytripper9222]

Thank you for this video. Born in 1956 I remember everything you've shown in this video. I'd give anything to go back compared to what's going on today.

[@gustavsorensen9301]

You want to back to the Vietnam war?

[@daytripper9222]

@@gustavsorensen9301 Oh shut the hell up, asshole.

[@daytripper9222]

@@gustavsorensen9301 My brother fought in the Vietnam war ass. And yes I would go back anytime. If you enjoy living in today's world there's something wrong with you.