Normal Things From The 1960s That Are No Longer Allowed

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[@erlindatorres2848]

I grew up in the 60. Played outside all day. Went swimming without supervision. All this was true. The best years of my life.

[@andyroo3022]

Yes, climbing crumbly sandstone 50ft sea cliffs. Getting around on a raft made of pallets and old fuel drums in the local swamp. Catchings snakes, frogs and big water dragon lizards. Playing with plastic army men, and disappearing on my BMX bike all day. Blowing up fireworks. We had it pretty good and survived.

[@joanfrellburg4901]

Nowadays kids can just google how to make a bomb, and then have the chemicals delivered to their door. Not so back when I was young. We had to be creative.

[@jstravelers4094]

Try it sport. See if you don't get a visitor you weren't expecting. ​@@joanfrellburg4901

[@lionelk.1739]

@@erlindatorres2848 I remember those days. Being a child in the 60's, 70's and early 80's was a good 😊 time.

[@victorfrankenstein50202]

Loved my childhood. Up in the morning, a quick bowl of Kaboom 🤡, and out the door until dinner. The only time you’d catch us inside was when we were having Electric Football tournaments. Even in the winter, it was building igloos against the huge oak trees, and having massive snowball fights. My son will never get to experience the freedoms of my childhood, but I sure enjoy telling him about it (not so sure he enjoys the listening though).

[@jodydoakes8754]

Pretty hard for someone to steal your identity when there was no internet and you burned all of your mail and personal papers in your burn barrel.

[@monyx2926]

We had an incinerator in the backyard.

[@RedSheep-47]

I still burn my personal papers with any information in a burning barrel, they can't make it illegal to burn paper or wood even though they try to make you believe they can.

[@woods840]

We all still burn our trash. That's how rural folk do.

[@roddycreswell8613]

​@@woods840we do too.

[@danvetor1365]

We still burn most of our old bills and personal stuff!

[@DebbieOlandese]

I'd like to see them ban ads for prescription medications on TV!

[@ferociousgumby]

I'm with you on this one. This should be between you and your doctor.

[@vivianpatton5692]

@@ferociousgumby They're NOT going to get rid of that , too much $$ to b made off drugs.

[@JerryEricsson]

Indeed, that one for the AIDS drug where it shows a couple of men in a romantic kiss is enough to gag me, I hate that! Do what you will in your home but don't advertise it on TV!

[@LastFirst-rr9cj]

I remember my mother mentioning once the pharmaceutical ads started that we will never see the end of them. More diagnoses mean more drugs and more money. Hopefully RFK can do something about it.

[@leeedsonetwo]

Just move outside the USA

[@tom4506]

Born in 1955.wonderful time.children had manners and behaved.

[@DianeStarks-dt8fy]

Or you got that wooden butt wsrmer...lol

[@leeedsonetwo]

All the children I know have manners and are well behaved

[@Moonshinedave1]

Also a '55 model, admitted there were some bad things, but also we had a lot of things more right back then, than they do today. Believe me, the thought of a board across my butt changed my mind on a lot of good ideas I had back then, and if you got hurt playing, just suck it up and keep going.

[@christopherroveto5880]

I think we enjoyed the best times the world has ever seen at least so far. 1954, 70 now.

[@bornfree0507]

Yep I remember. Children were to be seen and not heard at gatherings. We were all fine with it.

[@cyndyrn1]

I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. Best times and music. We all made it out alive 😂😂. Thanks for the memories

[@MD-bu3xc]

It was the golden age of the middle class made possible by the New Deal reforms of the Roosevelt Democrats. It was a wonderful time but since Reagan and trickle down economics the middle class disappeared. Happy Days are gone.

[@Piper7cub]

Well...probably not everyone made it out alive but, even though people should be more mindful and responsible, and they should be made aware of the good, the bad and the ugly, we shouldn't have the government regulating every nook and cranny of our lives. People should be allowed to make their own decisions and people should not live their life in fear. I was given the candy cigarettes....my mom even gave me a puff of her real cigarette when I was about 5. I almost choked to death but that might have been a good thing as I never became a smoker.

[@SpartanTrek]

@@Piper7cub Yeah, the government doesn't regulate every nook and cranny of our lives and if not for some of those regulations corporations would still be dumping trash, people would still let their 3 year olds ride untethered in the front seat, and every restaurant would be a smoke-filled death trap. Allowing people to make their own decisions with no regard for the people around them or the environment is the reason why we have these regulations in the first place. As the saying goes, when you know better you should do better.

[@InsideMLM]

As a Medicare card carrying Boomer I also recall flying model airplanes at the local park (banned in the '80s), not having to get past the "safety seal" on practically every product, riding my bike without a helmet, walking right to the gate at the airport, and all of us kids walking to school alone - even to kindergarten!

[@IandThou-wt2ui]

We were so free we didn't even think about it. We felt restricted when we had to come for supper frequently after dark.

[@annabellesanchez8011]

I walked to school starting in kindergarten it was a long walk too

[@annabellesanchez8011]

I still have a scar on my foot from the marry go round that was on the school play ground

[@Neshek023]

In Holland I still do all these things

[@IandThou-wt2ui]

@@Neshek023 How old are you if you are walking to kindergarten by yourself?

[@claudiocarrara859]

As unregulated as things were, kids then grew up with more manners, respect, accountability, responsibility, and personality than kids of today. Movies like 'The Sandlot', 'Stand By Me, ' and even ' IT' say it all. We kids played together, helped each other, and stuck together.

[@nikostevens1]

No they didn't. That's not an age thing. Don't make that about age?

[@geofflepper3207]

Ah yes - when you watched movies such as Lord of the Flies and The Bad Seed didn't you get a warm, fuzzy feeling inside thinking about how kids behave? You're mentioning movies. They're just movies. They're not reality.

[@oldgreymarewholovestolaugh]

People still have burn barrels. Common sense present back then ,isn't around anymore

[@dagnt8145]

When we camped in the 60's . After packing up the tents , we would spend considerable time in "policing the camp" , picking up every scrap of paper , and doing our best to erase any evidence that we had been there . Throwing trash in the river would get you a belt whipping , I promise you .

[@donbest5024]

Always leave it cleaner then you found it,works on the job to.

[@oldergent5266]

As they say "Take only memories, leave only footprints".

[@noraa-dog]

Did we grow up in the same family? After all the camping garb was packed in the car; ...pick up every bit of trash, make sure little to no trace of our being there left behind!

[@pheresy1367]

Same! My Dad LOVED nature in its pristine aspect. We got those values from him. And, my Boy Scout Troop taught that too.

[@juliedepaolo9971]

I don't know what rivers and lakes they were showing but I didn't see that. However, I do remember Lady Bird getting everyone to stop throwing trash out of the car window. The highways were littered with trash and the campaign to clean up worked.

[@janetroush5775]

I was born in 1952 and survived all of this. Kids are too pampered nowadays.

[@vonier13]

And sissified

[@sandygibson4584]

Amen to that. Successive generations are for the most part a bunch of dim bulb panty waists who don't know what a woman is and are hurt so badly by 'pronouns' they must run crying to Safe Rooms. If they were told to suck it up and walk it off they wouldn't know what to do with themselves, except whine about until some idiot politician passed another law to ' protect ' them.

[@PleasentToBeAround]

You're old asf

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

I was born in late 1949, very underweight, had so many ailments as a child but I'm still here and I'm 75. Kids are indulged these days.

[@personofearth5076]

It's such a boohoo time now. I wish that we could go back Jane.

[@alankwood]

The sixties were a GREAT TIME.. I was born in 1945, When I was 19, I took my bicycle to go from nottingham to stratford on avon, got bored so went to the south coast, youth hostelling, went from newhaven to dieppe, off to paris.... Everyone friendly, no problems.. .Came back a month later after earning some money selling the new york times,, Slept in railway station.. no problems.. a pub 40 miles from home gave me a lunch as no money left. I am so happy I was born when I was !!!

[@edwardr7520]

I'm another from 45....I remember all this stuff and it was fun. I've had a good life, survived all of this stuff and still going strong....nearly 80 and still appreciate beautiful women!

[@kathrynbarr9084]

It was overall way more safe back then. I have so many wonderful memories of my carefree childhood. It's just scary now. So sad.

[@rexwilson315]

@@kathrynbarr9084 we never knew what we had. Country was sane. Cartoons on TV. Much more than we have now.

[@Trust3]

It seems people are not nearly as happy today and so many are allergic to everything back in the 60s kids played outside and got dirty.

[@jara4766]

@Trust3 Except now there are many bacteria in the dirt, unlike befpr.

[@genhope5332]

@Trust3 it's because of the Environment today, we didn't have all the Pollution as we do today, I was an 80's kid and those times weren't too bad. 🙂

[@pokey999991]

@@Trust3 I believe because of food additives and vaccines. But my opinion.

[@anoldladi]

ya, We all ate peanut butter, even at school, parties and scout meetings. Us Girl Scouts sold peanut butter cookies, which was never a problem in the 60's. At least, it would have been so rare that nobody we knew ever heard of it.

[@MarkBerenger]

that's one way to look at it but you're ignoring all the negatives and pretending the past was somehow better. We're so much better off now than we were and the things we did then are haunting us today. You also ignore all the people who DIDN'T survive for doing things that we know better about today. No one cared about asbestos or kids eating paint chips back then either.. i guess it all depends on what you choose to remember

[@davebuick1321]

i would go back to those days in a hart beat , it was such a better life !!!

[@thomaslgoodwin3]

I think you meant heartbeat but YES I agree.

[@garywaddle5421]

ANYONE GO FOR RIDES TO THE STORE WITH GRANDPA FOR A COKE IN THE BED OF THE PICKUP? WE HAD A BLAST!!!

[@w8liftinglady1]

@@garywaddle5421 my grandpa welded several chairs on his pickup bed for the kids.Good times

[@kayturner8612]

A NuGrape and a pack of cheese crackers ... 4 crackers stacked ... NOT the flat six pack these days !!!

[@torydz]

In the sixties, my dad would drive around the neighborhood and gather up my brother's Little League team and the whole team would ride to the field in the bed of the pick-up truck.

[@tonykikta9744]

Grew up in the 60's. Great times! Was not allowed to stay in the house. Was told go outside and play. Did not wear any protective gear while bike riding or skateboarding. Passed driver's license test at 14 yrs. Bought my 1st car 63 Dodge Coronet 500 (318 eng) at 15yrs. Still driving, still kicking. Saved by the grace of God! Have a blessed and wonderful day all. Thanks for the memories.

[@bobporter1681]

Back when life was carefree and awesome i miss it

[@JerryEricsson]

Today it is rare that I don't put my .45 in my holster before getting in my car for a trip even up town, back in the 60's I don't recall even seeing a hand gun except on the cops belt.

[@juliedepaolo9971]

I miss it too. Kids back then had so much freedom. No one provided "entertainment" for me or my brothers and sisters. We made our own. Feels like everything is so restricted now.

[@Raelven]

We weren't all on antidepressents, and had respect for our parents.

[@debbieedwards4884]

Respect to all elders.

[@songlyon]

Yep, while the elders molested kids and everybody knew it and allowed it. Kids and women were treated like property.

[@1ireneaustin]

and the cops would be more likely to call your parents to come get you at the jail than lock you up. Also, the 18 year old drinking and smoking age was appropriate and should be reinstituted. Europe and Mexico drinks at 16 years for beer and 18 respectively. Our society has become over-regulated in the extreme. Now you get locked up for the stupidest thing and once in the criminal justice system your life is basically over. The process is the punishment. We need to go back to Church, God and freedom

[@Steve-if6cg]

@@Raelven only the woman were on antidepressants in the 60s

[@mechrowave6342]

@@Raelven yeah cause anyone with mental health issues were bought into an asylum and abandoned

[@tgunn2034]

My mother used to give money with a note to my 7 yr old brother to take to the store, to buy a pack of cigarettes for her .

[@jamesszalla4274]

My mom would give me a note to take to the corner store, and it usually included cigarettes. There were also cigarette vending machines in places like bars and restaurants Where my dad worked had a cigarette vending machine in the employee lunchroom

[@judeflowers2813]

@@jamesszalla4274 I remember in the 70s, our bus stop was near a police station. When it was cold or rainy we went inside where I bought my first packs of cigarettes from a vending machine there. They were 50 or 75 cents!

[@ferociousgumby]

@@jamesszalla4274 I believe hospitals also had cigarette vending machines.

[@donbest5024]

Imagine putting 40 quarters in a cigarette machine today to get 1 pack of cigarettes.

[@INgirl812]

@@tgunn2034 My parents had me & my brother run in and buy cigarettes while they sat in the car outside of whatever gas station or store they drove to. Then we had to breathe in smoke in the car without a window open, if it was cold outside or raining. I didn’t like it then and still don’t like that as young kids we had to breathe this smoke.

[@dorcom]

To All the Kids that Survived the 1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70's! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking_ As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! We could leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were OK. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we actually learned to solve the problem. We didn't have Playstations, Nintendos, X-boxes, no video games at all and no 2999 channels on cable, no video tape movies, DVD, etc., no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms or social media. . .WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out many eyes, nor did the worms live in us forever. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them! Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! If you are one of them CONGRATULATIONS!

[@lindytrezise372]

Wow you just described my childhood and what a great one it was

[@carlajo4558]

@@dorcom don’t forget Woodstock! 😂

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

When you mentioned Siding with the Law; my brother broke a window at school and got a clip around the ear for it, and when he told my dad, he said, 'Well that's alright, it saves me from giving you a clip' Nobody prosecuted a teacher.

[@laurawambsgans2212]

You really nailed it. Thanks!

[@buckshotbrown-p3c]

That's right my brother I was born in 1955 and I agree with you 100% grew up in the San Fernando Valley get all that stuff too what a time to grow up huh

[@janetteelliott5401]

I was born in 1953 and grew up in a time much better than today's kids, I'd love to see some of it again I had a blast

[@Mitchell-lc5kj]

@@janetteelliott5401 I was born in 53 things were very simple then

[@Areutherehello]

People have become so weak over the decades.

[@Flowerchild778]

@@Areutherehello it's probably all of those extra injections

[@Piper7cub]

More people = more regulation = more money to businesses and the government. A lot of these changes seem to be more about the money than actually protecting people. The percentage of people who were seriously hurt on a playground, riding in a car without a seatbelt, etc., was very low. The government banned an herb that was used in over the counter products. One, being allergy teas. When I would get a chronic cough after being sick, it was the only thing that would take my cough away - I tried every other pharmaceutical out there and nothing else worked. I read that less than 10 people were unalived by the product - it was also used for weight loss which was one of the main things this herb was used for and I'm guessing the people may have taken more than the recommended dose, but because of that, the government completely banned the herb. I'm guessing they banned it because it was an inexpensive treatment for a couple of things at least, and someone was losing money because of it.

[@1ireneaustin]

and whiney and lame. I want my freedoms back!!!

[@tomsnyder1410]

Next they'll completely ban testosterone

[@billturner2370]

I will take those days over anytime now.

[@garywaddle5421]

I AGREE 100%

[@songlyon]

You will get those "good old days" back thanks to people voted that criminal back into the office of president.😊😊

[@Chris-fq4xz]

​@@songlyonDeal with it. 😂

[@PennyLaur-s5i]

Cry harder. ​@@songlyon

[@annbow4064]

Never mind smoking on a plaine the nurses used to hand out ashtray and lighters to patients who were not allowed out of their beds in hospital.

[@petervalovic5504]

@@annbow4064 those were the beautiful times the life in 60' I wish forever ♡

[@SB06184]

@@annbow4064 I was thinking the same thing.

[@lotusinmud56]

Nurses and doctors smoked in the nurses station😂

[@donnatelley4532]

@@annbow4064 I got an ashtray in the labor room. The nurse smoked too but couldn't in my room so I turned the ashtray towards me and she had one too.

[@chuckaustin3832]

I would much rather see beer ads on TV during a family show, than 3 erectile dysfunction ads.

[@SusieDancer-wm2ee]

Oh man, isn't that the truth! I'm so sick of those ads.

[@ronwheeler7788]

This is good man thanks for the laugh. I need it

[@thomaslgoodwin3]

😆

[@thomaslgoodwin3]

Feminine Product commercials piss me off! I certainly don't want to hear about "flow" issues.

[@embracedchimera5886]

porn use caused ED in men in 20s. instead of telling them that they just give drugs

[@victoriameklund7534]

Im so very happy and luncky to be born in 1960..best era and 70s growning up a teenager...i so wish we can go back in that time

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

you mean lucky.

[@shop970]

The candy store itself was pretty unreal then! For pennies. Halloween was a pillowcase full !

[@donnarichardson7214]

And good stuff. A lot of variety. Not the same Reece's, Mar's and Hershey's.

[@surf6009]

Sometimes great homemade treats!

[@DarinCrapo]

Life in the 60s was a million times better than now. Kids were made of steel unlike now when they are so delicate even words hurt them.

[@SK-nd7db]

EXACTLY!! We were tough as nails!

[@AnneJackson-v8l]

The 50's were even better than the 60's.

[@lvrcollective]

We need to bring back corporal punishment. Considering how students are taking over the classrooms and kids are taking over homes these days. It's terrible.

[@holdenmcgroin9774]

and some of them actually broke a bone, lost an eye or even their life. No such thing as Megan's Law so the neighborhood creep actually penetrated a poor kid. 60s were a fun time.

[@andyroo3022]

Before Lettuce Gaucomole Bacon Tomato Q and the rest of the gender alphabet existed.

[@barrywainwright3391]

I was born in 1959 and remember all this and more. They were the good days.

[@rayogrady4349]

@@barrywainwright3391 i was born in 1958. Ditto on your post.

[@carolynmareck1182]

@@barrywainwright3391 …I arrived on this planet in 1959 too!

[@koolbreez55jb]

Those were the days! Playing outside all day long and riding our bikes all over the city. Just had to be home in time for dinner. I’d love to go back. 5cent cokes and ice cream. Sweet times!

[@jenelleprins5306]

@@koolbreez55jb I remember looking for change between and underneath the sofa cushions whenever I heard the Good Humor Man. $0.05 got you a popsicle; &0.10 got you an ice cream sandwich or a Good Humor bar.

[@peterpaul231]

Kids today will never know the joy of trick or treating without their parents.

[@laurabentzinger200]

I miss the freedoms of that time to explore your world unencumbered.

[@roberte5057]

I grew up in the 60s.. Had a spoonful of malt every morning plus a boiled egg and toast. Had a teaspoon of cod liver oil when I was sick. Both parents smoked in the house and car. I was smacked when I did something wrong. I grew up to respect my parents and others.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

We had a cod liver oil glass bottle in our GE frige with the small shoe box freezer AND right before leaving to walk to school, rain, sleek, snow or SW sunshine....we were give a teaspoon or tablespoon of the stuff.....Yuck LOL.

[@roberte5057]

@BAM-jc7uy I also had to eat everything on my plate whether or not I liked it. Sometimes sat at the table for hours before Mum relented so I could wash and clean the kitchen.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

@@roberte5057 when I was 8, I once sat for lunch for 3 hours with a grill cheese sandwich in front of me that I wouldn't eat..I think I was milk lactose intol because I never did like milk, cheese. etc until I hit 50. We too went all over in the car with camel, winston, pall mall smoke thick in the car and in winters windows rolled up...and i'm still breathing...yeah all the lunch dishes were waiting for me too to wash them after....nice meeting u. sayonara. LOL

[@wandabadgerow8207]

@@roberte5057 I hated liver and sat at the table until I feel asleep.

[@jasondrummond9451]

@ I remember my mother trying to force potato soup down me, by pinching my nose and waiting for me to open my mouth to breathe. I just breathed through the gaps in my crooked teeth until she gave up.

[@AnnabelleOakes]

Strange, but kids who grew up then were more heathy than kids today.😮

[@13blackcatzzz]

Not so strange. Back then, kids were exposed to common bacteria and built up immunity. Today, everything is super sanitized. It's been proven farm kids are more healthy because they still get exposed to certain bacteria.

[@1984potionlover]

They actually spent hours playing outside, and involved in active activities. Most are connect to a computer, a console, or cellphone these days, instead of being physically active, and out and about with their friends.

[@Bill-im6nt]

That isn't true, seems like it, but in reality many children had health problems. Just the diseases alone had many children out of school frequently. Polio, measles, German measles, chicken pox, mumps, and more, everyone knew someone crippled from something. Classmates who died when you were in grade or high school. Hindsight has a habit of being through rose colored glasses.

[@Legomanfred]

They played outside and weren't "glued to screens". 🤔

[@tinytt854]

Didn't put poison and dyes in our food.

[@GerhardBothaWFF]

What a shit world we live in today.

[@adamwilliams5417]

@@GerhardBothaWFF exactly

[@dans9463]

Drinking from the hose.

[@mathewmolk2089]

I was in the trades until I retires and we all drank from the hose ,,,,, and I still do today. - If you carried a bottle of water, not too many years ago, you would have gotten laughed off the jobsite.

[@tashara2917]

I had forgotten about that. And drinking from à spring

[@MosaicRose99]

How many here had burning barrels in their yards?

[@flytechbass1979]

Still do

[@andyroo3022]

Big bonfires on firecracker night in Australia.

[@dnssigns]

We still do. Non burnable stuff goes to the dump. Paper and cardboard gets burned.

[@vivianpatton5692]

@@dnssigns We have a worm bed for paper , cardboard & food .

[@stephenwest798]

Still do and if it is too windy to burn there is always the wood stove.

[@judierickson7166]

Im 87 I grew up just fine!

[@codyhilton1750]

I am 88 and agree 100%.

[@1ireneaustin]

WOW!! do you have a channel? I surely would love to hear your wisdom my dear! CHEERS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS to a fellow boomer who misses the freedom of the olden days!

[@williemoreno3010]

Regardless l will take the 60S decade over these days ANYTIME. 😢😢

[@elultimo102]

The '50s were even better---No drugs, no war, or "social unrest."

[@SK-nd7db]

YES!!! ME, TOO!!!!!!!

[@shemp5858]

@@elultimo102 The Korean War was in the 50s

[@elultimo102]

@@shemp5858 I always believed that the best year to be born was 1939. You would have been too young for WW2 or Korea, and already done your draft hitch before Vietnam. You would have spent your teens in "Happy Days" with Fonzie. (People from that era described it as "great" and paradise, compared to the times since then.

[@Tony-w5o8o]

@@williemoreno3010 for sure !😁

[@DrSkull1939]

I must admit, smelling burning leaves in the Fall as a child was a smell that reminded me of happier days without a care in the world. You know a couple of minths later it would be Christmas

[@michaelmoerbe8540]

Born in 1957, I remember chocolate cigarettes, drinking water from the outdoor hose, no seat belts in the back seat, riding a bike with friends without a helmet, walking to elementary school alone (even saluting the flag when it was being raised). While in school we would pledge allegiance to the United States.

[@erikkaldorrealtor]

All my teeth were filled with mercury fillings! And yes, those candy cigarettes were cool

[@JerryEricsson]

They had some that were paper wrapped bubble gum sticks, and bubble gum cigars as well.

[@lanatrapp1589]

​@JerryEricsson yes. I remember those

[@debbieedwards4884]

You can still buy candy cigarettes online.

[@jennielee3977]

Fillings with mercury are still used in the US.

[@buslady6695]

@@debbieedwards4884 I found some in a store during a road trip a few years ago. I bought some to show my son.

[@marksamuelsen2750]

I’m a 71yo Veteran and a retired Corporate Pilot. I Remember Smoking 🚬 Cigarettes on Airplanes. When It All Changed it was Difficult For Everyone To Change With It. To be Fair I Truly Miss Those Days!! Political Correctness Truly Sucks. It was a lot easier to just be yourself. Now everyone is so picky about everything and anything. From my perspective the 1960’s were the best 10 years of my life.😊

[@randywl8925]

@@marksamuelsen2750 I'm 7 years your Jr but yeah, all of that. Instantaneous communication destroyed normal. People these days have to listen to others opinions before forming their own. It's safer that way to hear or read the feelings of everyone else, then just agree with the majority. You can't be retaliated against if you agree. Forming a non conforming thought all by yourself is dangerous these days.

[@JerryEricsson]

Indeed, man I don't know how I could have put up with the 24 hour flight from Oakland to Vietnam without my smokes and my paperback novel.

[@daviddinsmore2610]

ur quite mad you know

[@garywaddle5421]

You got that right

[@DianeStarks-dt8fy]

​@@randywl8925 Im 66 yrs old. Old school all the way. And Im not changing that. I am who the LORD made. I dont fit in, people dont like me, and I dont give a damn. I wont FAKE who I am!

[@FJBriben]

Me, my brothers, friends and cousins spent many hours and rode many miles in the back of a pickup truck and loved every minute of it

[@JerryEricsson]

Dad had an old Ford sedan with no trunk lid, we put an old mattress in the back and we kids rode back there, we could shout and sing all we wanted and not bother our folks. It was fun till the rain came, then we had to get inside.

[@dans9463]

Imagine in 1992 picking a non-smoking seat on an overseas flight ... Only to find out the row behind me was the smoking section.

[@tallapartment6776]

I remember when you could smoke in your hospital room. The hospital provided ashtrays.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

This video made me homesick for my youth in the 1950's / 1960's! Thanks for posting!

[@sandrahaws3149]

Me too

[@john-o1g9p]

the kids today are slaves to SM and their phones. they have no clue of the meaning of ''freedom''.

[@DRC91319]

@@jasonrodgers9063 Me too. Sad to see all that change. Kids nowadays have no manners, play video games all day, no interest, no socializing only on phone, etc. I miss good old days.

[@personofearth5076]

You know Jason I'm 67, Australian and I'm homesick for my youth too but do you know what I found? yes I found a video on youtube of Melbourne in the 1960s at Christmas time and every time that I feel that pang of just wanting to go back to what was once a home, I put that video on. I've played it zillions of times. Perhaps you can find footage of your area back when you were a child.

[@CollinsWoundManagement]

Government regulations do not make life better. They just restrict freedom and liberties. I wish my grandkids could grow up like I did. They would be stronger and more self sufficient for it.

[@DianeStarks-dt8fy]

Self sufficient. My Grandsons 9 and cant even make a simple decision.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

I thank the Lord we did not have video games when I was a kid.

[@juliedepaolo9971]

@@CollinsWoundManagement I agree. We were free all day long to play outside, ride bikes, invent things, climb trees, walk to the store and so on. No one provided our entertainment. We grew up learning to think for ourselves and had no fear. It was a great time. Sadly lost.

[@Ace-ke7fq]

we'd be able to afford rent too..food wasn't plastic either.

[@RaymondYocum-uw5hd]

I’m glad we don’t have to put up with filth bags blowing smoke in our faces these days!

[@SuperSushidog]

I grew up in the 60's and am still alive at 68 today. All those things couldn't have been that bad for you if I made it. It was a way of thinning the herd, keeping undesirable genes out of the gene pool. This video didn't scratch the surface of the crazy things we did. It toughened you up, preparing you for life. "What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche

[@DianeStarks-dt8fy]

Amen!

[@murlepeterson6028]

Oh I know !! My step daughter said our parents just about abused & neglected us as kids! Her dad & I just laugh. Told her NO ! The mom & dad Long with step dad never hesitated on the spank either ! They lived. Now the daughter,'s kiddos.. lol..another story there!!

[@mathewmolk2089]

All that dangerous air and toys ,,,, but I got old enough to pass the physicals when I got drafted and end up in Tuy Hoa for the ;68 TET offensive. = Somebody is FOS here. And tomorrow is my 78th birthday ,,,,I'm going out and get knee walking drunl and smoke a big cigar. The wokies are sure missing the point.

[@captainamerica6182]

Anyone remember the Five and Dime, Ben Franklin's stores, scooping up snow and making a snow cone with Grandmothers bottle of Vanilla for flavoring. We use to pick our own blackberries and wash them and pour sugar over them, pick our own Polk Salad and cook it up, and that was when I was in daycare lol. Apple Butter sandwiches, pimento cheese sandwiches a big bowl of chocolate ice cream and pour some milk over it to freeze it up and watch wrestling, creature feature etc. Hot Wheels, Electric Race Tracks with the remote controls, the Electric Football Game, where you would plug in the board and it would just vibrate while the plastic little pieces would randomly hop around, hoping to go into the end zone. Rockem Sockem Robots, Operation, Black Cat Firecrackers, shooting bottle rockets out of a coke bottle, on and on and on. Climbing trees no matter what size, hanging out all day during the summer away from home no problem as long as you were home by dinner. Playing Frisbee out in the middle of the street, banking the Frisbee off the street and making it hop exactly where you wanted it to go. King Kong Escapes, Infra Man, Kung Fu movies at the cinema and sneaking in to multiple sections of the local cinema during a weekend to watch multiple movies for free. Hell, Drive-Ins were cool back then, some of the best food in the world, unforgettable experiences. Plastic Army Men, dark green, light brown, grenade throwers, bazooka launchers kneeling, the plastic army guys with the binoculars, the ones with the bayonets lunging. The little plastic astronauts that you could buy in a bag, white , red and blue, you could play with them all day. Putting out a tent in the back yard during summer nights and hanging out in it, just listening to the radio or telling scary stories, feeling free and on your own and waking up in it the next morning. Remember taking thread and tying it to a June Bugs leg and let him fly around in circles, around and around? What in the world ever happened to those days?

[@goldfieldgary]

I ate a lot of candy as a kid and had quite a few amalgam (mercury/silver) fillings. I'm 72 now and still kickin' !

[@InOccupiedCA]

Yeah and some of those fillings are still in my mouth! They hold up longer than the new white ones!

[@thom-mark6443]

Funny how all survived anyway though, isn't it. 🤔

[@balk0vic]

Apparently not, hence the regulations :)

[@ariedlin]

Didn’t children get polio from swimming in Public pools

[@INgirl812]

“ALL” didn’t survive. And very bad things happened to some unfortunate kids. I know some of these ppl. Things happened that have affected them all their lives. The parents were mostly unavailable and never supervised kids-even at very young ages. I also lived this myself. It wasn’t safe, and it seems ridiculous to me now how little parents cared about our safety.

[@winifredherman4214]

My MIL couldn’t get through a movie without running outside for a cigarette! She only died in an accident at age 80 and never had heart problems or breathing difficulties. I think somehow all the scotch she drank must have had a weird protective effect! LOL

[@winifredherman4214]

@@ariedlinThat was in the 50’s before the polio vaccine came out! I remember my parents being so afraid. We got the vaccine in school.

[@bindig1]

There were 2 different kinds of candy cigarettes. One was a chalky kind of hard candy that had a red tip. The other was bubble gum with powder on it wrapped in paper. When you blew through it, the powder would come out like smoke

[@rds1717]

@@bindig1 yes! I remember blowing "smoke" through the paper. And, remember those delicious pink bubble gum cigars??

[@bindig1]

​@@rds1717oh yeah!

[@demonseed032]

If I ever got trick or treaters, I would hand out candy cigarettes. They are still out there. Specialty candy shops and ghetto type gas stations.

[@elultimo102]

I seem to remember chocolate candy cigarettes and bubblegum cigars.

[@andrew.hamsterdad]

@elultimo102 bubble gum cigar was a mouthful at first.. then it would shrink as the sweetner all dissolved. I remember them. Pastel green ones and pink ones in the huge Easter basket.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

I was a full adult when I had my first airline flight. It was at the tail end of smoking being allowed on planes. They had "smoking" & "non-smoking" sections. In a sealed fuselage, it was exactly the same as swimming pools having "peeing" and "non-peeing" sections! !!!

[@RippSnortin]

Unsupervised trick or treat? Hell, everything was Unsupervised.

[@kathymiller5781]

I was born in 1955 and there wasn't Any Plastic Anything in my childhood!!!😂

[@CFFiedler]

@@kathymiller5781 I'm a year older and respectfully think you're misremembering

[@bobcukla6017]

I was born in 1950 and there was plastic everywhere and everything.

[@annviolet4727]

@@CFFiedler I was born in the 40s and also remember no plastic in the 50s except for a few kids that had plastic lunch box. I remember the thrill of getting a new small plastic wallet for my weekly bus ticket! Late 50s I had a plastic drink bottle. We are 'drowning' in plastic nowadays! (Australia)

[@amilan409]

I'm much younger, but love items from the 40s, 50's and 60's ... food containers were still glass, but a lot of plastics were created for/during WWII , so in the after war years, plastic because used for lots of this .. kids toys, dolls, jewelry, decor, containers, melamine dinnerware and serving pieces, curtains, doilies, fake flowers, tupperware, christmas ornaments, buttons, purses, they make have had out plastic wrap for food. but yeah, it may just be that your family didn't have much plastic

[@ariel7409]

That's true, plastic wasn't a thing till after the 80s. Remember glass soda bottles and paper grocery bags? Ketchup and mayo and things like that were in glass jars. Most things were packaged in glass, metal or paper. Remember metal lunch boxes? Glass baby bottles etc? Glass aspirin bottles etc. People forget that everything wasn't wrapped in plastic like today. Microwaves were not a thing back then either. Everything was cooked on the stove or in the oven. TV dinners used to be in foil packages to slide in the oven.

[@mickeymch876]

The 1960's were fun. I remember when my cousin fell from a slide and broke both arms. He couldn't do anything without help, eat, bath, go to the bathroom, etc. They also use to have coils with covers in the refrigerator where you kept the food. The coil covers were usually covered with frost so my cousin decided to lick the frost off the coil cover and ended up with his tongue stuck to the refrigerator. I also remember my mother walking me to kindergarten on the first day to show me where the school was but after that I was on my own for the next 13 years. Back then we walked to school but there was no cafateria so you walked to school, walked home for lunch, walked back to school and then walked home after school. The school was only a mile away and only one major highway to cross but the cars did not stop for pedestrians so you did have to look both ways before crossing all the streets.

[@Slinkygal]

Yeah, you hardly ever got any medical treatment for run of the mill accidents or diseases like measles or mumps. You'd just go to bed & mom would bring your meals to you if it was contagious. You'd have to be half dead before they'd take you to a Dr.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

You lucky duck you could go home for lunch👍...I will always forever remember the smell of someone's boil egg or whatever in our closed classroom...which was also our lunch room. When we just happened to be out of Rainbow Bread for our lunch box sandwich, granny made a large square peanut butter "sandwich" with the large squares of cracker, and back then there were no sandwich baggies or saran wrap...waxed cut bread wrappers were re-cyled....I ate crumbs for lunch with a piece of fruit or whatever. I had to carry a green, thermos under the lid, lunch box that looked like a Santa Fe RR workers black lunch box. Later my sibs had square mint green lunch boxes plain or superman? LOL 😊

[@randywl8925]

Doom, gloom and fear the entire video. Yes we can imagine thos things. We were healthier and happier back then.

[@personofearth5076]

Because we built up our immune systems.

[@Laura-v9p7q]

gee, I survived it all.

[@GazzaBoo]

Same.

[@debbieedwards4884]

@@Laura-v9p7q So did I.

[@JohnOhanasian]

This was so sad, I forgot how much fun life USED to be. Oh ya, and corporal punishment works by the way, look at how bad, in general, kids are today compared to then. We respected adults, not much of that anymore.

[@LisasLifeThenandNow]

I will admit,playing with the mercury! It was like magic!!

[@mandalamensh]

We used to coat dimes and quarters with mercury to make them shinier. That changed with new metal formulations for coins in 1964. The mercury no longer adhered to these new coins.

[@oilburner225]

I was at school in the 50's and 60's, we had a large glass container full of mercury that we were allowed to play with. My grandparents house (where I spent a lot of time) was always full of smoke from grandfathers pipe. I loved the smell of diesel fumes and would fill my lungs with the exhaust fumes from smokey lorries. Everything I did in those days would be considered dangerous today. Great times and in my 70's today with no ill effects!

[@tashara2917]

I did too. Wonder if it had long term damage

[@personofearth5076]

And you're still alive Lisa. I think that we've become so scared of everything now that people no longer live a full life. Truly sad. I think that we were told that this was dangerous and that was dangerous so if we were caught with it then the Government could fine us for money.

[@pavinder]

Obviously the banning of CFCs, smoking in planes, wearing seatbelts etc. are good developments, but I mourn some of the other things which have been taken away and make life really boring for today's kids. Those were times when we went off to play without adults around, dared ourselves on adventurous playground equipment, learned lessons by making mistakes, and realized that bad behaviour has consequences - so much freedom then that we enjoyed, and we grew up learning to take responsibility for ourselves.

[@rds1717]

So far as smoking on an airplane, only 3 passengers were non smokers AND they knew what to expect...

[@purplemindarcana533]

And schools could serve cookies & snacks.

[@JerryEricsson]

I once fell while playing on the merry go round in the school yard when school was not in session, tore all the skin off both knees before I had enough sense to let go.

[@pavinder]

@@JerryEricsson Exactly…and you learned a lesson which has served you ever since, and no more fear.

[@VincentBurrows-j9b]

They were indeed better days

[@ralphseewald4069]

Riding in the back of my dad's pickup truck wile standing and holding on to his ladder racks. Riding a snow sled being pulled by a car. Going for a ride on the outside of the car.

[@annb1]

Yes! We would set up lounge chairs in the back of the truck, get the dogs on board and ride through town!

[@MosaicRose99]

We used to tell our dad to drive down all the hills with bumps because it was so fun to fly around in back of the truck, lol. Memories...

[@BAM-jc7uy]

same here in NM.

[@LComeno]

Hitchhiking for a snowmobile ride across the frozen lake (about a mile) when I didn't feel like any more ice skating. LOL.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

When we rode home to albuquerque from visiting Gr-grandma Nonny in Peralta, and it was raining...and we were in the back of the 40's pick-up we were covered with layers of old quilts or horse blankets??

[@GungHo1032]

This did nothing but depress me and remind me that the Pussification of our country is almost complete.

[@embracedchimera5886]

the ballification more like it. women had to become strong,its the men becoming this

[@davidholloway3653]

I was born in 1955 , and my parents would send me to candy store with a note and money to buy their cigarettes. Went to store 12 years old buy 22 rifle with my dad . Church gave kids with perfect attendance a pocket knife, I carried it to school in my pocket. Never bothered anyone with the rifle or knife. We were taught respect and honesty. We played outside all day , kids were healthy, didnt have fast food , no computer games , no tv all day , no cell phones , neighborhood was tight -knit all parents looked out for everyones kids , if you was doing something wrong your friends parent would correct you . America needs Bible study back in schools and prayer.

[@1ireneaustin]

gun racks in most of the pickup trucks in the school parking lot, because hunting after school couldn't wait to grab your gun from home!

[@nnnnnie]

My brother and I had .22 rifles when we were quite young. Took them onto an airplane as carry-on luggage when we were unaccompanied minors, with ammunition.

[@weatherboi]

You mean that discipling in schools is not allowed? No wonder the conditions in the classrooms is the way it is. "Spare the rod, spoil the child" is never outdated and has proved so for many years.

[@GazzaBoo]

I was caned and slippered numerous times at school, and I got the belt at home when I deserved it. I was a little shit. 😊

[@howardsimpson489]

At 17 I was lined up outside the principals office for some wicked thing I had done. When told to bend over, I said the what was proposed was assault and that I would defend myself. Since I was taller and fitter than he was, the punishment never happened, much to my chagrin. The principal was an idiot and was later sacked.

[@inkey2]

I had "the nuns" slamming me across the head

[@brendamorris8468]

Hey how about when your parents said here hold my cigarette while I button your brothers cost.

[@MrDan11422]

I was born in the 70s and remember going to the corner store when I was 10 buying cigarettes "For My Mom"😂. Back then the store sold 6 packs of soft drinks in glass bottles. You could return the empty bottles for 10 cents each and cigarettes were a 1.00 per pack. So all you needed was (2) 6 packs of empty bottles for a pack of cigarettes.

[@laurabentzinger200]

@@MrDan11422 sure they were fer ur mom sure😅hee hee jk.

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

I was born in 47 and it was 2cents per bottle and 25cents a pack and Saturday matinee movie was 35cents or 18 returned bottles. McDonald's started with a burger, fries, and a soda 35cents. I played with Mercury quite often and I'm 77 now.

[@hawkman9333]

My dad used to send me to the store down the street with a quarter to get him a pack of Kents. I think pop bottles were 2 cents where I lived too. One time my older brother got one of his cigs from the ashtray and puffed it. Dad made him smoke a whole cig...really smoke it. I do not think he ever touched one again.

[@tiacook405]

Born in 79 They were still selling those candy cigarettes 🚬

[@vivianpatton5692]

@@tiacook405 I got some for xmas n the 60's.

[@Steve-if6cg]

When I was a kid we rode in the back window 😮. 🍄🐕🐢 Heatseeker and Fuzzy ☠️💀☠️

[@1ireneaustin]

I remember riding in that back window on long car rides watching the moon and loving every minute of it

[@LisasLifeThenandNow]

I was always disappointed if one of my candy cigs didn’t have the red end.

[@johnedgren8502]

Out here in nowhere, I still use the burn barrel for paper and wood products.

[@user-gu7kk5zk2b]

So have you realized yet you should NOT be doing that????

[@Profalllright]

@@user-gu7kk5zk2b So give me a list of all the other freedoms you would have him give up .

[@donbest5024]

What is wrong with burning paper and wood products?I use fireplace every winter.

[@davestevens4263]

Growing up we burnt our trash in upstate n.y. Normal . At 55 yrs young i still burn my paper in the fireplace here in commifornia. Inhave no trash service by choice.

[@IandThou-wt2ui]

I remember the aerosol cans blowing up. That is how we knew them were in there.

[@shannontowery2265]

Rural places still burn trash in barrels. There’s no garbage service out there. Food scraps go to coyotes in the woods.

[@PeterGriswald]

Same here!

[@humboldtbilly]

Yep

[@clydekimsey7503]

We didnt stand in the way of Jarts, just like we didn't stand in the way of cars

[@BobSmithers-e9z]

We used to toss lawn darts over the roof at my grandmother's house at each other. You really missed out on all the possible impalement thrills.

[@torydz]

Part of the fun when we played lawn darts was to purposely stand as close to the ring as possible while the other player(s) threw the darts. You had a split second to decide to stand there when the dart hit three inches from your shoe, or to jump out of the way to avoid possibly being hit.

[@clydekimsey7503]

@torydz 😬

[@MrAdopado]

We just used normal darts and threw them as far as possible ... yes, I got one buried into the top of my foot! (I lived to tell the tail obviously.)

[@monyx2926]

Oh my, I have to comment on Halloween, too. I was born in the 60s. l went out on Halloween alone/without adults/with friends in the mid 60s and 70s. I remember trick or treating with friends and alone. There were some people who invited us into their homes, and I did so on multiple occasions. Lots of folks invited you in for homemade treats. There was one sweet older lady who just wanted to talk to the kids while giving us lemonade. That sounds dangerous now, but it did not feel weird then. I may be have been lucky, but I realized, at the the time, that this grandma lady was lonely, so I gave up precious trick or treating time to chat with her. She was sweet, but there was no candy. She wanted to connect with people.

[@karencahill4798]

69 here. Standing up in the backseat ( no seatbelts ) while my mom drove. All the kids in our neighborhood out playing all day until our Mothers started calling for their kids to come home for dinner. 😊

[@johngore7744]

I was born in 1961 and I’m still having an f- ing blast. Cheers from Montreal

[@landonducharme7657]

I was born in 1960 in montreal! I live in Regina Sask now.....brutal!

[@tinfoilhatplumber485]

1959...still swinging for the fence

[@richarddixon7276]

Snap , it's same here in Morecambe England .

[@viviangallard4208]

my uncle was raceing the car and the car jump up in the air going down hill ,and me and my little brother with no seat belt on lol we thought that was so much fun , never even though we was in danger

[@lionelk.1739]

I remember those days. Being a child in the 60's, 70''s and early 80's was a good 😊 time.

[@krisdunwoody7037]

Most people born in the 1950's and lived their Childhood in the "Dangerous" 1960's are still "Alive Today"!

[@malcolmdale9607]

that statement needs fact-checking,

[@mariaadam8292]

I grew up in the 1960’s and played outside all summer long! Kids then had ample exercise and now kids stay home and play games inside. This contributes to childhood obesity and maybe are terrified going out and playing with strangers. Lack of exercise contributes to obesity as well. Yes, many things that were unregulated then were banned but all in all, it was a healthier time. We had home cooked meals and fast food packed with empty calories is widely accepted today. Every generation has its problems and I appreciate not being exposed to cigarette smoking in public places and leaded gasoline but health dangers in today’s society are prevalent.

[@vivianpatton5692]

America has more fat kids & adults than ANYWHERE n the world. Gee I wonder Y? LOL

[@JerryEricsson]

Here in South Dakota the play never stopped in the Winter months, we just wore parka's and mittons. I used to love ice skating, our town had 2 rinks one on the east side and one on the west. They had warming shacks and benches where you could sit down and put on your ice skates. I got a pair of rubber guards so I could walk to the rink in my skates but I learned very quickly that walking in ice skates even with rubbers on them made your ankles hurt like hell in a block or two.

[@mariaadam8292]

@ Yes, all year around. Sledding in winter, playing in rain and sunshine. I was always outside when I was a kid.

[@LouisPassau]

Incidents of problems resulting from unsupervised trick or treat were all but non-existent. The few there were mostly faked. Equally trouble free was so-called free for all swimming. Kids learned to look out for themselves, a trait not common today.

[@monty3534]

I remember going trick or treating as a little kid. Little kids back then in the 60s could go out at night unsupervised by adults and could feel safe. There were never any incidents about kids being attacked or poisoned with candy. Back then everyone looked after one another. Kids were safe out on the streets at night.

[@keithlowe1982]

I used to 'smoke' candy cigs ... And used a PEZ dispenser to 'light' them 😄😄

[@biggooddad]

LOL! I was born in 62 and i miss not having marry-go-rounds for the kids these days, drive in theaters were the best, and yeah, i must have smoked a ton of candy sigs. 😂🤣

[@peggypeggy4137]

I remember bubble gum machines. If you were lucky you would win a prize that would be encased in a plastic. One of the prizes was this thing called "Smokey Joe" It was a small plastic skull with a cigarette included. You were supposed to light it up and it would supposedly produce tiny smoke rings. I never won one of those things but I kept trying. By today's standards this would be wrong on so many levels. (Promoting cigarettes and pyromania) Crazy, funny, wonderful times !!

[@Kathleenkelly70]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@bleikrsound6127]

Mattel Creepy Crawlers toy. Got one for Christmas 1964 - an electric plate that cooked some chemical mix called ‘goop’ into rubber critters. The cooking chemical had a sweet smell, so the kid didn’t mind breathing it in. The plates became so hot they would cause reddening burns when touched. Nice toy for a five year-old.

[@DianeStarks-dt8fy]

Now they just fry their eyes and brains, develope carpal tunnel on a computer. Nice.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

I was born in Vancouver in 1962 and remember trick or treating by myself when 6-7-8 years old. I’d knock on a door to have long-haired hippies say ‘far out’ and give me tons of candy. I’d go back anytime.✌🏾👍🏾

[@poochucker007]

I remember even in the 80s if I had a note from grandma I could buy her cigarettes from the corner store

[@PeterGriswald]

yep, lol

[@jasonrodgers9063]

When I was in junior high school (early 1970's) a misbehaving kid was given the choice of a "lick" from wood shop teacher "Mr. Z's" paddle, or a principal's phone call to their parents! I NEVER heard of ANY kid choosing the phone call!

[@mexicanbanditopatron7994]

yeahhh, life sure was alot more fun back then

[@mariestreeting4213]

I’m in Australia and one of our favourite things to do was go to the rubbish dump. On a Saturday afternoon we’d go on our Bikes and scrounge through the rubbish. We’d come home with all sorts of ‘treasures’. Mind you, Mum wasn’t too happy with some of our finds 😆

[@comicsgod53]

Pampers had yet to be invented and most food products came in glass jars instead of plastic and waxed paper was to go to wrap for sandwiches etc. Paper straws and no Styrofoam food containers and no Teflon coated pots and pans yet. Much better times save for the parents smoking all the time.

[@chereecargill355]

Halloween in the 60s was awesome. My brother, cousins and friends and I had fabulous times running loose in our small town trick or treating. Would I have let my daughter do the same thing in the 90s? Are you out of your mind? Everything had changed by then!

[@BAM-jc7uy]

there were houses and neighborhood who gave either handfulls of penny candy or real 5 and 10 cents candy bars Or just one piece of penny candy...we knew our houses and we trekked to the more affluent neighborhoods with our masks and pillowcases and homemade costumes...just be home by 9:30-10.

[@AA-ke5cu]

Three years in a row had 4 real Acme thick paper shopping bags filled from top to bottom with the best candy. Parents were dipping into it for weeks after. Made 6 trips home to dump it then went out again. 4th 5th and 6th grade had to be back at 12 midnight. Real candy bars 6 inches long.

[@torydz]

6pm till 10pm in my neighborhood. We would come back home midway to see if my mom had to borrow some of our candy so she wouldn't run out.

[@BAM-jc7uy]

@@torydz lol

[@debbiecritcher8436]

Now kids just vape or smoke real cigarettes.

[@stonemagic540]

people hide the fact that they still smoke ciggerts

[@robertmontgomery3892]

I was born in 1947 and in spite of never being a smoker I was diagnosed with a mild case of COPD after spending much of my life with my mother who was a chronic smoker.

[@edwardr7520]

Boo hoo! It sucks to be you. If that's your only memory, you must have had a crappy life!

[@basspig]

I miss the days when America was free. Now everything is regulated and you can't feed yourself off your local flora and fauna without running into the local constable and being charged with fines.

[@kurtrosado3245]

My parents raised us "Free Range". We all rode bicycles. Or walked, everywhere. As soon as the streetlights came on, that was the signal to go home. Talking back to an adult, especially to my dad, wasn't tolerated. My dad had the quickest Belt in the West, any attempt at running away was utterly futile! School Principals could administer Corporal punishment without parental permission... Second-hand tobacco smoke? Yeah...so what? Perfectly normal Boomer scenario. None the worse for wear...

[@ravendixon1099]

In spite of all this, ppl were happier & kinder. No one was judgemental but friendlier. Wish those times were back when we had less Karen's & more respect for the law.

[@lindyc.2552]

I don't know if anyone else remembers something like a three floored metal tower that had to be put together with nuts and bolts. It even came with a pull up ladder. I can't remember if the ladder was metal or rope. My neighbor down the street had one of these kids towers set up in his backyard. As a kid of 8 to 10 years old, I remember this tower being pretty tall. Anyway, the neighborhood boys were on the top level of this tower. Being "little sister" and to "prove my prowess" as a Tomboy, I wanted to get up there too. But, the boys pulled the ladder up, so I couldn't use it. I thought "well, I'll just scale up the outside of the tower" climbing up the metal bars that zig zaged across the tower. As I reached the outside top tier, hanging on by my outstretched arms, they began to tickle me under the arms. Well, I was quite high off the ground and started screaming for help. A neighbor across the street (one of the neighborhood fathers) saw and heard me, but he did nothing to help me. But, in his defense he probably didn't know if my screaming was real or just playing. Anyway, the boys tickled me so much that I couldn't hold on and I fell all the way to the ground. Somewhere on the way down I either hit something or the impact from hitting the ground, caused me to cut the top of my tongue pretty good. I went home crying and had a sore tongue while the rest of my family (including my older brother who had tickled me and made me fall) all went outside and had a picnic dinner in our backyard as I lay in bed with a sliced tongue. I think it was called a Tangle Tower... anyone else remember something like this tower for kids back in the late 60's, early 70's? I tell you what, you had to be tough as a kid back then to take the punches as they came! And yes as I was born in '59, I don't ever recall ever having to use any seatbelts while driving around with your parents. In fact my two brothers and I would use the no seatbelt freedom of the back seat to shove each other against the car doors as we went around the curves. And not only did we drink out of unfiltered tap water faucets, we would always drink from the garden hose just lying in the yard as we were too busy playing to go inside to get a drink! Growing up in the 60's and 70's was great!!!

[@tedtempleton9992]

All this stuff was alive and well during the 70's. Really miss the good ole days!!😆😆

[@sandrakeller8603]

Knowing that you could be punished for your behavior kept kids inline. I don't remember anyone having an entitled, obnoxious attitude, like I see on an everyday basis now, back then.

[@TooLooze]

We used to buy mercury at the drugstore to play with. It is just amazing stuff.

[@ferociousgumby]

My brother and I broke a lot of thermometers! My parents kept having to buy them.

[@tommunyon2874]

Not only did we have candy cigarettes, but in the early 1950s my sister had a toy iron that plugged in and got hot. I managed to burn a miniature sole-plate pattern into the linoleum on our bedroom floor.

[@jgn1326]

I had a real mini sewing machine and wound up sewing my great aunt's antique lace tablecloth together. My mom got so upset about me doing that but my great aunt told her to "leave me alone, that was why they invented seam rippers" I was the first girl after about 15 boys in the family so my mother said I was super spoiled and could get away with anything.

[@goldfieldgary]

I remember getting a wood-burning kit one Christmas, found out quickly that your fingers will smoke if you're not careful!