These Are Gone Forever… 1950s-1990s

[@LogosFlow]

Everyone in those old pictures looks so fit and healthy and no one has tattoos or facial piercings.

[@leslievey8453]

Clean and healthy . The goal was to look presentable and well groomed .

[@davidmathis-xd6nf]

White shirts and ties. Dresses for women. Now we have a nation of slobs.

[@GeorgiannaMartin]

And you had to listen to your parents, or get punishment ❤

[@julenepegher6999]

@@LogosFlow we walked everywhere hardly ever ate junk food and the only thing I had pierced were my ears.

[@SailorSam41]

Walter, is that you?​ 😂

[@dondoyle8474]

I’m 64 and miss the simpler times but feel blessed to be part of the end of an era 🙏😉

[@pedrojcolonallende3768]

Iam 75 saw went almost everything still moving in train. First autos were Ford and the born of General Motor. From the train I was fascinated that the smoke really was not an bad smell even went was very black because came from the burnt carbon. Etc etc wonder brilliant years of inventions.❤❤😊🎉🎉

[@patstokes7040]

I'm 75, so grateful I was born when America was united, fun and really free.

[@jamesandreasilverdeering9945]

i'm 79 and with you on that.

[@jimmyglea]

You must be white.

[@DonovenGrey]

So, you two clown shoes think in the late 40's early 50's we had more unity and freedom?!?! That is not what the history books have shown me. Don't forget to pick up your clown shoes on the way-out bozo.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

If I wanted the most freedom and free enterprise opportunity that was ever available to mankind, I would want to be 20 years old around 1890-1900 with a electrical engineering degree for manufacturing. Soon after that, the progressive movement in the USA have us agreeing with communism, right when we started making money, and were digging mankind out of poverty. I see what was stolen from us. If we were united around the right things, it would not have happened.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

If I wanted the most freedom and free enterprise opportunity that was ever available to mankind, I would want to be 20 years old around 1890-1900 with a electrical engineering degree for manufacturing. Only in the USA.

[@footballlvnlady]

I miss the old days! There is so much anger and high prices today.

[@22ergie]

And the worst leadership ever that makes Jimmy Carter look like a rock star. LOVE my 1980s...

[@donguess4332]

I love and miss the good old days as well. The good far outweighed the bad. Can't say the same for modern times. The social justice warriors like to tell us our great memories are just made up in our heads but I don't listen to their crybaby nonsense. The greatness that I recall from the good old days was very real indeed

[@22ergie]

@@donguess4332 Well said.

[@David-wq3fk]

There's always been anger.

[@davegreene8588]

​@@22ergie Jimmy Carter was and IS a Rock Star, being one of the most *decent* men ever to be President !

[@lds9312]

This was really good. I am a Baby Boomer and this was a part of my life. It was awesome.👍🏽😁❤️ what a great travel down memory lane. Thanks.😊

[@dianesteels6680]

I keep seeing the words baby boomer could someone please tell me what or who baby boomers are? Tia love from the UK ❤

[@janna_777_]

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[@marygrant882]

After world war 2 many babies were born. Thus, a bumper crop of babies. Baby boomers.

[@larsingvarsson5683]

​@@dianesteels6680It simply encompasses all the kids (by far mostly boys, yes really) born after WWll. The U K experienced the same phenomenon (more boys) only even more so. Demografers have known this forever but are still not certain exactly how that all hangs together. All that can be said is that it happens to all nations just after a great war.

[@julenepegher6999]

I Love ❤ and miss my 70!’s the most!! Nothing can replace my teenage years!

[@joeyank2451]

Me Too ❤

[@staceyl.thienel1499]

I was a teenager in the 80s. Miss "Must See TV" on Thursday with Family Ties and Cosby. (TV WORTH watching with other great shows) I miss 80s in general--

[@joeyank2451]

@@staceyl.thienel1499 The Eighties Was Way Better Than Now,Born In 65 I’ve Seen Them All. Now Is Just A Joke Nothing Makes Sense.

[@alicassidy8913]

💯

[@melbourne-heat.69-71]

To Me the 50s 60s 70s and until 1980- they were the greatest times you felt like you were completely free from the technology of today destroying America..No stress everybody was happy..❤

[@Khpburn84070]

I am so glad I am a child of the 1950’s. What wonderful memories I have. People were friendlier then, kids had more fun than today. Nothing lasts long today, something stops working, throw it out. What kind of memories do kids have these days??? Very sad 😔

[@qntristan]

I'm curious about which decade is for you the decade when everything started to go down?

[@MrsPenni-fd7ny]

The rampant racism.

[@mattm1686]

I miss so many people from this time in my life

[@TomKas66]

The greatest generation built that for us!🤗

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The 1950s-1990s will forever be legendary

[@philiparonson8315]

Yep, I was there, too. Loved the over exposure to radiation, atmospheric a-bomb testing, leaded gasoline, unsafe airliners, no seatbelts in cars, casual racism and sexism, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Good times!

[@donguess4332]

Yes indeed the 50's to the 90s were fantastic times as I recall. Not a perfect utopia but the good far outweighed the bad. Can't say the same for modern times. The social justice warriors like to tell us otherwise but I don't listen to their crybaby nonsense.

[@1977WasPeak]

​@@philiparonson8315womp womp cry harder libtard😂

[@1977WasPeak]

i'd adjust it to the late 40s-mid 2010s

[@DonovenGrey]

@@donguess4332 as opposed to your crybaby nonsense?

[@MiguelRodriguez-q2e]

I was born in 60 I was fortunate to live preteen and teen years in the 70's and live my 20's in the 80's it was so awesome , I remember those days like it was yesterday , it was a Great time to be young!!!!! America was so Great!!!!!

[@TheOzthewiz]

I feel the same about the '50s when I was growing up! Much fewer restrictions and WAY more FREEDOM for having fun. Got my DL at 15, could drive ANY car OR Motorcycle at anytime, day or night. Needed NO Motorcycle "endorsement. Matter of fact, you weren't required to carry ANY car insurance in my state of Minnesota NOT a good idea(IMHO)! Kids could walk or bike to school WITHOUT any parental supervision, now you can't even let your kids walk to the end of the driveway ALONE! LOL! Today's World SUX the big one!!!!

[@christihiatt3459]

Born in 1963, and I agree!

[@reneebru1]

I’m 1963! I understand!

[@rumannkoch4864]

I'm a '59er, and I agree: 60s as a child, 70s as a teen, and 80s as a young man. I won the Trifecta of Decades!

[@rodneystanley1577]

I'm 1961

[@johnnyo3fan]

Bunny ears are what the Playboy bunnies wore, rabbit ears are what were on top of your television.

[@vernshird711]

What if Hugh Hefner had a centerfold sit on the tv and hold the antenna?

[@ki5aok]

@@vernshird711 She would have to be naked, as it is established fact that clothing can block certain television signals. 😁

[@TheOzthewiz]

And, if you wanted REALLY good reception, you put up a "roof" antenna preferably with an antenna rotor.

[@Dont_Be_Niggardly]

This guy's boozer uncle told him this, and he never forgot it.

[@Dont_Be_Niggardly]

​@@ki5aokyou missed his point completely. It would not be for the purpose of getting a signal, he meant what would it be called in that situation- rabbit or bunny ears?

[@susanmurphy4093]

Awesome memories. I'm 74, the best time to live and experience life. We had a 57 Chevy a black and white TV and a 4 digit phone number

[@brazillady5119]

My Grandmother’s phone number was 811J.

[@grahamwarrington4133]

@@brazillady5119 Ours was 4904J

[@DavidLS1]

Our home phone number was 1330. You'd pick up the receiver and the operator would say, "Number please." My dad's store number was 42. It's funny the things you remember.

[@johnboone2581]

Don’t forget the party line.

[@DavidLS1]

@@brazillady5119 Why J instead of 5?

[@wesmcgee1648]

Kid in the 60s, teen and young adult in the 70s. Im glad I was there.

[@cdldriver2348]

1970's: "Don't hitchhike, I don't want you to get in a car with a stranger!" 2010-Present: "Don't hitchhike, I want you to use an app to get into a car with a stranger!"

[@USNBLUE]

Uber 🤣

[@julenepegher6999]

Haha, we were safer hitch hiking. 😅

[@flowerfaeri]

Rideshare

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@thetruth7046]

Everywhere I went in the 70s and early 80s I hitchhiked. Either it was to the mall or from Fort Knox to back home, to go to the local bars. 👍 🍻

[@kipwhite6532]

I am an old soul. I would cherish spending a mundane day in the 1950s. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and they were good times, but I always got along better with people my grandparents’ age. I love the culture and technology of the 50s.

[@TheOzthewiz]

I DID too!

[@Diane18]

Me too!!!!

[@greyhawk4898]

I'd give about anything to take my family, ( wife, kids and grandkids) back to these times and live our lives. Much better than anything we have now, even our problems were better than today's good things 😢

[@KIKI4444]

IDK if it’s much better than now. I understand that it was some more simple time. But women were not at all taken seriously, and racism was rampant to say the least. 😬

[@pedrojcolonallende3768]

You mean easier to find solutions that satisfied you. 😊

[@greyhawk4898]

@@KIKI4444 I was there, trust me , there's more racism now than then, and it's worse in many ways. I know there were places worse than others but that's true now as well. I'd rather have it was, we've lost so much, and at the time we didn't even know how great we had it.

[@greyhawk4898]

@@pedrojcolonallende3768 Not particularly, I was unhappy how things were going just like many people. We didn't know or believe it would ever get this bad. Heard many time's "never happen in America", well it did and it's going to get worse. Because people are not as strong as they were, nor as intelligent. Yes things were simpler, people are a whole were better. They helped one another without wondering what they get out of it, they did it just because it was the right thing to do. Something as simple as an honest Good morning or have a nice day can mean alot. Not just words but actually mean it.

[@KIKI4444]

@@greyhawk4898 nay, nay. Racism wasn’t considered to be an issue then because it was widely accepted that Black people were different and had a different place than white people. If a white neighborhood had a black family move in, people didn’t like it. Property value would go down and Whites would complain. I guess we can agree to disagree on that.

[@thetruth7046]

Just want to say Thank You to Recollection Road for bringing back all of these memories for us, in such the glorious way that you do! Appreciate the hard work.

[@josephgaviota]

11:44 ... buy candy with all the change from your piggy bank ... No, we wandered the alleys, collected bottles and turned them in for the deposit, _THEN_ bought candy.

[@lindawolffkashmir2768]

Or if you happened to find a dime or a quarter, whether on the ground, or in a pay phone or vending machine slot. Candy store was the first destination!

[@josephgaviota]

@@lindawolffkashmir2768 I'd kind of forgot about that, but in grade school and Jr. High, I had a friend who stopped at _every_ phone booth to stick his finger in the change chute, hope against hope for a coin or two. I can't remember the last time I saw a pay phone now.

[@wizquinn8021]

With a dime you could play a pinball game.

[@hawkdsl]

Man, we hovered up bottles like you wouldn't believe... It was free money, and it kept the hood glass free. Now, it's a plastic wasteland. So sad.

[@wizquinn8021]

@@hawkdsl man I remember collecting bottles in exchange for cash.

[@saner6888]

Latchkey kid from the 70’s here, perfect time to ride banana seat bikes, mini bikes, swimming holes and building forts, was all glorious until the weekend when dad noticed a tool missing 😳ruuuuun😅

[@josephgaviota]

34:35 In defense of paper maps ... they are great for PLANNING your vacation. It's just easy to see the entire nation all at one, and how far place 3 to place 4 to place 5 will be on your trip, because "this far" vs "that far" is easy to see. While driving of course, GPS is a true blessing.

[@displacedyankee7819]

You can't tell where you are when using google maps once you zoom in. Paper maps are still great tools.

[@josephgaviota]

@@displacedyankee7819 Agree 100% with @displacedyankee

[@granddad-mv5ef]

To this day, I study paper charts or maps to learn about an area new to me before going there. The ONE time I went to an unknown to me area relying on my phone, it put me on "road" cut by a bulldozer through a forested area. You can become stuck in muddy clay very quickly, I was fortunate to get out.

[@marsbeegeefan1482]

Couldn't say it better!!

[@hawkdsl]

Yep, still get road atlas every other year. It fun to thumb through, and you can discover something interesting.

[@ozrob8726]

It was all over by the year 2000. It's been a downhill slide ever since.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Sure seems like it. All of the various 'Memories" channels do we age-improved ones a service.

[@TheOzthewiz]

YUP

[@peterpaul231]

I agree completely.

[@1hackmodeller557]

I would say by 1990.

[@mikecrabtree8200]

Never heard them called bunny ears. Rabbit ears yes, all my life, everyone calls them rabbit ears. Never bunny

[@993isgawd]

'Bunny ears' was a Hugh Hefner thing.

[@josephgaviota]

@@993isgawd And those were very popular too!

[@jcmontecarlo6123]

@@josephgaviota😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@glennso47]

Bunny ears are what they wore at the playboy club I think. 🤔

[@nancyholcombe8030]

I was born in 1959, so this was a very wonderful ride through my life! Thanks so much for the memories! I remember the huge tv consoles, the living rooms and family rooms with matching sofas and shag carpet colors, fizzies, soda fountains, and so much more! But my father was an aeronautical engineer, so we traveled mostly by airplane almost all of my life. I miss not being able to meet people at their arrival gates, it was always such a rush when you first saw them! But one of my most vivid memories was in the nineties. I had gone to pick up my best friend's cousin from a late flight to the airport, but her plane had been delayed by three hours because of a huge storm. So now, an eleven pm arrival was arriving at 2:30 am, leaving me in a deserted Atlanta airport! Deserted, that is, except for a lone couple with a toddler girl that they were having such a loving, marvelous time with! They too were waiting for the same plane as it had one more destination to reach and they appeared to be the only passengers. I watched them for a minute, then walked over to them to tell them how cute the child was. They were very polite and thanked me for my kindness as they played with her. It was only then that I realized that this was Kurt Cobain and his wife and daughter! This now VERY famous man was traveling alone to get some private time with his family! That's why they were traveling in the middle of the night! I wished them a pleasant flight and returned to my seat across the room without mentioning his name or his music. I was now protective of them until my own passenger arrived! I nodded to Kurt to look behind him when I saw a camara lens hiding in a curtain, but he looked at it, shrugged, and went back to playing with his beautiful little girl. The pictures were all over the newspapers the next day! But I was glad that a little family had a few hours of peace because a plane was late!

[@TheOzthewiz]

Drive IN Movies, the Good Humor man, hitchhiking, ALL night "fast food" (with car hop service), full service "Service Stations" ( widows cleaned, gas pumped, tires checked, FREE S&H Green Stamps + Free Glasses (drinking) , etc, etc, etc!! Too many more to list!

[@alicassidy8913]

Me too June 2nd, 1959

[@brianjamestracey]

Wow thanks for sharing..I was born in 1958 so really relate to your story!!

[@DavidLS1]

I used to love Fizzies. Not as a drink, I used to lick them and break off small pieces to suck on. I still remember the foil packets they came in and especially the root beer flavor.

[@starmnsixty1209]

​@@TheOzthewiz Reminds me of my family's gas stations. We did have some of the first self service pumps off to one side, but most still used the full-service section. Shame full service had to vanish I must say.

[@GassersGhost]

American Bandstand! I love the beat. It's easy to dance to.

[@smokeynedith3555]

29:45 Believe it or not, I still have the DVD/VHS player combo. I keep it in new condition. My husband bought it for me 20 years ago. I also still have a few VHS tapes I've decided to keep. My 2004 Chev Suburban also has a CD/Cassette player combo as well. I play my cassettes more than I play the CDs.

[@chrisnalina1755]

I still like my cassette tapes, my vcr and my flip phone.

[@TheOzthewiz]

I STILL have my Kenwood "D-500" turntable "Shure/SME 3009 series 3 arm with "Ortofon cartridge/ fine-line stylus". And about 2000 "Vinyl" albums that I play at least once a week! Nothing WILL replace Vinyl for "textural" sound quality! FACTS. Btw, I do have a CD player, but hardly use it these days.

[@OperationNorthwoods]

It is extremely difficult watching these of the 50s, 60s, and even 70s, because they bring back such incredibly wonderful, fun, and simple times that will NEVER return in any form. Unless you lived it, you will never understand it.

[@jenniferwilcox9759]

.....and 80's and 90's.

[@lindaharris6361]

50’s-90’s best of times ❤in my 60’s now and love these remembrances. Life was grand❤best childhood

[@pedrojcolonallende3768]

75 here and love those years of the births from cars and the last years of trains filled by carbon. Etc also the birth of the home computers bye Bill Gate that created such advance in modernization of the existing things now alterated bye programs that we introduce in machines with computer brains etc etc.😂😮😊❤❤❤

[@invisigoth777]

maybe different parts of America, but this was the first time i heard them called "bunny ears" lmao i always heard "rabbit" ears

[@jenniferhansen3622]

Same!

[@jamesmiller4184]

Same here too! I know . . . that's what girls called them.

[@ukestudio3002]

Agreed..

[@hawkdsl]

Yea, the vid got that wrong. It's always been "rabbit" ears over the entire earth. On a side note, well off family's would install a tower to the house. Most had a roof mounted antenna.

[@jennellew.6036]

Air dryed clothes always smelt so good, fresh. I miss seeing clothes on a clothes line.

[@ukestudio3002]

I still hang mine out on a line..

[@josephgaviota]

As a kid, my mom acquiesced to the convenience of a dryer ... but she always hung out the sheets on the clothes line. She always said that's the best way 🙂

[@ItsErin-R]

I still hang mine out on a line.

[@Mike-jd]

And stiff as a board! :)

[@TheOzthewiz]

I STILL put MY clothes on a line, weather permitting. No "dryer" (with the PERFUMEY dryer sheets) can match the WONDERFUL "smell" of clothes dried by Mr. Sun and Mr. breeze!!

[@georgehagop6718]

Excellent video thank you for all your work. I grew up during the same years and loved many of the trends. I am a Baby boomer. God Bless you all

[@ArmenianBishop]

I'm 68 (1955), and a few things can be mentioned: [1] We did do the Blackboard handwriting skills, first printing (in the 1st Grade), then doing cursive writing in 2nd and 3rd Grade Classes. Before learning cursive, I expressed admiration to my older brothers, because of their cursive writing. [2] World Book and Britannica Encyclopedia were still prominent bookshelf fixtures, in homes, during the 60s and 70s. We had a World Book Encyclopedia Set in the early 60s, followed by a Bicentennial Britannica Encyclopedia Set, in 1968. My grandmother paid for the Britannica Set, because she happened to be there when the Salesman came by. [3] World Population was 3 Billion, in 1960. The smaller world population had subtle benefits, including vast empty countrysides, and traffic free roads. [4]. 60s afterschool fun included going into the hills and neighborhoods with small groups of friends. The other thing we did was board games in homes around the neighborhood. We knew it was time to go home for dinner, at dusk. [5] During 50s and early 60s, the coffee percolator was there in the kitchen, at breakfast time. That wonderful aroma of coffee (before school time) is one reason that coffee drinking is a special time of the day, to this day. [6] First half of 60s was a lot like the 50s. It was a politically liberal version of the 1950s. [7] Yes, TV Stations did sign off with that familiar pattern. In my opinion 60s and 70s TV shows were superior to what we have now. [8] Yes, Apollo Landing and Hurst Kidnapping were memorable events. But, they were just events that quickly disappeared into the past. [9] At the UCSC meadows (1976), some of us did sunbathe naked, beneath the tall meadow grass. I went around in purple bellbottom pants and purple Hindu designed Shirts.

[@glennso47]

I am 77 and still admire people who can write cursive and be able to read it. I have “essential tremors” I can hardly hold a pen let alone write with it. I prefer to call them “nonessential tremors “ because they get in the way when I need a steady hand.

[@glennso47]

I always liked the smell of coffee but I can’t bear the taste.

[@marycatherinewright174]

Love love the cars from the 50’s and 60’s❤️

[@maxon-m3c]

They looked cool, but spend some time heaving one around with a "three on the tree", manual brakes and steering and see how long the love affair lasts. Heavy, gas guzzlers, didn't last near as long as modern cars. Still, I love them too!

[@donguess4332]

Modern cars are garbage. Too complicated and expensive to maintain. My 64 Impala SS is still going strong after 60 years. No modern car is going to last 60 years. However I will say Modern cars are more practical for everyday driving.

[@wizquinn8021]

​@@maxon-m3cI own a '62 Fordf100 223 fully rebuilt. I'm saving it for one of my grandsons but having 2nd thoughts because it seems that the kids nowadays don't appreciate anything but just games on a handheld media gadget 😢.

[@TheOzthewiz]

They are lovely to LOOK at, but they were a NIGHTMARE when driven daily. Too much maintenance AND breakdowns!

[@maxon-m3c]

@@TheOzthewiz My father had a 1950 Studebaker Starlite coupe bullet nose. Today a classic, but was an underpowered mechanical nightmare!

[@RobertHowe-zv7gs]

Soda fountains were wonderful on a hot Summer day !

[@TheOzthewiz]

Soda fountains were GREAT anytime! Nothing like sitting with your friends at a "Bridgeman's" enjoying a "malted"!

[@lavernedofelmier6496]

It amazes me that any of us survived the 50-60s without government safety intervention. Born in 50 and what a beautiful childhood and the teeny booper years with the free love era 😊. Still kicking and sad to see what this country has become. Thanks for bringing back memories.

[@hepphepps8356]

You should look up «survivors bias». A lot of people didn’t make it!

[@TheOzthewiz]

Back when you got your FIRST driver's license (got mine at 15, in MN) and you could drive a car OR motorcycle ANYTIME of night or day without ANY restrictions because of your age, no "cycle" endorsement needed!

[@brianjamestracey]

Well said!! Seems we had basic common sense back then! Though I must admit that in Montreal in the 50s and 60s they equipment at some of the play grounds were on a next level!! They would never be allowed now as the weak WOKE generation would scrape their knees and go running home to Mama!

[@starmnsixty1209]

​@@brianjamestraceyI'm sure they would. I recall a big kid falling from the bars, breaking his arm. It wasn't pretty, but it was just "one of those things." Nowadays, the playground would be closed for good -- and sued for everything it owned for good measure.

[@simplemanlovetocanoe6274]

The 60's through the 80's were the best times in a young life to live! Back then for the most part you could trust people! Today to many Karens!!! And to much violence!!!

[@starmnsixty1209]

So true, and do 😢

[@mwgittinsjr]

Okay, I can't stand it any longer. Mercurochrome was red and didn't sting. It was Merthiolate, the neon pink stuff, that stung. They are not the same. I hated that stuff. My mom only bought the Mercurochrome, but my Aunt bought the Merthiolate... I hated to get hurt over there!

[@JF-ym8gm]

We always had Merthiolate in our home, and it was standard to blow on the scrape as it was being applied.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Now, let's factor-in IODINE! (An element.)

[@maxon-m3c]

@@jamesmiller4184 That's the stuff that STUNG!

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@maxon-m3c Yeah! But most effective and MEMORABLE! 🙂

[@pennybechtold3524]

@mwgittinsjr I am glad you said that. I agree with you. I hated Merthiolate.

[@pamelamays4186]

I remember when project Apollo launches were a huge TV watching event.

[@stanleycostello9610]

I remember the Mercury launches. We all went into the lunch room and watched them.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Recall watching those with my parents, both gone on now. Bittersweet.

[@eddiesimms9301]

In 1967, I was in 3rd grade and recall learning cursive handwriting, I ENJOYED it very much. I wouldn't trade my grade school days for what today's youth are being taught, etc....HELL NO!! My FAVORITE car, both my sisters dad and my mother's boyfriend, drove a 1955 & 1956 Pontiac station wagon.....Boy ol' Boy....I truly LOVED that car and STILL do.

[@user-friendly-llc]

I wonder what looking back on the next 50 yrs (00-50) will look like? Other than the technology, imagine it wont be the warm fuzzy feeling you get watching the last.

[@windangel7720]

They'll be looking back fondly at flat screen tvs after the holovision replaces them.

[@starmnsixty1209]

I imagine it won't either.

[@jerry9535]

People will be sitting looking at their phones!

[@historiclift27]

There is a Soda Fountain near Houston TX that still mixes all drinks by hand. It’s called Another Time Soda Fountain in Rosenberg TX it’s about an hour outside of the city. Really good food too.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

That's awesome. Unfortunately it's too far away from me. 😢

[@hawkdsl]

We had 1 drug store left in 87 with a soda fountain, and it was still very popular. It was a mom and pop store, and when it closed, it was a major loss. The store and the bar stayed vacant/abandoned for many years. I'm sure the soda bar would have been worth allot, and should have been saved... but alas, it was demoed and sits in a landfill now. What a shame.

[@darlenehoover6577]

I still have the old brown and orange couch and chair that was so popular in the 70s. My kids and grandkids wont let me get rid of it. 😁

[@TheOzthewiz]

We still have "shag" rugs. They are GREAT!

[@caffeineaddict8929]

I remember cursive, wish schools didn’t remove cursive.i still see some old drug stores using soda fountains and counter service.In the old days we got up to turn the channels on tv.I remember old rotary phones we had 5 digit numbers, party lines and spoke to operators.I remember Jack LaLane, Jane Fonda& Richard Simmons on Tv.We used to call Mercurchrome monkey blood.Love this channel🥰

[@thetruth7046]

We used to call it Burnie-burn! 🔥

[@glennso47]

Kids are being taught to write “curses “ rather than cursive. 😮

[@grace7701]

We have an old drug store in town that's been in continuous service since the 30s. They still serve ice cream sodas, ice cream and hot dogs.

[@DominikQuesnel]

As a member of gen z (2005) kids nowadays dont know what its like to write the same word in cursive on a blackboard until you got it right even if it meant you didn't get recess

[@jerrydemas2020]

@@grace7701 Where is this lost treasure?

[@lauriekemp3998]

I was born in 1959 so had the best youth in the 60's and 70's. Nothing was better than living my 20's in the 1980's. I agree those days were the best to be young. ❤

[@pamelamays4186]

Also gone forever. The delivery of telephone company White and Yellow pages to your home. An instruction book on how to play simple tunes on your touch tone telephone key pad.

[@lovly2cu725]

i get a phone book printed by another company, not the phone company. not many have land lines, its mostly business white and yellow pages

[@jenniferhansen3622]

The post office still hands out phone books to people who want them. I see them stacked on a table each year.

[@jamesmiller4184]

@ericdonner7199 Eric, Michigan must be partly in The Twilight Zone !!

[@DavidLS1]

Our town didn't even have rotary dials until fairly late. You'd pick up the receiver and an operator would say, "Number please."

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@DavidLS1 Excellent ! The way it should be AGAIN ! (So-proclaims this Luddite-light. )

[@jamesuthmann940]

#9. 🎵"I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top, cut my heel, had to cruise on back home..."🎵

[@donrepcon7704]

I was born in 52 and remember everything in this video. Awesome job!

[@TheOzthewiz]

I was born in 1944 (Baltics). I also remember EVERYTHING from when I arrived at Ellis Island in 1949! I was glad we were in a FREE Country! Thank you AMERICA!

[@johnbethea4505]

I miss the 1950's most of all..

[@USNBLUE]

I wasn’t born then but I miss the 50’s just from learning about it. Much better than the late 70’s which was racked with drugs and returning Nam vets which had so many problems. 😢 America turned their back on the Nam Vets. Shameful.

[@johnbethea4505]

@USNBLUE I know what you mean. I am a 100% disabled Vietnam War Veteran 1966-67.

[@TheOzthewiz]

ME TOO!!!!!!

[@USNBLUE]

@@johnbethea4505 God Bless you. ❤️ I am so sorry this happened. You are my father’s age.

[@williamromine5715]

I am 82. Thank you for a trip down memory lane.

[@pamhayes3465]

I still can't believe kids can't write anymore, I hope they never need to write a help me note.

[@TayWoode]

They can’t spell either and now they use completely different words and say it’s autocorrect when they’re actually using words with different meanings. One I see all the time is “discussing” or “disguising” instead of “disgusting” The problem is you try and correct them and they get defensive and say you should understand anyway and call you grammar police, then other people copy their mistakes. Another is “could care less” they heard someone else say it quickly and didn’t hear it as “couldn’t”

[@salesguy0826]

Child of the 70s, teen of the 80s and 20-something in the 90s. I wouldn't trade a thing

[@josephgaviota]

12:15 I still have the Locomotion 45 downstairs, by Little Eva ... I probably played that thing at least a hundred times. Eventually I bought Locomotion by Grand Funk ... and that's a good 45 too!

[@RJDA.Dakota]

I also have the 45 rpm version of this record. Where I was it was labeled “Dimension” and marketed by Kirshner music.

[@MarisaFrasure]

I had that one, too! (Unfortunately, not anymore.) Little Eva saved her money, and opened a thriving restaurant before passing in the early aughts.

[@TheOzthewiz]

My favorites were "The Hustle" by Van McCoy and "Follow Me" by Amanda Lear .

[@spencerbainter677]

Before your narration I said it out loud to myself. 2nd grade for cusive. Ms. Mione made sure I could, and do so with beauty. She said;” Your penmanship speaks volumes of you Mr. Bainter.” This was 1988!❤️

[@pamelamays4186]

The Beatles opened up the door for The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and other British rock bands.

[@joer1678]

Elvis opened the door for them all

[@lovly2cu725]

Moody Blues

[@joer1678]

@@lovly2cu725 I saw them in concert

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Beatles snd Stones came out pretty much the same time.

[@TheOzthewiz]

ELVIS started the "Rock &Roll" era in 1955!

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thank You for the Video (and the memories) 😀

[@ukestudio3002]

I’m 73 ..and I’ll take these days over those, thank you very much .!

[@josephgaviota]

I think any of us near this age bracket would have to agree.

[@Pjayque]

Not me

[@TheOzthewiz]

To each his own!

[@BigPoppieSeed]

You must walk around with your eyes and ears closed bud.

[@quantumss]

@@Pjayque Ya just can't fix stupid.

[@josephgaviota]

23:00 How oh how did Bud Light go from Spuds MacKensey to Dillan Mulveney?

[@lovly2cu725]

well..... its called woke

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I've never heard of Dillan Mulvaney, but Spuds is a celebrity. 😊

[@glennso47]

Thank the advertising industry. 😮

[@glennso47]

@@jenniferhansen3622Mulvaney was recently the advertising for Bud Light Beer. He or she is a transgendered person. The people who usually drink Bud light are boycotting the beer.

[@Realistoldschool-bm6fb]

One is a product of nature and the other is

[@kotysuefawcett6538]

I love this channel! My mother told me about....👍🤗✌️

[@TheOzthewiz]

The "nostalgia " high is great, the DOWNER is NOT being able to return to those memories. Truly SAD!!

[@kathleenklein4231]

I am old now and I still have a potpourri bowl. I used to love wine coolers.

[@jamesmiller4184]

But STILL Kathleen you can have your wine coolers, young lady!

[@wayneabbott652]

Potpourri came with my new girl friend and left with her.

[@TheOzthewiz]

I am VERY old now, but I STILL enjoy playing "Vinyl" from my 2000 album collection about once a week. I like to IMMERSE myself in the "textural" sound of ANALOG music! Like drinking FINE , AGED WINE!

[@peachyt6296]

Several years ago, we stopped to stretch our legs at a rest stop in SC and I couldn't believe my eyes when I spotted what turned out to be a still-operarional pay phone booth. Hadn't seen one of those in at least a decade or more. My son was only about 3 at the time, I said "Buddy you probably won't ever remember this when you're older, but this is probably the last time you or me will ever see one of these" as we went it to it.

[@jamesmiller4184]

And hopefully, you two made a commemorative call on it . . . into "The Twilight Zone"? Way-to-go, Peachy!

[@TheOzthewiz]

If you're ever in London Town, you'll see them in the downtown area.

[@sarka4727]

​@@TheOzthewiz do they still work?

[@thebluecollarpsychiatrist1644]

Wonderful memories of a better time

[@josephgaviota]

16:25 They really _should_ bring back School House Rock ... very educational, very catchy ...

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I bought the complete collection on DVD. 😊

[@RWildekrav66]

@@jenniferhansen3622I am a Bill , I am only a Bill

[@tricia8667]

Ignorant people are easier to manipulate 🙃

[@j.michaeljefferson60]

Not a bill ​@@jenniferhansen3622

[@sheilasau]

If you have Disney plus, a lot of schoolhouse rock is on there! In its original formatting too , just how I remember it looking on our vhs tapes

[@olivermcdonald]

The floppy disk that was iconic in the 80’s was the 5 ¼ inch disk, the 3 ½ disk came in the 90’s. Prior to the 80’s the common size of floppy disk was 8 inches, and was quite “floppy” hence the name, very different from the hard plastic shell of the 3 1/s disk, so much that many people referred to them as flippy-disks.

[@peachyt6296]

When I was a kid, elementary school aged in the early 90s, one of my still all-time favorite Christmas gifts was the high speed VHS rewinder my parents got me. Lightning speed compared to using the VHS player's rewinder. Absolutely amazing!

[@starmnsixty1209]

Thanks for reminding me of the VHS rewinders. I'd let them slip from the old grey matter as the gray hair takes over.

[@peachyt6296]

@@starmnsixty1209 haha I understand, if it wasn't such a pivotal gift when I was a kid, I'd probably never remember it at this point. But between the owned VHS tapes at home and the weekly Blockbuster run, it was a life changing contraption in our house.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

1990's Pagers- My beloved late wife & I had a numeric code to communicate via pager without a call-back. A page of "1" was a random "I love you". A page of "100" meant... um... "GOOD THINGS HAPPENING TONIGHT"! Lord, I miss her so!

[@stargirlzx]

Am I the only one who remembers FLAVOR STRAWS ?

[@stanleycostello9610]

I do. Chocolate and strawberry.

[@stargirlzx]

@stanleycostello9610 I thought maybe I was hallucinating lol 👍

[@glennso47]

I remember them. I remember when at school they served milk and one girl brought some flavor straws to class. She was certainly popular that day. 😊

[@TheOzthewiz]

Drinking POP out of a GLASS bottle? Totally different (better) than out of a can or PLASTIC bottle, and NO problem with recycling. Just bring the empties back for a REFUND!!

[@neilsoulman]

Of coarse, the little ones were called pixie sticks, what about penny candy? Anyone remember the candy drops you had to bite off a paper roll?

[@nongthip]

Born in 1963, the first thing on this list for me was cursive writing, which was a very important step in becoming a "grownup" around the 1st/2nd grade. Also we got a set of "World Book" encyclopedias in 1970 which had a huge impact on my knowledge development. Most kids could only access this at their school or public library so it felt like a privilege to have them at home. Bicycles with banana seats and tall chopper-style handlebars were also a big deal, and I remember the bike parking area at school was a place for guys to hang out in the morning before class to see who had the coolest ride. The Schwinn Stingray 5-speed was on every kids wish list. Don't even get me started about "School House Rock", which was hugely instrumental in rudimentary math, grammar, history and government while set to catchy songs which got stuck in our heads and for me still reside today. It was perfectly inserted in the Saturday morning cartoon lineup, so without even knowing it we got some useful education somewhere in between Bugs Bunny and Scooby Doo. And finally, slide show evenings were often boring as hell and somehow memorable. Slides, as opposed to printed photos, were seen as a mark of intellectual distinction for people like my Dad who was a PhD scientist/professor, and some of their friends or our neighbors who would invite us over for slide shows of their recent travels. It was a bit like having a home theater with the darkened room and big projection screen, so just keep the popcorn coming and we kids were ok with it.

[@jamesmiller4184]

And NEXT to be learned: paragraphing and indentation!

[@terryjeffreys4428]

where did we go so wrong. why do we keep trying to fix things that aren't broken 😢

[@s.c.7362]

I'm only a bill, sitting here on Capitol Hill! And Conjunction Junction, what's your function? 😂

[@KatieJoMikell]

@@jamesmiller4184 I was literally thinking the same thing. One really long run-on sentence 🙈

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@KatieJoMikell Well Katie, I myself am often guilty of that same. 😌 It is beneficial I think to learn from the errors done by others, by their non emulation. 🧐 Ciao!

[@OcotilloTom]

I was born in 1946 and remember all of this. Thanks!

[@jerrydemas2020]

1948 here. And I agree.

[@wanderdworld]

The 70's were glorious. All the girls I knew identified as girls 😍

[@kennyhagan5781]

I saw a lot of my favorite acts for the first time on either American Bandstand or The Ed Sullivan Show. I have varied tastes and those two shows had me covered.

[@darrinmckeehan5697]

I was a switchboard operator at our hospital, from 1996-2005. We didn't have the cord plug like the ladies at the beginning of this video, but it was fun (mostly). One of my coworkers as an operator did use that type board/PBX

[@DianasYTChannel]

This was a great video. Being a 60s gal, I loved the coverage.

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

✌️😁

[@video198712]

Even though I did learn cursive, I preferred to and still do print

[@rockyroad7345]

I still have loads and loads of VHS tapes and watch all my favorite movies (recorded off tv--remember that?) and vacation movies on my VHS/DVD combo player, bought just before they became extinct. I even have a backup player if mine goes kaput and actually enjoy watching the commercials because it reminds me where I lived at the time.

[@David-wq3fk]

Yeah, I have a VHS and a DVD player and I go to goodwill.Will on the weekend to see if I can find old VHS tapes and DVD

[@TayWoode]

Haha same, recorded so much as a kid, still got the player too that works

[@daveallen8824]

Though seatbelts started to be mandated in cars in the early 60's, most of my generation still never wore them right through the 70's. They just got tucked out of the way. Even now, though I always wear belts in my modern cars, when I drive my 75 Firebird, I go beltless - that's my time machine, and I'll accept the risk.

[@louisehondel2761]

Thumbs down for sayin the gremlin pacer and pinto are ugly. They are among the cutest cars ever made.

[@invisigoth777]

i am 50, was born in the 70's..6yrs old in 79..my mom and grandma washed clothes like that, and dried them like that. yes, they were poor, by today's standards, but i don't know if it were that, or tradition..my grandma was half choctaw..that made them do everything manually..i remember collecting chicken eggs, and a hand pump faucet going straight into the underground well, and feeding chickens

[@MelvisVelour]

And there was a lovely smell to anything that was hung up to dry. There was also "eau de ligne" - basically scented water which refreshed clothing. That seems to have made a comeback.

[@neilsoulman]

Hanging clothes to dry has advantages over dryer, cost efficient, gentle on material, fresher smell, clothes last longer, grandma did all her clothes like that also used the washboard and the clothes ringer they showed in the video, wonder if they make them any more, probably collectable antiques now

[@josephgaviota]

10:00 as a kid, we were really excited about Fizzies. Sadly, they weren't as good as we hoped, but we bought them multiple times.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Same bad sweetener in "Flav-R-Straws" from the Fifties. (Or, maybe it was saccharin ?)

[@JBass33]

A Happy Fizzy Party.

[@kevinunger433]

Believe it or not I found a little town out in the desert about 20 years ago that actually has old fashion soda fountain. They taste way different than what we have in the stores

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

I made the 100 mile journey each way from where I worked during the week to my "home" ...and return .....every week between 1977 and 1984. There were very few times that I did not pick up a hitchhiker.. I met many travelers....world travelers...who made that trip a wonderful experience. It was a different time...

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Same guy every time? :)

[@TheOzthewiz]

As pre-teens we hitchhiked ALL the time, nothing bad ever happened!

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

Born at the start of this period, I still managed to completely ignore, or mostly ignore, almost all of these. Exceptions would be The Beatles, the Moon landing, and the PC/phone modems/floppy discs/CDs, and VHS. I eagerly embraced all of those, but of course each of them has been upstaged by something newer.

[@MillerMeteor74]

More- 1970s and later- I remember those soda can tabs very well. A few years ago I found one on a deserted beach along the Delaware Bay. When NJN, our New Jersey PBS channel signed off every night, they would play a slideshow with an anthem called Positively New Jersey. That's available to be seen on KZbin. I love it. Regarding the ugly American compact cars, you missed the Chevy Vega. I didn't like Disco back in the day, but I do now. Regarding Boom Boxes, my brother got one in the 80s, but it was referred to simply as a box. I loved those wine coolers, especially since I can't stand beer. My father was into industrial computing all my life. I remember when he did a lot of work to prepare systems for Y2K. Re: paper maps and atlases, I love them and still use them. Great video. Thanks.

[@alexcitron5159]

Great memories, as always. My wife, as late as 1992, was working at an answering service that use plug-ins.

[@kennykittrell2549]

At least back then- They knew the definition of a Woman.

[@glennso47]

A man too.

[@ArthurShelbyJr]

My thoughts exactly 👍

[@bushforme]

I'm sure "panty raids" probably still happen..but it's not the females wearing them

[@thetruth7046]

And I loved them all😂

[@Dadsezso]

They still do. They're just trying to force everyone to change it.

[@pamelamays4186]

Both my brothers made hanging ceiling chains with pull top tabs.

[@TheOzthewiz]

COOL!

[@luisreyes1963]

I may have missed what the 50's offered, but at least I got to experience what the 70's & 80's had to offer to a kid. 😁

[@frederickking1660]

Yep we bought the encyclopedia collection. Salesman came to our place.

[@kobeclub3330]

I loved 70-80s

[@cherryicecream7926]

👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍this was soooooo much fun to watch !!!!!!!!✌✌✌✌✌

[@flowerfaeri]

The era before so-called smartphones when people still communicated! As for flying, I used to love it, but in addition to the excessive security, the extra charges for everything now as well as the cramped seating and aisles has made it almost unbearable.

[@woodwaker1]

Flying used to be glamorous, now its like riding the greyhound

[@flowerfaeri]

@@woodwaker1 The Greyhound was better than the current status of flying.

[@JL-kv2le]

Great memories...Thanks Recollection Road!

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

I always thought that the Pontiac was the “poor man’s Cadillac”. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jamesmiller4184]

Loved that glowing sleek Indian head on the hood.

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

@@jamesmiller4184 What model and year did that happen? I have a 79 Trans Am and it’s one of the coolest cars ever, what you’re talking about was before my time. It sounds awesome though. I hope GM brings Pontiac back to life.

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes Can't say but ours we were driving (the parents) in the early Fifties. It was long, about six inches and cast (I guess) in plastic which deteriorated some eventually, because exposed to the elements. When the car was going, the thing glowed slightly. Very neat indeed! It kind of entranced this seven-year-old, and so I remembered it and commented. Yeah! I do wonder how such a re-do would appear now. Cause-and-effect is interesting. If say you were to encourage GM along that line and be successful, then my early recollection would prove as having been its very starting seed, and further back this episode inspiring myself to write it as I did. "We" shall be expecting PRODUCT soon, L&T !

[@TheOzthewiz]

Probably more likely a Buick. Pontiac was aimed at "performance oriented" young people!

[@chickadeemarie8311]

My 1st 2 cars as a 19 and 21 year old were both Pontiacs. That Sunbird was a beast in the snow!

[@tammiehuber3224]

The scent of freshly washed laundry was wonderful. Nothing compares to bed sheets and blankets dried on a clothesline

[@thejourney1369]

My son still has his Beanie Babies that my Mom got him. He’s 30 and says he knows that they don’t have any monetary value, but his grandma spent a lot of time and money getting them for him.

[@jamesmiller4184]

And so are most beloved keepsakes.

[@RoySmith-nz2qk]

I worked at a soda fountain from 1965 through 1969. Loved it 😊

[@Tis_I_SirJames]

I still carry Randy McNally maps in my truck, you never know when things might get squirrely. And yes, I still write in cursive.

[@panpiper]

I was born in 1959. Much of the stuff from the 50's mentioned, I did not experience, though some of it is in my memory. Virtually everything else mentioned, I remember well. Much of it I remember fondly.

[@robharding5345]

Lets not kid ourselves, life today might be high tech, and gadgets galore, But this modern life is not a patch on the 70's, 60's or 50's. We need a rethink on our current society. it stinks.

[@jameswallace7351]

I agree with you totally

[@jackmagdiel1750]

Super interesting view. Thank you.

[@balaam_7087]

I think the pinto and gremlin looked kinda cool 😅

[@lovly2cu725]

i had a grabber blue pinto hatchback

[@jeanbean1390]

Took my driver's license test in a '71 Pinto with 4 on the floor.

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Remember the AMC Pacer?

[@km9587ld]

@@RJDA.Dakota I loved the pacer! No obstructed views with all those windows and the size of them.

[@TheOzthewiz]

The Pinto, agree. The Gremlin, a POF! IMHO.