The sound of those car doors opening and closing on that blue Torino are classic sounds of the 70s.
@mach5jeep8 ай бұрын
And rolling the windows up by hand.
@notsoseriousmoonlight8 ай бұрын
@@mach5jeepGreat for building biceps! 😉
@budb.85608 ай бұрын
Right. I immediately recognized the "clunk" of the car door and the "snap" of the column shifter going into reverse. Amazing what we remember.
@kenlompart99058 ай бұрын
Yeah, the squeak and the hollow metal sound when it closed.
@charlottaw5998 ай бұрын
Cars had personality then!
@hroard8 ай бұрын
"These are on sale. You like these." Note: this is a statement, not a question.
@shannonmarie2948 ай бұрын
Lol…. I caught that too!
@b.Fast_da_Reload8 ай бұрын
I think she’s saying “ _you’ll_ like these”, continuing an earlier conversation about what type of shoes they wanted.
@Anne-ug8uo8 ай бұрын
And no tantrums from the kids😊
@hroard8 ай бұрын
@@b.Fast_da_Reloaddisagree, its at 1:40 or so, I don't hear a contraction, just a pronoun. Granted, it's maybe a distinction with little difference. But Mom said these are the ones on sale, followed closely with an expression on her face which clearly indicated, at least to me, that this wasn't up for debate even a little bit.
@tonytigeer8 ай бұрын
My mom said the same thing - LOL
@beentheredonethat3624Ай бұрын
I grew up in the 60s, 70s and into adulthood in the 80s. What an awesome time to be alive.
@rudyq196029 күн бұрын
Right there with you born September 5th 1960 Torrance, California. Good times 😊
@tiffanycurtis479429 күн бұрын
AMEN 🥰
@caroleleelocklear409028 күн бұрын
Yep me too! Born in the best time and grew up in 70-80s
@Diiimonds4Evr28 күн бұрын
🙋🏿♀️ grew up in the 70's & 80's adulthood in the 90's but BLISSFUL times
@22Songbirds25 күн бұрын
Right there with you as well. Born Dec 22 1960
@1955dmbАй бұрын
Love it. I was 22 in 1977. We had a car like that. Roll up the windows. Seat belts? Those children were so well behaved. Mother was in charge. You like the shoes that are on sale. No whining. No cell phones. What a more polite society we had back then.
@lennysmith529Ай бұрын
I was 20 in 1977, I agree, with everything you’ve said
@1955dmbАй бұрын
@@lennysmith529 I miss it!!
@lbarmstrong1Ай бұрын
Just sitting and waiting as a family. I cannot imagine my teens sitting like that with me today, we just don't do it.
@vikingmama93Ай бұрын
I was 4 in 1977. With my mother, it probably was JCPenney (or simply "Penney's" as we called it). How I miss my mama! ❤
@1955dmbАй бұрын
@@vikingmama93 🥰😥
@heatherkastenmeier75306 ай бұрын
This is the closest thing we have to a time machine. Thank you.....
@Psmitty97Ай бұрын
I think eventually Artificial Intelligence will be able to learn from these old videos, and also movies and TV shows from the same time period, and it will be able to recreate that time period in vivid detail. It's going to be unbelievably surreal. I give it about ten more years max, and you'll be able to re-experience all these various eras again via AI recreations.
@DR-mq1vnАй бұрын
But I want closer than this! I want a real time machine to take me back to the 70s! I miss those fun times!
@dawnhasbroken6304Ай бұрын
Come over to my house. It is all pretty old school. I just can't make myself care. I'm 60.
@susandavis5061Ай бұрын
The car made me laugh! Thar was a tank! I remember that era very well! I loved shopping their catalog. When I was in 1st grade,my mom had me select a pkg of 2 dresses in each. 1964. They were so pretty and I remember about 3.98 per package. I was so excited!
@cherylthompson2731Ай бұрын
❤
@MarkPowell-bz8em7 ай бұрын
I just didn’t realize how special those times would be to me now. I’m 57 and both my parents have passed. Our world was simple and in order back then.
@BonnieBlue18616 ай бұрын
I don’t think any of us did. We all thought it would always be like that. Sorry for the loss of your parents. Mine are in their 70’s now and just the thought of losing them puts me in a tail spin.
@ThomasMcGauley-m7zАй бұрын
No it wasn't
@Psmitty97Ай бұрын
@@ThomasMcGauley-m7z It was definitely more simple
@teerollings6919Ай бұрын
@@ThomasMcGauley-m7z lol you weren't there obviously. Your comment is exactly the kind of uninformed, argumentative thing that we didn't have back then. Today it is the societal norm.
@ThomasMcGauley-m7zАй бұрын
@teerollings6919 i was there brah. Nothing was simpler. Tech changes, styles change, modes of transportation change. Same human beings. Same human beings around Shakespeare. Same human beings around plato. Same wars. Same hatred. Same chaos. Gas lines, inflation, middle east was on fire. In 50 years people will look at photos of 2024 and say, things were so much more peaceful and simpler and innocent back then. The world was never innocent.
@tjsogmcАй бұрын
It's the year 2024; 603,000 people have watched that home movie with 6,500 of them commenting about being nostalgic about shoe shopping with some random family from 1977. I'm one of them.
@shadestress9898Ай бұрын
Sears sucked... Add crappy clothes high prices it wasn't worth it.
@tjsogmcАй бұрын
@shadestress9898 still 100x better than anything available today.
@shadestress9898Ай бұрын
Did you ever go to Sears?@@tjsogmc
@jackhaughАй бұрын
I’m curious as to why one would record a shopping trip. You guys must have looked completely psychotic in the mall with someone with a camera recording you, things like that didn’t really happen back then. I’m guessing that your dad must have just gotten a video camera, and wanted to constantly use it.
@tjsogmcАй бұрын
@jackhaugh nowadays people live stream themselves using the toilet. Proving once again that things were far better back then
@gdub999tub.5 күн бұрын
The fact that so many people will watch a 'mundane' video about a 50-year-old family clothes shopping trip... speaks volumes. It's like we've lost something we had back then, and are very happy to just experience a shadow of that past.
@fatsnavarro28746 ай бұрын
Notice how calm and how much slower people are. Now a days everyone is in a mad rush.
@sueannnatter52956 ай бұрын
The mom seemed a little stressed about getting her money to stretch far enough
@jeanrobert70715 ай бұрын
Yes Indeed 💯 & practically the whole Family went in this Shopping Trip & it really did seem to be that way every time....Not just at Xmas Time.
@Numantino3125 ай бұрын
(from damn yankee northerner) South Carolina has always had this wonderful pace of chill, even to this day. whole family would go because 1 what else would you do back at the house? no internet. landline phones only. rural location of house likely doesn't have cable tv. 2 you'd have to wait until next time, whenEVER that might be Mom stressed about stretching money? even on a card, one was expected to pay at month's end. carrying balances month to month was far less common. and cash? if you ran out, that was it. you were done.
@BradCarlMusicАй бұрын
The children were calm and well behaved too - and without electronic devices!
@teerollings6919Ай бұрын
@@sueannnatter5295 Today we still have that same worry x1000.
@troykelso6 ай бұрын
We're so blessed to have grown up in the 1970s and 1980s. It was an infinitely better time.
@txJoJo556 ай бұрын
They sure were, best times ever
@Marty-hi8fj6 ай бұрын
As of 2024,,,America,,,,The "United" States,,,is unfortunately collapsing in certain stratas. The sense of safety and normality of the 70's and 80's is long gone. Civil War may be near.
@martywilliard6 ай бұрын
As a whole - we blew it … look at today
@dm954225 ай бұрын
@@martywilliard That's an understatement. I think smart phones & social media destroyed what was left of humanity.
@robertpolnicky7702Ай бұрын
What blows my mind is how many young people I hear now that weren't born then that say that same thing.
@angela-ti1np8 ай бұрын
'These are on sale so that's what we're going to get' - how many times did I hear that growing up lol?
@thelastdon65628 ай бұрын
Facts when there on sale your parents didn't give you a choice🤣🤣🤣
@jenmck81468 ай бұрын
And the mom going "do you like these" more of a statement than a question, like "you better say yes," lol. Can relate! 😂
@jamieSp698 ай бұрын
$8:97 though...
@evanwilliams64068 ай бұрын
That is what you do with anything. My mother and grandmother always preached "get whatever is on sale".
@Sunshine1986-d1e8 ай бұрын
@@jamieSp69the fact was at sears for the price minds blown miss them days
@Dangergirl88Ай бұрын
I miss my mom terribly. Going to Sears or anywhere with her was wonderful.
@summits1007 күн бұрын
💗
@noble6044 күн бұрын
I agree and join in on the sentiment. Being anywhere with my mom was simply the best. (And I didn’t just start to feel this way after my mom passed or after I became an adult. I felt that way rat those kid moments. Moment after moment. Time after time after time. I loved being with my mom. Thanks for sharing😊
@Dangergirl884 күн бұрын
@ Absolutely the same for me. My mom was very dear to me as a child and of course still as an adult. I would love to hug her and tell her how much I love her again. I pray to see her and be able to do that in heaven.
@noble6044 күн бұрын
Yes! Yes. That’s what gives me tremendous joy here now without my mother, that she’s with JESUS and that she lived in such an amazingly godly way that I KNOW her reward there right now is great. This life here will never be the same for me without her. (She went Home just over a year ago) but I have to know I will see her - and my dad who went Home 6 months before her - when we are all with Him. I am so thankful for the life lived here and I so look forward to that Great DAY. As wonderful as memories such as this were, nothing can ever come close to that.
@maguffintop25968 ай бұрын
Fascinating that 103K people tuned in to watch a family visit to Sears 47 years ago. 2K people commented. That speaks volumes!! Never thought I'd want to return to those days. And here we are, longing with tears in our eyes.
@ChrisAthanas8 ай бұрын
It’s so terrible what had happened to the culture
@ADadSupreme8 ай бұрын
Seeing SEARS definitely put tears in my eyes. You know how many times my Mom said "Don't touch that." then CRASH! Belt right off the rack, few swipes then put it back. But yeah, as Stevie Wonder said, we'd look back wishing to go back.
@YeshuaKingMessiah8 ай бұрын
Wish I’d never left My mama died two yrs later (34yo) Plus my childhood was pretty carefree even with my parents divorced My teens n young adulthood were ummmm not (widowed at 25yo w/2 littles & a baby)
@absolutelydisgusted33198 ай бұрын
You nailed it. Every word. 💔
@user-vj2sn7vv5s8 ай бұрын
I am 45 years old and OMG sometimes I wish I could Teleport back to these times . And look how respectful the kids are, I remember I had to behave this way. Nowadays you have kids out of control in stores.
@patrick394328 ай бұрын
Who would have thought this kind of footage would be absolutely priceless today!🙂
@briane1737 ай бұрын
It _should_ be priceless to everybody. For someone like me who has vivid memories of 1977, as though they happened yesterday; and those much younger who get a peek at life 47 years ago. As a kid I valued what I personally experienced and looked upon old music and old media from the 30s and 40s and it seemed ancient, because it was before my time - while my parents were the ones looking at it and remembering those times when _they_ were kids. Fascinating to think about.
@davidb22067 ай бұрын
Hardly anybody. Who could afford a camera with sound? We never had one. 8mm, silent only.
@pt67927 ай бұрын
@@briane173 Fascinating🤔🤔🤔
@Kinann6 ай бұрын
@@davidb2206 That was not a cheap camera back then.
@waverider2273 ай бұрын
@@davidb2206 exactly and back then nobody i knew even thought of using expensive film to just film themselves going to the local store to buy clothes This is a golden treasure!
@wisdom33-i1n8 ай бұрын
That's how we shopped for shoes when I was growing up. You sit down, a salesperson comes out to measure your foot, then brings out boxes of shoes in your size of the type you want; placing them on your feet using a shoehorn. You walk back and forth on the carpet in them. If you're not sure they fit, the salesperson feels the top of the shoes for your toes to determine if there is too much or too little space for them. Full-service. :-)
@annesmith91818 ай бұрын
And they didn’t have tattoos and pierced faces. They didn’t all have Attention Deficit Disorder. And they made eye contact and spoke clearly to customers. They were courteous.
@bargeld098 ай бұрын
I remember all of the good shoe stores. We had a lot of them in downtown Pittsburgh. The quality of shoes today can not compare to the well-made ones back in the good old days.
@gwakpyunghwa8 ай бұрын
As a 1980s kid I remember the full service of which you speak. I also remember full service at the gas station. What the hell happened to this country? 🧐
@JGG17018 ай бұрын
That's how I remember it. We made it a family event.
@mn74868 ай бұрын
I like the way you write.
@LeighCope-vw4yxАй бұрын
My dad retired from Sears,I remember him working in the paint department in the 60s and going in on Saturdays to shop. We didn't bother him. just looked because you don't bother someone who was working. He wanted to work in the tool department back then you got commission. He ended up working in the credit department because he was good with numbers and such. This was his part-time job. He also worked a full-time job. Thanks, dad!! This video brings back such wonderful memories. When sears closed, it really bothered him. He missed it. Then Kmart closed, which was sad . But most of all I miss him!😢❤.thanks for the memories.
@lt.petemaverickmitchell711329 күн бұрын
That’s a great story!
@idaknott331016 күн бұрын
I graduated HS in 1977, and got married. I lived in a town of 900+ with a Sears catalog store that I could order from. I still have my first set of Christmas lights that have outlasted any and all I've bought since!! Those were the best years of my life ❤
@LeighCope-vw4yx16 күн бұрын
@idaknott3310 That is amazing they don't make things like they used to.
@idaknott331016 күн бұрын
@@LeighCope-vw4yx They sure don't! One of my best friends' husband was an appliance repairman for Sears, and he retired from there...excellent benefits and retirement options!
@jimvalentine2814Ай бұрын
We had it made and didn’t even know it. Shoes for the kids totaled $11.59, people were respectful, no smash and grabs, the clerks were helpful no crappie attitudes, the other shoppers were calm and respectful as well. People say the new attitudes of today are actually more refined and progressive. Yeah, right. Great video.
@libertygiveme1987Ай бұрын
@jimvalentine2814 - I NEVER HEARD THAT!!!! People are just getting CRAZIER BY THE DAY!!!!
@jimvalentine2814Ай бұрын
@@libertygiveme1987 You got it. This really was a great video.
@randomgrinnАй бұрын
Wishful thinking. Your salary is now 4X what it was, your house is 3X bigger. Your car has air bags and electric windows. Clerks are no different than they ever were, some nice, some crappie. I don't know why people look upon the past with rose colored glasses. It is much better now than then.
@livinginthepinesАй бұрын
The youth are really messed up, but we have to remember who raised them to be this way.
@CarlClements-f7jАй бұрын
@@randomgrinnhouse prices and the prices of goods have gone up by insane amounts and wages have barely kept up. As far as customer service, it is atrocious today. Back then customer service was no. 1. Plus absolutely no friggin social media nor cellphones, no ghetto thugs everywhere with sagging pants.. It was much better back then.
@jfe11958 ай бұрын
When parking lots were full of Cool-ass cars...
@pre1980cars8 ай бұрын
That is what me made click on the video
@Stevie-hn7mp8 ай бұрын
Love these cars . I loved the mom’s blue one . These videos are great . Check out high school ones from the seventies great also
@patrickmcnabb19988 ай бұрын
Everything pretty much had a V8 in it.
@happygirl658 ай бұрын
@@pre1980carsme too!
@Rob20688 ай бұрын
@@patrickmcnabb1998back then if it wasn’t a V8 it was junk.
@bunberrier8 ай бұрын
The older I get the less this time feels like it was real.... So thank you for the pleasant reminder and a fun trip to my past.
@gramig08 ай бұрын
It was. Never forget.
@BigBoss-kq8mb8 ай бұрын
@@gramig0 its all a simulation...........
@dannysunwantedopinions8 ай бұрын
This is priceless to me. I was 5 years old then and saw the same world that used to have family outings and friendly, helpful customer service. I bet they went to Wendy’s for a frosty after that!
@sovereigncrux8 ай бұрын
@@dannysunwantedopinions More like Woolworths for a burger.
@bunberrier8 ай бұрын
@@sovereigncrux Or the "Orange Julius"
@michelhamel5435Ай бұрын
Born in 1965. All these images and comments bring back a lot of memories,,,
@wwtf71804 күн бұрын
Me too. 65 was a great year.
@chryslerelectronicleanburn16768 ай бұрын
It's amazing that woman and all her children got into that 1970 Ford Torino two-door hardtop . Nowadays people have two children and they need a Chevy Tahoe with three rows of Passenger seating.
@JayFreeburn8 ай бұрын
So true!😂
@chsnrdnck8 ай бұрын
We're flipping out over this video. This lady is my wife's aunt.
@ericknoblauch91958 ай бұрын
They also pass on the Tahoe now, and have to go with a Suburban
@Dontcareifyoudont8 ай бұрын
Because the children are big as the adults. In waist line sizes. 😅
@jefftroy45188 ай бұрын
Kick ass ride
@bradleystereoguitaramplifi9616Ай бұрын
Born in 1966, I remember and cherish these times. Cellular phones have ruined this world and everyone in it.
@ohsweetmysteryАй бұрын
No fat people!
@robertpolnicky7702Ай бұрын
I just get tired of the customers I get where their cell phones break up and they blame me when I can't hear em.
@Earthtime3978Ай бұрын
They’re not really cell phones, they’re portable computers. The portable phone part is helpful but the rest is bubble gum for the brain.
@carolynsears1710Ай бұрын
Where are the candy and nuts?
@TheAMBULOCETUSАй бұрын
@@ohsweetmysteryNo woke and crazy Karens either!
@cherylolivieri61908 ай бұрын
Look how respectful the children are toward their mother. Looking to her for her leadership and in complete trust.
@dennis31788 ай бұрын
Great comment.
@rachelrivera918 ай бұрын
Those were times when kids looked up to the leadership of their parents. The parents had real sense of authority over their children. Nowadays, you’ll see children disrespect their parents, rebelling, being disobedient. Kids running all over the store, dropping hangers, and items without any sense to pick them up. Parents even seem oblivious to it. Leaving the mess for the store attendants to pick up. I even witnessed a kid cursing at his mother at Walmart. Utter disrespect to authority. Just chaos what you see in the stores. Mess all around. I would like to go back to the 90s again when I was younger. Kids were raised to respect adults especially their elderly more back then. Even more so in the decades before the 90s. Also God was at the center of life.
@THXx11387 ай бұрын
@fartpooboxohyeah8611 We lived back then. We remember it exactly as it was - and there is plenty of video evidence to back it up. Society has plummeted.
@moncorp17 ай бұрын
@fartpooboxohyeah8611 ~ I was alive as a kid back when this video was made and it not fantasy. If you don't think kids were a 1000 times more respectful back then, then its YOU living in a fantasyland. There were repercussions back then that kids can't fathom these days.
@rodmunch697 ай бұрын
If your kid isn't treating you that way, it's because you failed as a parent.
@joesample3796Ай бұрын
who else wants to go back to these times?
@christina2466w16 күн бұрын
That would be awesome. So I could just see my family alive again.
@heathermunoz628216 күн бұрын
I would give anything!
@markhetz111915 күн бұрын
This is a little too far back no air conditions in cars yet no central air condition in the house 🥵 yeah these were nicer times but they also were harder
@davemanone366115 күн бұрын
Me!
@mitzithompson658514 күн бұрын
I do. I was 7 years old
@ronaldsmall88476 ай бұрын
Even though this isn't your family, it is your family, and we can remember every minute of this film as if we were in it.
@BonnieBlue18616 ай бұрын
👍🏻
@BlueSky-gu2bx6 ай бұрын
Very Well Said and I agree. All of us from that time can watch this video and its us and the people we loved in 1977.
@DonnellOkafor_hateslgbtq4 ай бұрын
10 yrs before my time but l remember going to the toy aisle in Sears about 7 or 8 while my mama looked at curtains or lamps etc. Nowadays my neighbors drive their 10 yr old kids to school even though it's a block away. My school was about 3 blocks away and my parents never drove me to school unless it was after a dentist appointment or something
@Work1963Ай бұрын
That is so true❤
@raterusАй бұрын
I remember trips to the mall with my mom to buy shoes, only my feet were size 15 and we had to pay 2x at Foot Locker to find my size.
@SecretPossum-hx4zk8 ай бұрын
Back when Sears was a big store and had everything. Mom took us there to buy school clothes in the 70's, camping gear, my Dad bought tools and lawn equipment. Sears was a staple in our time.
@ericknoblauch91958 ай бұрын
They had a catalogue too to order from.
@3abbosi8 ай бұрын
@@ericknoblauch9195 True... here in Toronto Sears was well known for multiple seasonal catalogues, my parents kept them all... till the early 2000s when it was taken over by the internet.
@valeriekehrt75668 ай бұрын
Yes but like she said they had to be on sale. Frugality was a staple in our family. Taught me good lesson.
@katie77488 ай бұрын
@valeriekehrt7566 My parents weren't even frugal, they were stingy. Our clothes were almost always secondhand.
@mattthacker91208 ай бұрын
@@ericknoblauch9195 They were the first retail company to have a a catalogue. And the first to ship goods to your home using the railroad.
@GeorgeVreelandHill6 ай бұрын
This video is actually a piece of history. It's America from a better time. Thank you.
@smokinjoe4709Ай бұрын
MAGA!
@sandrafaithАй бұрын
Maybe it was if you were white, straight, Christian, middle-class. Kinda like 2024, actually. I wonder why that is.
@sandrafaithАй бұрын
@@smokinjoe4709 🙄
@Kube_Dog29 күн бұрын
America was better, but remember in 1977 we had the first Biden known as Jimmy Carter and terrible inflation and fuel prices/scarcity, hostages and turmoil overseas especially with Russia, etc, Which brought in the first Trump: Ronal Reagan.
@glc8472Ай бұрын
I was eight in 1977. Only thing that was ever good about summer ending and going back to school was a new pair of shoes and a couple new outfits. My mom somehow could always make myself and my two brothers happy on very very little money. Thank you mom, as a 55 yr old man ,i now know you were a true super hero! Best of times!
@margaretrash291426 күн бұрын
We are the same age, and I can remember the end of summer and heading to Sears with Mom for new school clothes and shoes. Happened every year. LOL. I never dreamed it would seem like another lifetime, even another world, by the time we got to this stage of life. I think our generation was the last "normal" one, before all the technology and social insanity changed everything, Good memories.
@RachelElkinton-ey5fj17 күн бұрын
It was a thrill to get new shoes back then. ❤ A better time.
@glc847217 күн бұрын
@RachelElkinton-ey5fj lol! Right, you knew you had to make them last so you took care of them. Your old ones became outside shoes,you never played in your new ones.
@SeanP71957 ай бұрын
Heartbreaking. We had it all. And you will never see stuff like this again, ever.
@lisamilito34805 ай бұрын
I agree .. it was a much simpler time. Now nothing but stress ..
@joejones9520Ай бұрын
makes me tg for online shopping, getting dragged thru stores and malls are some of my worst memories...i havent set foot in any type of store in 3-4 yrs
@malindaallinson57498 ай бұрын
I'm 68. My mom my dad and my little sister are gone now. We all loved Sears so much. This footage just is incredible and it just brings me to tears thank you brings back so many memories.
@af76028 ай бұрын
I am so sorry your mom, dad, and little sister are not here....may you keep all of your wonderful memories close to you in all ways, always. Blessings.
@malindaallinson57498 ай бұрын
@@af7602 Thank you. And to you as well. 🌹
@martitinkovich44898 ай бұрын
I know what you mean. I'm about to be 61, and mom, dad, and my younger brother are gone. I cry as i watch this.
@malindaallinson57498 ай бұрын
@@martitinkovich4489 I'm sorry for your loss es... 😢
@BabyBugBug7 ай бұрын
I am very sorry to hear this. God bless you, my dear.
@mrBDeye8 ай бұрын
When they entered Sears, I could actually smell the store. That is so weird.
@leighwiseman15188 ай бұрын
Me too!!
@justchillin61178 ай бұрын
Same
@blauskie8 ай бұрын
The hippocampus is an area of the brain associated with long-term memory and the amygdala processes emotions. Smells travel in the form of neurons through both these to the olfactory bulb. That is why the smell of bread (or moth balls) can instantly conjure memories and emotions of grandma's house. They were all stored together.
@thisisme-k4o8 ай бұрын
popcorn and tires?
@krwd8 ай бұрын
do you remember the Candy dept at Sears, it was nice Sears was a nice store, better than what we have today
@Frank-qs3peАй бұрын
I was 2 years old in 1977, but the 80’s were just like this. Thank you 🙂
@Maria.Isabella.Sanchez8 ай бұрын
This takes me back to my childhood when my mother was a young, vibrant woman and my siblings and I played all day long in the streets of our West Des Moines, Iowa neighborhood. Back then my biggest problem was getting home before the street lights came on. I had no bills, nobody died, the internet did not exist so people actually talked to each other in person. Why do we have to grow up?
@olikat88 ай бұрын
It's a helluva epiphany when you realize that you are the same age as your parents (or older) than the mom in the video.
@victoriaorellana97458 ай бұрын
😭😢❤
@harryl9yearsago7888 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@bendy66268 ай бұрын
It's not growing up that's the issue. It's recognizing that the high-functioning, high-trust, complex yet orderly society we grew up in has devolved and effectively disappeared. We're not getting it back, either -- the people that lived then had a much higher sense of responsibility and competence. That's gone too. All empires decline and collapse. Guess it's our turn, now. 😢
@AlpineSprinkles8 ай бұрын
@@bendy6626 Absolutely and a higher sense of right and wrong and good and evil. Dare I say people had or most people had a conscience back then. You could count on it.
@SpatioTemporalEntity8 ай бұрын
For those of you not old enough to have experienced life in the 70's and 80's; you will never know just how good things were then compared to how bad things are now.
@MountainRancher8 ай бұрын
100% agree!
@susank16468 ай бұрын
That's cuz we were younger and felt better!!
@jimg73188 ай бұрын
Sorry you didn’t grow up in the 60’s.
@SpatioTemporalEntity8 ай бұрын
@@jimg7318 I got just a taste of it, was born in 67.
@jimg73188 ай бұрын
I turned 13 in 1960. The music was great and everything else seemed perfect. By the 80’s and 90’s it seemed to all disappear when what was actually happening was that I had a family and lots of responsibilities. I think every decade is great when you are growing up and your only real pressure was getting your homework finished on time and hoping the girl you like; liked you. Now I’m 76 and the kids are all grown and the grandkids are all having fun without a care in the world. Everyone’s time comes and goes. The pressure on me now is getting the grass cut before it rains.
@nooneanybodyknows79128 ай бұрын
We had the same Ford Torino. Shopped at Sears and JCPenneys for back to school clothes. Thanks Mama and Daddy for raising me right. RIP 🙏
@turnyourself858 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure I had the exact same shirt that the teenage girl had on. And yes we shopped at sears and penneys also
@briane1737 ай бұрын
My 2nd car was a Torino _Wagon._ 1972. Imagine a teenager in the mid-70s driving in a car straight outta _National Lampoon's Vacation._
@johnclemans78027 ай бұрын
My parents bought a 1976 Ford Torino station wagon with a 460 C6 trans , brown with the fake woodgrain paper. Vista Ford. I drove that to high school. It was fast for a land yacht. My father put 429 CJ heads, alum intake, bigger carb , high flow manifolds , dual exhaust, no cats etc. RIP dad, thanks for the memories. My mom turns 82 tomorrow.
@GianniBarberi6 ай бұрын
I lived in Torino and never seen this dream car!
@teerollings6919Ай бұрын
Did you wear Sears Toughskins? I hated that, all the kids in school wore Levi's but I wore Sears lol
@irismckay6472Ай бұрын
Great video. I was 20 in 1977 and love these nostaligic looks back to a time when we weren't addicted to smart phones and social media.
@Laurie815608 ай бұрын
I'm so glad I got to live through the 70's. People seemed more gentle, families did things together and the music was excellent.
@blast4me7548 ай бұрын
@LetFreedomRing1960 You do understand Baby Boomers created HipHop right. A lot of people forgot that Generation X had nothing to do with the creation of rap.
@wisconsineaglesfan79258 ай бұрын
That's because time makes you forget the bad and only remember the good. The Vietnam war was half of the 70's, the protests, treating returning Vets from combat like shit from going to a war that many of them didn't want to be in but they were doing their patriotic duty and serving. The Asbury Park race riots were not so gentle either. Every generation has great music, if you are open minded. Born in '77, I have music from the 40's to new releases this year in my top rated playlist. Lot of garbage out there too... in every generation. But of course music is subjective and some give a gasp if a baseline is too prominent in a song.
@joemarchand83138 ай бұрын
@@wisconsineaglesfan7925 You keep tellin' yourself that, wis. I'll take the 70's all day every day over the sh!t times we have today.
@wisconsineaglesfan79258 ай бұрын
@@joemarchand8313 Just proved the point. TY
@btpuppy28 ай бұрын
@LetFreedomRing1960 we were so lucky to grow up in the 60s and 70s, the very best music of all time. I know everybody loves the music that they grew up with but come on 60s and 70s were effing amazing. It was the bright spot of my life.
@sandramayhew44437 ай бұрын
Oh look, an actual employee assisting a customer! Great video. Love my memories of the 70’s.
@gonefishn51386 ай бұрын
Same here! Those were the good old days.
@norwegianblue20175 ай бұрын
Notice how respectful and well-behaved the kids are?
@mysticalmargaret6105Ай бұрын
@@norwegianblue2017IKR? These days, nine times out of ten, if I ask an employee for help it's 'Oh this isn't my department, I don't work in this area'. 🙄
@robbarnes90477 ай бұрын
Look at mom. She is in total control of the situation. SHE is making the decisions.
@kro68767 ай бұрын
Dad is right there, behind the camera.
@ReginaTrans_7 ай бұрын
Yeah cause totally only women can do decisions
@hdaviator91817 ай бұрын
@@ReginaTrans_ Not women, MOM.
@bluevictory10107 ай бұрын
Exactly! Parents did their job back then. Now it's the kids who TELL the parents what to do, what to buy, etc. Upside down society today, the tail is now wagging the dog.
@PalmBeachDog7 ай бұрын
But not wearing a seatbelt.
@chipps1066Ай бұрын
This was the 60's and 70's for me.Mama had 3 boys and we shopped exactly like this,she could fit a shoe to our feet by eyeball better than we could feel the fit.There was no argument about clothes or shoes,maybe a sigh or two,but no argument.God bless my Mama and Daddy,they are gone now.
@lonzo95698 ай бұрын
I worked at a downtown Sears in 1977, putting 10-speed bikes together in sporting goods and working the sales floor. The sight of that cash register was jolting. I can still remember my code to use it. The store was a hopping place. The sidewalk sales were legendary. Christmas was a madhouse. It’s where I met my first girlfriend. And worked through college. But 47 years ago? How? The memories seem so immediate. Sears somehow missed its chance in the digital age. It had a catalog that could have easily transitioned to online shopping. But for whatever reasons… Ah well. It holds a special place in my heart.
@Crusader18157 ай бұрын
The problem was people didn't appreciate the in-person shopping experience enough. You don't know what you've got til it's gone...
@billd.66847 ай бұрын
Sidewalk sales - in our small town, it was the event of the summer. Main street shut down and everyone downtown to get the bargains at 7am. It was like a consumer festival, in fact it was a consumer festival. Lots of fun.
@elmobolan42747 ай бұрын
Sears faded away because of the old men who were in charge at the top and refused to expand, learn, or change. This was their down fall.
@ToxiCom-7777 ай бұрын
@@elmobolan4274 This is usually the case. Those who have all the power also carry all the deadweight. It's the fresh, svelte, hungry that change.
@LadyDH7 ай бұрын
My mom worked at Sears in 1977. I loved to go see her at work. Fun memories of those old Sears days.
@jt12blk8 ай бұрын
Huge thank you to whomever had the presence of mind to film a slice of life from that time, knowing one day they’d want to go back and recall all of the now-gone nuances and textures that were entirely common then. It took a lot of effort, with a film camera, lights and separate audio recording equipment. Excellent work!
@dastrnad8 ай бұрын
Someone playing with their new toys was my first thought. My husband keeps remarking on the quality of this clip and all the equipment it would have taken (at this point in time) to do it.
@murielfinster37588 ай бұрын
I imagine this family was very well off to have this AV equipment.
@davestewart20678 ай бұрын
So it’s not Super 8 then. Quality seems too good for an 8mm toy camera.
@xMorbidArtx8 ай бұрын
@@murielfinster3758Or just spent all their money on the equipment. Hence the “these are on sale, you WILL like these.”
@jrnfw40606 ай бұрын
@@dastrnad The kids were well behaved because they knew they were being filmed and their behaviors recorded. I wonder how they would have acted if that weren't the case?
@patriotdrone95668 ай бұрын
The 70's 80's and early 90's had a completely different feel. Just a more calm happy sense of living. Things were more appreciated and people respected each other. I'm so happy I lived through those time and so sad at what we've become today.
@rodmunch698 ай бұрын
Hardly, the crime rate was like 4x what it is today, the murder rate was more than double of what it is today, and the standard of living was lower than what it is today. The only thing we have today is more access to information - and people choose to dwell on the negative, like yourself, so they convince themselves themselves everything is worse - when literally just about everything is better.
@patriotdrone95668 ай бұрын
@@rodmunch69 what part of my post talked about crime rates in big cities or standards of living? It was about how people felt and respected each other.
@rodmunch698 ай бұрын
@@patriotdrone9566 depends on where you live I guess. Where I'm at, in the few places that still exist that are like this, things operate pretty much the same now as they then did. However if you're comparing to a trashy places - well, go to a ghetto trash store in 1980 and it was pretty much the same as Walmart is today. That's more about the people that go there. Sears, in the mall, in the 1970s and 80s was fancy and upscale - you need to compare similar stores back then to what we have today.
@BarbaraM-lv7pe8 ай бұрын
Sears was Sears and Wards was Wards. Nothing trashy but nothing fancy. Upscale was someone else’s neighborhood 😂
@rodmunch698 ай бұрын
@@BarbaraM-lv7pe If you think Sears was the same as going to Kmart or even Montgomery Wards, you were clearly an out of touch middle class snob.
@kareenm175Ай бұрын
I turned 16 in 1977. I enjoyed watching this as a reminder of how things used to be. Mom spoke, kids listened and were glad for new shoes even if they didn’t pick them out themselves.
@susanstamboulian6468 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I'm feeling very depressed today, and was just thinking how much I missed going to the mall, with my Grandma and Mom, in the 70s and 80s. We would go at least twice a week, and make an entire day of it, eating lunch at a restaurant, inside of Weinstock's. Grandma has been gone for 13 years now, and my Mom has dementia. My life, and life in 2024, is just an absolute joke now. If I had one wish, it would be to go back to the late 70s to mid 80s, and live there permanently. Life was so much happier back then. For a long time, I regretted not having kids, but now I'm happy I didn't. Bringing up children in today's society, would be a nightmare.
@bardo00078 ай бұрын
Same here. We must be the same age.
@susanstamboulian6468 ай бұрын
@@bardo0007 I'm 52.
@KevinPatz-pn2gs8 ай бұрын
Speaking my very thoughts, I'm 52.
@AlpineSprinkles8 ай бұрын
I'm 61 and couldn't agree more and if I was in my 20s now and knew everything I know now I would not have them either.
@rachelrivera918 ай бұрын
I remembered going to Weinstocks also. Lived in Sacramento, California.
@HomeAtLast5018 ай бұрын
Everyone is so calm, centered, focused, without phones.
@johnurban73338 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. Nice to see people looking around, taking it all in,instead of down at their phones and unengaged. I do miss these times
@LivLovePray-f5o8 ай бұрын
That's what I noticed to. Life is supposed to be "progressing" but seems as though society is devolving instead of evolving. We have too many material "things" now but many people are empty inside.
@johnurban73338 ай бұрын
@@LivLovePray-f5o agree. So much easier and quicker to get material things. That’s why so many people are in debt now. Before you would have to order from the catalog or actually go to the store you wanted to buy it from.
@SunriseLAW8 ай бұрын
Old photos and home movies were "staged" because being filmed back then was special. People tended to dress up for the occasion and acted differently.
@nothanks58468 ай бұрын
@@SunriseLAW Sure. But observe the people in the background, those who are not part of the “movie.” They are not dressed up or acting differently than they normally would; they are calm and focused, too.
@ericturner24778 ай бұрын
The creaking door on that car and the rattling sound when it is closed sure do bring back memories. You don't hear that anymore.
@SodiumWage8 ай бұрын
Yeah, cars now are well made so the doors actually close properly. Cars in the 70's looked cool, but they were pieces of garbage.
@DonaldGerbino8 ай бұрын
Yeah but new rhey were 3- 5,000- dollars not 40 or 50,000$ @SodiumWage
@pokerchip12318 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, funny stuff that i remember
@m420378 ай бұрын
@@SodiumWageSo is your face
@m420378 ай бұрын
Plastic disposable bland cars today, SUVs that is. My 66 Galaxie didn't squeak like that, all that door needed was a squirt of WD-40. My 66 Galaxie had 375 HP would run 13s at the track
@VioletJoyАй бұрын
This is how the vast majority of children behaved in public. I remember going shopping just like this with my mom and siblings. We were happy with whatever we got. I had totally forgotten about putting the front seat forward to get in the back... and those manual locks. We didn't have a "fancy" automatic. We had a stick shift. Lol. What a wonderful video.
@EMSS-ul8bqАй бұрын
My parents always made us put our hands in our pockets, just to to be sure we wouldn't be touching stuff we shouldn't. We probably looked weird, but we did it, because that was what we were told to do.
@dustyflair24 күн бұрын
yea and if I got out of line my mom would take me to the bathroom and give me something to cry about.....
@Living89Ай бұрын
The shot of the employee ringing up the sale brought back memories. In 1977, when I was a senior in high school, I worked in the paint department at a Sears.
@beachngurlАй бұрын
I was a senior that year too! I worked for McDonalds -- at one of the FIRST drive thru service window in the country . Those were the days -- so free and innocent and golden.
@piratessalyx7871Ай бұрын
I graduated in 1977 too….the Sears was across the street…its still there at the end of the Del Amo mall, but been shut down for years now…it will become affordable housing I hear….I hate this day and age…everything we knew has gone away or to shit!
@goodmorningsundaymorning4533Ай бұрын
"Long live paint!" For any Jim Breuer fans out there.
@damamae950Ай бұрын
I was working part-time in Customer Service... I still dream about that job
@YahshuamySovereignАй бұрын
Ahhh 🕊💞🕊
@LimitlessStudioProductions-LSP8 ай бұрын
The boys sit in the back. Roll up those windows. Mom picks out all the clothes for everyone. This video is a classic! Love it!
@SpeakingTruth748 ай бұрын
I think it was 16mm sound film that was kept in excellent condition.
@robertgill70618 ай бұрын
“I’m sittin in the back!”
@robertmcmanus46468 ай бұрын
Hand crank windows - I'd forgotten about those. I remember thinking when electric windows came out that I don't want those because it's just another thing that can break!
@jrnfw40606 ай бұрын
@@robertmcmanus4646 My grandfather bought a car that was so poorly made that the hand crank that operated the windows came off in his hand. The problem I have with the automated window rollers is trying to remember which switch operates which window. With the hand crank, there was no question.
@larrytate56056 ай бұрын
The person who filmed and saved this is a genius and my new hero....dave in NC ( i was 7 in 77 !! )
@waverider2273 ай бұрын
I know right I was 3 back then Nobody back then used expensive film or even thought of just filming themselves just to go on a shopping trip to the local stores and nearly 50 years later we discover this This is Golden! A big thanks to who ever posted this!
@Christophercolumbo1970Ай бұрын
@@larrytate5605As I gave you a thumbs up on your comment I noticed the name and loved that show too. I was born in 1970 also. I recently changed the name on my account here and it came from an early 80's comedy movie and when they did the cleaner version of this movie so it could be shown on tv is a line from that movie. Let me know if you guess the movie.😃
@GrandTime-17Ай бұрын
1970 baby too! 👍💕
@JeffF-gc3df24 күн бұрын
Yeah, I was wondering who is shooting this? The only person I can imagine would be the husband and father.
@jannesoderholm13 күн бұрын
I’m from Sweden, but this brings back the same kind of memories of a better time. I could had been that boy getting new shoes. My mum was just as thorough selecting them. No phones that people constantly use.
@annaolson63868 ай бұрын
No cell phones, no disrespect, and customer service...how things have devolved.
@georgeperkins41717 ай бұрын
I wonder why. I think we know the reasons.
@lt43247 ай бұрын
AND no one in the video saying DONT FILM ME, or YOU CAN'T DO THAT! LOL.
@mcraft22407 ай бұрын
And using a cell to make comments KZbin.
@twistoffate47917 ай бұрын
I think cell phones have done more harm than good. And big box stores drove all the mom & pop stores downtown out of business. The community aspect of store ownership has all but disappeared.
@victorblock34217 ай бұрын
ok boomer
@edwardh6949Ай бұрын
Can anyone else instantly remember how it smelled in sears watching this? Cherished memories.
@Sweetpea064Ай бұрын
Yes! ❤
@heidikamrath1951Ай бұрын
Yes! There was popcorn. In that section they also sold Jordan Almonds. My parents have a small porcelain container with a cork lid and until this day when I open it, it smells like the candy coating of the Jordan almonds. Yum!
@Sweetpea064Ай бұрын
@ That’s so cool! There is nothing like a smell to bring back fond memories. 😊💕
@rogerhunter540425 күн бұрын
I sure can! I was hoping we were going to make a stop at the candy counter to get some chocolate covered peanuts, but I guess there wasn't enough money left after buying the shoes. In the Sears we went to, the candy counter was beside the catalog pickup desk. That was some strategic marketing! (If anyone younger than about 40 reads this, they will probably wonder what a catalog pickup desk was.)
@jayalexander33568 ай бұрын
I miss the 70s so badly. I hate the times we live in. Life is just horrid to me now.
@ChristopherSobieniak8 ай бұрын
How I feel.
@I-MyselfAndMe8 ай бұрын
Not for me. I don’t stay stuck in the past. I actually enjoy life
@cajuncyclerestorations1458 ай бұрын
@@I-MyselfAndMe but you here watching 45 year old movie clips instead of watching a " future type" video.
@patrickm60128 ай бұрын
@@cajuncyclerestorations145that doesn’t not make his point invalid about enjoying life in the present. You can enjoy looking back in time without living in it and lamenting the present or future.
@hummushero94288 ай бұрын
@TopBananaEthings have always been crap, you are just more aware of it now. Maybe it’s accelerated and the scale is increasing, but war, poverty, all kinds of bad stuff was going on in 1977, 1707, 707 and if we are still here probably 2077. The environmental destruction is probably worse than ever I will say that. 4:43 We can always hope that humanity evolves though 🤞 ✌️
@judithwest418325 күн бұрын
Born 1950. Christmas time was magical at Sears. Santa and looking at all the toys, not to mention we got to play in the store by riding up and down the escalator. They also had a candy counter and my mom always got us a sweet. The older you get, the more nostalgic you get.
@louiesimon52928 ай бұрын
No seatbelts are worn. This is priceless footage. I was 16 then. Seeing this gave me chills.
@robinmccubbins81398 ай бұрын
Me too. We got married that year. I was 16 and we’re still happily married!
@REAGAN_19808 ай бұрын
Me too! The best times at the roller rink.
@terryd.niette5014Ай бұрын
I was 16 in 77, I didn’t realize how good things were for us. I miss those days also!
@WikiMartinoАй бұрын
Our family trips to Sears in the 1970s always involved Mom and Dad splitting up, she took the girls, I went with Dad who took the boys. We visited the hardware and automotive department, girls went to clothing and fabrics (yes, girls sewed then.) Eventually we would always meet up at an appointed time in the watches and clocks department. No need to send each other texts. When everything was done, Mom and Dad would treat us all to a meal in the luncheonette. Great days!
@Barny-26Ай бұрын
We would always go downstairs to the candy counter and get some peanuts or malted milk balls before we left!! I was 16 in ‘77. Those were the days!!
@thequeenofwitches794323 күн бұрын
I don't know why but this made me cry . 1979 here, I miss the 80s and 90s ❤️
@Sprizys8 ай бұрын
2 things. 1. I miss Sears. 2. I love the style of the 70s the cars, the clothes, just everything about it.
@3abbosi8 ай бұрын
@@Tami-88 My Dad had a 1974 Chevy Nova, he had it until 1990, we missed it so much & had so many memories & photos (some black & white) with it.
@Vendzor8 ай бұрын
@@3abbosiThat's my dream car!
@gregorycyr92728 ай бұрын
@@Tami-88Loved the disco shirts.
@franciscolopez71018 ай бұрын
I think the clothes were ugly in the 70s, but the cars were awesome. The 70s had the coolest looking cars by far.
@KimberlyCeezU8 ай бұрын
@@franciscolopez7101… when you were piss poor, nothing was ugly.
@marvinmurakami882827 күн бұрын
I miss going to Sears as a kid, especially during Christmas time. I remember that they only started decorating the stores with ornaments with only 2 or 3 weeks to go before Christmas. I'll always remember the candy and nut section where you bought it by the half pound or pound usually and the worker would use a scoop and put it in a wax papered bag. The salted cashews under the heat lamp were my favorite!
@Mamakin19658 ай бұрын
I was 12 in 1977. What a great time to grow up in. People were more respectful and for the most part peaceful, and we didn’t have all this stupid technology we have now. I’d go back in time in a heartbeat.
@kathyhames22008 ай бұрын
I was a sophomore at Byrnes high school
@davidhall55208 ай бұрын
I was 12 also thinking the same thing
@Rivarokband8 ай бұрын
I was 12 also. Hated the smoking everywhere. Made me sick. My dad still says if you wanted to see him disappear light a cigarette. I lived in Woodbridge VA just south of the craziness and it got absorbed into it in the early 90s. I moved South to where it is like the old days still.
@YeshuaKingMessiah8 ай бұрын
I was 12 too lol I would love to go back to such carefree times Whole future ahead of me, now nothing
@daviddeborde25428 ай бұрын
I want to go back but i'd miss Spotify Premium
@vickieclark59318 ай бұрын
It just makes me want to jump into that video and tell all of those people to enjoy that time because the world will be a much different place in just 25 years.
@graciemaemarie11jones168 ай бұрын
tell them to please enjoy it cause hell has descended
@Toobenburbles7 ай бұрын
Very sad but true comments. I'm glad we can take a stroll down memory lane while we can. Prayers and Blessings to all.......
@kelle02856 ай бұрын
The world will be a much different place in 25 years, and it won't be like the Jetsons.
@JAZZLlFE8 ай бұрын
Life was so simple and far less complicated back then. The slower pace gave you time to think and reflect and feel connected and I miss that... especially in light of today's world that has lost all its innocence to the point of decay. 😢
@JAZZLlFE7 ай бұрын
@TalkingPoint773Well said. I could not agree more.
@TomSpeaks-vw1zp6 ай бұрын
@TalkingPoint773 You’re right. We’re involved way too much in other people’s lives. And they in ours. Back in the day we didn’t know our neighbor’s politics, religion, or bank balance. We said our prayers, saluted the flag, and respected authority. Thru complacency we’ve lost our way. .
@bearlover6144Ай бұрын
What a walk down Memory Lane! I was 15 in 1977. About 8 years earlier my dad worked at the local Sears store in town, and one of my fondest memories was when he'd bring home that Sears Christmas catalog! Since he worked there he was privvy to getting his hands on one in late summer. So you can imagine I wore out that book by late September.....as I ooohed and ahhhhed at all the cool stuff featured in Toyland! Those were the sweetest days I"d ever known. Sighhhhh.....Thanks for this video and Happy Holidays 2024 to all! 🎄
@c1catwoman7948 ай бұрын
Nice. This may sound strange, but when I watch these videos, I can actually recall scents or how something felt. Example riding in the car smelling the leather vintage seats. Love these videos.
@MiketheratguyMultimedia8 ай бұрын
They say that scent is the strongest sense tied to memory. I definitely "recall" smells as well, it's very nostalgic.
@HealthyandLovingLife8 ай бұрын
Same!
@Wyattinous8 ай бұрын
I’ve hesitated to bring this exact sensation up in the comments before. I’m glad others empathize.
@noodlemaker47198 ай бұрын
Sears smelled so good --the candy counter that also sold popcorn--that heavenly smell throughout the store!
@valdivia12345678 ай бұрын
Same, but vinyl.
@michael490228 ай бұрын
Several memories brought up. The clunk of the doors, the V8 turning over, the transmission going into gear, the person riding shotgun jumping in first and forcing the person in back to squeeze into the back, the purchase was totaled up without scanning the price, writing a check and handing over the drivers license to confirm ID, and the total purchase costing less that $12.
@66el8 ай бұрын
Funny, I enjoyed listening to the car turning over and the door closing also. Had forgotten there was a time when someone actually helped fit shoes.
@RM67378 ай бұрын
And no click clack from the seat belts. Lol
@robertlobato22598 ай бұрын
that 11.50 for 1 pair of shoes . not the total for everything....cmon get real...lol
@pattymiller90408 ай бұрын
@@66elAnd, no seat belts!
@ashleywright86868 ай бұрын
Exactly. Kind of interesting to note older brother didn’t tell the sister to get out of the front seat 😂
@socalrenegal94098 ай бұрын
In 77 i was 7 years old. My mom drove a dark green, Country Squire station wagon with wood paneling. The Sears Roebucks catalog was my FAVORITE catalog at Christmas time. I would circle everything I wanted. I bought my shoes at Buster Brown though.
@greg50117 ай бұрын
His Dog Tige...he lived in a shoe also...
@praywithme-godanswerspraye34237 ай бұрын
Bought shoes at Buster Brown also. I remember my mom buying me 30 dollars worth of new clothes at the girls junior shop at Sears. The department was called the Lemon Frog shoppe. 30 dollars for clothes I thought that was too expensive but I appreciated it.
@JA_WILL7 ай бұрын
The Ford Country Squire -- We had a tan one -- The wood paneling was fading of course -- Never saw one without the faded paneling. I drove that car my senior year in high school.
@jackp1606 ай бұрын
The Christmas catalog was an absolute highlight in my household. When it arrived, my mom would reserve separate times for my sister and I to have it with us for a half an hour without interference from the other! Magic!
@krisaguilar6699Ай бұрын
@@JA_WILL I had a tan one as well. I bought it for $100. In Key West FL in 1983. Anyone else remember Red Goose shoes? If you bought a pair, you got a plastic gold egg full of surprises. Some stores actually had a big plastic goose. You touched the goose, and the egg rolled out the bottom.
@ms.sonshine887826 күн бұрын
My parents took us shopping at the Sears on Soto in LA. Big beautiful store. Later on, he worked as a mechanic for the Sears in Whittier. Miss those times. Miss my parents.
@Kim_1963doglover8 ай бұрын
What fab memories. I just turned 60 and I think by far I grew up in the BEST decade EVER. I wish I had a video of some of the simple times taken for granted in my life. They are so precious now.
@jennifer35518 ай бұрын
You did!
@susanstamboulian6468 ай бұрын
I feel the same exact way. The times we live in now, are absolutely terrible, and depressing.
@jameswood2318 ай бұрын
Yes that would be sweet to have. I have a few Kodak snap shots in a photo album.😊
@jameswood2318 ай бұрын
@@susanstamboulian646Unfortunately, it has been designed that way.😮
@maid4thelamb858 ай бұрын
I feel the same way. And I turned 60 a couple of months ago. Happy birthday 😊
@tony--james8 ай бұрын
most kids today will never know what's like to squeeze into the backseat of a 2 door car lol
@billschlafly41078 ай бұрын
I saw that too...And there was a person sitting in the front seat IIRC.
@ajvintage95798 ай бұрын
Yep.
@willp.81208 ай бұрын
Most wouldn't know cars once had front bench seats, or that we didn't have power locks, or that we usually didn't wear seatbelts.
@elhombrebilingue8 ай бұрын
I was alive in 77 and have a two year old now. He's been getting used to climbing into the back of my 85 Buick which has two doors. 😂
@tycanuck8 ай бұрын
@@willp.8120 So convenience and safety improved. Noted.
@Ganon64-s4k8 ай бұрын
Wow the respect and manners people had back then.
@ajvintage95798 ай бұрын
You had to, or you’d be grounded for months.😜
@patrickm60128 ай бұрын
@@Tami-88I don’t get that reaction. I find most people are just as polite and helpful.
@valeriekehrt75668 ай бұрын
Oh yes. We knew how to behave or else! My parents meant it. Wasn't idle threat. 😂
@BlackPill-pu4vi8 ай бұрын
The poison of Reaganomics and Gordon Gekko (greed is good) hadn't shown up yet. I lived in those times and it seems so unreal now in comparison to current life in this red, white, and blue hellhole.
@1111DoubleOH78 ай бұрын
And people went places respectfully dressed. Only belts and button down shirts...not 1 person with a midriff showing...no tattoos on people's faces either..I miss those days. 😪🙏🏾
@juliagooliagiulia72328 күн бұрын
Born in 1968, this is a great memory jolt for me..THANK YOU for posting this.
@shaunarohloff60538 ай бұрын
So many forgotten memories: the gear shift and the rolling up of the windows ❤
@johndeaux37038 ай бұрын
Several years ago I was driving a car with crank windows. I had several people become absolutely furious with me because they would approach the passenger side, expecting me to just push a button and roll down the window for them but I couldn't, because I didn't have power windows. They just assume everyone does now and think you're ignoring them.
@davidday67368 ай бұрын
My current car has this type shifter
@m420378 ай бұрын
I miss my 66 Ford Galaxie, had to sell it in 2014 after 20 years owner, financial reasons forced sale. It was a warmed over 390 to 375 HP it moved! It did have power windows..
@markdecker61908 ай бұрын
Did you catch it when Mom had to reach down with her left hand to release the parking brake?
@brandywineblue8 ай бұрын
Column shifter too. Don't see that any more
@MarkTurner-vs7uc8 ай бұрын
The greatest time in human history. If you weren't there, you can not even begin to imagine how much better everything was. A whole different world. Unimaginable today. I wish I could go back and stay.
@graciemaemarie11jones168 ай бұрын
its close.its close.this horror cannot go on.....
@MystiCmeshtool8 ай бұрын
That's what every generation says about their decade
@Fairyviewroad8 ай бұрын
@@graciemaemarie11jones16
@ivandemiguel86078 ай бұрын
nah … My dad was born in 45 he still says the 70-80 where the best, my aunt was born in 34 she says the same, my grandfather was born in 1919 he says that except for a few years in 50’s the 70-80 rock and I was too young to remember the 70’s but i can tell you the 80’s where amazing🤷🥲
@g-dave80027 ай бұрын
@@ivandemiguel8607your research of this pressing topic is extensive in its sample size and depth. Impressive.
@mickeyscott74798 ай бұрын
Clean, neat, professional, courteous, well-behaved and respectful were all words that came to mind while watching this video.
@jrnfw40606 ай бұрын
The kids knew they were being filmed.
@mickeyscott74796 ай бұрын
@@jrnfw4060 apparently comprehension skills are not your strength. SMH
@punkw7852Ай бұрын
Im 51 & appreciate this video so much. This is how our families & communities were. That’s why it’s called the good ole days.
@mrbungle420238 ай бұрын
I was four years old. These were good times. People were friendly, courteous, polite, respectful, moral and healthier. The children were better behaved and even helpful. I'm super grateful to have gotten to experience it and extremely saddened by how bad things have gotten. Thanks for sharing this time capsule.
@BRIANDER1008 ай бұрын
people were not overweight----but people smoked more
@m420378 ай бұрын
And dressed civilized not like pegs today in stretch pants and pajamas and Crocs and slippers lol
@now5918 ай бұрын
@@m42037 Walmart shopping in today's times
@TVHouseHistorian8 ай бұрын
Wow. Back when department stores employed a salesperson to assist you with the fitting of new shoes. They took your foot measurements, and then went to the back to fetch the right size. Service was *so* much more personable back then. This upload was such a time machine. What a trip down memory lane. Thank you. ❤
@ToxiCom-7778 ай бұрын
At least there's no fluoroscope!
@robertdavenport78028 ай бұрын
I think you'd get the same service at a Dillards or similar level of store today.
@JA_WILL7 ай бұрын
These Salespeople were FTE's and dressed nice and made a commission off everything they sold. They all seemed to do well back then as I recall.
@ddub96967 ай бұрын
You can thank Walmart and the people who shop there for all those things having gone away. People who work at Walmart are treated so poorly they can't even afford health insurance!
@jrnfw40606 ай бұрын
@@JA_WILL Reminds me of a letter I read in Dear Abby years ago. This shoe salesman in a department store made his commission from the shoe sales. One day, this couple came in and the obnoxious husband insisted upon measuring his wife's feet and putting the shoes on her, himself. This guy's boss witnessed that and refused to pay the salesman his commission because he didn't do the work. He wanted to assist that couple, but the husband told him that if he interfered he wouldn't buy the shoes and would take his business elsewhere. In his letter, the salesman expressed that he didn't think it was fair to be denied his commission because the husband wouldn't let him help. The husband still bought the shoes, so the sale was made. I recall that I agreed with the salesman that his boss had treated him unfairly, but Abby blew it off. I still read Dear Abby today, and disagree with a lot of her answers (that column is now written by her daughter). There was injustice in those days as there is injustice today -- just not as much of it.
@cameronh37758 ай бұрын
Man I was 13 years old &7th grade in 1977, now 60 years old wow!! How the time flew by.. crazy how fast life goes by..
@FilhoCoruja7 ай бұрын
But you were 13 (or thereabouts) when Star Wars came out and you remember 1977! That’s amazing and I’m envious of that!
@badlander63696 ай бұрын
@@FilhoCoruja I was 13 in 1977 and yes, Star Wars coming out was pretty epic.
@markt46056 ай бұрын
Just turned 60 myself. I spent a lot of time back then in our local Sears.
@cornstar12536 ай бұрын
@FilhoCoruja I saw it when it came out. Double feature with The Jabberwoky
@BigMike-Soetoro6 ай бұрын
For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Isaiah 40:6-7
@MichaelBowen-bh7kf13 күн бұрын
This was a true picture of exactly how it was for most of us growing up in the 60's, 70's it brings back all the Best memories of the time 😢❤ God Bless You for the memories and for sharing this wonderful clip and video😮😢❤🎉 from Michigan USA I'm 62 years old now! It's like going back! in a time Machine ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉 I just wish I could have gone back and stayed and never come back! God Bless You all 🙏❤️ Amen 🙌
@Leg-xx5md8 ай бұрын
Those were the days, that was a big deal to go these magical places full of all the cool stuff. Most importantly, it was family time. Wish I could go to anywhere with my mom one more time.
@thecandyman93088 ай бұрын
Promise you that any of those kids would give up anything to walk back into that shoe store with their Mom and tell her, "I'd walk barefoot for a hundred years just to tell you I love you, Mom."
@RogerLoera8 ай бұрын
Got me right in the feels bro!
@markgrafstrom17048 ай бұрын
I know man....I lost my mom years ago...I still miss her every day!
@kd68448 ай бұрын
RIP
@katie77488 ай бұрын
As long as their mother didn't make Joan Crawford look like a saint in comparison...thank God every day if you were blessed with good parents. Not everyone was.
@vicvega36148 ай бұрын
@@katie7748"NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!!!!" That movie is free on youtube and i just watched it yesterday. I was 10 when i first watched it in the 80s
@JupiterMoon198 ай бұрын
Calling 1977 right now folks. Ordering the bus to pick us all up at 8am. I’ll meet you at the bus stop. 🙋🏻♀️. Pack light. The clothes were much better back then anyways. We can have the bus stop at SEARS and buy new ones.
@SteviePaints8 ай бұрын
If only...
@QuietlyCurious8 ай бұрын
Most of us won't fit into the clothes
@franklinrussell30428 ай бұрын
I’m all in
@jazziez64678 ай бұрын
the softer tagless tees, yoga pants and crocs are so much more comfy today, had on tight jeans back then with marks all on waist at end of day and belly ache, could barely move your arms in the tight blouses and very hard uncomfy shoes with big blister on heels, don't miss those at all
@BionicAnimations8 ай бұрын
I prefer the 80s, though. 🥰
@komalley35Ай бұрын
0:19 seatbelts, we don't need no stinkin seatbelts.
@MargDBX25 күн бұрын
And I still don't wear them to this day.
@thecrafteaneighbor51778 ай бұрын
Brings back memories of just before school started. My Mom would take us to Sears shoes and clothes shopping. I remember so well the full service we got from the sales rep. And look how patient and polite the kids are acting. The teens just sat there patiently waiting for Mom to finish with the younger two kids. The little girl just accepted the "on sale" shoes. I was about the teen girl's age in 1977. My Senior year in HS. No sense of entitlement from these Cold War kids. What a great blast from the past film! Thank you!
@TexasRed598 ай бұрын
That's because parents acted like parents back then and kids knew that there were repercussions for bad behavior. Today parents are more interested in being their kid's friends than their parents.
@xevvy68578 ай бұрын
Everything about this video makes me wanna go back in time😌 Awesome vibes!
@trustnoone30078 ай бұрын
Makes you wanna cry. Cue the sad music. 🎻.......
@Part_1217 ай бұрын
I graduated HS in 1977. Note that this was before big food had poisoned the food supply, so everyone is thin and looks healthy. I had also totally forgotten about customer service in shoe stores. They actually used to hire people to help you make your purchase. Just last week they razed the carcass of our nearest Sears building. Now gone forever..
@Rob_Kates7 ай бұрын
Good points, now everyone is fat and unhealthy. If you're thin in America, you're in a small minority. In Asian and European countries, everyone is not fat.
@lakebay9727 ай бұрын
It's not agriculture. It's a matter of an active vs sedentary lifestyle. Back in '77, kids did disco dancing which burned off LOTS of calories more than they consumed. They also EXERCISED and ran and played activities outside in the lazy afternoon until sunset or when it got dark. Television sets were in the living room or den; not in each individual room. In '77, Home movies were a luxury; but now, kids have thousands at their fingertips and access them all hours of the night. Don't even get me started on home video games. As the saying goes, poor health does NOT run in your family; it's just that your family doesn't run.
@Part_1217 ай бұрын
@@lakebay972 Your right about it not being "agriculture". I must have had a brain fart at the moment and really meant "big food". They convinced the govt., around 1980, to swap sugar in for fat in the dietary guidelines and we've been getting fatter & sicker ever since. An excellent documentary on the subject is available at kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioakdaZjeLBqrKssi=DGd-1gkjZ_O42UlH
@Toobenburbles7 ай бұрын
@@lakebay972 Remember when going to your room was a punishment?? You are right on.......who really wanted to take the time to eat?? It was much more fun on the go and hanging with friends doing activities. I will admit our food is not as clean and nutrient dense as it once was but there are still some healthy alternatives and exercise is always a good choice at any age. 😊
@billymacktexasdetective58276 ай бұрын
I saw the Sears in Lincoln Park, MI being torn down over the last several weeks. One by one, they are going away.
@fionah34337 күн бұрын
I love reading all the comments. Pretty cool that someone thought to film this at the time.
@musicmamma8 ай бұрын
Real cars. Real metal. Clothes made here. Family values. Sit down dinners. No cell phones, computers, or crap. It will never be the same way, again.
@cesarjom7 ай бұрын
Cars today are safer, run more efficient, provide more information, and generally a hell of lot more fun to drive. So goes it for all other aspects of our lives that technology has improved. So which is the better option now?
@shawnjenkins74697 ай бұрын
@@cesarjom Yeah, now your car tracks your every move and you can't ever fix it yourself because it's all computerized. Genius.
@tidakada73577 ай бұрын
Yes it will. Computers and pounds are a passing trend, AI will make sure of that
@cesarjom7 ай бұрын
@@shawnjenkins7469 There were people like you that said a similar thing when we moved from horse and buggy to the first automobile 🤣... You're on the wrong side of history I'm afraid.
@cesarjom7 ай бұрын
@TalkingPoint773 Well I suppose it's all about what you can do with technology and data today. I'm my field, I would say alot and it makes life more informed, efficient and effective.
@rondee7 ай бұрын
Back when people loved their families and their country.
@ddub96967 ай бұрын
ROFL OK boomer
@karinadelma7 ай бұрын
@@ddub9696You think its funny? No. You are too young.
@g-dave80027 ай бұрын
@@karinadelmaI think you mean too intelligent.
@davidmoore25686 ай бұрын
@@ddub9696As gen z It’s better to be a boomer than my own generation who more depressed, sensitive and don’t have respect their parents
@g-dave80026 ай бұрын
@@davidmoore2568no generation is perfect-and that is my point. Every generation has its good and bad points.
@southwestroadtrips8 ай бұрын
Whoever took this was way ahead of their time
@TrainerInTraining7 ай бұрын
I wonder how big the camcorder was
@joojoojeejee60586 ай бұрын
@@TrainerInTrainingThere were no "camcorders" back then. Not even professional portable video cameras, unless for big bulky systems with separate tape recorders. I bet this was filmed with a 16 mm film camera.. (Ie. not video camera)
@TexasbyStormАй бұрын
Everything about this sounds so pleasing. The soft voices with a gentle accent, the quiet way the children sat in chairs waiting to have their shoes brought to them, then the clicking of the keys on the register, to the vibrations of the receipt printing, to the paper bag and receipt being stapled on the bag. All things I lived hearing, but have no memory of. I would have been a few years younger than the little girl getting new shoes, so perhaps my best memories didn't begin until the early 80s, but this very much makes me long for those times again.
@arcadiachavira29898 ай бұрын
Bless your heart! How beautifully normal they all look, and no questioning their mom’s wisdom ❤
@BananasananaB6 ай бұрын
That's because parents could discipline their children back then. And often did. You learned very quickly not to throw an attitude. And it bettered you in the long run as you grew into an adult and had to deal with authority figures.
@vw64manyrd8 ай бұрын
I actually worked at Sears in 1977. Thanks for the memories. 👍
@libbyjane7008 ай бұрын
Me too! Didn't that cash register bring back memories? I still remember my employee number that had to be entered to start each sale!
@vw64manyrd8 ай бұрын
@@libbyjane700 My last day with Sears/Kmart was Dec 31 2014. I saw all the changes throughout the years and got out at the last minute before the wheels were sold/fell off the train. A lot of fond memories for sure though.
@frankm77077 ай бұрын
Good ole days with no looting, no shoplifting, and no street take over by idiots. People actually respecting each other’s space.
@richardcoronado40816 ай бұрын
I'm almost 56 and I was 8 going on 9 that year, I do remember those days felt safer and more innocent back then as a kid. It's NOT true that there was no shoplifting and crime. They were just fewer and far in between occurrences in those days. It's that things of that nature are worse now and more rampant nowadays.
@jrnfw40606 ай бұрын
@@richardcoronado4081 Because, there's NO accountability anymore. In those days, if one was caught shoplifting, they were in big trouble. Today, gangs of thieves are allowed to steal up to a thousand dollars of merchandise -- just walk into the stores and take it right under the noses of the staff -- and they aren't even allowed to report it to police! Just one more step toward the abyss ...
@treysimmons77076 ай бұрын
Shoplifting was actually easier to do back then. Almost no cameras and security measures.
@dennistarrant31746 ай бұрын
@@treysimmons7707 Well, shopliffting was a "thing" at that time, but boy oh boy---if you got caught then there was hell to pay. That's back in the day when you could beat the snot out of a kid-gone-wrong. Then that same kid learned from it and never did it again, and hopefully grew up to teach his or her childred the same lesson.
@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp6 ай бұрын
Most crime rates were higher in the 70's. We also had information that most people could trust most of the time. Now, everyone lies. It's one of the shocking things about this video.
@chelongogan3904Күн бұрын
Oh wow thanks for this video...i was born in 1977...how wonderful appreciate this old video
@Purplenpinkk8 ай бұрын
When you see videos from 30 or more years ago, everyone seems so much calmer. It’s like anxiety has completely taken everyone over.
@ChristopherSobieniak8 ай бұрын
That's what happened to us.
@jenniferlloyd95748 ай бұрын
I've noticed that, also. Plus, no one has their pain treated anymore and chronic pain will do things to you after a while.
@ChristopherSobieniak8 ай бұрын
@@jenniferlloyd9574 Being in your 40's/50's is not a picnic.
@budb.85608 ай бұрын
You are so right! These days if people have to wait in line at a store more than 3 minutes they go ballistic. I remember my parents actually conversed with their fellow shoppers as we waited patiently in line as the cashier punched the register buttons and counted out the change. No instant scanners or UPC codes back then. 😂
@brianmeen21588 ай бұрын
@@jenniferlloyd9574just imagine what the younger generations have to look forward to as they are very overweight and out of shape compared to older generations. They are going to run into big problems down the road
@andrewfyakim5258 ай бұрын
I was wondering why anyone would bother make a home-movie of a shopping trip to Sears. Then I was wondering why I would be spending time, watching someone else's shopping trip to Sears. I started watching it, to see the cool 1970's era cars. Nostalgia. Look at how well-behaved kids were back then.
@ashleywright86868 ай бұрын
I could’ve written your post.
@briane1737 ай бұрын
It was back when parents actually parented. After the 80s the body politic demoralized the nuclear family to the point where two-parent families are a minority, and kids are just what happens when you get laid. Raising them? Sheeiit, that's what the _government_ is for. Faith? That's not hip! Put away Faith, Hope, and Love. That's so 20th Century. We're all oppressed victims now. Just ask all the young kids being raised by public school teachers these days - when they're not out terrorizing their neighborhoods.
@AbstractM0use6 ай бұрын
These videos are the closest we can get to actual time travel to the past.
@mowieboy7 ай бұрын
Not one person with their head stuck in a phone, people interacting, mom holding your hand through the parking lot… measuring your shoe size as you grew…. Damn. I loved this video. Thx
@davidb22067 ай бұрын
So leave your phone at home and grow up. I have never bought a cell phone and don't want one. Then there are the brain tumors of Ted Kennedy, O.J.'s lawyer, and Biden's son.
@mbh409719 күн бұрын
I was 13 in 1977. I really miss those days. Now both parents are gone and the days are darker now. Life was so much nicer before the internet, computers, cell phones...etc. The music of that era and early 80's was the best ever.